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American Indians Heritage Series: The Inuit's

For Teachers K
Students become aware that people lived in America before Columbus came.  In this Inuit culture lesson, students discuss lives of the Inuits. Students listen to Mama Do You Love Me, A Promise is a Promise and The Polar Bear Son:...
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Who Took the Cookies

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners find the missing cookies. In this language arts lesson, students solve the mystery of who is taking the cookies from the cookie jar. Learners are read several books with the same mystery of cookies being taken from the jar.
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Salt Marsh in a Pan

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a model of a salt marsh to discover the impact of pollution and human activities on water-based habitats including bays and the ocean. They recognize the relationship between natural and developed areas. Students impact...
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Periodic Table Assignment

For Students 9th - 12th
In this periodic table worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 22 clues about elements in the periodic table, periodic law, properties of elements and atomic mass and number. Students also fill in a periodic table to...
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Hurricanes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars perform various experiments to explore hurricanes. In this earth science lesson plan, students explain how they form. They identify the structure of a hurricane.
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Who’s on First? Cultural Heritage

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore their own heritage as they learn more about Roger Clemente. In this social studies and music lesson plan, students study cultural heritage through a study of Puerto Rican music and instruments.
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My Family Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars create a family tree. In this ancestry lesson, students research a country that one of their ancestors is from. Young scholars interview a grandparent and map out a family tree.
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Kindergarten Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers K
Students participate in a scavenger hunt. In this icebreaker lesson plan, students are given Scavenger Hunt Sheets and search their new classroom for the objects.
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Easter Island

For Students 3rd
In this informational text comprehension learning exercise, 3rd graders read the passage about Easter Island and answer 10 multiple choice questions about Easter Island.
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Creating Folk Webs in General Music Class

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders demonstrate the musical and historical context of a given folk song by notating the melody, creating an accompaniment, and displaying it on the web for assessment.
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World Intellectual Property Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Intellectual Property Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions,...
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Colonial Regions of America 1689 - 1754 Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Colonial America worksheet, students color and label a map of the 13 colonies. They complete three more maps on which they label the major cities and waterways in New England, the Middle, and the Southern colonies. They answer an...
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Genetics - Critical Thinking

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this genetics worksheet, students review terms and processes associated with genetics. This worksheet has 2 multiple choice and 21 matching questions.
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What's All the Buzz About

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a game of charades to examine different animal behaviors. After reading an article, they discuss why bees waggle and how that behavior applies to humans. They research the behaviors of an animal of interest to...
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Matter and Energy-Scientific Notation

For Students 8th - 10th
In this scientific notation learning exercise, students are given ten numbers in common form and they convert them to scientific notation. They also are given ten numbers in scientific notation that they convert to common notation.
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Getting the Goods on Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore graphing. For this math lesson plan, students graph ordered pairs in the coordinate plane, write the coordinates of points shown on a plane, and create designs or pictures using ordered pairs.
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Traveling Southern Style: A Lesson on the Jim Crow Laws

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a poster of a travel route. In this discrimination lesson, 3rd graders read The Gold Cadillac and use it to discuss the problems African Americans faced while traveling south in the 1950's. Students compare three...
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Sgt. Humiston, Where are You?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars become familiar with the events of the Civil War.  In this identification instructional activity, students use deductive reasoning to understand how the deceased soldier was identified.  Young scholars view...
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4th Grade Reading: Information

For Teachers 4th
In this reading learning exercise, 4th graders answer multiple choice questions about 1/2 page informational text that they read. Students complete 21 questions.
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The Solar Neighborhood within 17 Light Years!

For Students 9th - 11th
In this distance between stars worksheet, students plot the distance between the sun and 11 other stars on a 2 dimensional grid using a protractor and a ruler. They determine the distances between various stars and they find the shortest...
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A System of Rules

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write letters, create models, create a photo display, and make charts about the rules that a state has. In this rules lesson plan, students learn about and make different displays of how states come up with rules, change them,...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", in its book or movie form, rains down lesson possibilities.
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Multiplying Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore multiplying decimals. For this lesson about decimals and multiplication, students follow steps to better understand the concept. Students learn two different ways of multiplying decimals. Students maintain a fuller...
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Performance Poppers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the controversies surrounding the use of performance-enhancing supplements in sports by interviewing athletes and writing feature articles that compare the skills required to compete in different sports.