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New Bedford Whaling Museum

A New Bedford Voyage!

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A thorough set of activities, articles, and reference material can enlighten your class about the history of whaling in New England. Kids travel back to a time when whale products were valuable and hunting whales was a way to help the...
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Barnstable Public Schools

Math Relay Races

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A plethora of activities make up a cross curricular choice page filled with math games—relay races, dice, and crossword puzzles—a survey challenge equipped with data organization, graphing, a quicksand recipe, Hula-Hoop activity to...
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School District of Palm Beach County

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Humans have been developing number systems for thousands of years, and while they can be very different from one another, they can also share surprising similarities. Take your young mathematicians on a journey through the history...
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Teacher Created Resources

A Guide for Using A Christmas Carol in the Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The materials in this 48-page packet are designed to supplement a unit study of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Included are vocabulary lists and activities, discussion questions and quizzes, book report ideas, a bibliography of...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

A Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Intended as a follow up to the Protecting Your Drinking Water activity, young environmentalists use their assessment of the a hypothetical town's water supply to debate the installation of underground chemical storage tanks. With...
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American Chemical Society

Norbert Rillieux, Thermodynamics and Chemical Engineering

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The man who invented the earliest examples of chemical engineering was an American-born, French-educated, free man of color before the Civil War, and went on to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics. There is something of...
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Smithsonian Institution

Solomon G. Brown: Letter Writing

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Personal correspondence in the form of letters is not as common as it once was. This resource presents an opportunity for you to introduce your class to letter writing and cover topics in social studies. Learners read a letter written in...
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Ohio Literacy Resource Center

Solving Systems of Linear Equations Graphing

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Do you need to graph lines to see the point? A thorough lesson plan provides comprehensive instruction focused on solving systems of equations by graphing. Resources include guided practice worksheet, skill practice worksheet,...
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National Institute of Open Schooling

Environmental Concerns

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Every year, more than 14 billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the oceans of the world, most of which is plastic and toxic to ocean life. Lesson 32 in the series of 36 focuses on environmental concerns, specifically pollution. Under...
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Geophysical Institute

Latitude and Longitude with Google Earth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Travel the world from the comfort of your classroom with a lesson that features Google Earth. High schoolers follow a series of steps to locate places all over the earth with sets of coordinates. Additionally, they measure the distance...
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TryEngineering

Give Binary a Try!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Digital, analog, and now binary clocks? The lesson teaches individuals how to interpret binary code. They use an online software program to read binary clocks.
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Curated OER

Dolphin Song

For Students 3rd - 6th
Students read facts about dolphins and background about the book Dolphin Song. In this Dolphin song lesson plan, students also answer short answer questions about the book after reading it.
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Touring Partnership Exhibition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Five paintings and their artists are discussed in these notes. Also included are some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and cross-curricular links.
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The National Gallery (UK)

The National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Holbein

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'The Ambassadors' and the artist as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and cross-curricular links.
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Titian

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'Bacchus and Ariadne' and the artist as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and cross-curricular links.
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Claude

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba' and the artist as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for...
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Degas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'Beach Scene' and the artist as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and cross-curricular links.
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes John Constable

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'The Hay Wain' and the artist, John Constable, as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and...
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Paolo Uccello

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'St. George and the Dragon' and the artist as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and...
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Pierre Mignard

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These notes provide useful background information about the featured painting 'The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Sons' and the artist as well as some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities...