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Fossils
In this fossil worksheet, students match six terms with their definitions about types of fossils and they circle the proper term to make nine statements true about preservation of fossils.
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Hollow Form - Monsters - Beasties That Never Were
Students investigate Medieval art Gargoyles/Beasties and creatures used for animation films, design an original monster, and create a hollow clay form using hand building techniques.
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Movie Project: "Living History...Saul, The King of Israel"
Students create a movie about King Saul. They are evenly split into "production groups" composed of 5-6 students.
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Ancestors in the Americas: Lesson One
Students are introduced to the characteristics of documentaries and making films. Individually, they write their own proposal for an idea of a documentary making sure to identify the point of view of which it is going to be filmed. ...
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The Role of Profits in the Economy
Students discuss the role of profits in an economy. As a class, they explain why profits are an incentive and practice calculating profit and loss. They discover what a firm in capitalism must do to earn profits and explain the...
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The Codex Comes Home: Leonardo Lives in Seattle
Learners complete a unit on the life of Leonardo da Vinci and the content of the Codex Leicester. They write an encyclopedia entry, watch a film, complete a data sheet, conduct Internet research, and write a letter to Bill Gates about...
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Copyright Ethics
Students examine the issues surrounding intellectual copyrights. They research the examples of DVD and CD piracy and participate in a class discussion about the related ethics.
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Direct the Ghost of Caesar
students read the Ghost of Caesar scene and use prompt books to stage the scene. In this Shakespeare instructional activity, students read the scene and then stage the scene. Students make prompt books for the staging activity and then...
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Thunderbirds: Forces
Young scholars investigate the concepts of thrust and how rockets are launched into the air. They watch a clip of the television show Thunderbirds, and draw a basic diagram of the Thunderbird ships, labeling it with arrows to identify...
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions based on "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," by Walt Whitman.
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The Birds
Twelfth graders read and discuss the short story, "The Birds." They watch the movie and compare its ending to the ending written in the story they read. They an essay from a list of essay topics.
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Motion Picture Analysis Worksheet
In this motion picture analysis worksheet, students decipher what type of motion picture they viewed based on a complete list of criteria. Students then answer multiple questions based on their discoveries.
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Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
In this adjective learning exercise, students read about comparative and superlative forms, then complete sentences correctly. Students then make up some sentences of their own using comparative and superlative adjectives.
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Indian Music Test
In this Indian music test worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions in part a and 5 short answer questions in part b as they demonstrate their knowledge of Indian music.
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The Third Conditional Exercise
In this grammar activity, 8th graders focus on the past perfect tense. Students complete 17 fill in the blank sentences adding the correct verb conjugation to each and 3 short answer statements.
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Sherlock Holmes: Teaching English Through Detective Fiction
Students read examples of mysteries and detective fiction. With a focus on Sherlock Holmes, they are introduced to the techniques for reading properly. In groups, they define new vocabulary, make predictions and summarize the stories. ...
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Running Water
Sixth graders create products that feature the importance of water conservation. In this environmental stewardship lesson, 6th graders explore the water cycle and conduct on water usage. Students also research water pollution and...
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Women's Achievements
Third graders read the passage in their textbook about Mary McLeod Bethune and discuss why education was important to her, and why she beleived that education allowed African American children to reach their potential. They then discuss...
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Let's Go Fishing
In this fishing activity, students study facts about fish and then answer short answer questions. Students answer 25 short answer questions.
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Color Your World
Students calculate the cost of painting a room. In this surface area lesson, students create a scale model from provided dimensions of a bedroom. Groups use area formulas to find square footage, from which materials and labor costs are...
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Hear vs. Listen
In this English grammar worksheet, students differentiate between the usage of the words "hear" and "listen." Students complete 17 fill in the blank and 4 short answer questions using the correct word where...
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Bessie Smith
In this jazz history worksheet, students respond to 7 essay and short answer questions about the life and accomplishments of Bessie Smith.
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God’s Grandeur Questions
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, learners respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "God's Grandeur."
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Time Travel
Students investigate the concept of time travel and quantum physics. They complete a Webquest, read excerpts from the book, 'The Time Machine,' play an online time traveler game, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about time.