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Paper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the process of creating paper. They read and discuss a flier and visit centers in small groups to study Paper Fun, Historical Paper, What Paper Is Made Of, and Homemade Paper. After visiting each center, they share the...
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Water Sources: Sprinkles (Newsletter)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet, students investigate water sources and the environment. Students complete a rebus, a home water survey, a game about the journey of water, an activity on waste water, a water cleansing experiment and a water...
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Negative Toss

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover that they have control over their lives and over which aspects of their lives they choose to concentrate on. They throw away their negative feeling in this activity
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Germbusters

For Teachers K
Students identify various germs and discuss how germs are spread. They examine and identify materials in the daily environment, germbusters, which are useful in fighting germs, then play a fun germbuster game to help them remember how to...
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students explore the five senses through hands-on and Internet activities.
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Glitter Germs

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in a fun experiment involving glitter that teaches young children the importance of why they should wash their hands with soap and warm water. They explore that germs can easily spread if they don't properly wash...
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Drugs

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students participate in various activities dealing with prescription drug bottle vocabulary and modals. They discuss legal and illegal drugs, complete a vocabulary worksheet, and write sentences using the correct form of modals.
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The Lost Property Office

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a role-play activity to practice literacy skills. They work in pairs to describe an item they have lost, and the partner asks description questions to help locate the lost item.
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Personality Assessment

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students participate in an activity about personality perceptions. They take a personality survey for themselves. Then students take the same survey with their impressions about their partner, and discuss their findings.
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Cycling

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students participate in a variety of activities related to biking. They follow diction to draw a picture of a bike. They read an article about cycling and role play in a bike shop. They design a poster for a campaign that encourages bike...
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Names

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in name and face recognition games as they examine name trends in the UK. They read a short article to determine if they were able to name the trendiest monikers. They participate in a listening/drawing activity to...
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Vegetarianism As a Growing Trend in the Uk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the growing trend of vegetarianism in the UK. They participate in a jigsaw reading activity, conduct a role-play discussing the issues of vegetarianism, take a quiz about fruit and vegetables, and complete a food chart...
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Cool Brands UK

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students participate in a number of language based activities as they look at fashion trends and popular brands in the UK. They complete a class survey on the "coolest" clothes and what qualities make the clothes cool. They compare the...
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Consumer Power

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the labels on their own clothes to determine where they were made and think about important factors when shopping for different items. They figure how much the person who makes their sneakers would get and complete a...
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The Windrush Generation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a variety of language based activities to study the feelings of the Caribbean immigrants who arrived in the UK in the 1940's and 1950's. They use a poem as the basis to begin their studies of the Windrush Generation....
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Getting Teenagers ToTalk

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students/Teachers exercise how to keep the conversation peer centered. They focus in pairs and keep to fairly short discussion activities. Students compile a teenage time capsule.
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Friends

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a series of activities designed to help them talk about their friends and the different types of friendships they have inside and outside their immediate family. It will be important in the initial stages of the lesson...
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Destination UK: England

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students study life in England using a guided visualization of London, looking at statistics, reading a website, and map work. They participate in an activity that based on Cockney Rhyming Slang and look a the culture.
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Destination UK: Wales

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study Wales as a part of the United Kingdom. They examine what they already know about Wales, play guessing game about famous Welshmen, and complete jigsaw reading activity.
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Destination UK - Northern Ireland

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study Northern Ireland as one of the countries that make up the United Kingdom. They examine the differences between Great Britain, the UK, and the British Isles by participating in readings, true and false activities, and...
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Dress Code

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study British dress codes by examining pictures of people in the UK in a variety of situations. They use appropriate vocabulary to describe the situations by leaving messages at message board. They participate in role play...
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Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss natural disasters and the emergency responses that are appropriate for the situation. They take dictation using appropriate vocabulary, complete sentence and participate in role play activities.
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Climate Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine climate change, the greenhouse effect, and their attitude about the environment. They examine how green they are by taking a quiz and investigate recycling activities by participating in a game. Finally, they design...
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Driving

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study vocabulary associated with driving and traffic with a pictionary type activity. They examine what it is like to drive in crowded city centers such as London. They complete a driving survey, read selection and participate...