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Scientists Study Dinosaur "Mummy"

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share ideas about how scientists know about dinosaurs, then read a news article about the recently found remains of a hadrosaur. In this dinosaur lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a class discussion and...
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Scientists Breed See-Through Frogs

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students participate in a pre-reading activity, then read a news article about the breeding of transparent frogs. In this biology and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a question and a vocabulary activity,...
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Baby Animals Debut at Zoos

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students determine the names of animal babies, then read a news article about zoo's experiencing animal births. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with vocabulary activities, then students read the news...
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Spiders Build Giant Web in Texas Park

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make predictions about a photograph of a humongous spider web, then read a news article about thousands of spiders that worked together to build it. In this biology and current events lesson plan, the teacher introduces the...
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Honeybees are Vanishing

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students decide if they agree with a series of statements about the bee population, then read a news article about the disappearance of millions of U.S. honeybees. In this biology and current events lesson plan, the teacher introduces...
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Shaun Ellis: Leader of the (Wolf) Pack

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students react to a statement about living with wolves, then read a news article about Shaun Ellis and his time living with wolves. In this current events and wolves lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...
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Strange Winter Weather Affects Nature, People

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students react to a series of statements about the weather, then read a news article about the affect of unusual winter weather on people and animals. In this meteorology and current events lesson plan, the teacher introduces an article...
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Deadly Stingrays!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read a story called Irwin's Death Draws Attention to Stingrays and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this stingray lesson plan, student respond to literature by answering questions, recalling details,...
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Your Land, My Land, Woody's Land Too

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students become familiar with the song writer Woody Guthrie and his song, This Land Is Your Land. In this getting to know our land lesson, students understand the vocabulary of the song and some biographical information about Woody...
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NASA Anniversary

For Students 5th - 10th
In this NASA Anniversary worksheet, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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Lesson 1 - What Are Fossils?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students define and research fossils. In this fossil lesson, students access teacher assigned Internet sites to examine images of fossils. They determine the definition of a fossil and find out how fossils are formed. They also define a...
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A Look At Penguin Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners read a story about Penguin Life and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. For this penguin life lesson plan, students respond to literature by researching penguins and creating a Venn diagram to...
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Medical Terms

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this medical terms worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to medicine. There are 50 biology terms located in the word search.
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Star Trek - The Next Generation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this word search worksheet, students search and find vocabulary words as they relate to the television show Star Trek - The Next Generation. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
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Physics

For Students 6th - 8th
In this word search instructional activity, students search and find vocabulary words as they relate to the subject of physics. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
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Roswell Incident

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this word search worksheet, students search and find vocabulary words as they relate to the Roswell Incident. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
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Energy Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word search worksheet, students search and locate words as they relate to energy. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
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Earthquakes Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
In this word search worksheet, students search and locate words as they relate to earthquakes. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
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Dinosaurs Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word search worksheet, students search and locate words as they relate to dinosaurs. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
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Deserts Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word search worksheet, learners search and locate words as they relate to deserts. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
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Dairy Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word search worksheet, learners search and locate words as they relate to dairy products. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
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Caterpillars

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this word search worksheet, students locate 18 vocabulary words related to caterpillars. The word list includes chrysalis, cocoon, and colony.
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Algae

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, learners identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to algae. There are 54 biology terms located in the word search.
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Electrical

For Students 4th - 8th
In this electrical worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary words in a word search that are related to electricity. There are 27 words in the puzzle.