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Forests of the Sea
Students read about and conduct experiments to learn about the vegetation under Monterey Bay. In this Monterey Bay lesson, students read about and look at brightly colored pictures of the different types of seaweed that grows in the bay....
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Life in a Drop of Pond Water
Students investigate living creatures that inhabit a pond and explore how various organisms satisfy their needs within their environments. In this life in a drop of pond water lesson, students examine microorganisms under magnification....
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Kids Conserve? Water Preserved
Young scholars study conservation and how cities obtain their water. In this water instructional activity students view a PowerPoint presentation and draw a picture of the water cycle.
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ESL: Practice Using Present Progressive Tense
Small, cartoonish pictures of people expressing emotions and actions (blowing his nose, holding her head and frowning, dancing, smiling) provide the basis for writers to describe the feelings and experiences taking place. Help your ESL...
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The Web of Life
Students explore the interconnectedness of living things in an ecosystem. They use pictures and arrows to develop a food web, and participate in constructing a class food web with students representing various parts of the web.
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Animal Brochures
Fourth graders work in pairs to research an animal. They fill in an animal data form in order to become experts about the animal they choose. They use the listed criteria to design a six sided brochure that includes graphics of the...
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Observing Sound
Second graders study the five senses and the link between pictures and sound. In this sound lesson students discover that sound is vibration, it is described by volume and pitch.
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Flutter Farm
Sixth graders complete activities to examine butterflies and their habitats. For this butterfly habitat lesson, 6th graders research butterflies and their habitats to help them investigate how to make a butterfly garden. Students...
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ESL: Beginning Vocabulary Matching
Beginning English Learners match 10 line-drawn pictures of basic nouns with their names, such as kite, airplane, goat, and igloo. Indefinite articles are included, so this exercise also provides reinforcement for the a/an rule.
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Various Questions
A great exercise for English language learners or youngsters learning how to question, this resource provides practice using pictures to recognize words. After the class has completed the fill-in-the-blank portion, have them walk around...
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Water Cycle: Social Studies Online
If you need a presentation that describes the 3 elements of the water cycle then this PowerPoint could be a good starting point. This resource is basic in its presentation and formating, and only defines the words evaporation,...
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Hurricanes
Upper elementary meteorologists take a glance at what a hurricane is and how it is formed. Because this does not get into the differences in air pressure that drive the associated winds, it may not be useful for older learners. The...
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Addition Reactions
Here is a PowerPoint that displays multiple organic compound structures and asks viewers to identify the formulas, isomers, or potential products after a given addition reaction. This is a comprehensive set of slides that reviews...
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Reviewing Mitosis/Mitosis
There are technically two presentations in this collection of slides. The first presentation is a single-slide comparison of plant cell division and animal cell division. The second focuses on the steps of meiosis and the genetic...
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Assessing Presenting the Mask
Eighth graders use a software program to recreate a mask they made in art class. Individually, they write a paper describing their mask with an loose illustration. They combine the pictures of each mask into a class book for others to view.
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Pythagorean Theorem
Need a few extra examples on using the Pythagorean Theorem? Here is a activity that uses pictures of New York City’s buildings as a model, and young architects find the height of the building. Consider adding more examples to further...
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Basic Sentence Construction Worksheet
For this sentence construction worksheet, students draw pictures to illustrate words, then put them in order to form sentences that make sense.
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Photograph Lesson
Students bring a favorite photograph to class and discuss what they see and don't see in the photos. They brainstorm with the teacher on the overhead and then translate the information into poetic form.
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Humor and Iconicity in Classical Music
Scherzo, cappricio, divertimento, and rando are all addressed in this look into humor through this classical music presentation. The slide show is very basic, but has some good background on Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Bach. The...
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Mountains
Explore the mountain habitat with this collection of slides. The climate is described, along with the associated plant and animal life. Some of the pictures are attractive, but some leave much to be desired. There is a generous amount of...
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Find the Differences: Rabbit with an Umbrella
In this find the differences worksheet, 3rd graders analyze the details in 2 pictures, circle 10 things that are different, then write a list of the different things.
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Hamburger Paragraph
In this paragraph format instructional activity, students use the hamburger picture to help them write a paragraph of 6-8 sentences. Students use the hamburger shape to help them format their sentences.
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Present Continuous
In these present continuous worksheets, students write questions using the scrambled words to create sentences in the present continuous form. Students then look at the pictures and complete the questions using the words in the same form.
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My Autobiography
in this social studies worksheet, students share personal information by filling out a simple 10 question autobiography form. There is a space for a picture as well.