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Review of the Assumptions (part 1)
What was the property again? Tired of hearing this from your pupils? Use this table to organize properties studied and as a reference tool for individuals. Learners apply each property in the third column of the table to ensure their...
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Event-Driven Programming and Debugging
Start programming in event-driven style. Scholars learn to place buttons on the user interface and use event handlers. They also learn to recognize errors in code and debug as necessary. This is the second lesson in the series of 21.
Chicago Botanic Garden
Albedo, Reflectivity, and Absorption
What is reflectivity, and what does it have to do with the Earth's climate? As reflectivity is measured by albedo, scientists can gather information on Earth's energy balances that relate to global warming or climate change. Budding...
Do2Learn
Ending A Conversation
Sometimes beginning a conversation isn't the hard part—it's ending the conversation that can be challenging. Autistic and mainstream learners alike can benefit from a resource that provides a reference handout with ways to end a...
Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation
Sun Blocks: Building a Foundation for Healthy Skin
Here comes the sun! Primary graders engage in activities that teach them how to protect themselves from the effects of UV rays. They learn that each season (fall, winter, spring, and summer) offers its own special challenges so they...
Independence Public Library
Unmasking the Truth Behind the Red Death
"The Masque of the Red Death" provides readers with an opportunity to research and plan a presentation about a topic related to Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
Curated OER
Spelling List 21: Words with /ur/ sound, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words 2 times each. Words are academic or have the 'ur' sound. A website reference for additional resources is given.
Curated OER
Spelling List 16: Sight Words, R-Controlled, and Academic Vocabulary
For this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are either sight words, r-controlled or academic vocabulary. A website reference is given.
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Spelling List 34: Contraction Words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling learning exercise, students copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are contractions and academic vocabulary. A reference web site is given.
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Being a Good Detective
Learners examine a variety of reference resources when seeking information. They discuss atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, online search engines for the Internet, and online library card catalogs. They complete a...
Curated OER
Endangered Species
In this endangered species worksheet, students complete math word problems where they refer to the chart about endangered species. Students complete 7 problems.
Curated OER
Commonly Asked Questions on Vision and Color Perception
Students commonly ask question about vision and color perception which may be difficult to answer without taking. They use this module that contains a list of questions which often arise when biology students are studying the nervous...
Curated OER
Using Prepositions #1
Students practice using prepositions in written and verbal form. They use a reference sheet to help them. They use the internet to help them create their own short reference list.
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Word Wall Activity List
Second graders perform a variety of activities with a dynamic, ever-changing classroom word wall as outlined in these lessons. They become less dependent on the word wall as the school year progresses.
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Shizuko’s Daughter: Graphic Organizer
Help young readers align character relationships in an activity for Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter. After kids discuss the characters and how they relate to each other, they use index cards and a graphic organizer to outline the...
Curated OER
Negative Words & Expressions in Spanish
You don't never use double negatives in English, but the grammar is slightly different in Spanish. Help your class grasp this concepts and pick up how to compose sentences that are negative, rather than affirmative with the information...
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Compare and Contrast (3)
Sometimes the way a topic is presented in fiction can be very different from how it is in reality. Compare and contrast a topic from both a fiction and nonfiction source with a graphic organizer that prepares kids to write about what...
Curated OER
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Vocab Squares
Creatively develop and reinforce new vocabulary from the book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, using these vocabulary squares. Each square is divided into four quadrants asking scholars to input the word, a...
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REFERENCE AND RESEARCH SKILLS
High schoolers examine useful sources of reference materials and highlight vital research skills.Students, in groups, should be encouraged to read as widely as possible to avoid being over-reliant on a narrow range of resources.
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Building A Literary Reference Card
Twelfth graders create a reference card for "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". They use both sides of the index card and share their responses with the class.
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EasyData Reference
Young scholars explore the EasyData. In this secondary mathematics lesson, students investigate the screens, menus, and list of types of data collection available with the EasyData.
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Frequently Mispronounced Words
In this mispronounced words learning exercise, students sort a set of 30 words according to given sounds. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Curated OER
Tuck Everlasting
Clearly written as an assignment for a higher-level education class, this formal lesson plan contains some fun and well-researched strategies for teaching the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Among the best ideas...
Japan Society
Changing Times, Changing Styles: New Japanese Literary Styles of the Late Nineteenth Century
Focusing on Doppo's "Unforgettable People" and late nineteenth century Japanese literature, this resource also leads to discussions of form being dictated by content. Explore the development of new literary styles first-hand by...