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Cross Section and Slope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students draw cross sections of given contour maps. In this math instructional activity, students interpret the different symbols used in the map. They determine slope and steepness through direct measurement.
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Idioms Beginning with F

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive ESL worksheet, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions regarding idioms with numbers. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Connected by Art

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students inspect visual arts by exploring images on-line. In this art analysis lesson, students discuss the history of art and the its ability to communicate with people through images. Students utilize pencils and charcoal to create...
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Examine Your State Government's Demographics

For Teachers 8th - 11th
How is your state government organized? How many elected officials are women? What is the mean age of your state representatives? Young scholars answer these questions in a research project before creating a chart to reflect their...
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Weekly Reading Test

For Students 2nd
In this site words reading activity, 2nd graders write 10 words as the teacher calls them out loud. Students must correctly spell each word, and each word is shown at the top of the page for students to read and identify.
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Weekly Reading Test

For Students 1st
In this reading worksheet, 1st graders are tested on short o words.  Students read and write 10 words and choose 2 words to write three times each.
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Weekly Reading Test

For Students 1st
In this word recognition worksheet, 1st graders write 10 site words that the teacher calls out. Students must also write two words three times each.
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Addition and Subtraction Facts To 20

For Teachers 1st
First graders use manipulatives, flash cards, number sentences and story problems to practice their addition and subtraction facts to twenty.
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Language Arts: What's My Line?

For Teachers K
Students discover how to employ number lines by estimating the number of tiles in a jar. After writing their estimates on sticky notes, they place them in order on a number line mat. Included in the lesson are various activities and...
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Illustrate Inequalities

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a lesson that involves the concept of inequalities. They translate the words of problems and put them into a visual illustration. The illustration should include a number line for assessment.
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Metric Measurement

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use, read and write with metric units. They practice converting from larger to smaller units. Afterwards, they construct a scale drawing of a bridge. In addition, they construct these two designs, using the same scale of 1cm to...
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Colonizing the Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the size, composition and surface features of the nine planets of our solar system with the possible sizes and compositions of extra -solar planets.
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Module 6: Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Create trigonometric functions from circles. The first lesson of the module begins by finding coordinates along a circular path created by a Ferris Wheel. As the lessons progress, pupils graph trigonometric functions and relate them to...
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Great River Bend Adventure

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
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How Many Cards Do We Need to Display the Dates of the Month?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete activities to study the concept of place value notation. In this place value lesson, students use cards for the days of the month that only number from 1 to 9. Students find a subtraction pattern to determine the amount...
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Introduction to the Computer

For Teachers K
Students visit the computer lab to learn the parts of the computer and type their names and their lunch numbers.
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Build a Snowplow

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students design and build a snowplow using LEGO materials. They compete in an Engineer's Challenge to clear a path through Styrofoam peanuts.
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Bean Addition

For Teachers 1st
A hands-on lesson created students use beans as manipulatives to solve addition number sentences. Requires the book, Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy.
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Charting Attendance Rate of Busch Gardens

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, in groups, are given different parts of the whole project. They use information from Busch Gardens to explore line graphs, averages, and other math vocabulary.
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Alphabetizing Dolch Words

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars alphabetize a weekly word list. In this alphabetizing lesson, students work as a whole group to alphabetize their weekly word list. This lesson teaches young scholars about alphabetizing to the second letter in a word.
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FORCES, MOTION, AND ENERGY

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a variety of activities in order to investigate the basic concepts of physics. They read and answer questions in a written text. This is only one type of activity that is part of many others.
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Down by the Bay

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to teacher read books about fish and participate in activities in order to explore how to identify bluefish. They count and graph the numbers of fish they find in simulated fishing activities.
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Speed Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment...
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Whales

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the two types of whales. In this biology instructional activity, students research the characteristics of their assigned whale. They compile their findings in a folder.