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Blend-A-Plant Levels of Organization

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils' identify and analyze the levels of organization and the emergent properties through experimentation. Students' apply the differences in the properties of a plant before and after it has been subjected to a kitchen blender.
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Identifying Quincy's Birds

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils compare a variety or bird characteristics. They identify and classify birds within their local area. Students investigate how to examine and scrutinize differences in features of organisms and understand variation in the...
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Review For Weather Quiz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students review the concepts that were previously covered related to weather fronts and other types of systems.
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Rate of Cooling Experiment

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders measure the insulation properties of different fabrics by immersing cans of water covered with fabric "socks" in an ice bath and measuring temperature changes. They then calculate heat loss and graph the data individually.
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Renewable Resources: Ancient Civilizations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners examine how ancient people used natural resources. In this renewable resource lesson, students will be put into 5 groups each focusing on a different past civilization. Each group will identify they types of resources their...
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Sheep

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice their reading comprehension by reading about sheep. They describe the characteristics of the animal and discover what type of clothing comes from them.
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Research Report

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review research skills and discuss types of information, e.g. fact/opinion, examples/evidence then research and gather information to answer a given set of research questions. They write a multi paragraph report using the...
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ESL Poetry Unit

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students complete a twelve lesson unit on poetry. They read and respond to different forms of poetry, write a bio poem, complete an online WebQuest, and in small groups present lessons to the class on various types of poems.
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Amazing Autobiographies

For Teachers K - 5th
Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience. They apply knowledge of language structure,...
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Reading Articles for Meaning

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and analyze an article.  In this interpretation and summarizing lesson plan, 3rd graders listen to an article and identify the who, what, where, when and why of the article.  Students pick their own article,...
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The Year of the Rabbit

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners explore a portion of the Chinese Zodiac with projects centered around the year of the rabbit. Students research types of rabbits, actual and fictional. Working in groups, they create a written or multimedia presentation.
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Let's Be Emotion Detectors!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars observe and demonstrate how to read with expression. They discuss the types of emotions and expressions to use while reading, and identify the appropriate punctuation for a variety of sentences. Students then write a...
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Triangles

For Students 4th - 5th
In this triangle instructional activity, students solve a set of 6 riddles involving the length of triangles and identifying types of triangles.
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Classify Angles

For Students 7th
For this angle worksheet, 7th graders identify various angles. Students respond to 6 short answer questions identifying the different angles represented in each.
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Exploring Decimals, Percents, and Fractions Using Gizmo

For Students 6th - 9th
In this fraction, decimal, and percent worksheet, students convert between fractions, decimals, and percents.  Students explore numbers presented in these different forms using models and Gizmo.
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Match the suffixes

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this suffixes worksheet, students match the suffixes to the base words they go with. Students match 10 suffixes to 10 different base words.
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Find The Odd One Out

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this categorization learning exercise, students examine 4 transportation pictures and identify the picture that is different from the others.
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Find The Odd One Out: Kitchen

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this categorization worksheet, students examine 4 pictures of kitchen items and identify the picture that is different from the others.
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Multiply and Complete Pens Exercise

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this multiplication activity, students complete the multiplication number sentence about 2 different sets of pens. Students complete 1 number sentence.
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The Poetry Archive

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners investigate the power of title and poetry in a Langston Hughes' poem. In this poetry analysis lesson, students discuss the poem 'I, Too' for its title and content. Learners use the variation in English Words and Phrases website...
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And Still The Turtle Watched

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss ways to be kind to the Earth. In this conservation lesson, 3rd graders listen to the story And Still The Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callalhan. They compare how the early people treated the Earth to how we...
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Diversity of Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students identify the difference between eukaryote and prokaryotes and examine the structure of bacteria.  In this bacteria lesson students examine the different ways that bacteria are classified through an activity. 
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The most commonly misspelled words in English

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the different misspelled words in the English language. For this English lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students write an email to their teacher about what they have read.
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Fort Detail

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils explore U.S. history by participating in a scavenger hunt. In this Civil War lesson, students read assigned text discussing the many battles of the Civil War and the importance of a fort to the fighting parties. Pupils collaborate...