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Albert Einstein
In this online interactive history quiz instructional activity, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about Albert Einstein. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes: Reading Comprehension
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a selection about hurricanes and tornadoes, then complete 4 multiple choice questions based on the selection.
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Gorilla Quiz
In this instructional activity, students complete 11 multiple choice questions about gorilla's physical characteristics, life span, and weight. Answers are provided.
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Horse Quiz
Students test what they know about horses. This worksheet contains 10 multiple choice general knowledge questions about horses and an answer key.
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Elephant Quiz
Students test what they know about elephants. This worksheet contains 9 multiple choice general knowledge questions about elephants. Answers are provided.
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Anamorphosis
Students classify optical illusions according to their distinguishing characteristics. They create anamorphic art and use Mylar flexible mirrors to view and then they describe and analyze the optical illusion.
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ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS: A Call to Action
Students explore how to become active in their communities and develop a plan of action for a service-learning project.
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Puberty
Students track body changes during puberty by close observation and accurate record keeping. They keeping a growth diary for self-observation and reflection. Artifacts include a personal essay and a notebook.
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Where Does It Come From?
Learners examine food sources. For this agriculture lesson, students investigate how food is stored, moved, and processed as they participate in a classroom activity.
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Fire, Rock and Water Volcanoes!
Middle schoolers participate in a demonstration that helps them visualize mudflows and how they move. For this exploratory lesson students simulate a mudflow and create an avalanche.
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Temperature Comparisons
Pupils practice plotting temperature data points on a line graph in groups and examine the temperature differences at the same time of year. They graph the temperatures in Lannon, WI, and Mitchell's Plain, SA. After the data has been...
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Learning Through Musical Theater
You don't have to be Richard Rodgers or Oscar Hammerstein to do produce a musical in your classroom.
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Evolution and Genes
In this evolution and genes learning exercise, students answer 10 multiple choice questions related to genetics, DNA, polygenic traits and heredity.
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My Frog Book
In this frogs activity, students cut out, color, fold and assemble a 4 page mini book about frogs. Students write what they know, have learned, and want to know about frogs.
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Magic Mirror Box
Students observe a plywood box with mirrors. In this mirror and light lesson, students make informal, individual investigations with a plywood box that has been fitted with mirror squares. They use observation skills and investigate...
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Glass Blowing How Do They Make Glass Into Different Shapes?
Young scholars experiment with butter as a supercooled liquid in order to better explain how glass is made into different shapes.
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Someone Like Me
Students investigate what sort of person the author is. They listen as the teacher use her notes to introduce Tom Holt briefly. Students are asked if anyone has read any of his books. They work in pairs to find more about Tom Holt as a...
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Think Before You Drink!
Students complete an online quiz about their familiarity with water issues. As a class, they watch a demonstration by their teacher and work together in groups to make water change into its various states. To end the lesson plan, they...
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Radioactive Decay/Half Life
Students demonstrate radioactive decay using candy corns. In this Physics lesson, students make predictions, collect data and form conclusions about patterns in radioactive decay.
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Grizzly Habitat
Pupils find areas on playground where they would live if they were a grizzly bear, share their reasons for their choice, talk about habitat areas, and choose their sites again, based upon new information.
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SCI-FI TALES
Fifth graders brainstorm known features of science fiction books and titles read. They pair up and discuss the possible physical characteristics fo a creature that could appear fron an excerpt of SCI-FI TALES.
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Taking Risks: Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Learners discuss a video about drug and alcohol abuse and their connection to risk-taking. They answer questions on a risk factor sheet about the use of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. They discuss long and short term goals and how not...
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Apples Are A...peeling
Second graders participate fully in cooperative learning groups, assuming all the different job roles.
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Social Studies: How to Teach Children
Students examine reasons for teaching children and the characteristics of an effective teacher. After a Powerpoint presentation which includes a humorous look at the 1915 rules for teachers, they create daily teaching schedules and...