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Susan Poage

Susan Poage holds a Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education, an Advanced Curriculum and Teaching degree, and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Teaching the Holocaust and Prejudice Reduction from Kean University. She has been teaching since 2002 and has 24 years of experience teaching all subjects in kindergarten and first grade. Susan has also served as an adjunct professor at Kean University and has been recognized with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science (2010) and her district's Educator of the Year award twice. 

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Cooling a Playground: Social Studies Lesson
Students apply previous learning to design a solution for a hot playground with a partner.

Inquire: Students view images of playgrounds and recall previous learning.
Investigate: Students learn about the characteristics and strategies they can use to make decisions with a partner.
Inspire: Students design and build a model of a playground.
Grade k-2
Subject Science,Social Studies,English Language Arts
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A Hat Is Shade for Me: Social Studies Lesson
Students determine what makes a good hat for protecting people from the hot sun and apply their new understanding to create their own hat.

Inquire: Students identify that people all over the world wear hats for protection.
Investigate: Students classify the properties of hats for different climates and weather.
Inspire: Students apply their understanding of how materials are affected by heat by creating a hot day hat.
Grade k-2
Subject Science,Social Studies
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Staying Cool at Recess: Social Studies Lesson
In this lesson, students learn that even though the Earth is getting hotter, there are ways they can stay cool on the playground.

Inquire: Students discuss why it's important for children to go outside for recess and what they do if they are hot on the playground.
Investigate: Students collect and sort pictures after going on a hot and cool scavenger hunt in their school’s playground.
Inspire: Students create a map to show places to stay cool on the playground if they are too hot.
Grade k-2
Subject Social Studies
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