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Shmoop

ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Determining the meaning of a word based on context clues or marking how the meaning of a term evolves in the course of a document can be a challenge in more complex text. Give your pupils an opportunity to practice this skill with a...
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Teach Engineering

Equal and Opposite Thrust in Aircraft: You're a Pushover!

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
It's the law—every action requires a reaction, no matter how small. Pupils experience two demonstrations of Newton's third law of motion as it relates to thrust in the 10th segment of a 22-part unit on flight. Using their mathematical...
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EngageNY

Using Trigonometry to Find Side Lengths of an Acute Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Not all triangles are right! Pupils learn to tackle non-right triangles using the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines. After using the two laws, they then apply them to word problems. 
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Teach Engineering

Maximum Power Point

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Investigate the maximum power output of a photovoltaic panel with a lesson that introduces the class to the maximum power point. Individuals learn how to determine the maximum power point of a solar panel by using Ohm's law and the power...
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Lesson Plan
California Department of Education

Hazards in the Workplace

For Teachers 11th Standards
Safety first! Safety first! A short video and a PowerPoint presentation introduce job seekers to child labor law awareness, safety standards, and ways to reduce workplace injuries. Class members first take a short workplace safety quiz...
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PPT
Urbana School District

Forces

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Is your class struggling with Newton's Second Law? Then show them a presentation that covers everything physics scholars need to know about forces. Starting with gravity, the slides focus on Newton's Laws of Motion, and end with an...
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Deliberating in a Democracy

Parental Liability

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How many teenagers have wanted their parents to let them make their own decisions?  The answer is ... all of them! Scholars investigate where parental liability begins and ends in the eyes of the law. Using case studies and legal...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Comparisons: Well-Known Sayings

For Students 3rd - 5th
How familiar is your class with basic idioms? Eight idioms and their explanations are listed here, and learners must match each explanation with the correct idiom. Looking for a way to extend this activity? Have your learners choose one...
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Exploratorium

Oil Spot Photometer

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Are these two light sources the same? Groups use a white card and a little cooking oil to create a photometer that allows for the comparison of two lights. The Inverse Square Law provides a way to calculate the actual difference in...
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Curated OER

Word Search: Common Pond Mammals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Mammals who live in pond environments are the focus of this colorful wordsearch. In it, youngsters find the names of 13 mammals who are found near ponds. Each of the animals has a colorful picture associated with it. Very nice.
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Curated OER

Common Pond Plants

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Here is a colorful word search which requires youngsters to find 15 pond plants hidden in the word search. A nice feature is that all of the plants that need to be found have colorful drawings of them on the worksheet. An answer key is...
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Curated OER

Factoring Polynomials having common factors

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders demonstrate that factoring polynomials having common factors is the inverse process of multiplying a polynomial by a monomial. students find the greatest common factor.
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Curated OER

Newton's Laws and Seat Belts

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners study Newton's Laws of Motion. They review an assessment task and rubric and discuss Newton's Laws of Motion. They discuss how to test the relationships of mass and acceleration in personal situations. They write a one-page...
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Curated OER

Boyle's Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers experiment on Boyle's law using balloons and other common materials. For this chemistry lesson, students explain the relationship between pressure and volume. They solve problems relating to Boyle's Law.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Least Common Multiple

For Students 4th - 5th
In this least common multiple worksheet, students review the steps for finding the least common multiple using lists of multiples and prime factorization. Students then list multiples to find the LCM for the given numbers. Students then...
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Curated OER

Common Phrases

For Students 7th - 8th
In this common phrases worksheet, students complete twelve common phrases utilizing a word bank and then write three or more common phrases that they know that were not included in the original twelve.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Greatest Common Factor: Practice

For Students 5th - 6th
In this greatest common factor worksheet, students list the factors for each number and find the greatest common factor of the numbers. Students then write the prime factorization using exponents of each number and find the greatest...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Common Factors and Greatest Common Factors

For Students 4th - 5th
In this GCF worksheet, students use factors and GCF's to solve a set of word problems. All problems relate to factors and GCF's.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Proper and Common Nouns

For Students 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, 3rd graders complete 12 multiple choice questions in which they find the noun in each group of three words. They write the common or proper noun on the blank line.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Add and Subtract Fractions with Like Denominators - Reteach

For Students 4th - 6th
In this adding and subtracting fractions activity, students review the steps to add or subtract fractions with like denominators. Students then add or subtract the fractions and may use fraction strips to assist them.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Least Common Multiple Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this least common multiples learning exercise, students write multiples, write prime factorization, find LCM's and answer two test prep questions. The learning exercise references a Houghton Mifflin text.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Add with Like Denominators: Reteach

For Students 5th - 6th
In this fraction addition worksheet, students review the steps to add fractions with like denominators. Students then add the fractions with like denominators and write each sum in simplest form.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Common Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word recognition worksheet, students recognize common nouns. Students complete ten sentences by placing the correct noun from the word pool in each sentence.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women and the Law Ladies of the 80's: 1780's, 1880's, 1980's

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine laws that have affected women in history: the 1780's, following the United States independence from England; the 1880's, the time of westward expansion, the silver/gold era, and the coming of the Industrial Revolution.

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