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Careers in science and careers that support scientific research
Examine some of the occupations which relate to science. Work in small groups of four. Group A is given a copy of a daily television guide to highlight all the television programs that have a science or mathematics focus. Group B is...
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Forest Habitat Fragmentation
Seventh graders discuss the loss of animal habitats and the importance of refuge areas for them. They collect small pictures of animals found in their state and glue them to an outline of their state according to their range. Finally,...
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The Mardi Gras Procession Strolls into Your Classroom
English, history, and French pupils visit three learning stations and build a float utilizing the symbols of Mardi Gras.
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Story Mapping
Fill-out a story map to help your scholars with pre-writing. They will use a story map template to pre-write. They also organize their ideas into steps which become the foundation for their first draft. Concrete objects are brought in to...
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Anti-Semitism Workshop
Originating from the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, here is a resource to support your world historians in their study of World War II, the Holocaust, your cultural scholars learning about anti-semitism, or your...
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Eating Out
Going out to lunch, reading a menu, making choices, and spending time socializing are all parts of growing up. Teens with visual impairments use several braille menus from local restaurants to practice ordering and appropriatelyeating...
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Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People
Fifth graders explore poems of African Americans. They research a famous African American, write a report, create a timeline of events in African American history, create a map of the New World, and research Molly Walsh. After...
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Japan: New Year's Day
Middle schoolers discover how New Year's Day is celebrated in Japan. In groups, they create their own versions of Japanese kites using materials available to them in the classroom. They discover the signifigance of the kites to their...
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Artsy Insects
Students identify and describe the elements of art and principles of design by creating several different butterfly pictures that represent color, shape, texture, pattern or symmetry.
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Treaties
Third graders explore Canadian history by participating in a role-playing activity. In this First Nation treaties instructional activity, 3rd graders identify the difficulties the Aboriginals faced when dealing with early European...
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All About Me: Beginning of the Year
Students retell important facts about themselves to others in the class by creating a booklet titled All About Me. They follow simple directions and present their finished booklets to their peers.
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Life in the Arkansas Territory
Pupils compare the living conditions in Arkansas when it was a territory with contemporary times. They participate in a role play activities of the territorial times.
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Restaurant Riddle
In this middle school mathematics worksheet, students solve a riddle in which the solution is based on determining the least common multiple. The one page worksheet contains one problem. Solution is given.
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Write Like David Shannon
Students research the author David Shannon. In this author study lesson plan, students discuss their favorite David Shannon book and write their own story using his style of writing. Students share their stories with their classmates.
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Twelfth Night: Thrusting Greatness Upon the Television 1
Learners create skits based on pairs of words. In this Twelfth Night lesson, students create a cluster map in which they brainstorm a dialogue/scene based on their word pair. Learners perform and record their scenes and discuss...
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Life Is a Cycle
Students investigate about cycles through games, shared readings and a shared writing activity. They play a game of Ring Around the Rosie to be introduced to the concept of "cycle."
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Bimaadagaako Adventure
Students use an interactive website to complete a wilderness trail adventure where they learn about Native cultures, voyagers, and the Canadian fur trade. In this interactive history lesson, students visit the wilderness classroom...
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Race into Reading
Pupils create a career exploration experience for elementary students. In this career exploration lesson, pupils select a career field d to read about to elementary children. Students then present the Career Exploration Day to the...
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 39
In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are...
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How Green Are You?
Students investigate environmental care by listing ways they preserve the Earth each day. In this green living habits lesson, students collaborate in groups to brainstorm ways they can "be green" more often in their communities. Students...
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Fun In The Sun Questionnaire
In this summer fun questions worksheet, students answer a set of 8 questions about their summer and bring to school on the first day to complete a graphing activity.
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Treaties
Learners explore Canadian maps. In this map skills and Canadian history lesson plan, students locate reserves that originated from treaties made while establishing the Saskatchewan First Nation reserve communities. Learners research...
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What We Leave Behind
Learners listen in on American historical events. For this colonial America lesson, students participate in an activity that requires them to watch video segments that detail slavery and participate in an Incidents in the Life of a...
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Water Cycle: Weather Lesson 1
First graders go on a water walk, collect weather data, and measure rainfall for a month. They examine the water cycle in this series of lessons.