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Finding hidden messages in advertising: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.3; In this lesson for grade six, students will look for hidden messages in magazine advertisements and will create their own ads with hidden messages.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Finding patterns using fractals: This lesson will introduce students to patterns in fractals using resources 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 5–6 Mathematics); By Wendy Korbusieski.

Fitness fun: This lesson introduces fun cardiovascular exercises that raise the heart rate.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Healthful Living); By Sharon Serine.

The five themes of geography: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.6; In this lesson for grade six, students will explore different career paths based on the five themes of geography.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Guidance and Social Studies); By Shea Calloway.

Flower stepping stones: This lesson plan is intended to encourage learners to integrate the visual arts with science and appreciate nature. Students will create a round or square stepping stone using colored glass pieces with a mortar and sand mixture. The students will have the opportunity to watch the stepping stones attract various types of small animals like birds and butterflies. As a result, students can observe, study, and draw these animals.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education); By Pilar Pedersen.

Fluid Properties and scale models: Applying the Reynolds Number: In A mathematical model to describe fluid behavior, page 3; During this lesson, students will gain a more realistic understanding of the use of scale models and understand that conditions beyond similarity of the objects are necessary for a scale model to function in the same manner as the actual object. The students will gain knowledge of how the properties of fluids, specifically density and viscosity, affect the movement of fluid around objects.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Jenny Rucker.

Flying high with hot air balloons!: This lesson plan, written for the Novice High Second Language Student, uses the historical fiction book The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr, to reinforce basic vocabulary and introduce new vocabulary while tying into many community sponsored hot air balloon events held in the fall.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Barbara Boal.

Flying saucers: Circles: Students will apply what they have learned about circles and finding averages with this lesson. This lesson should be broken up into 3 class periods of an hour for each class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Amy Romagnuolo.

Focusing activity to begin novel: Hatchet by Paulsen: Students will visualize how Brian Robeson will feel when he crash lands on the deserted island at the beginning of the novel, Hatchet. This whole class period will be spent using prior knowledge of survival skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); By Robin Simmons.

Food service professionals: Working with fractions: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.2; This lesson for grade six demonstrates how an understanding of fractions is important in the food service industry. Students will use operations with fractions to determine how many recipes to make for a given scenario.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Frequency tables: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.1; In this lesson for grade seven, students discuss how frequency tables are used in various careers. Students use survey data collected in class to make their own frequency tables and present them to the class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Peggy Dickey, Carol Taylor, and Monika Vasili.Adapted by Sharon Abell and Barbara Turner.

Friends Fly Together: Because THE RED BALLOON is a silent film about a little boy (Pascal) and his friendship with a red balloon, students are not distracted by trying to translate spoken text. They can concentrate on what they are watching. They take notes in their home language or English--whichever is more comfortable--on what they see. These informal notes serve as scaffolding for discussion and writing.; Format: lesson plan; By Wendy Bell.

Fruit Loops with fractions: This activity provides access to using visual and hands-on practice in solving problems with fractions. By using cereal, each individual student will be able to work individually and as a group in using different methods of working with fractions, and practice their skills in addition, multiplication, division and subtraction. A prior knowledge of the basic multiplication tables and common multiples will be very advantageous in working through this activity.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Mathematics); By Deanne Davis.

General contractors: Working with area: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.10; This activity for grade six combines math, art, and writing, as students design a floor plan for a house and use calculations of area to arrive at a cost estimate.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Goals, goals, goals: Students will be introduced to the benefits of goal-setting and the steps in the goal setting process. A group activity with a ball will give students practice in all steps of the process and an opportunity to see the benefits of setting goals.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–8 Guidance); By Pat Nystrom.

Grammar and editing: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.4; In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about the conventions of grammar and will learn how to write and edit a business letter.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts); By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Grammar Scramblers, spreadsheets, and parts of speech: Students use and create Grammar Scramblers with a spreadsheet in order to practice identifying and using parts of speech in a fun way.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–9 English Language Arts); By Tom Munk.

Grandparent interview: Students will interview a grandparent and write a news article based upon their interview. They will also do research on historical events to develop questions to be asked during the interview.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts); By Jim Carson.

Gridding a site: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.2; In their study of how to grid a site, students will use a map and the Cartesian coordinate system to establish a grid system over an archaeological site, labeling each grid unit; determine the location of artifacts within each grid unit; and construct a scientific inquiry concerning the location of artifacts on the site.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–7 Mathematics and Social Studies)

Healthy choices: Part II: In Food for thought: Elementary lessons on nutrition and healthy living, page 6.2; Children's snack items can have high amounts of both fat and sugar. This fifth-grade lesson plan, from the Food for Thought nutrition curriculum, teaches students how to make wise and healthy decisions when choosing snacks and beverages.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Healthful Living)

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