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Outline and Shine
Seventh graders read and discuss a short story. They complete an outline of the story. They pair and share to evaluate each other's outlines.
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Echolocation and Communication
Students participate in a role-play activity to determine how whales use the properties of echolocation to communicate.
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Fossils
In this fossil worksheet, students match six terms with their definitions about types of fossils and they circle the proper term to make nine statements true about preservation of fossils.
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Fossils
In this fossils instructional activity, students review the different types of fossils including index and trace fossils. This instructional activity has 6 matching and 9 true or false questions.
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Junk Food Math
Students use Skittles candies as they explore estimation and percentages. In this math lesson plan, students sort, count, and chart Skittles candies to learn about estimation and study percentages.
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Friends
Students complete vocabulary activities about friends. For this vocabulary lesson, students introduce themselves in a ball game format and discuss the topic of friends. Students complete a worksheet with related vocabulary and read a...
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World War II Geography
Young scholars explore the geography of Europe. In this World War II lesson, students study and represent countries involved in the war as they participate in a simulation that requires them to discuss war events and how their countries...
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A Volcano Model with Pizzazz
Students create a volcano replica. In this volcano lesson plan, students construct an erupting volcano from a list of materials and instructions. Students read or listen to volcano stories during the eruption.
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Create a Cloud in a Jar (Hands-on Version)
Students examine the conditions necessary for cloud formation. In this clouds lesson students complete an activity that shows them atmospheric pressure.
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45 Vocabulary Words
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions on what the vocabulary words mean. Students complete 45 questions total.
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Food Webs
Students research what food is eaten by the following organisms: penguins leopard seals, krill, elephant seals, petrels, albatross, fur seals, squid, insects and grass. They make a food web using the data they have gathered.
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Topics in Environmental Science
Students discover topics in environmental science. In this science lesson plan, students build a model to simulate the greenhouse effect and analyze and interpret data, especially the results of introducing pollutants into nature.
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Strange Stories
Students complete activities about new words. In this new words instructional activity, students complete activities to teach vocabulary and practice new words. Students read a story and add in the new words.
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Greatest Decimal Game
For this decimal game worksheet, students follow a set of directions to play a decimal game, recording digits and determining who end with the greatest decimal.
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What's the Right Verb?
For this verb worksheet, 4th graders interactively match 8 sentences with 8 verbs, with immediate online feedback.
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Air Pollution
Students research and find information on air pollution. In this air pollution lesson plan, students answer short answer questions about air pollution.
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Safety First
Fourth graders engage in a activity which provides a better understanding of safety rules outlined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They submit a written report from the Safety Briefing Handout which summarizes the...
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Ghoulish Stick Figures
Students create two-headed snakes, centipedes, ghostly trees, "Handy Herman", and ghosts in this Art instructional activity for the Halloween holiday. Each craft could be used separately or they could be combined to create a day-long...
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Make a Natural Weaving
Young scholars use natural materials and yarn to create weavings. In this natural weaving lesson, students find large branches to act as the loom, use other natural objects to act as designs within the weave, and use fine motor skills to...
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Plastic Polymers
Students learn about plastic. In this plastic polymers lesson, students examine the properties of plastic, its variety of uses and how it is recycled.
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Layers Upon Layers
Students model how layers of sediments are deposited. They use logic to derive rules or laws that can be used to examine layers of sediment in a cup and apply it to the real world.
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Reaction Rates-Catalysis, Concentration, Surface Area, and Temperature
Students determine the meanings of concentration, surface area, and catalysis through an experiment. In this lesson about chemical reactions, students participate in an experiment. Students complete three different parts of the...
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Idiom Quizzes
In this idioms quiz worksheet, 5th graders read 40 sentences and choose from four idioms that match the sentence meaning. Students must choose the correct idiom that describes each situation.
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Solids, Liquids, and Gases
First graders explore the properties of matter. In this states of matter activity, 1st graders conduct scientific investigations that require them to mix, cool, and heat objects in order to observe changes in the properties of matter.