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How Far Will It Roll?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate physics by conducting an experiment.  In this gravity lesson, 3rd graders create a ramp using books and paper which they roll a marble down.  Students utilize the scientific method to predict and...
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Grade 4 Language-Basic 1

For Students 4th
In this grade 4 language worksheet, 4th graders answer a set of 20 "basic" multiple choice questions. Answers may be submitted and checked on-line.
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Grade 5 Basic Math

For Students 5th
In this grade 5 math activity, 5th graders answer a set of 22 multiple choice problem solving and estimation questions. Worksheet may be completed on-line and answers submitted.
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Partition of Africa Questions

For Students 7th - 12th
For this colonial Africa worksheet, students study a map of Africa from 1885-1914. Students then respond to 9 short answer questions based on the information presented in the map.
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Balance of Nature Pyramid

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the concept of food chains and create a physical forest food chain pyramid. In this balance of nature pyramid instructional activity, students identify the ingredients needed on each level of the pyramid then make...
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Manners

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are given opportunities to become aware of manners. They become aware of their behaviors and choices and to provide a positive place for students to think about their choices.
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America Will Be

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners work together to research and create different types of maps of the United States to be used as part of a geography trivia game.Groups research North American annual rainfall, climate, mountain ranges major rivers and state...
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Museum Text Messaging

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils pretend they are in a museum and are to explain a painting to a friend using text messaging. They identify the correct painting based on the message. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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Trust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners read and discuss Romeo and Juliet Act IV, Scenes 1 and 2. They compare the unfolding action with yesterday's predictions. They consider the concepts of trust, fate, and self-determination.
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Word Structure

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students infer the meanings of unfamiliar words using context clues and knowledge of prefixes and suffixes. They identify vocabulary words as nouns or adjectives using context clues and suffixes. In addition, they decide the meaning of a...
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Relationship Role Plays

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers connect a scene from a play they are reading to events in their own lives. Working in male/female pairs, students act out a scene from "Hamlet." Pairs work to role play a scene as an extension of the one they have read,...
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Manners

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the concept of manners and how they should be exercised at school. This lesson is a foundation of classroom management for Physical Education and is meant to be adapted to other classes if needed. Students focus upon...
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Go Fish for Antonyms

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, after reading and discussing the book, "One Fish Two Fish," by Dr. Seuss, practice matching pairs of antonyms together with an accuracy of 12 out of 15. They make flashcards in the shape of fish to study with and play a...
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Observations and Inferences

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars observe how to distinguish observations form inferences.  For this examining inferences lesson students list observations relating to the activity and discuss the importance of them. 
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Frozen Price Game

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students participate in an economics game which demonstrates the advantages of price allocation over other methods.
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Expressing Emotions Through Art Lesson 2: Everybody Needs Somebody

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine works of art that depict two people who care for each other, and analyze how artists use line, shape, color, and space in works of art. They use line, shape, color, and space to create drawings that depict two...
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Near and Far Snow People/an Art lesson

For Teachers K
Students explore the concepts in art of near and far by drawing landscapes and snowpeople. They first draw and later do watercolor and oil pastel paintings.
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Graphing Data Brings Understanding

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students collect, graph and analyze data. For this statistics lesson, students use circle, pie, bar and lines to represent data. They analyze the data and make predictions bases on the scatter plots created.
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Mirror, Mirror

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students mirror their partners by moving the same way they do. In this movement lesson plan, students use their bodies and jump ropes and switch leaders every 20 seconds to mirror their partner.
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Ribbon Wand Dancing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils construct a ribbon wand which, through the use of line, color, contrast and shape can be used to better express a given emotion. Students improvise a brief dance created through manipulation of ribbon wand using three distinct...
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Pizza Fraction Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students solve for fractions using a pizza. In this fraction lesson plan, students listen to a read aloud, decorate pizzas, then cut their pizzas apart to show equivalent fractions. Once their pizzas are cut apart, they share different...
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Spark Activity: Counting Laps

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners move around a makeshift "track" set up by the teacher, moving around it as many times as they can before the stop signal. Students begin by power walking and slow-jogging, then build up speed as they proceed. Learners call out...
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Five Little Squirrels Rhyme

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students recite a chant that has rhyming words in it having to do with squirrels. In this rhyming words lesson, students also practice saying ordinal numbers with this chant.
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Retell And Summarize Text

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read a text and summarize what they have read to others. In this summarization worksheet, students also cross out unimportant details.