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Super Science Sleuths Explain It All: Circumnavigating the Circulatory System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students access prior knowledge of the circulatory system.  In this circulatory system lesson plan, students participate in experiments related to the circulatory system and  film for a podcast. Students work in pairs to create their...
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K12 Reader

Colonization: for Gold, God, and Glory

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Colonization, cartography, and circumnavigation. After reading a short article about early explorations, kids use the information provided to answer a series of comprehension questions.
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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research and chart the shortest course to circumnavigate the globe.
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Lesson: Urban China: Contemporary China

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The urbanization and consumerism of modern China is the hot topic up for critical analysis. Kids view a series of photographs that specifically describe Chinese modernization, urbanization, consumerism, and waste. They discuss each...
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PPT
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The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Your students' world will literally take shape in this presentation, which chronicles the growing edges of the (flat) earth during European Exploration of New Worlds. Dias, da Gama, Magellean, and Columbus are key players in this game of...
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Christopher Columbus

For Teachers 3rd
In this Christopher Columbus worksheet, 3rd graders will read a six paragraph passage. Students will then answer seven multiple choice questions about what they have read.
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World History People Review

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Who's who in World History? Help your historians keep track of major figures with this World History People Review, where students match 96 world figures to the appropriate descriptions. The matching questions are grouped by historical...
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PPT
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The European Conquest of the Americas

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Witness the birth of the Americas in this presentation, which details the European Explorers who contributed to adding vital details on our modern-day maps. Viewers' worlds will literally expand after seeing the results of Cortes and the...
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Geography Puzzles

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students study the continents of the world. In this Internet geography lesson, students connect to online mapping games. Students collaborate in order to develop their understanding of world geography, including countries and capital...
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Organizer
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Explorers

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Explorers study guide learning exercise, students respond to 3 questions regarding Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Pizarro, Drake, and Cartier. Answers are included.
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An Uphill Swim

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the concepts and engineering principles used in a canal lock system and apply those concepts to navigate a boat through a working model of a canal lock waterway.
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Drawing Conclusions

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore why some teenagers take unnecessary risks. In this decision making lesson, 10th graders read an article on risk taking and draw important conclusions on the topic.
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Worksheet
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Cloze Activity: Captain James Cook

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Captain James Cook cloze procedure worksheet, students review a brief selection that is missing 14 words and then attempt to fill in each blank with a word they think the author might have used. A word bank is provided.
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Around the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners find the circumference of various round objects.  In this finding the circumference of various round objects lesson, students find the circumference of the Earth.  Learners find the circumference of trees, tires, and other...
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Spelling List 13: Sight Words, Homographs, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spelling list learning exercise, students practice spelling words that are sight words, homographs, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 21 words total.
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Spelling List D-18

For Students 4th - 5th
in this spelling worksheet, students write each of 21 words two times. This list contains words with the edge/idge pattern, sight words, and academic vocabulary.
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Worksheet
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Dame Ellen MacArthur

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Ellen MacArthur worksheet, students read about the life of the yachtswoman, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Lesson Plan
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Loggerhead Nest Management Program

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify the sea turtle management documentary and complete an activity for each slide. They plot the location of nests laid on the island they patrol and discuss their rationale for management decisions. Finally, students...
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Worksheet #17 - Incan Civil War

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Incan Civil War worksheet, students demonstrate their knowledge of related terms in ten fill in the blank questions.
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The Word Root "Circ"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word root learning exercise, students complete 5 sentences, filling in blanks with "circ" words from a word box, then complete a challenge activity, creating a similar activity with 3 additional words.
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Breaking News English: Map Shows the Chinese Discovered America

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Map Shows the Chinese Discovered America," 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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Voyages: Scientific Circumnavigations: Dampier

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the unlikely journals and observations of William Dampier, an English pirate who sailed the Pacific, making landfall in the Philippines, East Indies, and Australia. See his maps, descriptions of the Pacific, and observations...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Hispanic Reading Room: The First Circumnavigation of the Globe

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a larger site that explores the Portuguese role in mapping the New World, this brief article talks about the legacy of Magellan, a Portuguese-born explorer for Spain whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Find...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Magellan Circumnavigated the Globe

For Students 9th - 10th
Ewandro Magalhaes shares the story of Magellan's journey.