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Test Your Reading Skills: Complete the Sentences--Intermediate Level

For Students 4th - 6th
In this sentence completion activity, students choose the word that best completes each sentence.
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Quiz: Astronomy

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on various aspects of astronomy. Students will respond to ten questions all pertaining to stars, constellations, planets, and our solar system.
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Agility Ability Stars

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice agility moves timing various locomotor skills (slide shuffle, sprinting, backwards jogging, fast walking), over a star pattern in pairs.
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The Earth, Sun Mood and Stars Unit (Planets too!)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders prepare five activities to do then show their energy saving skills.  In this investigative lesson students create five projects then participate in an energy saving demonstration. 
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Designed to Scale

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders construct a three dimensional model of a constellation. In this constellation instructional activity, 7th graders make a blueprint for a scale model of the constellation and create their models. They present their models...
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Learners tour Chandra's top galactic X-ray images. In this Chandra X-Ray Observatory lesson, students play games and complete puzzles based on the Chandra Mission and X-Ray Astronomy. Learners listen to pod casts, question an...
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Astronomy

For Teachers 3rd
Students complete a unit of lessons on our solar system, its stars, and astronomers. They record information in a space journal, design constellations, define key vocabulary, observe the phases of the moon, and create a group planet...
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All About Me: Beginning of the Year

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students retell important facts about themselves to others in the class by creating a booklet titled All About Me. They follow simple directions and present their finished booklets to their peers.
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Ordinals 1st to 10th

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ordinal numbers worksheet, students complete 3 worksheets of activities that help them learn to identify ordinal numbers. Students complete 30 exercises.
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Creative Position Word Center Activity

For Teachers K
Students use positional words to describe the location of objects and demonstrate the ability to follow multi-step oral directions. Seasonal shapes are decorated in relation to the directions and positions stated by the positional word.
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Types Of Nebulae

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the different types of nebulae that can be found in the solar system. They view a PowerPoint presentation about the material and identify each nebulae as it is presented. Students also discuss the life cycle of a...
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How Do We Know...?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and explain how various inventions and astronomers have improved our appreciation of the universe. Students identify at least two constellations in the sky and discuss how they were used in ancient times to tell time...
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Phoebe The Spy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book, Phoebe The Spy, by Judith Berry Griffin. They complete comprehension activities, make predictions about what happen next, and create a PowerPoint book report for the story.
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Irony Detectives Activity

For Students 6th - 8th
In this irony instructional activity, students read "crime related" passages and use an answer sheet to determine type of irony and write an explanation.
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Civil War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars consider what it was like for black regiments during the Civil War. In this American Civil War lesson, students view segments of "Glory," and "The Descendants of the 29th Regiment." Young scholars discuss the conditions of...
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Altogether, Now

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils apply their five senses to science, math, drama, and writing center activities.
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Numeracy Samples

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these number literacy worksheets, students complete eight different activities that help them learn numbers and use numbers.
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Season's Greetings

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Earth's seasons using an interactive website. In this earth science lesson plan, students watch video segments and explain Earth's seasonal milestones. They discuss the factors that causes seasonal changes.
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Activating Students Through Storytelling

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders produce a podcast of a elements of a Chinese folk tale. In this Chinese folk tale and podcasting lesson, 4th graders watch as the teacher performs Peach Blossom Spring: A Chinese folk tale. They decide on who will stay in...
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Music of the Estuary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore the sounds of the estuary. In this wetlands lesson plan, students discuss how to simulate the sounds of nature. Learners write and record a musical score featuring the sounds of the wetlands.
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ESL Colors Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL colors worksheet, students watch a video titled "The Colors of the Earth," then choose the correct colors to describe pictures and the correct animals being described.
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Our Sky Clock

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore space science by completing a worksheet in class. In this astronomy lesson, students discuss and identify star patterns in the night sky and relate these patterns to the approximate time they appear. Students complete an...
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Breaking News English: Cremation

For Students 5th - 10th
In this cremation activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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GPS Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore geography by participating in a treasure hunt activity. In this Global Positioning System lesson plan, students define the terms latitude and longitude while utilizing an electronic GPS device. Young scholars view...