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Consumer Credit: Buy Now, Pay Later, and More

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners explore the concept of consumer credit. In this consumer credit lesson, students discuss the costs and benefits of buying with credit. Learners examine scenarios to determine the costs and benefits of using a particular method...
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What Do We Have In Common?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this commonality worksheet, students read sets of words and explain what they have in common, 15 sets total. Each set has 3 words.
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Cloze Paragraph Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this cloze paragraph worksheet, students complete a paragraph by filling in the blanks with words that will make the story make sense. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Possum Magic: Cloze Paragraph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this cloze paragraph worksheet, students fill in blanks in a paragraph using words from a list at the bottom of the page. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Movies Are Us

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students watch a movie, and answer teacher created questions in order to explore the brain.
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Island Hopping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars to use cooperation, communication, problem solving, and math skills.
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Mapping My World

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to simple maps and view a map of a classroom and compare distances of items shown.
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Around and Around We Go

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover that a polygon is a closed figure formed by line segments, and that the perimeter of a polygon is the sum of the lengths of its sides. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain lots of practice with...
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How Close Can We Get?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders guide themselves through the traditional outline structure by reassembling papers, which have been cut into separate sentences. They see how close they've come to the original paper and evaluate their achievement.
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Hawaii

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how to do research on the Internet. After they have completed looking up information they create a haiku.
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Top Ten Facts

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners, in pairs, complete research about an assigned person. One student does research in the library and the other on the Internet. They come back together, compare their research, and compile a list of 10 main facts about their person.
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Divulging in Detail

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students rely on their senses to write descriptions of an object within their view. They incorporate different parts of speech in their descriptions. They write a descriptive paragraph about their object.
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Brainstorming Solutions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss common problems and interests with their classmates as a vehicle for problem solving. After sharing their problems, students work in groups to brainstorm possible solutions to their problems. This instructional...
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Playing with Language: Tall Tales and Codes

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students interpret and identify the elements of folktales, with an emphasis on tall tales, in this lesson. Students utilize brainstorming techniques to list ways people communicate. Students also read and create a time line and present...
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The Use of Biocards for Topical Review

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create biocards to represent vocabulary from their biology course. They review and reinforce their basic knowledge of terminology, structures, or concepts. They create the cards to test themselves or classmates.
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Living Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read an ancient Asian fairy tale. While visiting a local park, they collect both male and female seeds found in cones. They identify the type of trees they found the cones by and discuss what they are used for. In groups, they...
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Martin Luther King Internet Photo Timeline

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a photographic timeline of the events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Working in small groups, they use internet research to find photos documenting the major events of his life. Their photos are printed and glued...
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Literature-Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils review themes they have seen so far in their study of poetry. They compare four poems and one set of song lyrics as they search for meaning in each. They compare and contrast all five and then give a presentation of their ideas...
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Language Development: Yours and Humankind's

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm on the evolution of communication with the use of an animated cartoon activity, 'From Caveman to Spaceman.' They discuss their own personal communication development and create a timeline to illustrate how they have...
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Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) Measurements Part 1: Calculating the Solar Constant using a TI-8

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are introduced to the term Photosynthetically Available Radiation. In groups, they participate in an experiment to determine how ecosystems survive the conditions in the Arctic. They calculate the amount of solar energy...
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National First Ladies' Library

State Dinners And Funerals: Protocol And Diplomacy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the use of dinners and funerals as protocol in the life of American Government. They conduct research using the internet and a variety of resources. The information is used in order to answer key questions about...
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The Hunter/ Bank On It

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this literacy activity, students look at the reading passage and match the words that complete the sentences in the correct context.
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Adverb or Adjective?

For Students 4th - 6th
In adverb or adjective worksheet, students choose the word that correctly fits in sentences, either an adverb or adjective. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Alphabetical Order Practice

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this alphabetical order worksheet, learners put a set of 15 "nonsense" words in alphabetical order. Worksheet has links to additional activities.