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National Library of Medicine

Your Environment, Your Health: The Great Debate—Bottled Water vs. Tap Water in Our School

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Should bottled water be sold in schools, or should they only provide tap water? The summative unit in the six-part series encourages scholars debating this topic. The lessons teach how to build an argument, how to gain background...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Proofreading, Revising, & Editing Skills Success

For Students 3rd - 6th
Some self-paced writing resources are just better than others. This one is great. The 205-page packet includes exercises on every aspect of the writing process, from crafting sentences and paragraphs, to proofreading, revising, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

8th Grade Reading Comprehension Success

For Students 8th Standards
Augment your eighth grade language arts curriculum with a thorough set of reading comprehension activities and assessments. Focusing on a variety of skills, including vocabulary in context, text structure, main idea, and author's style,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aboriginal Physical Education

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students engage in p.e. activities that have roots in native Indian, Metis, and Inuit cultures. They practice the skill involved and listen to the significance behind the skill. They read relevant books and define new terminology.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Count Around

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore counting.  In this numeration math instructional activity, students read a question that poses a "counting" question, count the identified classroom objects, and write their answer on a sticky note.  Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fruit Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils review their notes on fruit as provided by the teacher. They then play a game called Fruit Bingo to identify the different types of fruit and their classifications. Each student receivec a bingo card. Finally, students identify...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

That's So Square

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to circles, triangles and parallelograms. As a class, they create the shape with their bodies and are shown the shapes in their actual size. To end the instructional activity, they sketch each shape and...