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Getting To Know All About You: the Endangered Species Introduction

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in a game designed to familiarize themselves with their classmates and introduce a unit on endangered species. They each have an endangered species name taped to their back and must determine the species name by...
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Graph Dynamic Linear Equations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of linear equations. In this linear equation lesson, students change parameters of an equation and notice the effect it has on its graph.
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My Happy Habitat

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners observe and discuss the Idaho state quarter to begin an activity in which they define and draw different types of habitats. They discuss the habitats that the migrating Peregrine falcon, which appears on the Idaho quarter,...
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Word Track Games

For Students K - 3rd
In this word tracking worksheet, students use dice with words on it and when their word comes up they get to move 1 square across a game board. Students play this in groups of 3.
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Animals: Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match words related to animals to their correct definition. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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Investigating Local Ecosystems

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate the habitats of local plants and animals. They explore some of the ways animals depend on plants and each other. Students observe living organisms in a local ecosystem and create detailed drawings and descriptions...
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Feeding Frenzy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine, through experimentation and simulation, how insect mouthparts are adapted for particular food sources, discuss how various animals have adapted to survive, play Feeding Frenzy game, and complete activity sheets.
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Simple Harmonic Motion

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners solve problems involving graphs. In this calculus lesson, students relate harmonic motion to velocity. They discuss the derivative and the effect on the functions created.
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Brown Bear Pudding Style!

For Teachers K
Students are read the story "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". They create their own bear painting out of chocolate pudding. They are allowed to bring in their own stuffed animal to make the first day better for them.
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Hector's World

For Teachers Pre-K
Students examine the concept of trust as it relates to trustworthy people. In this safety instructional activity, students discuss how there are people in our lives that we can rely on for help and support. Students review the story...
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Vocabulary: Variety and Venture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work to increase their vocabulary in their written work. They locate definitions and synonyms through a variety of activities. Students create programs that enhance others' studying.
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Invertebrates and Vertebrate Evolution

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars explore the major characteristics of the major animal phyla. They describe adaptive features that have contributed to the success of animals on land. Students explain how primate evolution provides a context for...
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The Letter Cc

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore letter Cc. In this letter recognition lesson, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson page. Students...
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Biomes -- Part II

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use the internet to gather information on the biomes of the world. They identify the climate and unique characteristics of each biome along with any threat to them. They create their own campaign to preserve wildlife.
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Computer Security:

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students watch a video on computer safety and then complete activity sheets about the characters in the video. In this safety lesson plan, students are provided with the worksheets.
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Fish Swimming--A Poem by Moniza Alvi

For Students 6th - 8th
In this poetry analysis learning exercise, middle schoolers read the poem "Fish Swimming," and discuss the metaphors in the poem. Students complete eight activities based on the poem, including rewriting the subject of the poem and...
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Place Value

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities for place value practice. In this place value lesson, students view a place value grid practice writing numbers into the grid. Students then fill in their own place value grid for their...
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Trigonometric Transformations

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students perform transformation on trig functions. In this precalculus lesson, students relate the London Eye observation wheel to trig function. They use a TI navigator to visualise the parameter created by this view and relate it to...
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Caille The Caterpillar

For Teachers K
Students investigate the six groups of the food pyramid. In this food pyramid instructional activity, students work in a group to find a pictures of their assigned food group. They put the pictures in the "caterpillars" mouth which is...
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Crossword Puzzle- Animals of the Southern Hemisphere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this animal crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 11 clues and pictures given at the bottom of the page to complete the crossword puzzle at the top. They can check their answers using the solution that is posted at the bottom...
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Literary Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in pairs, go on a literary scavenger hunt using the Internet to find information.
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Two Way Causality in Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete various activities in order to explain that ecosystems are complex and that animal behavior (mainly that of a predator) is not necessarily intentional or bad.
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Replicating Controversy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Student act as a research scientists and investigate the development of animal and human cloning. They then report their findings, both orally and visually, to their "colleagues" at a symposium on cloning research. Students explore the...
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Add These Across - Horizontal Addition

For Students K
In this addition worksheet, students find the sums in 6 horizontal addition problems. They count the pictures, write the numbers on the blank lines, and add across the row.