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The Tallest Plants ... are Trees!

For Students 3rd - 5th
A fabulous worksheet about trees awaits your students. They read a lengthy selection on the various parts of trees, then complete 13 fill-in-the-blank and matching questions about what they have read. An excellent reading comprehension...
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Silas Marner by George Eliot

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Silas Marner. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Mars

For Students 4th - 7th
After reading a short excerpt about the planet named after the Roman god of war, Mars, your class will answer four comprehension questions. The activity challenges them to fold over the paper and answer the questions without referring...
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Dirty Britain

For Students 9th - 11th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about the problem of litter in Great Britain and answer comprehension questions.
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Plant Nutrition

For Students 4th - 6th
In this plant nutrition instructional activity, students read for information and assess comprehension. In this true and false, fill in the blank, multiple choice, and short answer instructional activity, students answer ten questions.
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate Change

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
An extensive investigation of the Earth's climate changes awaits your environmental science classes. This top-notch presentation begins by looking at the history of Earth's climate and then predicts the impact on each major terrestrial...
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Plant Part Exploration: Stems

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Explore water transport in plant stems using this fun experiment! Your scientists will start by reading Stems by Vijaya Bodach. Then, activate prior knowledge about plant stem functions and water transportation. Demonstrate this concept...
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Jim's Favorite Store

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a story about different types of shops visited by a child on a shopping trip. Students answer 5 questions.
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Vertebrate History in Rocks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the noted section in their science textbooks and respond to 4 short answer and 3 fill in the blank questions regarding fossils embedded in rock formations.
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Glossaries

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Explore text structure with a focus on the glossary feature in informational texts. Learners read a brief introduction before examining a glossary from a text about plants. They reference it while completing four comprehension questions....
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Introduce Vocabulary: An Earthworm's Life (Himmelman)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Explore some tier-two vocabulary using John Himmelman's informational text An Earthworm's Life. Recommended words for this slimy text are: bulge, burrow, journey, soil, and underground. After introducing these words, help kids utilize...
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Tallying Local Species to Learn About Diversity

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Using this thoroughly-written plan, you can have your junior ecologists exploring local biodiversity. They take a journal outdoors to tally the species that they see. An article is included along with comprehension questions. The author...
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Dirty Pictures

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate how food, clothing and shelter come from soil after they examine soil from their own backyards. They map soils on the color wheel before making glue and soil pictures and tie-dying T-shirts in red soil.
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Manage Soil

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify and classify soil ypes according to data on the soil triangle. Given examples, students identify soil conservation practices, using criterion assessment instrument. When giving a case situation involving soil...
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Organizer
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The United States and Canada: Climate and Vegetation

For Students 7th - 10th
Display U.S. and Canadian climate and vegetation through this text-companion learning exercise. Learners read about the geography of these regions, take notes, and answer 3 comprehension questions as they read the selection. A graphic...
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The Tangle Box quiz

For Students 4th - 8th
Review The Tangle Box by Terry Brooks in your language arts class. Learners can submit and review simple comprehension questions in an instant. Use this resource to test their independent reading novel.
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Sense Of Place

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study ecology, listen to speakers and research conservation topics.  In this investigative lesson plan students discuss wilderness resources, learn about Native Americans and participate in activities that help them to better...
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Kansas

For Students 4th - 6th
For this Kansas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
What does it mean to grow? To germinate? For the plan detailed here, class members investigate the growth process of an oak tree while focusing on the beginning stages of planting and germination. They plant seeds and record observations...
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Plant Parts

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this plant parts worksheet, students read for information and demonstrate comprehension. In this true and false, fill in the blank, short answer, and multiple choice worksheet, students answer ten questions.
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Landforms and Resources of the United States and Canada

For Students 6th - 8th
In this North American geography worksheet, students read about the physical features and resources of the United States and Canada. Students take notes and answer 3 short answer comprehension questions as they read the selection.
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Mars Pathfinder

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students read about the Mars Pathfinder. Students also answer 2 comprehension questions about the reading.
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Ecology

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ecology worksheet, students read information about ecology and the nine ecology subdivisions and answer comprehension questions. Students answer ten questions in this matching and fill in the blank worksheet.
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Parts of the Plants

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss as a class what they know about plants viewing several pictures of plants as well as a tree poster. They work in groups to observe a flowering plant which is removed from a pot with the soil brushed away and is...