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High schoolers compare and evaluate the world's different seaweeds. In this investigative activity students study seaweed and the harvesting of it. They then interpret the data collected and graph the seaweed production.
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A Global Water Crisis
Young scholars study the contamination of drinking water and what human activities play a role in it. For this environment lesson students complete worksheets and complete a lab activity.
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Decimals and Batting Averages
For this decimals and batting averages worksheet, learners compute 9 batting averages to complete the chart, then answer 5 questions about the data in the chart.
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Dirt Cups
After a hard day examining and dissecting worms, why not put your feet up and snack on a few? Here is a really cute idea that can be used to celebrate Earth Day or to accent a thematic learning experience. Kids use clay pots, gummy...
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Ice Cream in a Bag
Here is a good version of this classic chemistry activity. Learners are given a simple recipe for how to make home-made ice cream by putting all of the ingredients into a ziploc bag. Before doing the activity, I would recommend having a...
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May I Have a Cup of Coffee?
Language learners must first fill in the blanks of the cross word prompts with vocabulary words related to food and food service. They then use these words to complete the puzzle. An answer sheet is provided.
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Ice Cream in a Bag
Students discuss the three states of matter and how they are affected by temperature. They make ice cream in a bag while observing how temperature change affects the mixture. They discuss why some specimens froze more quickly than others...
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8 Comma Rules
In this comma rules learning exercise, students read 30 sentences and add commas where needed. Detailed rules for the use of commas are on the page to help.
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Math Centers
Fifth graders review the concepts of fractions: improper, mixed, proper, like denominator addition. They then review the concepts of creating pie graphs using a percent circle using manipulatives.
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The Geology of a Snicker’s Bar: Tectonic Plates
Students explore the layers of the Earth using a Snicker's bar. In this science instructional activity, students identify the parts of the Snicker's bar and identify which layer of the Earth the parts of the candy bar would represent....
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Uncountable Nouns
One fish, two fish! There's a noun you can count. But how do you count the water the fish are swimming in? Or the air above the water? Teach your learners about uncountable nouns and how to use them in sentences. This resource...
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Reinforcing Fractions Using a Fraction Calculator
Students complete fraction word problems using TI-Explorer Calculators.
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There are Microbes in my Food!
Sixth graders produce yogurt in the classroom as an example of the use of microbes in food production, and record observations in science journals.
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Solving Word Problems
In this finding the sums and differences for story problems worksheet, students add and subtract up to two-digits without regrouping. Students solve 6 problems.
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Alone, Lonely, and Only Exercise
In this filling in the blanks to complete sentences worksheet, learners use the words alone, lonely, and only correctly in sentences. Students write 21 answers.
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Applications of Linear Systems
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve verbal problems whose solution requires the use of a system of linear equations. The five page worksheet contains a combination of thirty-one multiple choice and free response...
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Dissolving: Learning About Solutes and Solvents
You can use these hands on activities to teach students about solutes, solvents, and solutions.
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An Astronaut's Journal: Snacks and Beverages
In this snack and beverage worksheet, students place a check beside all the words that can complete the 10 sentences logically.
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Visitons Le Café! (Let's Visit the Café!)
Students become familiar with basic French cafémenu items by viewing pictures of various foods and drinks and identifying them in French, and practice proper pronunciation by ordering foods in French, while taking turns role playing...
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Healthy School Food
Students design a balanced school menu or a healthy snack vending machine. Students create a colorful wall display. Students demonstrate about food groups on a spreadsheet. Students answer a survey on what foods to eat and why.
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New: Fun with Fractions
Third graders determine that the larger the denominator the more parts the whole is being divided into. They use fractions to communicate and compare parts of the whole. They discover what the numerator and denominator of a fraction...
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Alphabetical Order 3
In this spelling worksheet, students arrange a list of 25 words into alphabetical order. All of the words name some type of food or drink.
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Food Glorious Food
In this food category worksheet, students categorize thirty-five different types of foods into six main categories: Meat, Fruit, Vegetables, Sea Food, Dairy or Other.
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Jelly Beans for Sale
Students connect literature (story Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan) to math concepts. In these estimating and money lessons, students work with jelly beans, unifix cubes, pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, to estimate and make...