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Galloping Who?
Third graders do an Internet search to find out about Galloping Gertie and what caused the bridge to fail.
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Maintaining Employment, ESOL
Students discuss work schedule and brainstorm all words associated with a work schedule. They write a class story about job skills then evalutate acceptable and unacceptable activities during employment.
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Now, That's a Bright Idea!
Students explore the role that electricity plays in their daily lives, both in school and at home. They conduct research on energy usage in various rooms of the school and in their homes and create posters, graphs, and analyses of their...
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Say Ahh!!
Students identify the short /o/ sound in spoken words, and recognize the letter symbol /o/. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the short /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "In the Big Top" and identify the words...
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Keeping Warm
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
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Everyday Government
Students discover how the government impacts their daily lives. As a class, they identify the people in their community who make it a wonderful place to live. Using the Internet, they discover how and the importance of voting in elections.
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Keeps on Pumping
Students measure and calculate heart rates per minute and for other units of time. They determine the amount of blood pumped by their heart during various intervals of time.
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Naval Warfare in the American Revolution
Students determine speed and bearing, calculate a position by dead reckoning, and modify this position using vectors for wind and current drift.
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Truce Unlikely In DVD Wars
Middle schoolers explore basic DVD technology and discover the differences between Blu-ray discs and HD DVDs. In addition, students find advertisements of two very similar products from different manufacturers in the newspaper, and...
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What Are the Risks?
Middle schoolers use dice to determine the risk of being exposed to radon. They practice using new vocabulary related to probability and ratios. They make predictions about the results and record their observations.
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Up, Up and Away
Third graders are presented with the problem of: Do all liquids evaporate at the same rate? The lesson contains adequate background information for the teacher. They participate in a lab experiment in order to test the scientific...
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Timmy the Turtle Goes Tick Tock
Learners identify the letter and phoneme /t/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /t/ sound through tongue twisters. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture worksheet.
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The Summer Sun is Hot, Hot, Hot
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /o/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate /o/ with its letter representation and...
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Introduction to Science
Seventh graders investigate scientific methods to solve problems. They demonstrate creating data tables and graphs. They study the role of a scientist and the importance of safety in a science lab. They distinguish between an...
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Hearts and Partners
Tenth graders explore, examine and study poetry within a variety of different strategies within this lesson plan. They review and discuss a diagram of the big picture of why it's importance to study, analyze and deconstruct poetry, so...
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Food: British Food
In this learning exercise on British Food, students complete matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank questions associated with British Foods and customs. This simple learning exercise could be an effective tool for an introduction...
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New Year's Resolutions: various 55
For this New Year's Resolutions worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to sentences about New Year's Resolutions. Students complete 10 sentences total. The sentences are designed to be an ESL lesson where learners are able to properly...
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ESL Vocabulary Multiple Choice #4
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, learners fill in blanks in sentences, choosing from 4 given options. Students may click on an answer link.
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ESL-Articles
In this ESL articles worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, choosing either some, the, a or an, then fill in blanks in a recipe using the same articles.
SEN Teacher
Sen Teacher: Read Clocks
Generate various worksheets to help students practice telling time.
Other
Reading Quest: Making Sense of Social Studies
Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Works: Stop All the Clocks
Read an overview of the poem "Stop all the Clocks" by W.H. Auden and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
Read Works
Read Works: Ticktock, Meet This Clock
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an alarm clock on wheels. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Catch That Clock!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the invention of an alarm clock with wheels. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.