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Peopling the New World -- An Archaeological Exercise in Excel
Students examine different types of spears that have been discovered from various civilizations. In groups, they calculate the answers to various word problems and enter their information on a spreadsheet. They use the data in other...
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Biological and Cultural Diversity of a Latin American Country
Students conduct an 8 hour Annual Summit Meeting on the Cultural and Biological Diversity of a Latin American Country. They construct a Rainforest, coffee and banana plantations, and a street scene of a typical large city.
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MANAGING THE SCHOOL FOREST
Students study how to plant a seedling, how to mulch the trees into the nursery bed, transplant seedlings to another site or school, and determine why we need to water and mulch trees.
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Chronology: They Time of My Life
Students demonstrate the importance of intact information to achieve accuracy. They compare and constrast their timelines with the chronological information contained in a stratified archaeological site.
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Who's in the News?
Students read about Ethan Allen and his fight for Vermont's independence. They discuss the reasons why Ethan Allen was important to the state of Vermont. They review why New Hampshire and New York wanted to claim Vermont for themselves.
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THE WRIGHT IDEA!
Students learn about the technological development of flight by organizing a presentation on the history of flight.
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Present Perfect Tense: Just and Recently
In this present perfect tense: just and recently worksheet, students read the explanations and examples of correct usage, then interactively complete 9 sentences with immediate online feedback.
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Measuring Shadows
Learners determine the pattern (length and direction) of shadows cast by sunlight during several month period, and develop interpretation of daily and seasonal patterns and variations observed.
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Cloze Exercise: Interview with Jody, Hair Stylist and Makeup Artist
In this cloze exercise interview worksheet, students complete the interview by adding words to the blanks for each sentence.
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Water Wise
Students calculate their family's water consumption. In this water usage lesson, students discuss the water they use in their homes. Students complete the 'water wise' worksheets to tally their family's use of water. Students answer...
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You Don't Say!!
Fourth graders write and respond to sayings throughout the school year. They define the idioms, illustrate them and compare their meanings with other groups in the class.
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Questions, Questions, ...(Practicing Question Words)
Ninth graders participate in an activity about question words such as who, what, when, where, and why. Working in groups, they are given strips of paper with partial sentences on them and match them together to make a sensible question.
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Picture Lincoln
Students analyze Alexander Gardner's photograph of Abraham Lincoln and complete related activities. In this Abraham Lincoln lesson, students describe Abraham Lincoln as he is presented in Gardner's photograph. Students read a biography...
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American Civil War
Eighth graders read a collection of stories about the Civil War. Based upon their readings, they perform various activities to reinforce facts about the Civil War. Students create time lines, maps and reports about the war. They...
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History Book Review
Students, in American History,read books that take place during certain time periods. They read outside of class with time in class spent on sharing as the book projects are completed.
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Introduction To Natural Selection
Seventh graders investigate the concept of natural selection and it relation to the theory of evolution. They create a definition for classification based upon looking at other subjects that are similar. The variation of species is...
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Henry VIII
In this Henry VIII instructional activity, students read through an article associated with Henry VIII and answer twelve comprehension questions regarding the article.
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Body Language
First graders investigate the three main parts of a plant. In this plant parts lesson, 1st graders explore vocabulary for the topic and read a story about plant parts. Students view a PowerPoint and take a quiz for the topic....
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Science Super Saturday
Students share their science expertise with elementary students in a conference format. Elementary students rotate through sessions of different science disciplines (Biology, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry, Computers).
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Subject Verb Agreement
Seventh graders engage in a lesson that investigates the concept of identifying prepositions and their coinciding phrases. They also develop the skill of connecting the right form of a verb with its subject. Then students take a quiz...
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U.S. History: Industrialization and Entrepreneurship
Eleventh graders investigate industrialization and explain how laissez-faire policies influenced entrepreneurship. On bubble maps, 11th graders locate causes of industrialization. In an activity/demonstration, students role-play as...
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Home Sales Records
Teach your class how to calculate monthly payments on a home mortgage. In this percent lesson, young scholars calculate the monthly payment on a home mortgage, and compare different lengths of time and the interest rates for national...
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Make a Multicultural Calendar
Learners research traditions of different cultures and create a multicultural calendar, including important dates in the traditions of their assigned culture.
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Civil Liberties And National Security
Students experience profiling first-hand through creation of a Class ID, and daily persecution of a selected group of students. They examine the tension between the concern for national security and for the preservation of civil liberties