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Curated OER

Hoot: Vocabulary Squares

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Study the vocabulary from Carl Hiaasen's Hoot with an activity featuring synonyms and antonyms. Kids fill in a graphic organizer for each word, prompting critical thinking as they find additional ways to put the word into context.
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Curated OER

Memory Master

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Practice spelling words that use prefixes, suffixes, and specific roots. In this grammar lesson plan, learners play a game where they compete with spelling words correctly to gain points. A short set of review questions are also included. 
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Curated OER

Maggie's Adventures Grades 1-2

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use Maggie's Learning Adventures online activity. They play a matching or memory game to become aware of homophones. Students recognize that there two ways to use many words. They practice with noun or verb identification by...
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Interactive
Open Colleges

Your Brain Map: Strategies for Accelerated Learning

For Students 9th - 12th
The brain is a complex organ with many different structures and functions. An interactive diagram allows learners to explore the different structures while pop-ups describe their functions. Secondary interactives show the structures of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

New Words: Make a Conservation Dictionary

For Students 4th Standards
Gosh dictionaries are great, and your class gets to make one of their own. They look up and write down the dictionary definition to nine words related to conservation and pollution prevention. They list their words alphabetically for...
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App
Winkpass Creations

Knot Guide HD

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Did you know that there are over 100 types of knots? Learn how to tie them all with this step-by-step, colorfully illustrated guide!
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Incy Wincy Spider

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this nursery rhyme worksheet, students read and learn the rhyme for the Incy Wincy Spider. Students sing the rhyme to improve their memory skills.
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Curated OER

I Think, Therefore I See

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners participate in a memory experiment to discover how the eye works. After reading an article, they analyze a new technique which examines how the brain registers sight. They develop their own memory game and conduct trials using...
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Curated OER

Brain Power

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the brain and how it performs the memory function.  In this brain power lesson students complete a memory activity.
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Curated OER

Redo the Playground

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students redesign a classic piece of playground equipment. In this architecture lesson students take existing designs and formulate additions or changes for improvements. Students translate their ideas into visual form and communicate...
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Curated OER

Genes, Environments, and Behavior 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how scientists study the genetic and environmental factors that interact to produce variation in behavior across a population.
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Novelinks

The Giver: Vocabulary Bingo!

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Bingo! Combine the thrill of bingo with Lois Lowry's The Giver in a fun vocabulary lesson. Kids write selected vocabulary words from the novel onto a bingo chart, and then listen for the correct definitions in order to mark off their words.
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Curated OER

Introducing Learning Strategies (Motivation)

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine how to develop the skill of motivation for learning. The application of this skill can be transferred to other areas of life. The use of print media is part of the lesson and students reflect upon the concept presented...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: International Car Free Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "International Car Free Day," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Critical Reading - Photography

For Students 5th - 6th
Inform your class about the origins of photography with this short passage and accompanying questions. After reading a short informational text, leaners answer 3 questions about the content of the text. This resource could be used in a...
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Curated OER

How Do We Utilize Flash Tools to Improve Research?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers complete Flash Movies. They identify how to use the Push Button Component in Flash and how to create Scenes. They demonstrate how to use buttons to move within a Flash Movie and finish movies for their Research Projects.
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Curated OER

Genes, Environments, and Behavior 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how scientists study the genetic and environmental factors that interact to produce variation in behavior across a population.
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Curated OER

The Big Green Monster

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They complete center activities in groups of four in order to aid in decoding and...
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Curated OER

Plate, punch card, and instructions for Herman Hollerith's Electric Sorting and Tabulating Machine

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read an article and participate in a class discussion.  In this technology and engineering lesson students conduct an online search for images and terms.
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Curated OER

In a Nutshell....

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine how to summarize the most important details in a reading passage in order to increase their comprehension. They design a story web using the summarization skills. Before class, they complete a reading assignment prior to...
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Curated OER

Memorizing Techniques

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore a variety of nmemonic devices, methods and techniques to help improve their memories. They brainstorm a list of things they find difficult to remember on their own first. In pairs they work on memory tricks by...
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Curated OER

Primary Bouncing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students develop hand and ey coordination. The focus is upon handling a ball. This could be helpful for practice for sports like basketball or volleyball. This helps with repetition to develop muscle memory and visual or spatial ability.
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Interactive
Curated OER

St. Augustine's Confessions by St. Augustine

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions based on St. Augustine's Confessions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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CK-12 Foundation

Zero Product Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Some lessons feature videos, some interactive practice problems, and some have notes and activities. This comprehensive look at factoring and solving polynomial equations using the zero product principle has all of this and more. Though...