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Power Blackout Assessment
Students discuss the importance of power grids in power generation. In this physics lesson, students explain the impact of power failure. They investigate the power blackout in 2003 and discuss their findings.
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Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems
Students watch a video, view websites, and discuss the Chinese Exclusion Act that took place on Angel Island. In this Chinese exclusion act lesson plan, students discuss the interrogations that went on and fill out worksheets bout the...
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Misused Verbs: Sit/Sat/Set
In this misused verbs activity, students insert the words sit, sat, or set into the sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total on this activity.
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Fun with Word Shapes
In this word shapes worksheet, students put words into the word shapes above and below the center line. Students put 16 words into the word shapes on 6 pages.
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Madonna
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Madonna and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Possessive Nouns
In this possessive nouns worksheet, students rewrite underlined nouns in sentences to make them possessive. A reference website is given for additional resources.
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Language Arts Review
In this online interactive language arts review worksheet, middle schoolers respond to 36 multiple choice questions regarding literature and grammar. Students may submit their answers to be scored. A reading selection is missing for a...
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Self Portrait Ideas
Students review multiple ideas for creating a self portrait including abstract versions, PowerPoint presentations, sculptures, ceramic plates, photography and shadow boxes. They create self portraits.
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ESL: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
In this ESL instructional activity, students listen to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, then complete a set of multiple choice questions.
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Mrs. Portillo
Students view a film about the importance of working together. They idenitfy different people's roles in the community. They participate in activities in which they practice Spanish vocabulary.
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Lining Up for Classroom Teacher
Students play one of two games while waiting in line for their teacher. They lay down on the ground like Sleeping Beauty and can only awake when teacher guesses the secret word. They also freeze in the pose of their favorite sport pose.
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Fire Escape Plan
Students discuss the main points of an escape plan for evacuating their home in a fire. They observe an example of a fire escape action that they can write and then discuss if they know how to escape from their homes quickly and safely...
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Crawl Low Under Smoke
Students participate in a instructional activity that is about finding an escape route when faced with an emergency fire situation. They read about the hazards of fire and smoke inhalation. The concept of crawling low under smoke is...
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Future Simple Questions Exercise
In this future simple questions worksheet, students complete ten questions in the future perfect tense. Students add "will" to complete the sentence.
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Balloon Water Fun
Students put a few pennies into a balloon and blow it up. Students attach the balloons to a clothes line. Students draw targets on the balloons and use water guns to hit the target.
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On An Airplane
In this ESL learning exercise, students focus on various aspects associated with an airplane. Students complete 16 fill in the blank sentences using the drop down menu to self check each question.
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Shakespeare's Words
High schoolers explore monologues of Shakespeare and the structure of the Globe Theatre. They participate in a Shakespeare phrase guessing game, examine a diagram of the Globe Theatre, and read and discuss monologues from Shakespeare.
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Seashore Life
In this seashore life instructional activity, students identify the animals that live on the seashore. Students then color the animals that live on the seashore. Students also draw and color any additional animals they would see.
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Comparison of Images Formed by Plane, Cylindrical (concave side), and Spherical (concave side) Mirrors
Young scholars study mirrors and see how images can be reversed. For this reflection lesson students demonstrate that all mirrors reverse images and that the apparent right to left reversal in a plane mirror is a result of that reversal.
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Eating, A Family Affair
Students explain the benefits of eating together as a family. In this adult health lesson, students share their happy mealtime experience with each other. They develop a mealtime goal for their family.
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"Rosa Parks"
Students use information from the Time 100: Rosa Parks Web site to explore Parks's decision to challenge Montgomery's segregation laws. They answer four questions and apply this information by delivering an introductory speech.
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Make a Leaf Banner
Students create an leaf print banner, and classify, sort and find patterns in the leaves as they work.
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Nature Notes
Students spend some time outdoors and record their observations of abiotic conditions, geologic surroundings and living organisms. They reflect and write about the experience of being observant in nature.