Lesson Plan
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Math Assessment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read about ways to take a test. In this math lesson, students are taught skills and resources to help them be successful taking math exams. They discuss, computerized testing along with different types of testing types they...
Lesson Plan
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Equal Rights for Men?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Study the issue of gender bias in court cases with a resource that ponders the extent of gender equality. Learners examine cultural images of men and women and examine court cases dealing issues such as women in the military.
PPT
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Chapter 28: Wage Determination

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Answer questions on minimum wage and labor models with this economics presentation. Thorough and precise, these slides make a great accompaniment to a lecture on labor and wages. A list of key terms allows viewers to readdress and...
Activity
Alcohol Education Trust

Talk About Alcohol: What is BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration)?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Educate your class about blood alcohol levels by combining health with math practice. Class members read a little bit about blood alcohol concentration and then solve some problems related to determining alcohol levels and alcohol...
Worksheet
Cambridge University Press

Scrambled Dialog

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
How does a conversation flow? Have your learners practice with conversation and dialogue by asking them to rearrange sentence strips in order to make a coherent conversation between two people. After ordering the strips, pairs...
Lesson Plan
Consulate General of Ireland

St. Patrick's Day - Lá Fhéile Pádraig

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Youngsters use their imaginations and the story of St. Patrick to design original artwork for the holiday, by portraying where they think St. Patrick would have visited in the United States or illustrating what St. Patrick's Day...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Tax Time Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is a 1040EZ tax form really easy? Scholars investigate the complexities of the United States taxation system with an economics instructional activity. Using a wide variety of web sources, they interpret IRS taxation rules and regulations...
Unit Plan
ReadWriteThink

Beyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
It's time to party like it's 1899! Incorporate a research-based celebration of the Victorian Era into your unit on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. After learners read the novella or view a production of the play, they craft a...
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Google

Advanced 4: Searching for Evidence for Research Tasks

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Research was very different in the past. Pupils once had difficulty finding sufficient information, but now they have the opposite problem. Show your class how to pick the best resources out of the millions of sites an online search will...
Assessment
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End-Of-Year Practice Test (Grade 3, ELA/Literacy)

For Students 3rd Standards
The end of the year has arrived, which means it's time to find out what your third graders have learned with this practice Common Core assessment. Presented with one narrative and one expository reading passage, young learners...
Assessment
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Performance-Based Assessment Practice Test (Grade 4 ELA/Literacy)

For Students 4th Standards
Track the progress of your fourth graders' reading and writing skills with this practice Common Core assessment. Based on a collection of six reading passages that include narrative stories, poetry, and a series of...
Lesson Plan
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Arkansas State Mineral: Quartz Mineral

For Teachers 7th - 8th
The quartz crystals found in the mountains of Arkansas are among the purest and clearest in the world! This lesson has middle schoolers focus on this state mineral of Arkansas as they study the state's geography. A fun game is...
Lesson Plan
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Cryosat Mission

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Beginning with general information on satellites and seasons, concluding with polar ice and the Cryosat Mission, this worksheet gives your earth scientists an opportunity to conduct some research. Most of the assignment consists of short...
Lesson Plan
Foreign Policy Research Institute

Imperialism, Arab Nationalism and World War I

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Continued conflict in the Middle East makes this lesson relevant, and the inclusion of a critique of Lawrence of Arabia might increase student interest in a potentially challenging topic. The resource includes a solid...
Lesson Plan
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Chemistry 1 Practice Exam

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Thirty multiple-choice questions and their answers are provided in this resource. It was written for a general chemistry course and queries test takers on scientific notation, mixtures, chemical symbols, electric charges, Dalton's atomic...
Worksheet
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Chemistry Foundations

For Students 8th - 12th
Extensive notes on foundational chemistry concepts make up this resource. It summarizes the properties of matter, the periodic table, chemical nomenclature, and general chemical bonding. Design a set reading comprehension questions to go...
Worksheet
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Metals and Non-Metals

For Students 9th - 12th
A table of the physical properties of metals and non-metals opens this high-school chemistry handout. Also covered are the chemical properties of metals and non-metals, reactivity, and fossil fuels. There are no specific questions to...
Worksheet
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Module 7 Revision Guide - Chemistry

For Students 9th - 12th
Two versions of this handout are provided, the second with more detailed information on the same topics. Chemistry aces survey chemical reactions, heat energy transferred, and the action of enzymes by reading this resource. You can...
Organizer
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Observations of Properties of Matter

For Students 8th - 11th
To guide learners through observations of chemical samples in the lab, this resource asks them to give all formulas and complete the attached data sheet.  There are multiple questions about categories of elements and general...
Lesson Plan
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What Did You Do?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
English learners practice using the past tense by participating in a time description activity. They identify the differences between verbs when they are used to describe current events or past events. Students answer questions using...
PPT
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Protists and Fungi

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is an outstanding presentation on protista. It lists general characteristics, and then moves on to describing three different categories of protists. For each, viewers learn physical features, behaviors, and means of reproduction....
Worksheet
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"A Boy and a Man" from Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman

For Students 6th - 8th
A great resource for chapter 2 of Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman, this instructional activity asks learners to respond to a series of lower- and higher-level questions using complete sentences following a class discussion....
Lesson Plan
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Physical Education Unit Plan: Soccer - Lesson 6

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Here is the sixth in a 10-lesson series on soccer. It takes a look at the role of gender in the sport of soccer. In general, are boys’ sports and girls’ sports equal? Are men’s sports and women’s sports equal? Is there equality in...
Lesson Plan
Film English

Fear of Flying

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A bird that's afraid of flying? See what happens to this character when it's time to fly south. Over the course of the instructional activity, pupils discuss fears in general, share their fears, make predictions about the film, and view...