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Lesson Plan
NASA

Lava Layering

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
Take the old baking soda and vinegar volcano to the next level by using it to study repeated lava flows over time, examine geologic features on Earth and Mars, and speculate about some of the formations on Mars. 
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Activity
Curated OER

Relative Age Dating

For Students 6th - 8th
Modeling dough and paper cutouts in science class? Learn about how relative age dating concepts, like the Law of Superposition and cross-cutting relationships, can be used to describe the formation of sedimentary layers.
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Worksheet
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The History of Life

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Earth's history worksheet, students will complete 5 true or false questions based on the early history of the Earth. Students will match 7 fossil vocabulary words to their definitions. Students will complete 4 short answer...
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Worksheet
Read Works

Halloween Leftovers

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Halloween isn't fun for everyone — but playing together is! Read about Esme and her space pirate friend with a short reading passage, accompanied by ten short answer questions.
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Writing
Curated OER

Hip-Hop History and the Beastie Boys

For Students 8th - 11th
So what about those Beastie Boys? Kids read a New York Times article relating the history of hip-hop and rap icons the Beastie Boys. They then answer eleven who, what, when, where, and why questions about the text they read.
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Worksheet
National Security Agency

Go One-on-One with Decimals

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Shoot and score with three basketball-themed lessons about decimals. Young mathematicians compare game statistics, make trash can hoops, and play a data spinner game to practice identifying digits and values within decimal numbers.
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Worksheet
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Fingerprints

For Students 5th - 8th
This activity provides an interesting way for learners to review vocabulary and practice comprehension skills. There is a six-paragraph passage about the process of fingerprinting and the role it takes on convicting criminals. Eleven...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Winter Olympics Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Winter Olympics vocabulary skills learning exercise, learners match the 12 Olympics-related terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions.  
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Winter Olympics Decoding

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Winter Olympics learning exercise, students complete a decoding puzzles with the help of a word box at the bottom of the page. All words written "in code" are related to the Winter Olympics.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Halloween

For Students 10th - 11th
In this Halloween vocabulary learning exercise, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the complex options that all relate to Halloween.
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Interactive
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Rainforests of the Sea

For Students 6th - 9th
In this ecology worksheet, students read and study about coral reefs using online resources to complete 8 short answer questions. They watch a video related to the topic.
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Worksheet
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Questions for Traditional Musicians

For Students 6th - 8th
In this classroom applications and fieldwork basics worksheet, students utilize the 15 interview questions listed once they locate someone in their community who plays traditional music. An oral release is included.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What is Halloween?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Halloween worksheet, students listen to a description of the origins of Halloween. Students answer fifteen questions related to the history. One worksheet has the story and questions. Another worksheet just list the questions...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Research Writing-4th Grade Multiple Choice

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this research writing instructional activity, learners solve a total of 25 multiple choice problems related on research writing. An answer key is included.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Roll Me Some Factors

For Students 4th - 5th
in this factors game worksheet, students follow a set of instructions to play a factors game, then answer 2 related questions. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Health Problems: Drugs

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this drug abuse worksheet, learners answer 3 questions related to taking medicine properly, then answer 4 additional questions about what to do when they feel sick in different situations.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cinco De Mayo Crossout Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Cinco De Mayo "crossout" worksheet, students cross out letters that don't belong in words that are described by clues. All words are related to Cinco De Mayo.
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Worksheet
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The Rock and Fossil Record-Science Puzzlers, Twisters & Teasers

For Students 5th - 8th
In this earth science learning exercise, students complete 12 questions about rocks and fossils in the form of anagrams, riddles, sequences, and brain teasers.
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Handout
San José State University

Semicolons

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
This instructional activity provides a good description of when to use a semicolon, followed by 6 sentences to practice inserting punctuation. A key is provided.
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Interactive
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Sunspots and Space Weather

For Students 4th - 8th
This assignment is out of this world! It is an online worksheet about sunspots and solar cycles, a sort of WebQuest if you will. Links to two NASA websites and spaceweather.com are written into the questions so that your aspiring...
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Worksheet
Soft Schools

Metaphor and Similes in Literature: A Challenge

For Students 7th - 10th
After identifying the similes and metaphors in a series of lines from poems, individuals then explain what is being compared and the characteristics the two items share.
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Activity
Bethel School District

Health Triangle Self Assessment

For Students 7th - 12th
Measure health as a triangle, with each side representing different aspects of health: physical, emotional/mental, and social. High schoolers complete a self-assessment of their health in all three areas before scoring their progress and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Albert Einstein Challenge

For Students 4th - 5th
In this famous person activity, students answer 10 multiple choice questions about the life and times of Albert Einstein. They answer questions about his childhood, first jobs and scientific theories.
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Worksheet
Math Worksheets Land

Probability of Chance Events - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
What are the chances of pulling out a green from a box of pencils? Now you can find out after sharpening your probability skill set with this resource. Practice different types of experimental probability and use the additional resources...