Showing posts with label social studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social studies. Show all posts
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Rock Band Storypath

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Storypath units promote children as active participants in their own learning. Students learn about topics through cross-curricular conn...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Wildlife Trade: Affecting Animals and Their Ecosystems

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International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Animal Action Education is providing teachers with hands-on, inquiry based lessons on anima...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Service Learning Projects

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Check out my We Are Teachers post: Service Learning is Essential !
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Friday, February 27, 2015

Packaging Crayons: Assembly Line vs. No Division of Labor

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Help students understand the efficiency of an assembly line by having them package crayons! In this activity half of the class is part of ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

KID Bookmark Business

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Check out my post at We Are Teachers - Real World Learning: Kid Bookmark Business ! Click here for the recording sheet!
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Play Dough Economics

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Snakes and Donuts: This fun economics activity comes from  Raki's Rad Resources .   Students are given 1 minute to create as many snak...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

Me on the Map!

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Help children understand where they are located in relation to the world by making geography stacking cups! Book to go along with acti...
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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Water Balloon Compass

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Integrate science and social studies by creating a water balloon compass! Click here for a video tutorial! Visit Questacon for written i...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Water Wheels

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Integrate math (measuring), science / engineering (simple machines, force/motion, renewable energy), art (design), and history by construc...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Big Spender or Bill Saver?

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This economics project is by Emily Stout at We are Teachers (2nd grade lesson plan). Kids explore wants / needs as they balance money in ...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Balloon Geography

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How far will your balloon go? Check out the Helium Balloon Experiment here ! Instructions: Tag each balloon with your school address and...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Cookie Rocks and Mining

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2 activities, Science and Economics: 1. Cookie Rocks - This experiment is inspired by Kinderpond's "C is for Cookie."...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Lego Chrome

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Build with Chrome : Kids find and explore different plots. They can recreate a famous landmark or just play around! Once they are finished ...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Dara

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Nigerian problem solving game from the Cincinnati Art Museum :  Dara ! It can be played on the pavement or on paper! First, create a 5...
Sunday, November 25, 2012

50 States and Capitals

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    Featured Above:   Musical Stew   (Macho Nacho and Mouth Trumpet):  50 States and Capitals Also, check out the  50 State Capital R...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Dream Vacation PBL Project

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Project-based learning / cooperative groups of 4 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ncaWHZVTZPksE3TFNv865VtZucQkse0-/view?usp=sharing Te...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Native Americans

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photo via  telegraph.co.uk After re-watching all 6 seasons of the TV show "Northern Exposure," which features the Northwest...
Sunday, October 7, 2012

2D and 3D Geometric Towns

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Integrate math, social studies, and art with 2 awesome projects!  1. 2D GEOMETRIC TOWN  (LINE SEGMENTS) - Check out ABC Teach Geometric...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Electoral College - KID Style

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Awesome post about how to teach kids about electoral college, with a link to an interactive electoral map, from Hoosier Teacher! Check it ou...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Candybar Election

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Which candybar will get the most votes? Divide class in 2 (or 3) - First have kids choose candy-dates (candidates), design posters / create ...