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Houses: Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A series of different houses is shown, defined by their architectural details, and then used in a compare and contrast activity. Learners will compare various houses with a peer and then note similarities and differences between their...
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Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Encourage readers to compare and contrast the information that they find in informational text with a variety of reading passages and worksheets. Learners read all about subjects in science, social studies, and literature before...
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Compare and Contrast Passages

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Combine two skills with the activities included here. Pupils not only practice determining the main idea of short passages, they also use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the main ideas of the different passages. Start out...
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Comparing and Contrasting a Desert Reptile and a Rainforest Mammal

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare and contrast two different type of animals while also making predictions, observations, and asking provocative questioning. In this compare and contrast lesson, 1st graders acquire knowledge about why some animals...
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Ecuadorian Rainforest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Have your class talk about the importance of the rainforest and the products that come from it. Learners watch a video showing the path of chocolate from the rainforest to the supermarket. They discuss how the rainforest and chocolate...
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Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this making connections worksheet, learners compare and contrast herbivores and carnivores. Students use a graphic organizer to organize their information.
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Compare and Contrast deciduous and evergreen tree leaves to aid in tree identification

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Boost observational skills and get to know the difference between deciduous, coniferous, and evergreen trees with a lesson that challenges scholars to compare, contrast, identify, sort, and draw their findings.   
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Compare and Contrast

For Students 5th - 7th
Encyclopedia Brown asks readers to compare and contrast clues to help Kara and her family solve the mystery of the dripping water. A Venn diagram could be used to make visual the similarities and differences between the two rooms.
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The Long Road to Coffee

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover how coffee is processed from a plant, to a drink. For this life cycle lesson, students study that cells and organisms go through a cycle of growth and change. Students organize picture cards, illustrate how coffee is...
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Penguins Around the World

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate penguins. In this Science lesson, students compare and contrast penguins to flying birds. Students use a Venn diagram to illustrate the differences and similarities of penguins and flying birds.
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Lesson 6: Crowded Skies

For Teachers 5th - 12th
This is a treasure-trove of multimedia resources to help your scholars analyze transportation methods. They discuss different forms of movement, utilizing several infographics to spur conversation deeper and get visual learners engaged....
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Compare and Contrast Candy Bars

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this compare and contrast homework worksheet, students and their parents eat two different candy bars, fill in a graphic organizer where they record 2 ways each candy bar is different from the other and 2 ways they are the same.
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Yummy Apples!

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young learners listen to a read aloud of Gail Gibbons book, Apples and the story A Red House With No Windows and No Doors. They compare characteristics of a number of kinds of apples, graph them and create a apple print picture. Learners...
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Comparing and Contrasting-Grassland, Desert, and Forest Elephants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars compare and contrast different types of elephants.  In this environmental science lesson plan, students examine the characteristics of three species of elephants.  Young scholars view a video of each type of elephant to...
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Analyzing and Comparing Perspectives on Issues - Gorillas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast their perspectives on raising gorillas in captivity with their peers and with scientists. In this perspective analysis instructional activity, students discuss whether or not gorillas should be in captivity....
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Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this graphic organizer, students compare and contrast land animals and sea animals. They make a list of how they are different, and another list of how they are different after looking at photographs on the page.
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Our Solar System - Comparing Planetary Travel Distances

For Teachers 7th - 8th
NASA presents a mini-unit on distances in our solar system. It incorporates scientific concepts of gravity, mass, density, and payload while your aspiring astronauts also employ mathematics skills. They calculate speed, they determine...
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Tree Comparison/Contrast Project

For Students 4th - 8th
In this trees worksheet, students put different kinds of trees into a chart and compare and contrast them. Students then answer percentage problems about the trees and short answer questions. Students complete 7 questions in all.
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Compare and Contrast Bats with another animal

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this compare and contrast worksheet, students compare and contrast bats with another animal. Students follow the directions and complete 4 exercises to compare and contrast them.
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Comparing and Contrasting

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners practice compare and contrast skills. For this science and language development lesson, students complete a T chart generating traits of a snail and a clam. Learners complete a related worksheet.
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Applied Science - Science and Math Pre-Lab 4C

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Scholars classify the sciences. Using applied science, they compare and contrast subfields of sciences. They compare qualitative versus quatitative. They discuss types of sciences and the meanings of the word roots of the names. 
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Critical Thinking Strategies

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Teach your readers to be critical thinkers. A strategy is outlined that can be used to compare and contrast entities. An example lists four states. The learner removes one state that "does not belong" in the list for some reason, and...
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Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars learn about similarities and differences between different types of weather patterns.  In this weather lesson, students read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Weather.  Young scholars create a word search puzzle,...
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Paper Production

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare paper making by hand and by assembly line. In this manufacturing lesson, students compare and contrast the two main ways to make paper, by hand or by machine.  Students research paper making and have a class discussion...

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