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   APRIL 3-9, 2013
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Poetry Circles
Grade Range: 6-8

Seventh-grade students work together in poetry circles to examine the form, content, language, and meaning of poetry.
 

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Robot Race 
Grade Range: 5-8
 
Watch this video with students to learn about cars that drive themselves. Teams of designers applying different technologies compete for a two-million-dollar prize to see which unmanned vehicle will make it to the finish line first. 

 

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Analyze Bullying             
Grade Range: 5-8
 
Does bullying stop people from feeling free to participate in society, impacting our democracy? Your students can explore this idea through documentary video in this lesson.

 

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How Do You Say...?
Grade Range: K-2
 
This interactive game offers students an opportunity to learn Spanish expressions used commonly in conversation.

 

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Shakespeare Uncovered
Grade Range: 9-12
 
Shakespeare Uncovered explores the complete plays of William Shakespeare-one of the greatest writers to have ever lived.

 

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Newton's Third Law: Action-Reaction
Grade Range: 7-8
 
In this blended lesson supporting literacy skills, an early astronaut's experiences teach students that Newton's third law of motion-for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction-applies both on Earth and in outer space.
 

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Native American Culture: About Navajo Dances
Grade Range: 5-12
 
Dance is a form of honoring one's self and the connection with one's surroundings; dance has a healing purpose; and dance and songs are ways of carrying on traditional teachings and history of the Navajo people.
 

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