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Solid Waste and Our Natural Resources: Utilizing the Story THE LORAX
Students gain an introduction to our planet's solid waste problem and our personal responsibility in curbing and solving said problem through the use of Dr. Seuss' book, The Lorax. After hearing the book, class discussion follows.
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Facts, Fictions and Perceptions of Regions
Young scholars examine the different characteristics of the regions of the United States. They discuss places they have visited in the U.S., and in small groups conduct research on a selected region of the U.S. Each group labels a map...
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What is Climate?
Pupils explore the differences between climate and weather. In this introductory lesson of a climate unit, students discuss the vocabulary and concepts associated with weather and climate. They build their information base for the rest...
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Worksheet 4
In this math worksheet, learners define the details of a definite integral and how it is used. They also apply math to physics to compute how work for lift is calculated.
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SAT Reading Comprehension Practice Practice Test 13
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read an excerpt and complete comprehension questions. Students have 8 minutes to complete the 10 questions in this SAT practice worksheet.
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Rainforest Introduction
First graders explore world geography by completing a KWL chart. In this rainforest research lesson, 1st graders read a fictional story discussing a boy who lives in the rainforest. Students analyze the story, identify the plot and...
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Traveling Along the Indiana Underground Railroad
Students develop a deeper understanding of the role that Indiana played in the Underground Railroad while exploring Indiana Geography.
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What Do I See When I Picture Saturn?
Students create their own Saturn Discovery logs. They draw pictures of the planet and its founder. They share their drawings and writings with partners.
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Eagle Creek Park (A Hike)
Students plot a hiking course using aerial photos and a topographic overlay and find the latitude and longitude of absolute locations. They measure the total distance of a hiked area and figure the area of the ground walked using Heron's...
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Amazing -- Saturn Is So Far Away!
Students work together to create a scale model of the distances between the planets. They write a paragraph to describe Saturn and their make-believe trip to the planet. They identify other characteristics of Saturn as well.
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Predicting Nations at Risk
Students explain the "So what?"-or the international implications-of factors that indicate the developmental status of a nation.
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Geology in the News
Students discover the underlying scientific principles in common, daily events.
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Home on the Range
Learners use maps and mathematics to determine the appropriate panther population in a given area. For this Florida ecology lesson, students research the area requirements of male and female panther and use a map to help calculate how...
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Will It Rain Today or Tomorrow?
Students examine how to forecast weather. They examine the different types of weather and learn the correct vocabulary.
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Brochures
Students discuss how the climate in their area affects they way they live their life. In groups, they identify the climate zones throughout the world and research one country of interest to them. To end the instructional activity, they...
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The Space Shuttle
Students share what they comprehend about the space shuttle program. They are given information about the first space shuttle mission. Students work in groups to investigate the different shuttle missions from April 1981 through January...