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Place Value to 1,000
Second graders stack cubes and learn how to group them in order to understand place value.
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Penny Jar
Students collect pennies to donate to charity and calculate the number of pennies. In this penny counting instructional activity, students group pennies in tens and count how many dollars and cents they have. Students read a...
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Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan- Math
Students perform locomotor movement. In this locomotor skills lesson, students practice running, hopping, skipping, and walking then form themselves into groups based on a number called out. Students identify if more or less...
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Making The Geologic Time Scale Real
Students construct a geologic timeline the size of a football field. They work in small groups to calculate the yardage for significant events in the Earth's history and then as a class pace out all of the events.
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Making The Geologic Time Scale Real
Students are assigned significant geologic events in Earth's history. They convert the date of the events into distances and then space themselves (on an outside playing field) away from other groups, to represent time between various...
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Religions
Students study different religions and factions within the religion. They examine the political agenda of religious factions in civil war zones in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. They investigate high crimes against humanity in the name...
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Introduction to Estimation and Making Arrays
Students explore the concept of estimating and organizing a group of objects into an array to count the exact number of items. They create their own arrays and practice elements of estimation.
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Literature Circles
Middle schoolers complete the reading of an age appropriate piece of literature. They think critically about their reading and discuss it with a group of peers. Students make connections among their reading, their own lives, and the...
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Panorama of the European Union
Sixth graders study the European Union. In this European Union lesson, 6th graders go on a scavenger hunt in groups to find missing pieces to a worksheet. Students use their scavenger hunt to develop descriptions of the European Union...
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The American Revolution
Fifth graders read about the Revolutionary War. In this history lesson, 5th graders review what they know about the the Revolutionary War in order to identify British and American leaders. Students read a chapter from their...
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The Middle East
Students investigate the countries of the Middle East. In small groups, they conduct Internet research, conduct a debate, draw and label a map, and present their information to the class in the form of a presentation.
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Equivalent Pals (Fractions)
Fifth graders explore equivalent fractions. In groups, classmates follow instructions to tear paper into fractional parts. Students brainstorm real life items that are equivalent. They model and identify equivalent fractions using...
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The International Monetary Fund, The World Bank, and the World Trade Organization: A Help or Hindrance to Developing Countries?
Eleventh graders study the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization. They collaborate in small groups to research and explore perspectives of each group, identify objectives of each group and key arguments...
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It Came from Outer Space! The AA Meteorite Connection
Students discover why Antarctica is the most fruitful place on earth for locating meteorites. They work in groups. Students are given a Museum or University Name for each group. They are explained that each group is allowed to comb...
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Prime Numbers and Factors
Students determine factors of numbers to 100 and identify prime factors; students differentiate prime and composite numbers by the factors of the numbers.
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The Structure of DNA
Learners will demonstrate knowledge of the structure of DNA by constructing simple models of DNA with materials given to them in class. They will also discover that some female scientists such as Rosalind Franklin have not been given...
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Then, Now, and Tomorrow
Students will use this unit to investigate the past, present, and future of the architecture and plan of New York's Lower East Side. Students will research the history of the Lower East Side neighborhood in photographs used from the...
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Understanding Abuse
Students are introduced to the various forms of child abuse. Using the internet, they discover the proper ways to report abuse to adults and the warning signs of someone being abused. In groups, they complete a case study to end the lesson.
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Idaho Earthquakes
Students examine the types of earthquakes that occur in Idaho. In groups, they compare and contrast the types of energy released and how they affect the movement of the Earth. To end the lesson, they analyze a map showing the magnitudes...
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Prepositional Phrases
In this ESL worksheet, students write a different number from 1-100 inside two grids. Students ask a partner about what numbers they wrote and use prepositional phrases to describe their location.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Using "If"
For this using if worksheet, students practice using if and can do statements as they complete 8 sentence starters using if and their own ending. Students also work in pairs to write a diary entry of 100 words following the provided...
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Mental Tests: Basic Operations
In this mental math worksheet, learners answer problems using the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication & division. Problems are grouped in ten for a quick review.
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Diet and Exercise Activity
Students explore their physical abilities by participating in team sports. In this physical education lesson, students collaborate in groups in one of several team sports before moving on to the next station. Students discuss...
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Then and Now
First graders investigate the past and present by analyzing a group of images. In this community history lesson, 1st graders read the story Sarah Morton's Day by Kate Walters and discuss the time frame of the story. Students create a...