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Recycling
Young scholars investigate how to reduce, recycle, and reuse items in order to conserve natural resources. They complete a trash graphing activity after discussing different types of trash. Finally, the examine ways to buy recycled...
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SUSTAINABLE AGRISCIENCE
Students, after defining sustainable agriscience, distinguishing between renewable and nonrenewable resources and identify the basic components of a sustainable agriscience system, develop a sustainable agriscience system. They research...
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Take Action Haiti
Using an online internet simulation, learners will role-play various members of a family living in rural Haiti. The objective is to increase global awareness by requiring them to consider poverty as an obstacle to education in Haiti....
New York City Department of Education
Grade K Literacy in Social Studies: Thinking About Families
Family is a wonderful subject for little learners to get excited about. Family is also the theme for a social studies unit that uses literacy standards throughout. The guide outlines approximately three weeks of instruction and breaks...
New York City Department of Education
Peter’s Garden
Watch scholars' understanding of fractions bloom. The resource presents a performance task where the fractions are equal parts from the same whole, and mathematicians must use them to solve problems about a grade level garden. Teachers...
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Waste Watchers
Students recognize the importance of saving energy to save natural resources. In this saving energy lesson, students complete a worksheet to find types of electricity meters in their homes. Students use meter readings to calculate energy...
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Cell Wall Recipe: A Lesson on Biofuels
Biotech engineers discover that changes in the DNA code for cell wall formation can help create crops better suited for biofuel production. They extract DNA from wheat germ. They decode paper strips with codes and relate the activity to...
National Library of Medicine
Your Environment, Your Health: Food Safety
Did youknow that chicken causes the greatest risk of food-borne illness. The fourth unit in a six-part series addresses food safety. Scholars research common scenarios of food causing illness through the National Institute for Health....
KERA
Matisse and Picasso
Discover Modernism through the eyes of artists. Over the course of six well-thought-out lessons, learners examine works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse while completing a range of collaborative and hands-on activities. A great resource!
Virginia Department of Education
Middle School Mathematics Vocabulary Word Wall Cards
Having a good working knowledge of math vocabulary is so important for learners as they progress through different levels of mathematical learning. Here is 125 pages worth of wonderfully constructed vocabulary and concept review cards....
Education.com
Sight Words Bingo
Engage emergent readers in learning their basic sight words with this fun game of bingo. With four simple 3x3 game boards including a total of 32 different sight words, this resource is a must-have for any primary...
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Sensational Soil
Fourth and fifth graders explore soil by taking a simulated field trip under the earth. They go to an Internet site that runs a simulation which charges them with finding a source of pollution that could destroy all of Earth's soil, and...
NPR
Distracted by Everything - Being Wired at All Times
This multimedia activity challenges media-savvy learners to look at the critical issue concerning the inundation of technology and multitasking in the classroom, and its effects on the education of themselves and others. The tasks...
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Let your positivity inspire educators across the world with our 30 Days of Gratitude Challenge!
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Introduction to Environmental Engineering
A series on environmental engineering introduces the class to issues that environmental engineers work to solve. This first lesson plan focuses on air and land issues, and looks at ways to reduce pollution.
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Summer Reads for Teachers
Keep up on current trends in education while taking some time to relax with the perfect book.
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Adjectives
After your Spanish scholars have mastered basic adjectives and are more familiar with the Spanish sentence structure, they'll be ready to learn descriptive adjectives. This resource sheet provides definitions, explanations, and examples...
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Contractions
Teach your class about contractions in Spanish. This resource provides explanations, examples, and a short practice section. Your learners will understand the two Spanish contractions in no time!
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El tiempo presente de los verbos -er and -ir
Are you teaching present tense verbs that end in -er and -ir? Have your learners apply their current knowledge to conjugating the various verbs in this resource. First they'll complete a fill-in-the-blank verb chart. Afterward, they'll...
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Formal Commands (Mandatos)
How do you give commands in Spanish? Use this well-organized resource to review formal commands. Extend the activity by having pairs write a dialogue between a mother or father and a small child in a candy store.
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Interrogatives
Use this resource to provide your beginning Spanish speakers the opportunity to ask questions. Then have pairs read the questions and answers aloud.
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Irregular Familiar Commands
If your Spanish speakers are learning basic commands, print this resource for some quick practice. After learners complete the sheet, have them stand up and give them some of the reviewed commands. How well do they remember them?
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Stress
Are you looking for a comprehensive pronunciation guide to offer your beginning learners? Not only is this loaded with information and examples, there is a small section for practice at the bottom! Consider printing this resource on a...
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El verbo Ser-Explanation and Practice 1
The Spanish verb ser is one of the most important verbs for your beginning speakers to learn. This resource is stellar! First, there's a verb chart explaining the forms of the verb, then there's a fill-in-the blank practice section, and...