Curated OER
The constitution and The Bill of Rights
Students explore an Internet site that introduces the Framers, court cases, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and even games and quizzes.
Curated OER
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Students explore plant life by reading books about gardening. In this botany lesson plan, students read the books From Seed to Plant and Oh Say Can You Seed? while identifying the necessary elements to raising a healthy plant. Students...
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Animals Piece by Piece
Learners sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed.They identify body parts of animals from puzzle pieces, assemble the puzzle, and name the animal.
Curated OER
Mythical Animals
Students create imaginary animals by assembling pictures of body parts from pictures of real animals. This is one of three linked tasks. The others are "Who's Parts Do I Have?" and "Animals Piece by Piece."
Curated OER
How Much Water Does A Tree Transpire In A Day
Students engage in a lesson of investigating the amount of water that is transpired in a one day cycle. They conduct research to find the purpose of transpiration and find information to explain the value to a plant and explain how...
Curated OER
Collared Peccary (Javelina)
For this animal facts worksheet, students learn about the only wild, native, pig like animal found in the United States. Students learn facts about the Collard Peccary by reading the worksheet.
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Understanding Pi.
Students study the relationship between circumference and diameter to come up with Pi. "In this pi instructional activity, students measure, record and find the ratio "circumference/diameter" and their average which is an approximation...
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Sentence Structure
Third graders examine good sentence structure and identify the subjects and predicates in a variety of sentences. They read the sentences on a handout and evaluate them for their structure, highlight the subjects and predicates, and...
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Design a Better Classroom Workplace
Students design a new classroom workplace. In this architecture lesson, students use area formulas to identify the problem with the existing desks in their classroom. Students design their own solution volume formulas to solve the...
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Olympic Medal Count
In this Olympic medals worksheet, learners identify the country's flag and write the country name in the box next to it. Students add the country's abbreviation and watch the Olympic Games. Learners put a mark in the appropriate box when...
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Rosa Parks Community Garden
Ninth graders investigate how we depend on plants as the original source of most food. They investigate the parts of plants, and which parts are edible. Students are explained that the garden is also a classroom and the same rules apply.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Real Practice With Root Words
This article focuses on providing real practice with root words including defining root words, determining the prefixes and suffixes, understanding word families, and providing a worksheet with an answer key.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 1: Dict Vent Duct: Word Roots #1 Beginner
This lesson plan features the Latin roots DICT, DIC, DIT = speak, declare; VEN, VENT = come; DUCT, DUC = lead. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a...
Other
Backyard Nature: Roots
Educational site highlights the building block of plants-roots. Discover how they grow, why they are important as well as learn some interesting facts about them.
Education.com
Education.com: L.3.4.c Worksheets: Use a Known Root Word as a Clue to Meaning
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 5 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.3.4.C: Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with...
Education.com
Education.com: L.4.4.b Worksheets: Use Greek and Latin Affixes and Roots as Clues
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 22 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.4.4.B: Use common, grade appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Powers and Roots of Complex Numbers
Complex numbers can be represented graphically using parametric equations. The roots of complex numbers, including the roots of unity, can be represented graphically using De Moivre's theorem and parametric equations.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Greek and Latin Roots Introduction
During this mini-unit, students will learn common Greek and Latin roots. Several supplementary resources are provided for students' study beyond the lessons.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Roots
Concepts and skills covered in this activity include roots, powers of 10, and problem solving. Roots is taken from "Investigating Mathematics with Calculators in the Middle Grades".
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Linguistic Roots and Affixes (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to recognize linguistic roots and affixes to use in determining the meaning of academic English word and in other content areas.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Overview of Adding Suffixes That Change Base Words' Final Y to I
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This resource has two sections: Adding Suffixes that Change Base Words' Final y to i, and video demonstration. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plans, lesson...
Math Planet
Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Square Roots and Real Numbers
Provides an explanation, examples, and a video lesson all related to square roots and real numbers. [1:59]
Math Planet
Math Planet: Algebra 2: Polynomial Functions: Roots and Zeros
Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrate roots and zeros in polynomial functions. [4:01]