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Word Web
For this word web graphic organizer worksheet, students may use the organizer to record words that are related to the same topic. Spaces for a topic word and 8 related words are provided.
Education Outside
Brassica Fried Rice
Here's a delicious way to engage fourth graders into working with fractions. Kids chop brassica or cruciferous vegetables, measure the required ingredients, and add them to cooked rice to produce a delicious treat.
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Super Bowl Classroom Activities
Need some help getting young football fans to focus on something besides the Super Bowl? Use a list of football-themed activities for art, math, science, nutrition, language arts, and social studies to get their heads in the game!
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Shopping-Unit Pricing
Comparing unit prices of food products is a skill that learners will use for the rest of their lives. Here is a simple plan that provides practice calculating the unit price for various grocery store products. Use two jars with differing...
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Bubble Map
This PowerPoint provides a brightly colored "bubble map" featuring one large center circle and a smaller colored circle in each corner. This is an attractive generic graphic organizer that could be used in any content area.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Major Disparities in Adult Cigarette Smoking Exist Among and Within Racial and Ethnic Groups
Data indicates that some racial groups smoke more than others, and that with that racial group, there are smaller groups whose smoking habits vary as well. Secondary learners read a graph that details the differences between the Asian...
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KWL Chart
In this graphic organizer worksheet, learners will use a chart to organize their information into 3 columns: what I know, want to learn, and what I learned.
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KWL Chart
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a KWL chart for a topic which includes what do I know, what do I want to find out, and what did I learn.
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Comparison Tasks
This PowerPoint features information about comparison tasks. The slides include lesson readiness strategies and a comparison task graphic organizer grid for comparing items.
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Death by Particles
Emerging epidemiologists define relative risk and read an article about the effect of particulate pollution on the cardiovascular health of women. They record the relative risk values, graph them, and answer analysis questions. This is a...
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Asthma Survey
Young scholars collect survey data on the prevalence of asthma in a community. They summarize and display the survey data in ways that show meaning.
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Transforming Food Energy: A Balancing Act
Students explain their role as consumers. They use a purchased calorimeter or make their own simple calorimeter to measure the energy content in selected foods. This interesting instructional activity really gets students thinking about...
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Healthful Eating
Young scholars read a story about how cartoon characters are partially to blame for American's obesity problem, and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this healthful eating lesson plan, students respond to...
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Healthy Tonic: Label Reading
In this factual text worksheet, 6th graders read a bottle label for a delicious tasting tonic for optimal health. Students must read the factual text and answer the six reading comprehension questions that follow.