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6
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8
Students will describe how local nonprofits help the community.
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Unit: Nonprofits are Necessary (6-8)
Unit: Be the Change: Personal Health
Grades:
9
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Students look at the role exercise plays in overall health. They make a plan to engage younger children in more active play and exercise....
Unit: My Healthy Plate
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Grades:
3
4
5
Students learn to properly "dress" their plate with foods from each of the food groups. Students will also compare the foods in the Kids' Food Basket Sack Supper to the food groups on My Plate. Students volunteer their time to prepare or pack meals for a local food distribution charity. ...
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Unit: Let's Make Lemonade
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The students will prepare the lemonade for the sale in the first lesson and review coin recognition and counting skills before the sale. During Day Two, students will sort and count the money collected from their sale.
Unit: Investing In Others (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students learn four choices they can make with money and compare this to how they spend their time. They recognize that volunteering requires freedom of choice....
Unit: Beautiful Me
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Grades:
K
1
2
The students will internalize principles of inner beauty by singing together for their school community. The lesson also seeks to build self esteem and encourage students to work as a team.
Unit: Exploring Nonprofit Career Opportunities
Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is to have learners name and recognize nonprofit organizations within the local community utilizing the Idealist.org web site. Learners will categorize nonprofits and describe how they help or enhance the community.
...Unit: Community Health and Safety
Grades:
3
4
5
Participants gain exposure to how citizens organize in response to a need. They observe the benefits of group cooperation. They review data they have collected from surveys and work in collaborative groups to identify focus areas for the service-learning project....
Grades:
3
4
5
Using a brainstormed list of health and safety issue areas, participants design and implement a survey. They poll a group of friends and family to determine what health and safety issues are of greatest concern in their community. ...
Unit: Philanthropic Behavior
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Grades:
K
1
2
Students will cooperate in a class project by each providing an ingredient.