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      • Thumb image for A Monumental AssignmentResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        A Monumental Assignment

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3
        Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        Lesson in which students explore why communities build monuments, then design their own monuments. They define the concept of ...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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        Build-A-Bird

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Life Sciences
        Lesson on the anatomy of birds and their evolutionary adaptations. Students look at bird art to get a deeper understanding of th...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Abraham Lincoln: The Face of a WarResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Abraham Lincoln: The Face of a War

        Grades: 4 to 12
        Subjects: History-Social Science, The Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History
        Lessons in which Smithsonian portraits of Lincoln introduce a study of the Civil War. Analysis of the portraits—the famous “crac...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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        Art to Zoo: Visions of the Future

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: No subjects selected.
        Students evaluate past predictions about the ways science would shape the future. They then make their own predictions about the...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Art to Zoo: The Constitution Lives! How It Protects Your Rights Today (1987)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Art to Zoo: The Constitution Lives! How It Protects Your Rights Today (1987)

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: No subjects selected.
        Online issue to aid educators in teaching the Constitution by bridging the gap between the document and the students’ own world.
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Art to Zoo: Digging Up Dirt: How Paleontologists Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life (1992)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Art to Zoo: Digging Up Dirt: How Paleontologists Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life (1992)

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: No subjects selected.
        Online issue with information and activities to introduce you and your students to the science of paleontology. Includes lesson ...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Art to Zoo: Dinosaurs Were Real! (1976)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Art to Zoo: Dinosaurs Were Real! (1976)

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8
        Subjects: Science, Life Sciences
        Lesson plan in which students learn about the physiology of dinosaurs as well as what Earth was generally like during the Mesozo...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Art to Zoo: Great Explorations: To the Ends of the Earth—and Beyond (1994)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Art to Zoo: Great Explorations: To the Ends of the Earth—and Beyond (1994)

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: No subjects selected.
        Online issue introducing the many different facets of exploration. Includes discussion of modern-day exploration in space.
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Community ExplorationsResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Community Explorations

        Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3
        Subjects: Science, Environmental Issues
        Lesson on urban planning in which students evaluate positive and negative ways their community interacts with the environment, ...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Education, Design & Empowerment: Part Two Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Education, Design & Empowerment: Part Two

        Grades: 4 to 12
        Subjects: Economics, Science
        In part two of the lesson, students will continue their research by visiting the “A Dollar a Day” website which searches for ans...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Prehistoric Climate Change (and Why It Matters Today)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Prehistoric Climate Change (and Why It Matters Today)

        Grades: 4 to 12
        Subjects: Mathematics, Science, Environmental Issues
        Lesson plan introduces environmental issues while providing fun, challenging, real-world math problems. Students do the work of ...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part Two (4-8)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part Two (4-8)

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: History-Social Science
        This lesson explores the role of social entrepreneurs in affecting positive social change around the world. Students work in sma...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part Two (9-12)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part Two (9-12)

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: History-Social Science
        This lesson addresses the role of social entrepreneurs in affecting positive social change around the world. Students work in sm...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for Education, Design & Empowerment: Part One (9-12)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Education, Design & Empowerment: Part One (9-12)

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        Students examine how design can be a force in transforming lives. The lesson addresses a growing movement among designers to cre...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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        Innovations That Stand the Test of Time (4-8)

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: History-Social Science, Principles of Design
        Lesson in which students examine a socially conscious piece from the Cooper-Hewitt exhibition Design for the Other 90% and then ...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for The Great Spoon Challenge: Form and FunctionResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        The Great Spoon Challenge: Form and Function

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: Principles of Design
        In this game, students learn about the form and function of everyday objects. They classify spoons while exploring the ways that...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for The Mind Behind Design (9-12)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        The Mind Behind Design (9-12)

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: English-Language Arts, Principles of Design
        In this lesson, students analyze submissions to the annual People’s Design Award. They discuss reasons that new designs are crea...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for The Night Chanter ProjectResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        The Night Chanter Project

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Native Peoples, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design
        Lesson in which students use the design process to create sketches of scenes based on a Native American chant. The sketches beco...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for The Voices of Voting: How Do We Judge Design? (4-8)Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        The Voices of Voting: How Do We Judge Design? (4-8)

        Grades: 4 to 8
        Subjects: English-Language Arts
        This lesson examines the parameters of the voting process in the annual People’s Design Award. Students use a discerning eye to ...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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      • Thumb image for The Way of Water in the WorldResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        The Way of Water in the World

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Science, English-Language Arts, Earth & Space Science
        Lesson plan looking at global issues of water shortage and contamination. Students conduct Internet research and work in small g...
        Contributor: Smithsonian Education
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