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Writing Instructions Sample: How to Raise Potatoes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good example of a piece of writing which instructs the reader. Good for students to use as a model for instruction-writing essays.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Pingus Penguins: Writing Good Instructions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Students use the free computer game Pingus to learn how engineers, specifically environmental engineers, use their technical writing skills to give instructions and follow the instructions of others. Students learn to write instructions...
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Instructions

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this helpful Skillswise English resource and get some hints on how better to follow instructions. Includes games, videos, worksheets, and more.
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Writing Effective Instructions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will distinguish effective from ineffective approaches to writing instructions.
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Giving a Presentation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Skillswise site focuses on giving a presentation. Included are a video about why learning to give a presentation is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise...
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EL Education

El Education: Instruction Manual for the Gh Monoscope

For Teachers 1st - 5th
This instruction manual for a GH Monoscope was created by 4th grade students. Students created this manual as a way to introduce other students in the school to this new piece of equipment. Although the equipment did come with...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Introduction to Dna Extractions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a lab exercise giving instructions for the extraction of DNA from several different starting materials.
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Writing 0 9

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A simple lesson giving instructions on how to write numbers from zero to nine. Writing examples provided as well as links to related counting and number identification games. Both games are interactive and easy to grasp. Activities best...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A 6 Trait Writing Lesson: Emotional Recipe Write Ups

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
The writer studies the format of well-written recipes, paying particular attention to the type of verbs used in the paragraph of instructions which always follow the list of needed ingredients. Next, the writer thinks up a story or...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Understanding Maps and Directions

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site for teaching Spanish speaking ELL. The theme of this unit is the directions - An "e-mail" is presented, giving directions to a house party - Interactive exercise follows, asking comprehension questions - A guided writing...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Drawing Maine, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map exercise from 1872 giving instructions for drawing Maine.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Protein Synthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
A website giving information on protein synthesis and the key players, RNA. Learn about the three types of RNA and how they work together to make proteins with instructions from DNA.

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