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The Heat is On!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate evidence for changes in matter that occur during a chemical reaction.
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Why is it so hot when I sit next to the window?

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners investigate how energy travels through glass. In this energy usage lesson, students conduct an experiment in which they decide if window film affects how much energy travels through the glass. Learners use a journal to make...
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What is the Nucleus Like?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this nucleus of an atom worksheet, students answer 19 multiple choice questions about the structure of the atom, radioactive decay, isotopes and half life.
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Online Spanish Lesson on Superlatives: General Rules

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How much does your class know about superlatives? Inform them of the basics and provide some practice with the information here. You can use the examples to help teach the concepts in class or send learners to this page at home. The...
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Matching Game with the US Constitution

For Teachers K - 3rd
In September we celebrate Constitution Day. Begin the celebration with a grand conversation about the US Constitution. Follow up the in-depth discussion with a learning game in which scholars match terms to images such as...
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Literacy Task - Apostrophes

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this apostrophes worksheet, learners match contractions wot 2 words they represent, write letters that are missing, and more. Students complete 3 tasks.
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Organelles

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the functions of major eukaryotic organelles. They compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Given diagrams and drawings, students take turns drawing structures, discussing their function, and labeling...
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Building Bridges for Young Learners - Self

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore self analysis by investigating other cultures. In this personal characteristics lesson, students utilize the Internet to read about a child from Niger, and many other students around the globe. Students compare their own...
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Thanksgiving Literacy Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore why Thanksgiving is celebrated. In this cross-curriculum instructional activity, students listen to the book Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, and complete the sentence frame "I am thankful for ____." Students...
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Mesearch: A Reason for Research

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students complete a research activity about themselves. They access an article on brainstorming and identifying personality traits. Students brainstorm about their personality traits and view a related PowerPoint. Students create their...
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Self Esteem: The IALAC Story

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the concept of self-esteem and listen to a story.  In this IALAC (I am lovable and capable) story lesson, students examine the impact that certain life events have on a person's developing self-esteem....
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Where is Triangle?

For Teachers K
Students listen to songs to discover different shapes. They tape the shapes to their fingers and when they sing about that shape they are to show the shapes to each other.
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The Present of Be: Statements and Yes/No Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
To be or not to be? That's not the question in this presentation, but it features ways to use the forms of to be in other questions. A great addition to your grammar unit.
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Are You A Respectful Person?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students take a self survey to see if they are respectful and complete 28 discussion questions. There are writing assignments and student activities to complete as well. Video that is referenced is not included.
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What Are the Food Groups?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine how eating a variety of foods keeps them healthy. They also explore how similar foods are grouped together in food groups.
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"IIIIH" it is a bug!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the long and short vowel sounds of /i/ in a variety of text with assessing different strategies. They utilize tongue twisters to assist them including "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Liz is Six." Letterboxes are also...
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Which Are Possible?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students solve 4 story problems in which 4 answer choices are given. More than one answer could be correct. Students choose the possible correct answers.
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Riddles are Word Puzzles

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this riddle worksheet, students solve 5 short riddles that are accompanied by pictures, writing what is described in each riddle beneath its picture.
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Independent Courts: How Important Are They?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the importance of judicial independence and how it is exercised while conducting research to gather information using different resources. The teacher discusses the importance of Law Day. They also read the...
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What is Beauty?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discuss "What is Beauty?" and discover their own definitions.
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The Door is Creaky E

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe the prop of a door to demonstrate the sound of the phonemic sound of the letter "e". Then they drill and practice the sound with the teacher. The essential importance of the skill of phonemic awareness is stressed in the...
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Is It Hot in the Light?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make observations about the temperature of items in direct sunlight. In groups, they discuss why asphalt, brick and cement are warmer than items surrounding them. To end the activity, they examine how heat transfers...
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W.A.R. (Wars Are Real)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research America's involvement in wars and conflicts throughout its history. They are assigned a specific war or conflict and then research basic facts and what society was like in the era of their research. They present...
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Where Are the Mistakes?

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL error correction worksheet, students read 18 sentences that may have errors. Students decide if the sentence is correct or not. Students correct any errors.