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Scenario Challenge

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a quilt, using different patterns. In this geometry lesson, students apply prior knowledge as they use different patterns to help them create a quilt using transformations and geometric shapes.
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Postcards and Greeting Cards

For Teachers K - 8th
Students become acquainted with traditional American holidays, monuments, sites and attractions through the review of postcards and greetings. They examine the pictures and greeting used in the cards and determine the purpose for sending...
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Water Use: Tragedy in the Owens River Valley

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine water management issues. In this environmental issues instructional activity, students watch a PBS video to develop an understanding of watershed, aquifers, and ground water. High schoolers evaluate watershed...
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Let There Be Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners plant seeds and learn about photosynthesis.  In this photosynthesis instructional activity, students plant watercress seeds, cut a design into cardboard and cover the seedlings with the cardboard.  Learners observe as...
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Light and Our World

For Students 5th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students solve a variety of curriculum related puzzles. They also practice basic mental math skills using four operations. The concept of light and color are explored and how it interacts with different objects.
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Clara Barton Biography Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, 4th graders will read a 3 page expository passage about Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. They will then answer 10 questions based on the passage.
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Vocabulary Review

For Students 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary review worksheet, learners determine synonyms in sentences. Students answer ten multiple choice sentences.
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Don't Fence Me In

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine historical information about the development of barbed wire and practice identifying geometric terms. After reading through background information, they participate in several activities that include making calculations...
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Population Biology

For Students 7th - 12th
In this population worksheet, students will determine if 12 statements about demographic trends, including the effects of birth and death rates on populations, are true or not. Then students will match 6 population growth vocabulary...
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Economics during the Civil War

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students synthesize the concepts of scarcity, supply, and demand, pertaining to the Civil War time period. In this economics lesson, students gain understanding of economic terms through read-alouds, Venn diagrams, (comparing lifestyles...
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4-H Goat Activity Page

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this 4-H animal science worksheet, learners will work with their parents and leaders to create goat project plan of what they want to learn in the year. Students will keep track of their goat related activities and complete a word...
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Decoding Machine

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of variables and their uses. In groups, they are given a code in which they must find the value of the missing words. To end the lesson plan, they find the value of words over ten letters long and...
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9 for 10 - Romeo and Juliet

For Students 9th - 10th
The quality of this online interactive quiz is low. But, it may provide you with ideas for your own reading comprehension test on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Shhh!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice identifying and spelling words containing the /sh/ digraph. They listen as the teacher says different words, and identify those with the /sh/. They then complete a worksheet with pictures and write the words under the...
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Monkeys

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme /m/. Through matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the phoneme in various words...
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Write to Music

For Teachers 4th
Students improve their creative writing skills. In this writing skills lesson, students learn about picture captions, story writing, critiques, poems, reports, letter writing, creative writing, and a rap poem.
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Fractions Two-Step Word Problems-Mixed Numbers

For Students 5th - 10th
In this fractions worksheet, students complete word problems containing fractions and mixed numbers. Students complete 12 problems.
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Deism: Paine and Jefferson Student Worksheet

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Deism worksheet, learners read an article about the opinions of Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson. Students then respond to 12 short answer questions.
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E-Mail Pen Pals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars write an e-mail message about what they have been doing in their physical education class. They break in to groups of 3 or 4 students and use the teacher's e-mail account to send an e-mail to their Pen Pal. They then read...
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Decoding Nazi Secrets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars practice decoding messages given the key. They continue to practice solving messages without a key. They must determine the best way to view the message. They examine secret messages during World War II.
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Practice Exam III

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this chemistry practice exam worksheet, students solve ten multiple choice questions about equilibrium, acids, bases and reactions. Students then solve four problems about equilibrium and chemical reactions of acids and bases.
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Latitude and Longitude

For Students 5th - 6th
For this latitude and longitude worksheet, students complete 4 activities to demonstrate understanding. Students use a protractor to measure angles on a map of the earth. Students fill out a latitude and longitude chart after studying a...
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Imaginary Insect Zoo

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students construct imaginary insects. In this insect lesson, students will discover the anatomy of their favorite insect and apply it to their own creation. Student will write a description of their model, and put the insect models...
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High School Students meet Veterans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students meet Veterans. In this veteran lesson, students interview groups of Veterans from WWII, The Vietnam War, the Gulf War, The Korean War, and our current war.  Students collect audio and visual media to create a website...