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Developing continuous air during articulation: Combining long tones and burst-tonguing will assist many beginning instrument players to eliminate excessive breaths while articulating.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Music Education); By Lynn Dale.

Family budget activity: This activity is designed to provide students with real-world application of classroom curriculum. Students will be required to make budgeting decisions in the light of inflation, unemployment, and other unforeseen additions or strains to the family budget.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By beth carroll.

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

Cause and effect in the workplace: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.10; This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand cause and effect and how these concepts apply to the workplace.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Futuristic airplane and the blind landing: A lesson plan, divided into two exercises, that teaches students techniques for communicating and observing both detail and directions using written, oral, and visual sources.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts); By Elaine Cox.

Fraction funnies: Students complete a fraction exercise in which they are given clues to find the answer to a joke, and then make up their own "Fraction Funny" sheet using their own jokes (riddles) and clues.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics); By Alisan Royster.

Understanding stress: Students will learn about short term and long term effects of stress, and play "Stress Attack" to observe physiological responses to stress. Three stress-relieving exercises will be practiced. A simple activity before and after the exercises will demonstrate the effectiveness of the exercises.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance); By Pat Nystrom.

Posing a scenario and "looping" to provide focus in a cause/effect essay: Most of us are familiar with the idea that in narratives a writer chooses a “hot spot” or critical incident to serve as the focus of the work. Teachers of expository writing also must assist students in finding the “hot spot” or focus of their essays. Use this exercise to help student focus on one aspect of the essay.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Margaret Ryan.

Looking at an object: In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.10; Students will analyze unfamiliar objects in order to observe the attributes of an object, infer the uses of objects; and discover how archaeologists use objects to learn about the past.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

The problem with parallax: Students will increase their understanding of astronomical measurements by using parallax to measure distances on their school campus. They will also gain an appreciation of the difficulties with such measurements by statistically analyzing the class' results.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.

Tug-a-tooth: Students will learn about dental hygiene and get a physical workout as well.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Healthful Living); By Annette Swanson.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: As an extension of a weather unit, second grade students will use the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett to explore compound words using an introduction to spreadsheet.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Mary Rizzo.

Teaching "style": This exercise works best as a review at the mid-point or end of a literature course. Paired students describe the style of ten authors ranging from "ornate" to "plain," and then compare the authors' styles through a designated series of metaphors.; Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts); By Charlotte Osterman.

Balinese school children play soccer before classes: Nine Balinese school children in yellow T-shirts and green shorts play soccer before classes. Indonesian children begin school early, by 7 am. Exercise classes are scheduled near dawn before the tropical sunlight becomes too intense.; Format: image/photograph

A royal bath: In The Ramayana, page 1.7; Sita is shown taking a royal bath before her wedding to Rama in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita bathes sitting on the edge of an elegant platform shelter extending into a large tiled pool. Two women servants pour water from a gold basin over Sita...; By Lorraine Aragon.

USS Josephus Daniels: A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27) underway in the Straits of Magellan during Unitas XXXI, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations.; Format: image/photograph

Maya Angelou: Study and response to "Still I Rise": Students read biographical information on Maya Angelou and her poem, "Still I Rise." Students identify support and elaboration in poem, then respond by either writing a letter to the author or his/her own poem in response.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Barbara Groome and Jo Peterson Gibbs.

Tennis skills: Students will refine their basic tennis skills by participating in a variety of activities for the beginner.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 ); By Larry Siers.

Valentine geometry: Combine geometry construction skills with language arts and artistic ability.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics); By Tanis Schick.

Now what? A President considers a career change: In Rethinking Reports, page 1.2; In this alternative to the dreaded "President Report," students write a resumé for an ex-president.; By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.

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