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Packing for a L-o-o-o-ng Trip to Mars

For Students 9th - 12th
Pack just enough to fit. Crews determine what personal items to take with them on a trip to Mars. Each team must decide what to take with them on a two-and-a-half year trip to Mars and whether their items will fit within the allotted...
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Jack Math Scramble

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice throwing and catching jacks to improve their hand-eye coordination. In groups, they participate in a variety of games in which they use the jacks to improve their problem solving skills. To end the activity, they...
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The Gingerbread Man

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a story from sentence strips and charts. Student pairs are called on to read their answer and move that strip to the top of the chart. One line of students moves down, giving each student a new partner. The activity...
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Breaking News English: Keep Warm to Avoid Colds

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English learning exercise, students read "Keep Warm to Avoid Colds," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Are You an Ant?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate different insects in their backyard. In this insect lesson, students read the book Are You and Ant? and apply the reading to their backyards. Students create a list of animals that begin with the the letter A an make...
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Breaking News English: Keep Warm to Avoid Colds: Scientists

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Keep Warm to Avoid Colds: Scientists," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Breaking News English: Britain's Sick Day Culture

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Britain's Sick Day Culture," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Cracking Sticks

For Teachers K
Students explore the letter /k/ in this lesson, and identify the /k/ sound in words. They read a tongue twister emphasizing the /k/ sound, and discuss that two letters make the /k/ sound - c and k. They then practice writing k's and...
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Breaking News English: Microsoft Launches Bing Decision Engine

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read "Microsoft Launches Bing Decision Engine," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the...
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Breaking News English: UN Suspends International Trade in Caviar

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "UN Suspends International Trade in Caviar," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Catching On To Cooperation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students give examples where they were to cooperate with others. They work together in groups to create something given the materials they have. They discuss how the project went afterwards.
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Scarf Toss Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners review how to properly toss a scarf. In groups, they play the game like an ordinary tag game in which the locomotor skill is changed for each game. If they are tagged, they choose a basket and pick one scarf to juggle.
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To The Beat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils to get a feel for different rhythms through throwing and catching. They are asked to throw to their partner keeping time with the beat of the music. The partner catch the ball and throw it back to their partner in rhythm.
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Indoor Snowball Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students to practice overhand throwing in a game situation. They use balls of yarn to practice their throwing skills.
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Football Frenzy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice throwing and catching a football in a dynamic setting. The quarterbacks throw passes to their receivers. If the receiver catches a pass, then they jog back to their quarterback area and they become a quarterback.
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Pond Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate organisms and animals by examining a nearby pond. In this ecosystem lesson, students participate in a field trip to a local pond where they utilize a net to gather animals, plants and pollution items, Students...
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PE Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use various ball skills to reinforce the names of the planets, their order in relation to the sun, and the revolving of the planets around the sun.
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Bulldog Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a game of Bulldog tag. In groups, they are given different colored pinnies in which they try to catch those wearing a different color. To end the lesson plan, they switch roles between the one doing the tagging...
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Picture This!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice visualizing images as they read text to help improve their comprehension skills. The teacher models a visualizing technique, and the passes out two poems for the students to read silently. The class creates a Venn...
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Write, Read and Play

For Teachers K - 5th
Students integrate writing, reading and movement skills. They draw from a hat a movement skill (e.g., throwing, catching, kicking, etc.), sport, or related word (e. g., heart, muscle, etc.) and create a book written on the first or...
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Marine Protected Areas

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners design a research project about a Marine Protected Area they chose. In this marine biology lesson, students gather fish count and catch data then graph them. They create an information poster about their findings.
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Bean Bag Challenge

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the human body by participating in a physical education activity. In this bean bag lesson, students identify the hand eye coordination skills necessary to throw and catch a bean bag with a partner. Students throw,...
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Sally's Silly Somersaults

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in an emergent literacy lesson plan based upon the skill of phoneme awareness. They practice recognizing different sounds from prior knowledge for practice and then work on the new phoneme.
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BBC Learning English, Speaking (Clarifying Meaning)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this verbal comprehension learning exercise, learners identify possible reasons for poor inter-personal communication and learn multiple phrases to use for clarification in a conversation.