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Some British Festivals and Holidays

For Students 6th - 7th
In this British holidays worksheet, students complete a 15 question on-line interactive exercise about festivals and holidays in Great Britain. Students read a date and tell what holiday is celebrated on that day.
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Learning Lesson: AM in the PM

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover how AM radio signals can travel at night. They listen for a radio station not in their immediate area and log the call sign and the location of the station. They discuss the difference in transmissions during the night...
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Keeping a Sleep Diary

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a Sleep Diary to record their sleeping hours and their energy levels each morning and discuss whether they see a connection between the number of hours they sleep each night and their energy levels.
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Understanding Artifacts

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students will develop a greater awareness of the things surrounding them and will be able to build a bridge between their own material culture and that of an imaginary figure from the past. This lesson focuses on the significance of...
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The Role of Myths

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe myths, and examine the characteristics and purposes of myths in Greek culture. They analyze the influences of myths in modern-day culture.
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Virtual Vacation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students select a foreign city, research the city using the Internet, and plan an eleven-day vacation to that city. This lesson plan is ideal for a social studies classroom and includes ideas for using iMovie, Excel, and MS Works or...
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A DISAPPEARING ACT Astronomy: Do Stars Always Shine?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe why stars are not visible during the day with a classroom demonstration using an index card punched with holes.
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Songs About Age

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discuss common attitudes about aging that are found in popular songs and how music is a means to explore attitudes about aging in this one-day lesson ideal for a middle-level general music classroom. The lesson includes a list...
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Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students copy a memorized nursery rhyme on to writing paper. They illustrate their writing and the finished piece is posted for conferences or Back-to-School night.
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Water and Me

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students name the ways in which they use water every day and create a counting book using the ways in which they use water to illustrate it. The measure and graph the amount of water they use when they wash their hands.
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The Art of Poetry: The Lunatic, The Lover, and the Poet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in groups, reflect on their attitudes towards poets and poetry. They read excerpts from George Puttenham's The Arte of English Poesie, which was written during Shakespeare's day. They compare their attitudes toward poetry to...
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Time Lesson

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders observe a clock and discuss at what time of day they perform a certain task such as what time they wake up, go to sleep, etc. They use a clock and show what time they wake up in the morning differentiating whether it is...
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All-in-One High School

Elements of Plot

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Cinderella wants to go to the ball and marry the prince. At the end of the story, she does! But how does the plot move from the exposition to the resolution? Teach language arts learners and fairy tale fans about the basics of plot...
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Bouncing Sunlight

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use flashlights and balls to demonstrate how the light bounces off of the sun and reflects onto the moon. They record their observations in a journal.
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When is Your Animal Most Active?-- Class Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science and math worksheet, a group of students participate in graphing what time of day their chosen animals are most active. Students fill out the bar graph choosing day or night.
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Brush Your Teeth - Recording Sheet

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this teeth brushing chart worksheet, students put a check mark in the squares under the days of the week each time they brush their teeth. They place the marks under the icon of the sun or the moon to indicate if they brushed their...
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Sky High Counting

For Teachers K
Students learn the characteristics of the day and night sky, and the movement of the sun across the sky as they learn to count to ten in this unit.
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The Effects of Color on Heat Absorption And Climate

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students conduct an experiment to determine the effects of soil color on its day and night time temperatures. In small groups, they prepare dishes of black soil, brown peat moss, and white sand. They record the temperature changes when a...
Worksheet
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Activity Sheet: What Do You Do? Forest Ecologist

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ecology worksheet, students read an interview with a forest ecologist before they act as an ecologist and spot the difference between two forest scenes on a black and white worksheet. They circle the wildlife and the clues left...
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Arithmetic Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Fall for a series. Learners determine how to find out how far a skydiver falls in the first 20 seconds. The Algebra II lesson introduces the idea of adding up the terms of an arithmetic sequence. Pupils learn how to use Sigma notation to...
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Starry Night Education

The Year and Seasons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Turn your classroom into a live demonstration of how the earth and sun interact to create the four seasons. Using a globe, a light source, and a series of constellation cards, super scientists discover how the...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Going Gobi: The Hunt for Fossils in Mongolia

For Students 6th - 12th
Take a trip on a fossil hunt. Pupils read about a trip to the Gobi Desert by a group of paleontologists to find fossils. Learners view pictures taken on the trip and determine what the scientists go through in the search for answers to...
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Bible: Mayan Gods

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover beliefs and practices of the Mayans.  In this Mayan gods lesson, students discuss "The World Tree" of the Mayans, the three layers of the tree, and their meanings.  Students discover the manner and purpose of...
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Statements Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this grammar activity, learners view an illustration and select which statement or word identifies the picture. There are 16 pictures to complete.

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