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Let's take a trip: Careers in tourism: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.10; In this lesson for grade six, students will create advertisements for travel destinations in Europe and South America and will research careers in travel and tourism.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Guidance and Social Studies); By Shea Calloway.

Life's percents: Students will gather data from their own lives to use in calculating percents. They will measure parts of their bodies (head, leg, neck, etc.), complete a class survey that asks information about themselves, and use a pay stub to find percentages of deductions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Karen Mcpherson.

Linear equations: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.2; In this lesson for grade seven, students calculate monthly bills for cell phone plans using linear equations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

Literature biography project: Students will learn to develop the various processes used in researching and writing a biographical research paper, including brainstorming, note taking, outlining, creating a bibliography, and writing the final draft.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Sandra Dail.

Local authors database: Search through more than 200 authors in 15 minutes to answer specific questions. Add records and fields to an incomplete database.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Looking at things from different angles: This lesson will introduce students to angles using a resource of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop "Interactivate Your Bored Math Students."; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Beth Jorgensen.

M&M madness: Students will explore fractions, decimals, percents, and circle graphs with M&M's.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Mathematics); By Donna Reble.

Magic water and convection: This lesson will give students a demonstration of how heat affects water particles.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); By JoAnne Pearson.

Majestic peaks: Mountains of North Carolina and Ecuador: In this lesson, students analyze two photographs: one of the mountains of Ecuador and one of the mountains of Western North Carolina. Students then analyze the two photographs together to gain an understanding of the two regions' similarities and differences.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Eric Eaton.

Map skills and transportation careers: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.1; In this lesson for grades six and seven, students will create maps to assist their understanding of relative and exact location and will conduct research on transportation careers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Social Studies); By Mandy Matlock.

Marketing careers: Working with scale drawings: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.6; This activity for grade six combines math, art, and writing, as students create a scale drawing of a toy car and reflect on how math can be used in marketing careers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Mathematical translations: This lesson develops knowledge of algebraic expressions and their verbal equivalents. Students will establish a foundation for future Algebra I tasks by identifying mathematical symbols and expressions through group work and individual tasks. This lesson contains modifications for the novice high English Language Learner (ELL).; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 English Language Development and Mathematics); By Seth Beale and Wendy Sumner.

Media mind control: Some research studies indicate that the common portrayal of violence on television has desensitized children towards it. The purpose of this lesson is to help students redevelop their sensitivity towards violence and develop a critical attitude towards the purpose of violence in television.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–9 Guidance); By Linda Nelson.

Medical careers: Working with probability: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.8; In this lesson for grade six, students will use probability to predict the likelihood of occurrence of two unrelated health conditions and will understand how math can be applied to careers in mathematics.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Medicine in ancient Greece - Overview: This lesson provides a brief look at the origins of Greek medicine and a comparison with modern medicine. Also included is an edited text of the Hippocratic Oath.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies); By Bruce Schulman.

Meteorologists: Working with data analysis: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.4; This lesson for grade six introduces students to careers in meteorology and engages them in meteorological data analysis.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.Edited by Julie McCann.

Meter madness: The students will identify 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time signatures. They will also identify the down-beat and begin to understand conducting patterns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Music Education); By Alice Barlowe.

Modeling volume: This activity helps the students see how the volume of something includes the third dimension (width or depth) which is different from area. This activity also helps the students "prove" that the volume formula actually works. Students will already know that the volume of a rectangular prism is found by multiplying the object's length, width, and height. By using the blocks as models of volume, the students should come to realize that volume can be calculated simply by multiplying the area of the base by the height of the rectangular prism. Thus, they will come to realize that there is no need to try and fill the entire box with the tiny 1cm cubes, they can simply fill the bottom (to see how many cubes are there) and figure out how many rows there will be and multiply.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Erin Foerster.

Mummy madness: This is a lesson for seventh grade Social Studies students to learn and demonstrate the mummification process used in ancient Egypt.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Social Studies); By Jo Oliver.

N.C.- The Rip Van Winkle State: This lesson introduces students to Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle" and correlates it with the history of North Carolina. In the 1800s North Carolina was nicknamed "The Rip Van Winkle State."; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Kay D. Lopossay.

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