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Thinking Skills: Connecting shapes
In this thinking skills learning exercise, students draw a line connecting each blue figure without touching any other color. Students connect 4 figures.
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Writing a Historical Poem
Young scholars work together to research a historical event. They create their own poems based on their research. They share their poems with the class and discuss the historical event further.
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Dietician/Nutritionist
Explore the difference between a dietician and a nutritionist and then examine how these professionals serve the community. A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying worksheet are provided to teach this career exploration material. A...
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Geography Made Fun with Technology
Learners incorporate knowledge box into their classroom activities. In this technology integration activity, students fill out a graphic organizer using Glossopedia to analyze a new subject.
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Earthquakes Living Lab: FAQs about P Waves, S Waves and More
Let's talk about earthquakes .... Using the Internet, pupils research what causes earthquakes, how scientists measure them, their locations, and their effects. The resource is not only informative, but it also builds crucial...
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Race To Win Project
Students develop proper work and personal skills that will enable them to become competent and confident adults. Students analyze basic nutritional habits. Students evaluate sport/athletic food patterns.
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Analogies 3 (Level 6)
Positive and negative may be opposites, but what does that have to do with the words clean and filthy? Ask your pupils to consider word relationships as they complete the 10 analogies presented here. Note that the exercise gradually...
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Worksheet 4. Reading: The First Woman in Space
In this vocabulary review worksheet, learners read a brief 4 paragraph selection about the first woman in space and answer 10 multiple choice questions pertaining to it.
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Today's Specials
In this healthy heart nutrition worksheet, students substitute heart-healthy foods for the high cholesterol choices shown. The purpose is to encourage nutritious choices.
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Patterns and Algebraic Expressions
Scholars will solve problems, create patterns, and write algebraic expressions. In addition, they will learn how to represent a number with a variable.
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Planning A Railroad
Students use topographical maps students explain the challenges involved in building the railroad in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Woman Power!!! Mathematics Camp
Students explore mathematics by researching stereotypes. In this gender bias lesson, students participate in discussions where they identify traditional careers according to their own gender. Female students attend summer camp and...
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Ramp Builder
Students plan and build a ramp designed for maximum distance a car can travel. In this physics and data collection math instructional activity, students work in groups to design a ramp using various household materials. Students test...
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Four Color Map
Young scholars explore geometry by completing a color puzzle. In this shape identification lesson, students utilize deductive reasoning to complete a Google SketchUp puzzle with trapezoid, triangles and rectangular shapes. Young...
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What's My BMI?
Young scholars construct the Metric Pyramid from the handout. They use the Metric Pyramid to convert from standard to metric measure and vice versa. They compute their own Body Mass Index.
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Washing Hands
Students formulate questions about a germ book before it is read to them. In this washing hands lesson plan, the teacher gets glitter on each students hands that represents germs. Before the teacher reads a book about germs the students...
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Government Spending - Earmarks
In this government spending - earmarks worksheet, students research this topic (there are many links listed), examine the issue, write a letter to their congressional representative or a local newspaper, make a video or analyze...
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We the People…in the News
Students use the newspaper to explore the world around us, our past and our government. In this civics unit, students complete 40 different lessons in civic education using that day's newspaper to reinforce the concept being taught.
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Ancient Greece
In this Ancient Greece worksheet, students read a 3 page article on Ancient Greece, answer 3 facts about Ancient Greek with multiple choice answers, answer 4 statements as true or false and answer 4 fill in the blank facts about Ancient...
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Sunken Treasure
Go on a treasure hunt with your language arts class! They read "Treasure Hunt" and "Exploring the Titanic," then create a final product by taking part in an unusual art activity.
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Railroads in Antebellum Augusta and Franklin Counties
Eleventh graders are divided up into groups and work on separate worksheets. They reassemble as a class and discuss the different articles and how the railroads affected people's lives.
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Building A Topographic Model
Students visualize, in three dimensions, features represented by contour lines on a topographic map. They see that the different elevations shown on a two dimensional topographic map can be used to build a 3-D model.
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Vocabulary Practice: Choose the Correct Completion
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read 16 sentences and choose the best word to fit in the sentence from two choices.
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Design a Stamp
Students research a famous scientist or mathematician, design a stamp to honor their work, and write persuasively about why this person and their work should be honored on a stamp.