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Near and Far Snow People/an Art lesson

For Teachers K
Students explore the concepts in art of near and far by drawing landscapes and snowpeople. They first draw and later do watercolor and oil pastel paintings.
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Prepositions Song

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students memorize a list of prepositions and are encouraged to use them in their writing.
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Pumpkin Seeds Mosaic

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students examine the history of mosaics. They follow instructions to create their own pumpkin seed mosaic. They also bake some of the seeds to enjoy as a treat.
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The Role of Women in the United States and Kenya

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students compare the responsibilities and rights of women in the US and in Kenya. They examine how gender affects societal roles.
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Illegal Drugs And Harmful Substances

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Pupils have a general discussion what illegal drugs and harmful substances are, some reasons people use them, and how those people's behavior changes.
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Household Pests

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in an experiment to show how germs are spread, by food, fingers and feces. They conduct a bacteria count using a colony counter.
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Fractured Fairy Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners use familiar characters, plots, and settings from traditional fairy tales to create "fractured" versions, while experimenting with satire, irony and parody. A fractured fairy tale is designed to be humorous by changing the story...
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Water Pollution, Stream Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a series of simulated activities designed to demonstrate the interconnectedness between the environment and the organisms that live there. They explore how polluting one element of an environment affects the...
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Expressing Likes and Dislikes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify slang words that they would use in a conversation. They practice expressing their likes and dislikes in speech and written form. They complete worksheets and discuss them to end the lesson.
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Identifying Food Nutrients

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students pretend they are a food-quality tester. They develop a kit to test food for sugars, starches, proteins and lipids. They answer questions to complete the lesson plan.
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What Can We Do About Trash in Our Community?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine how to deal with the amount of trash in their community. They discover alternate ways of managing waste. They develop their own solutions to the problem.
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Food or Fuel?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe the process of transesterification utilizing chemical formulas. They construct and compare models of chemical structure of the substances involved in biodiesel production such as: alcohols, alkenes, alkanes,...
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Personal Hygiene Products and Their Uses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the use and frequency of use of personal hygiene products by writing an essay explain their personal hygiene regimine and the products they use. This instructional activity is intended for students acquiring English.
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Genes-R-Us: or, Real Genetics For Real Students

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore genetics and genetic counseling. They research information on human genetic disorders. Students simulate developing a complete counseling service to assist the community.
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Eye On Conservation Drainage Basin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to describe the importance of wetland vegetation. They describe the impacts human activities have on water systems. Students compare and contrast the effect of different soil types on water filtration.
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Good Health Manners

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review what they know about good manners and create a list of good manners. They read a list of good manners and discuss why they are important. They practice good manners and explain how they will keep the flu away.
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How Germs Spread

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct a test to help them visualize the spread of germs. They identify that a pandemic is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads across a large region or even worldwide. Finally, students state...
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What Do I Feed My Hamster?: Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd
In this hamster facts reading comprehension instructional activity, 3rd graders will read a passage about hamsters and what they like to eat and answer 6 multiple choice questions.
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Opposites Practice #1

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this online interactive opposites worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions that require them to identify antonyms of the bold-faced words in 12 sentences. Students may submit their...
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Hotel Problems

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students participate in a class activity in which one person reads a situation cards. The situations pertain to problems a guest might encounter in a hotel. Students mime the things they need while the...
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Root Beer Production

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this fermentation worksheet, students conduct an experiment to illustrate how the yeast fermentation process is used to produce carbonation. This worksheet has 5 short answer questions.
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Clauses and Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this grammar instructional activity, students read about clauses and conjunctions. Students read about the different kinds of clauses, such as dependent and independent.
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ESL Past Simple or Present Perfect? Verb Tense Worksheet

For Students 6th - 11th
For this ESL past simple or present perfect verb tense worksheet, students choose the correct form of the verb given in brackets to complete 23 sentences.
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Sand & Water: Shape Search

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars act as amateur archaeologists as they participate in their own "dig" to explore and record unusual shapes. In this shape exploration lesson, students use trowels and shovels to dig, and learn to sift the dirt with screens...