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Marco Polo NY
Favorite Lesson Plans:

SCIENCE | SOCIAL STUDIES  | MATH | LANGUAGE ARTS | ECONOMICS | ARTS | HUMANITIES


Marco Polo NY aligned lesson plans are available to all N.Y. State educators at no cost. The site was developed jointly with the New York State Education Department (NYSED), New York State Teacher Centers, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), MarcoPolo and MCI.
 
The lessons are organized and can be accessed according to the state’s Learning Standards, key ideas, performance indicators, grade levels and content areas. A simple click of the mouse navigates the user through the lessons.

Marco Polo Introduction
Marco Polo Search Strategies and Links
Marco Polo Required Links for Workshop Participants

Click here to access the Marco Polo NY Home Page
Click here to search the Marco Polo NY Site.
Click here to view links to examples of aligned NYS Lessons

Click here to access the National Marco Polo Home Page
Click here to search the National Marco Polo Site
Click here to view links to examples of Marco Polo's Partner Site Lessons
Click here to access the National Marco Polo Calendar and MarcoGrams

Click here to view a MarcoPoloNY Powerpoint Presentation

Science

Warmth of the Sun (k-2)
Busy Brain (3-5)
Gravity Launch (3-5)
Water Cycle (3-5)
Exploring Magnetic Fields (6-8)
A Matter of State (6-8)
Black Holes (9-12)
Earth Movers (9-12)

Direct Link to Marco Polo Science Resources:
Science NetLinks Marco Polo Entry Page   

Listen to 90-second audio interviews with scientists on Science NetLinks's Weekly Science Updates.           

Social Studies

Greeting Friends from Other Places (k-2)
If you were a Pioneer on the Oregon Trail (k-2)
Picture Perfect Facts (k-2)
Musical Harlem (k-4)
Statue of Liberty (3-5)
Traces - Historic Archaeology (3-5)
Jamestown Changes (3-5)
Connection Between Music and Poetry(3-5)
Civil War Music (6-8)
The Elements of Dance (6-8)
Lewis and Clark: A Legacy (6-8)
Not Only Paul Revere: Other Riders of the American Revolution (6-8)
Red Badge of Courage (9-12)
 European Union (k-12)

Direct Link to Marco Polo Social Studies Resources:
Xpeditions Marco Polo Entry Page

Make use of the Xpeditions Atlas which provides free, downloadable maps for educators and students.

Humanities

Direct Link to Marco Polo Humanities Resources:
EdSitement Marco Polo Entry Page

Discover EDSITEment's Calendar that highlights historical topics and events, correlated to EDSITEment lesson plans and reviewed Web sites.    

Math

Amazing Attributes (k-2)
How Do You Build Triangles (K-2)
Seeing Geometry in Art (3-5)
The Factor Game (6-8)
Birthdays and the Binary System (6-8)
Reflect on This (Geometry) (9-12)

 Direct Link to Marco Polo Math Resources:
Illuminations Marco Polo Entry Page    

Use Illuminations' InteractiveOnline Activities to explore mathematics.

Examples of Online Activities:
Shape Cutter (k-12)
Adjustable Spinner (k-12)    

Economics

Dog Gone Job (K-2)
Not Your Grandma's Lemonade Stand (3-5)
Those Golden Jeans (3-5)
Where's the Beef? (6-8)
Online Banking (9-12)

Direct Link to Marco Polo Economics Resources:
EconEDLink Marco Polo Entry Page

Access up-to-date macroeconomics figures in EconEdLink's Data Links.

Language Arts

A Journal for Corduroy (K-2)
Composing Cinquain Poems (k-2)
Thundering Tall Tales: Using Read-Aloud as a Springboard to Writing (3-4)
Using Picture Books to Teach Plot Development and Conflict Resolution (3-5)
Biographies - Creating Timelines (3-5)
Multipurpose Poetry: Introducing Science Concepts and Increasing Fluency (3-5)
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Someone a Letter (3-5)
Letter Poems Deliver: Experimenting with Line Breaks in Poetry Writing (3-5)
Pioneer America: Folklore and Tall Tales (K-4)
Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages (6-8)
A High-Interest Novel Helps Struggling Readers Confront Bullying in Schools (9-12)
The Memory Play (9-12)
"You Kiss by the Book": Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (9-12)

Direct Link to Marco Polo ELA Resources:
Read*Write*Think Marco Polo Entry Page 

Favorite ELA Activities include...

The Line Break Explorer  - The Line Break Explorer highlights the key considerations that come into play when making line breaks for the poem "Bubbles"; then the tool provides students the opportunity to try rearranging line breaks in two poems. Similar to magnetic poetry, this site encourages experimentation.

Acrostic Poems - Using this online tool, students can learn about and write acrostic poems. An acrostic poem uses the letters in a word to begin each line of the poem.

Check out ReadWriteThink's newest student interactives from the Highlights box on ReadWriteThink

 Arts

A Listening Doll (K-4)
Brass Instruments and Pitch (K-4)
Life of a Navajo Weaver (K-4)
Shaping Patterns and Dancing Shapes (K-4)
A Variety of Unwise Characters (5-8)
Music as a Storyteller (5-8)
Cultural Creation Myths (9-12)
Yo-Yo Ma, Master Cellist (9-12)

Direct Link to Marco Polo Arts Resources:
ArtsEdge Marco Polo Entry Page    

Check out ARTSEDGE's Look-Listen-Learn for rich explorations of a particular theme and the quotes resource that be used for posters.

 

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 Updated: March 22, 2006