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Snow on Seedum
Resource Type: imageide@s
Subject Areas: Environmental Education
Seedum heads hold snow in the garden for a lovely winter scultpure.
Last updated: 11/17/09

Tree in Tree
Resource Type: imageide@s
Subject Areas: Environmental Education
A small tree grows in the decaying matter of a larger, older dead trunk.
Last updated: 11/17/09

Aerotrain Engine
Resource Type: imageide@s
Subject Areas: Social Studies
In 1955, General Electro-Motive Division built three Aerotrain locomotives. The train was introduced when U.S. passenger train revenues were declining due to airline and...
Last updated: 11/13/09

Jazz In America
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Music Education
Appropriate for Grades: Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
A set of 8 lesson plans for high school students, with lessons for grades 8 and 5 coming soon. Each lesson has an overview,...
Last updated: 11/12/09

Jazz In America, Lesson Plan 1
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies, Music Education
Appropriate for Grades: Seventh, Eighth, Ninth
Jazz was born in the United States. Jazz is really the best music to represent America because: It is partly planned and partly spontaneous;...
Last updated: 11/12/09

Jazz in America - Lesson 1
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Music Education
Appropriate for Grades: Fifth
In an effort to educate millions of youth about jazz, America¿s indigenous musical art form, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz presents the fifth...
Last updated: 11/12/09

The Spirit of Ancient Colombian Gold
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies, World Languages
Appropriate for Grades: Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
This bilingual exhibit guide (in Spanish and English) was created to accompany an exhibit of over 280 Colombian gold items from the Museo del...
Last updated: 11/12/09

United States Fast Facts
Resource Type: Student Site
Subject Areas: Social Studies, Information and Technology Literacy
Appropriate for Grades: Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
This is an excellent site for students who are in need of information on the United States. There is an alphabetized list of states...
Last updated: 11/12/09

Write Letters to Commemorate 9/11
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Social Studies
Appropriate for Grades: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
In this lesson students commemorate the 9/11 anniversary by writing letters to fire, police, or emergency medical personnel in their communities or to the...
Last updated: 11/12/09

Yeast On The Rise
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Subject Areas: Science
Appropriate for Grades: Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth
Look closely at a piece of sandwich bread, and you can see a honeycomb texture in it where bubbles formed and burst. Pita bread...
Last updated: 11/12/09

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