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Sports and Exercise Activity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice utilizing motor skills by participating in different sports activities.  In this physical education instructional activity, 8th graders participate in racquetball, shuttle cock, and baseball style activities...
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"My Friend's Got This Problem, Mr. Chandler," by Mel Glenn

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students read, "My Friend's Got This Problem, Mr. Chandler," discuss it and write a response to one of the poems.
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Describing Patterns

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate repeating and growing patterns. Models, graphs and words are used to describe, extend and represent patterns. Students use evidence from models and graphs to support the identification of patterns.
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Egyptian Society

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students make body cut-outs out of butcher paper dressed to represent seven different economical statuses of Egyptian society. Students then write papers about their assigned socioeconomic status.
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Segmented Worms

For Students 9th - 12th
For this segmented worms worksheet, students will review the characteristics of segmented worms including the earthworm, bristleworm, and leech. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank, 3 true or false, and 3 matching questions.
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Electric Light Art

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a poem about a single work of art by Flavin.  In this descriptive response instructional activity, students express their feelings about the work and organize words into phrases.  Students arrange word phrases on...
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Biodiversity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete activities to study the importance of biodiversity. In this biodiversity lesson, students find images to categorize into organism groups and illustrate their interconnections. Students use measurement tools to study a...
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Famous Bridges

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explain how significant bridges are in our lives. In this technology lesson, students research the history and characteristics of their assigned bridge and draw it on butcher block paper. They write a short...
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Time for All Ages

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover time keeping by analyzing technological advances in history.  In this time lesson, 4th graders create and complete a KWL chart based on their research of a famous timekeeping invention, such as a sundial....
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Egyptian Diary Project

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders complete a journal activity in conjunction with a study of ancient Egypt. In this history and writing lesson, 7th graders write a journal entry based on the life of an ancient Egyptian pharoah they create.
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The Artist As Entrepreneur: Getting Down To Business: Get Organized

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the various business structures and select the best one to use in a art business plan that they have developed. They compare the benefits and risks of each business structure then discuss in small groups the merits of...
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Nouns and Verbs

For Students 5th - 6th
For this language arts worksheet, students discover that some words can be used as both nouns and verbs. Students look at 10 words and write sentences using them as both nouns and verbs. Example: smell
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Summarizing

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use their note-taking skills to write summaries of information. In this writing skills lesson, students use the notes they have taken in another lesson to write adventure stories by implementing the Rule-Based strategy.
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Character Traits and People in Black History

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, after reading a one-page biographical essay, write in paragraph form how an African American has demonstrated a certain character trait.
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Fractions Continued

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the concept of using fractions to solve problems involving rational numbers. They order real numbers on the number line with the classification of fractions. Also students solve problems using the four operations...
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Raptor Force

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe a video about pilots, their desired traits, and explore the similarities between a bird and an airplane. Using paper, wood or foam, they design create an aircraft to be flown in a competition to see which plane will fly...
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Spring Animal Counting

For Students Pre-K - K
In this counting spring animals instructional activity, learners look over a picture of spring and count how many sheep, ducks, birds and rabbits they can locate. Students write each of their totals in the four boxes provided.
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Multiplying Binomials

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars factor binomials and apply it. In this algebra lesson, students use patterns to factor difference of squares and FOIL to factor other binomials. They apply the concept of binomials to vertical multiplication.
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Keeping Warm?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore conductors and heat loss in different materials. In this Physical Science lesson plan, 5th graders will be measuring the temperature drop of water in four containers. The class will then discuss what an...
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Egyptian Pharaohs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders give one oral example of a responsibility of a leader. In groups students answer questions on the information chart pertaining to Pharaohs.
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Dance Production

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners go through the experience of creating a dance. They use the correct vocabulary when creating the dance in writing. Students choreograph the steps needed to perform the dance in sequence. Then they perform the dance for final...
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Press Release

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write and publish a press release. In this news writing instructional activity, 7th graders analyze press releases from various online sources. Students write a press release about a major event in their school.
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Synonyms

For Students 4th - 5th
In this synonyms worksheet, students read 9 words in a box. Students choose four words and find as many synonyms as possible, writing them on another piece of paper in the form of a brainstorm.
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Keeping Our Pets Safe In An Emergency

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners fill out worksheets that teach them how to prepare for emergency situations and how to enable animal safety in emergency situations. In this emergency lesson plan, students talk about different kinds of emergencies and how they...