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Election Day Extravaganza: No-Prep Lesson Plans

10/26/2016 | Lesson Plan
I love social studies, and with the constant press covering the presidential election, it gives me the additional opportunity to be able to dive a...
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How to Check for Squareness

03/15151515 | Lesson Plan
When it comes to teaching students how to make sure your foundation has a true 90 degree corner to work from, I like to use the simple „3, 4, 5...
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What is Social Justice? (ELA)

10/14141414 | Lesson Plan
Are your students community contributers? Get them involved! In this lesson, students view two to three short videos that relate to social justice....
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Haiku and Imagery: Making Emotionally Evocative Pictures With Words (ELA)

10/03/2014 | Lesson Plan
Photography is an art form that uses the familiar mechanical device known the world-over as the camera to capture an image. Many of you probably have...
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Fibonacci and Patterning (Math)

2015 | Demonstration
This lesson guides students through the understanding and expansion of the Fibonacci series and recursive patterning. Students will look at a number...
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Passive Solar Design using Google Sketch-Up

2015 | Lesson Plan
Students will learn the basic principles of passive solar heating and how it isapplied to home design. Students will use Google SketchUp to design...
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Making a Camera Obscura (Science)

Demonstration
In this lesson, students will create their own „camera obscura“ out of a cardboard tube to explore and reinforce the fact that light...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

00/16161616 | Other
Shows daily (back to June 16 1995) a different image or photograph of the universe along with a brief explanation written by a professional...
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Plants

01/13/2012 | Assessment
What do plants eat? This unit explores plants and how they make food.
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Why Doesn’t the Moon Fall Down?

12/17/2005 | Demonstration
In this animated video segment adapted from NASA, astronomer Doris Daou explains how the forces of speed and gravity keep the Moon in a constant...