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A Step Back in Time
Fifth graders study the Civil War, discuss the life and policy decisions of Abraham Lincoln and the concepts/issues that developed to create North vs. South. This lesson is meant to be used before visiting Ford's Theatre.
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Caterpillars To Butterflies
Pupils gain an appreciation of nature by teaching them about the life cycle of the butterfly. They set up a terrarium so they can observe the changes a caterpillar goes through.
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Show Me the Way To Go Home
Middle schoolers place a pencil perpendicular to the ground and trace its shadow between 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM. They measure the length of the shadow, periodically over several hours, in either English or Metric units. Using the data,...
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Party Time
Third graders produce a schedule to provide to the birthday party guests The party must last 5 hours and fifteen minutes.
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Using Algebra to Solve Puzzles
Students explore basic algebraic operations to solve real life situations. Additional problems are presented to continue the exploration of the concept.
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Count Down the Days to a Special Event
Students calculate time using a grade appropriate skill. In this time lesson plan, students calculate the time to a special event. Students calculate days, months, weeks, hours, minutes or seconds depending on their skill level....
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The Campaign: Issues and Strategies. Campaign Press Coverage
Students discuss and fill out worksheets on the amount and type of press coverage given to certain candidates. For this press coverage lesson plan, students complete 4 worksheets and view maps of the United States to see where the press...
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Bears Odd Bears Even
Students listen to a read aloud of Harriet Ziefert's Bears Odd Bears Even. They count cubes and counters to classify and show numbers as odd or even.
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Can You Name the Four Seasons?
Students explore names, characteristics and traditions of the seasons and observe weather changes throughout the year.
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Slope Lesson Plan
Students identify the relationship between relations and functions. In this algebra instructional activity, students investigate and find the slope of a line using a graph, 2 points and an equation. They calculate the slope from a set a...
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Getting Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed Every Day?
Students explore the effects of sleep deprivation in teenagers and pose reasons why sleep may not be a priority in their own schedules. They make changes to afford more sleep and then evaluate the impact.
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Database
Second graders collect daily weather information and introduce them to databases.
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Festivals and Fairs
Students celebrate May Day. In this Medieval festivals lesson, students research May Day and information about may poles. Students build their own may poles and discuss the significance of the May Day festival.
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Weekly Current Events
Students examine current events every week. Using the internet, they complete searches about specific events. In groups, they gather information to share with the class and discuss any opposing viewpoints.
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The Important Thing
First graders create time capsules with "The Important Thing About Me" picture and information.
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How Do You Define Spring?
Students conduct surveys to determine when spring occurs in the minds of people in their area. They organize and interpret their data.
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Number Scrolls
Students write the number line. In this numbers lesson, students write numbers in numeric order on a number scroll. They find patterns within this number line.
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Modeling Moon Phases
Students identify the phases of the Moon and the synchronous rotation. In this hands on lesson students will create a model of the Moon.
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Hanukkah Questions
In this Hanukkah activity, students read a 4-paragraph selection about the Festival of Lights and then respond to 5 short answer questions.
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Sand Art Creation
Students create a model of a geological land-form. In this art instructional activity, students will create a model of a land-form using sand.
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Present Progressive
In this present progressive worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the correct present progressive words. Students complete 7 paragraphs.
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The SummerSchoolMath Worksheet- Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division Level 4
For this math operations worksheet, students review their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills as they complete 400 problems.
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Magnetic Discovery Bottle
Students examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data. In this magnet lesson students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets.
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Lunar Cycle
Students become familiar with repeating patterns in nature, namely the phases of the moon.