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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Gestation and Longevity

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Is the gestation length of an animal a predictor of the average life expectancy of that animal? Learners analyze similar data for more than 50 different animals. They choose a data display and draw conclusions from their graphs.
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Activity
Koshland Science Museum

Infectious Disease: Evolving Challenges to Human Health High School Virtual Field Trip

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Understanding the science of the spread of infectious diseases is the first step in controlling them. Learners begin by researching the factors that affect the contraction and spread of these diseases and the challenges communities face...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Communicating Feelings

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, learners work in groups about the concepts of feelings and communication. They write the types of communication in the graphic organizer.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Math Club #5: Miscellaneous II

For Students 6th
In this math club #5:  miscellaneous II worksheet, 6th graders work in groups to solve 10 miscellaneous word problems using logic and problem solving skills.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Math Club #28: Puzzle Potpourri

For Students 8th
In this puzzle potpourri worksheet, 8th graders work in groups to solve 5  word problems requiring logic and problem solving skills.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Math Club #2b: Training for the Math Olympics

For Students 7th
In this Math Olympics worksheet, 7th graders work in groups to solve 2 math puzzles requiring logic and problem solving skills.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Citizenship Worksheet 5 - Local and State Government

For Students 8th - 9th
The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution delegates rights that have not been defined by the federal government to the states. But what are the responsibilities of state governments? What about county and city governments?...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Quilt Worksheet

For Students 7th - 8th
In this word quilt worksheet, students use the word quilt template (available separately) to create a word quilt after discussing and recording what folklife means to them. Students work in groups of four.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding out about Gallery 33

For Students 8th - 12th
While these worksheets are specific for use while visiting the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, they could be used to guide nearly any museum trip. Questions focus on human activity, symbolism, culture, religion, and society as they...
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Lesson Plan
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Intensities in the Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Everyone learns and experiences life differently. A set of lessons about character intensities encourages middle and high schoolers to analyze themselves, their peers, and characters from a book based on the five listed intensities:...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Global Warming WebQuest-Climate Scientist

For Students 6th - 9th
In this climate science learning exercise, students answer five multi-part questions on the responsibilities of a climate scientist. Students may gain this knowledge through a WebQuest.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Can’t I Have Sugar? All About Diabetes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Begin the lesson plan by having your class write what they know about diabetes. They learn through a skit how the body metabolizes glucose. A visual representation of the two types of diabetes is displayed, and then learners participate...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning Life Lessons through Fables

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Explore a variety of fables to learn life's lessons through engaging stories. Add rigor to the learning process with activities that include matching a a fable to the story's moral, short answer exit slips, and a three-column graphic...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interpreting Statistics: A Case of Muddying the Waters

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is river pollution affecting the number of visitors to Riverside Center, and is the factory built upstream the cause of the pollution? Let your class be the judge, literally, as they weigh the statistical evidence offered by the factory...
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Lesson Plan
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American Chemical Society

The Discovery of Fullerenes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Carbon is the most common element on earth, so the innovative discovery of a new type of carbon molecule won the 1996 Nobel Prize. In the ready-to-go activity, scholars learn about C60 and how it has opened up the entire area of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Representing Data 1: Using Frequency Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a activity that focuses on the use of frequency graphs to identify a range of measures and makes sense of data in a real-world context as well as constructing frequency graphs given information about the mean, median, and range...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Representing Data 2: Using Box Plots

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What information can be gleaned from a box and whiskers plot? Discuss the five summary values - minimum, maximum, upper and lower quartiles, and median - and what conclusions can be made from these values? Included here is a matching...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Algebra Tiles to Explore Distributive Property

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Math is fun with algebra tiles! Young mathematicians explore eight expressions involving the distributive property and use algebra tiles to expand simple expressions. The resource is perfect for both guided and independent practice.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Permutations and Combinations

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Counting is not all it adds up to be — sometimes it involves multiplying. The lesson introduces permutations and combinations as ways of counting, depending upon whether order is important. Pupils learn about factorials and the formulas...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Shadow Knows: Student Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
Pairs of pupils get together in order to measure the heights and lengths of their shadows. They use these measurements in order to predict the height of other friends in class. A good activity to practice measuring things that cannot be...
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Assessment
Curated OER

Physics Midterm Exam #3 - Electromagnetic Radiation

For Students 11th - 12th
True-false and multiple-choice questions are posed in Part A of this exam, covering the topic of electromagnetic radiation. In Part B, problems relating to refraction must be solved. This is a well-rounded exam that will help you...
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Activity
Curated OER

Fuel Efficiency

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Looking for a real-world situation to practice converting units? In this problem, learners must change miles per gallon to liters per km (or vice versa) to determine which car gets better gas miileage. It is a relatively short problem,...
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Curated OER

Fracking: Positive or Negative Impact?

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Your teenagers may have heard of fracking, but do they really know what it is? And could they debate the benefits and risks? Educate your environmental science class with a activity about hydraulic fracturing, non-renewable energy...
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Kentucky Department of Education

Multiplication Grade 3 Formative Assessment Lesson

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Guide multiplication lesson plan instruction with a formative assessment. Mathematicians are given two multiplication problems to solve and represent using the area model, equal groups, repeated addition, and word problems. Following the...