The History of Blackbeard as Inspiration for Treasure Island
What do you know about real pirates? This lesson will teach your Middle School students about the real-life pirate Blackbeard, and how he could have …
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Teaching Middle School: Grades 6-8
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Introducing Pirate Vocabulary before Teaching "Treasure Island"
Treasure Island includes many words and phrases students may be unfamiliar with. Introduce the book by this fun lesson on Pirate lingo!
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Lesson Plan on Gregor Mendel & Punnett Squares
How did a gardening monk make one of the most important contributions in the history of biology? Teach your students about Gregor Mendel’s …
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Shadow Paintings Art Lesson for Middle or High School Students
Make a creative memory from your class history day with shadow paintings!
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Deciding What to Leave in When Drawing from a Reference Photo: A Quick Draw Art Lesson for Middle or High School
Wow! That reference photo has a lot of stuff in it…how do you turn it into a drawing or painting?
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Color vs. Value in Art: Lesson for Middle or High School Students
Let your students explore the difference between emphasizing color or contrasting lights and darks!
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What are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Science Lesson Plan Exploring the Controversy
Did you know that humans can combine DNA of two or more organisms to create brand new organisms? Did you know that some of the food you eat may come …
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Art Lesson on Painting: Exploring Color, Mood & Music
Let your students experiment with the relationship between color and mood by painting to music.
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Four Tactics to Protect Your Child from Cyber Bullying
If there is one word that evokes emotion with your child it would be the word bully. Everybody deals with bullying at some point in life. In this day …
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Function & Structure of DNA: Create Models Out of Candy! Middle School Science Lesson
Without DNA, we wouldn’t be here. It controls all of our physical characteristics, including eye color, hair color, and even the taste buds on our …
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