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Know It All: Seals! Teaching Plan
Students discover information about seals, including behavior and habitat. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various aspects about seals. Students create an illustration or painting of their favorite seal, and...
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Making Summer School Less of a Drag
Teaching summer school is the perfect opportunity for experimenting and expanding your classroom repertoire.
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Angry Feelings (Responsible Personal Conduct)
Young scholars review proper classroom behavior and anger management techniques.
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Responsibility in the Classroom
Students study responsible behavior. In this behavior instructional activity, students discuss ways friends show responsibility. Students take turns selecting a card about responsible behavior and describe the card's behavior. Students...
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The Noble Eightfold Path
Students gain an introduction to Buddhist teachings about moral behavior by exploring a depiction of the Buddha and by writing a speech inspired by their interpretation of the Noble Eightfold Path.
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Nutcracker
'Tis the holiday season and the Clara, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the Nutcracker Prince come alive with a teaching and study guide for Tchaikovsky's famous ballet. Background information, activities, games and puzzles are all included in...
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Strange Bugs
As individuals or in small groups, marine biologists research and discuss archaea and their unusual behavior as compared to bacteria. Teach them about the chemical makeup of the cell membrane of these strange organisms. This complex...
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Safety in Numbers
Students investigate social behavior patterns of primates. Next, students research a specific primate-analyzing individual and group behavior patterns particular to the species. They create informational posters and present findings to...
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We Are All In This Together
Students complete a variety of activities centering around insects. In this insects education instructional activity, students read People by Peter Spier and discuss the similarities and differences among people. Students gather and...
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Using Words to Work Things Out
Students explore appropriate ways to communicate feelings. In this character development lesson, students listen to Hands are not for Hitting and several other books about expressing emotions appropriately. Students observe...
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Commanding Performance
Learners identify the many aspects of their daily lives that are guided by rules or laws.
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LEAGUE: Learning to Give
Students explore the effects of human actions. In this respect and discrimination lesson, students read Thank You, Mr. Falker and identify the consequences of bullying and teasing. Students then relate personal experiences of hurt...
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Act it Out
High schoolers discuss racial stereotypes. For this racial stereotypes lesson, students develop a character from information given to them on an index card. High schoolers give their character a race different from their own...
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Cultural Comparisons Interview
Students interview a family member and give an oral report. In this oral history lesson, students create interview questions relevant to an American historical period. Students interview a family member and present an oral report to the...
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Lines of Symmetry - Mirror Dance
Fifth graders analyze how to divide space or shape into mirror sections to create lines of symmetry. In this lines of symmetry lesson, 5th graders discuss symmetry in dance, math, and living. Students participate in a dance warm-up and...
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Pizza Muffins & Podcasting
Students investigate life skills by participating in a voice recording activity. In this baking instructional activity, students identify the ingredients needed to create pizza menu items and the steps which should be taken to bake them....
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How a Seed Grows: And Who Grows It
Second graders explore botany by viewing video clips in class. In this seed growth lesson, 2nd graders identify the types of seeds that grow specific plants and what the optimal conditions are for growing seeds. Students view a video...
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Making Good Decisions
Pupils examine the "Little Planet Times" and discuss how to solve the town's problem. For this literature/problem solving lesson, students record the opinion of each of the council members and role play their position. Pupils participate...
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Groups We Belong To
Students explore society by completing a class identification activity. In this student identification lesson plan, students participate in a classification activity in which students with a certain hair, eye or clothing color are...