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Summer Scientists

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity, learners discuss and reocrd what makes an object living or nonliving. The students then chart the lists of living and nonliving objects. Teacher allows learners oportunity to go outside and look for living...
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Life Skills for Vocational Success: Health: Lesson 2: Nutrition

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students record all food intake for a week. They discuss each of the six different food groups, particularly which foods are included in each group. Students discuss calorie intake. They discuss a well-balanced diet, and its importance...
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Lesson Six: Discovering the Power (Point) of Presentation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare multimedia presentations.  In this computer technology lesson, students use PowerPoint and other multimedia sources to compose individual presentations.  Students complete an interactive tutorial on how to use...
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Understanding Topographic Maps

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the characteristics and uses of topographical maps. Using a worksheet, they examine the use of specific terminology and use cutouts to create their own topographical map of an area. They answer discussion...
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Civil War on Sunday

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read "Cvil War on Sunday" together and discuss characters, setting, problem and resolution. They determine facts from fiction used in the story and research drummer boys in the Civil War or Clara Barton using the Internet....
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Salvage the Senses

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners develop sensory awareness through this series of lessons.
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NATARAJ: SHIVA AS LORD OF THE DANCE

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read" the meaning of the Nataraj, explore the various aspects of Hinduism that the Nataraj symbolizes; examine the importance of the samsara, moksha, and consider the Nataraj one of the finest works of art anywhere in the world.
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A Lucky Break

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete activities where they identify and decipher common phrases that are related to poultry and then cook drumsticks as a class. In this poultry lesson plan, students also read the history of the chicken and create idioms.
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Making Poetry

For Teachers 2nd
A hearing impaired student identifies rhyming words. In this rhyming word lesson for the hearing impaired, 2nd graders read and write poetry correctly using rhyming words.
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What It Is, What It Isn't

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders classify and sort different types of beans to be introduced to the classification system in science. As a class, they identify the characteristics of living and non-living organisms and make a chart in their journal to ...
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Eruption Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct research and teach each other about the eruption of Mount St. Helens and identify the major components of the eruption, their characteristics and their effects. They simulate the eruption dramatically.
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Timed Multiplication Test Graphs

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars use the tools of data analysis for managing information. They solve problems by generating, collecting, organizing, displaying histograms on bar graphs, circle graphs, line graphs, pictographs and charts. Students...
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The Scoop on Summer

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a noun that names a place they spent their summer vacation, a verb telling one activity they did, and use those words to write a complete sentence. Finally, they use an ice cream cone graphic organizer as a guide to...
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Language Arts- Word Origins

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders locate, access, and select appropriate information from a variety of resources, including electronic sources. They analyze the audience and purpose of the task to make decisions about content and format.
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Observing Fruits and Seeds

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss what they think the word "observation" means and discover different ways that we observe. They observe as the teacher demonstrates how to use a hand lens as a tool for observing tiny details. They then use hand...
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Handout
Columbia University

Columbia: Tips for Effective Presentations Using Four Important Design Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent, clear guidelines to aid you in using visual aids in a presentation. Curser down to find the information. W.9-10.6 Techno, SL.11-12.5 Audio Visuals
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Handout
McMaster University

Mc Master University: Making Class Presentations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Comprehensive guide with 17 areas of suggestions and tips for delivering a successful class presentation. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4, SL.11-12.4 Presentation
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Solving With Seesaws

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a simple seesaw to visualize solving a two- or three-step mathematics equation, while solving a basic structural engineering weight balance problem in the process. They solve two-step equations on a worksheet and attempt to...