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Recycling
Learners read or listen to a story, and discuss how it relates to them. In this personal event writing activity, students write about recycling. Learners read "The Giving Tree" a Shel Silverstein poem and discuss the poem's meaning....
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Going into the Great North
Students observe and investigate the areas included in the Great North. In this geography lesson plan, students observe a documentary based on the Great North. Later the students will draw and identify countries within the arctic circle...
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Micro-Organisms
For this identifying the definitions of micro-organisms worksheet, students match the correct key words with the correct definitions. Students match 8 answers.
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Climate Mime-it
Students pantomime new climate vocabulary words. In this climate lesson plan, students go over new vocabulary words and their meanings. Students form groups and pantomime these word's definitions.
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Estimating School Store Purchases
Students examine uses for estimating, and round purchase prices to estimate total purchases in a simulated school store setting. They discuss what it means for an item to be on sale, and observe the teacher work through the process of...
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Halves, Thirds, and Quarters - Exploring Fractions
Fractions can be difficult to understand. For this introduction to fractions worksheet, students determine meaning, identify terms, and problem solve fractions. Fraction fiends solve eight problems. An excellent resource!
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Nuclear Decay
In this nuclear decay worksheet, students read about alpha and beta decay and the isotopes formed by the reactions. Students solve nine problems including writing the equations for the decay of radioactive isotopes, identifying the...
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Correcting Bad Data Using Parity Bits
In this parity bits instructional activity, students read about pixels and data strings. Students are given 2 data strings that are corrupted by cosmic ray glitches and they identify the bad data and create a valid data string.
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Auxin: Indole-3-Acetic Acid
Learners identify auxins from their structural formulas. They understand the process of refluxing in chemical synthesis. Students perform thin layer chromatography using silica gel plates to differentiate chemical substances.
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Let's sum it all up!
Young scholars identify that comprehension is the main goal in reading. Then they read the words in a text, but also draw information from what they read. Students also identify and practice summarization. They read a piece of text...
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Companion Animals
Students identify ways companion animals are used to assist humans. Students identify zoonoses and list several types of. Students identify several aspects of responsible companion animal ownership. Students design, distribute, and tally...
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Classifying Conundrum
Fourth graders identify plant characteristics from different environments and communicate that information in different ways. They use a simple scheme to classify Utah plants and animals and make observations and record them in a...
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Metamorphic Rock Lab
For this metamorphic rock worksheet, students observe 9 metamorphic rock samples and indicate the grain size, if there are bands, if there are layers , if it is foliated and they identify the name of the rock. They complete 5 sentences...
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The Great Kapok Tree- Teaching About Conflict in Literature
Students identify the plot of a text. In this literature lesson plan, students listen to the book The Great Kapok Tree and identify the problem and solution. A graphic organizer is used to help reinforce the concept.
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Capitalization
Students investigate the concept of capitalization by reading relevant text and finding supporting details and facts. In this capitalization instructional activity, students read chapter seven in Working With Words and share...
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Let's Go Rock Collecting
In this rock vocabulary activity, students cut out the ten vocabulary word cards and use the words in a sentence. Students staple the cards together to create a booklet.
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Student Mad Libs
Young scholars investigate the different parts of speech by participating in a fill in the blank activity. In this Mad Libs lesson, students define the different parts of speech and discuss how they are used appropriately in sentences....
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ABC Community Walk
Students identify the different relationships that can be found in a community and create a class Community ABC Book. They participate in walking field trips to explore their community.
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A Famine Glossary
For this history of Ireland worksheet, learners match eleven words from a word bank with their definitions. They finish a chart comparing their diet with that of a poor person from Ireland in 1845. Students write answers to 5 essay...
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Beginning Synonyms and Antonyms - Nouns 4
In this synonyms and antonyms of nouns learning exercise, students identify nouns with same or opposite meanings as the given nouns. Students choose twelve multiple choice answers.
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Kids Get School Named for Obama
Students read about the renaming of a school for Barack Obama. In this political lesson, the teacher presents vocabulary words from the news article, then the students read the article and answer comprehension questions. Lesson includes...
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Synonyms
Young scholars examine synonyms from their reading. In this synonyms lesson, students use vocabulary from their reading to create a chart and illustrate the words. Young scholars complete online activities from the story.
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Barney Bear Gets Dressed
Students identify colors and use descriptive words to create a book about a bear. For this lesson on using descriptive language, students listen to a story and help the teacher explain what happened. Students then participate...
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Saudi Arabia -- Future city
Seventh graders summarize an article on Masdar. In this summarizing lesson students clearly explain three of the four points provided in an outline of the article. The students write an essay and identify six physical features of the...