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Tasty Mapping
Students create an edible map. In this civics and geography lesson, students research their town's features and local government. Students work in groups to design and create a physical map of their town based on research.
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Geometry Center Games
First graders explore eight geometry activities that improve understanding of positional words and shapes. They identify, describe, and create simple geometric figures. They help another student who may not understand the concept yet.
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4th grade social studies review
In this geography instructional activity, 4th graders answer multiple choice questions about laws, Native Americans, geography, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
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The Blame Game
Students research the sinking of the Lusitania. They work together to develop a position supporting an idea. They discover principles of international law and the rights of non-combatants in wartime.
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Keyboarding - Let's Play Hangman!
Class members divide into teams and compete in a game of keyboarding "Hangman". In this version, instead of calling out letters, the teams call out the finger and row of the letter's location. Consider the maturity of your pupils before...
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The Structure of British Columbia's Government
Eleventh graders play a "card game" centered around a "Jeopardy" type of task designed to review pertinent information on the subject of the three branches of B.C.'s government.
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George Winter
Who is George Winter? Learners review knowledge of George Winter, an artist who captured images of the Trail of Tears. They distinguish the difference between primary and secondary sources and determine the reliability of a document....
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Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Sixth and seventh graders explore the concept of simplifying algebraic expressions. They review the order of operations and apply properties to simplify and compare them. The author suggests using a "Boxes Game" as a motivator to get...
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Keyboarding - Keyboard Scavenger
Young scholars play motivational keyboarding games that reinforce finger families, proper technique, and accuracy. They can create personal word lists from various finger families.
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100 Questions
Gather around to play a game! Middle and high schoolers answer questions (provided here) using various reference materials. Bring encyclopedias and other reference materials to class, as each group has limited Internet access! An answer...
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Fielder's Choice
In this circle game with balls of varying sizes the class will need to review some of the fielding skills before playing the game. I would recommend focusing on one type of fielding at a time corresponding with the specific ball being...
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Equivalents Bingo-Enrichment Activity
Sometimes you need to play a game in order to reinforce learning. Use Bingo cards to review the equivalents for both dry and liquid portions. Playing Bingo helps learners to practice recognizing measurement units, abbreviations, and...
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Vocabulary Review
In this future time vocabulary worksheet, learners complete 10 sentences by selecting the appropriate words to complete each sentence.
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Representing Numbers Using Scientific Notation
Learners explore the concept of scientific notation. In this scientific notation activity, mathematicians discuss how multiplying by a power of 10 affects the decimal. They play Powers of 10 Yahtzee. Students roll a die five times and...
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"LEG"eopardy: Legislative Jeopardy
Students practice debating skills by playing "LEG"eopardy, a legislative version of Jeopardy. They research topics about British Columbia's parliamentary democracy,generating lists of questions and answers for the debating game.
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Tricky Triangles
Third graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the playing of a Trick Triangle Game while focusing upon developing skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They play the game and practice rounding of...
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Historical Scavenger Hunt
Learners engage in a game of History Scavenger Hunt to research significant figures found in History. The focus of the instructional activity coincides with the curriculum being studied for review.
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Accounting Jeopardy -- Journalizing
Ninth graders play the Accounting Jeopardy Game to review the journalizing process. They analyze business transactions from source documents and journal about transactions using various journal formats. They use the Jeopardy template to...
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Accounting Monopoly
Students use Monopoly to review the accounting cycle. They create their own transactions while playing Monopoly. Students produce the financial statements that will match the transactions of the game.
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Plinko for AIDS Education
High schoolers identify risk behaviors associated with the transmission of HIV. They describe ways to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. They play a game to reinforce the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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QUIZ SHOW! What were you thinking? What did you say?
Students participate in a game show to share the information they have uncovered about the US expansion policy and how it affected Native Americans.
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Textbook Changes in Japan
Students recognize that the Japanese government has made attempts to alter history textbooks to make it look like the military did not play a major role in the mass suicides during the American invasion in 1945. They review vocabulary,...
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Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles and Related
Students classify angles. In this angles lesson, students explore the characteristics of angles, triangles, quadrilaterals and circles. They identify polygons and sing a classifying angles song. Students participate in a manipulative...
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If the Shape Fits
Geometers juggle the idea of polygons. Using a game and manipulatives, they make trapezoids and irregular polygons. They review the algorithms for finding the areas of squares and rectangles. On day one, they find the area of trapezoids,...