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Flour Art

For Teachers K
Students create pictures using white and whole wheat flour, oatmeal, and cornmeal while learning the different types of grains used to make breads.
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I Am Here Today

For Teachers K
Students learn the letters in their name and the order of the letters to make their name.
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Letter Dance

For Teachers K
Students identify the shape of the letter their name begins with, then use their arms to trace the shape of the letters with their hands. They do this to the movement of music.
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Pretzel Art

For Teachers K
Students use fine motor and creativity skills in designing pretzel people or basic shapes. They can glue the pretzel sticks and circles on their piece of cardboard to make realistic or abstract designs.
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Upper-Intermediate English Grammar Review # 3

For Teachers 6th - 10th
DUPLICATE learners complete grammar worksheet.
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Measuring a Mummy Case

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students calculate the size of a mummy case and its contents using ancient Egyptian measurements.
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A Scientific Approach to Teaching about Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine fossils and analyzing their significance in relation to theories of evolution. Hand-outs are provided. This lesson could be supplementary to a broader unit on evolution or geology.
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Making a Mountain Out of a Snow Hill: Skiing, Winter Sports, Economics, Business, Problem Solving

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how to select among choices of variables and analyze the cost-benefit ratio of their short and long term planning in a team activity as they consider the planning and operation of a ski slope.
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Good Vibrations: Sound, Acoustics, Science, Sports Arenas, Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students perform a series of tasks that integrate hands-on inquiry-based activities with the Internet to explore sound and acoustics. They develop an acoustics Web page to show what they have learned.
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Olympic Games Snowboard Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils find travel destinations and information on countries around the world, and use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represent the country they pick. They explore maps, weather, geography, languages, in their quest.
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Speed Is the Key

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and build a model downhill ski course that proves to be the fastest course at the Finish Line. They apply what they explore angles, slope, speed, and surface conditions to find the fastest course in the US.
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Tessel Your Way to Nagano!: Olympics, Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Design, Geometry, Math, M.C. Escher, Tessellations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create Post-It note fundamental regions to tesselate. They make tesselations using computer software or websites. They create a jacket design with tesselation and determine the cost of production.
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You Be The Judge: Olympics, Winter Sports, Figure Skating, Math, Statistics, Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design a score sheet for use when watching a figure skating performance. They use spreadsheet software and research information obtained on the Internet to create their score sheets.
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Slopes, Hopes, & Speed

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the sport of skiing through Internet research in this multi-task lesson. They compare and generalize the results of five individuals by using mean, median, and mode.
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Scavenger Hunt Through Figure Skating History

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students research the pioneers of figure skating and write a feature story for a Web publication. They write articles investigating "The Story Behind a Gold Medal" and graph the medals won by different countries between 1976-1996.
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Downhill Skiing Flash News!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view the Olympic Games events in real-time via satellite feed, Olympic Games sites on the Internet, or CNN. They report results as soon as they happen and quickly edit their news flashes for correct spelling, grammar, and usage.
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Snowboarding: Who, What, Where, When, Why?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars research the Who, What, Where, Why, and When of snowboarding, and then produce a Webzine (magazine) to showcase their new knowledge.
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Downhill Skiing: Past, Present, and Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research the history of Olympic downhill skiing to gather information on names, dates, winning times, and the native country of Olympic downhill medal winners.
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Warm up to the Gulf Stream

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers find out the temperature difference between the Gulf Stream and the surrounding water. They locate the Gulf Stream on the infrared image of the eastern seaboard of the US.
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Jingle Bell Jog

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars make the connection of doing something positive for people in need by offering this student activity that reaches out to the entire surrounding community by getting sponsors for a "jog/walk-a-thon".
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Germbusters

For Teachers K
Students identify various germs and discuss how germs are spread. They examine and identify materials in the daily environment, germbusters, which are useful in fighting germs, then play a fun germbuster game to help them remember how to...
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The Floating Head

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice the backfloat while swimming.
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Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together to create mobiles with different polygons. They research the polygon and list its characteristics. They may present to the class if they chose to.
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Active Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in an activity to help them remember their alphabet. They write letters out of plaster and walk through the woods identifying different objects that begin with each letter.