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Early Human Progress: Writing Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this early humans worksheet, students look at 2 pictures of early humans, then write an essay explaining what is different about the lives of the people shown in the 2 pictures. Students are given a list of terms to include.
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Orca United Nations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the differences between sets of data and explain how organisms are adapted to their environment.  In this marine mammals lesson students analyze data based on set criteria. 
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Comparing Land Views of Different Cultures

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research various legends and write a script based on that legend.  In this cultural awareness activity, students read the Native American legend telling of the origin of the earth.  Students analyze how the concepts in...
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Shells

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders label diagrams of the 6 different classes of mollusks and explain the meaning of the labeled terms. They identify 8 common New Haven shells. They organize their own shell collection during this series of lessons.
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Left to Their Own (Literary) Devices

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write scenes for stories using their own original characters. However, they write using the literary and plot devices found in the Lemony Snicket book series.
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Let's Travel

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups to research various locations across the United States. They present their findings to the class, participate in a travel fair, make phone calls to tourist agencies and write letters to state tourism...
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Van Gogh's Sunflowers

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create replicas of Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers using construction paper, tissue paper, glue, and scissors in this art instructional activity for the elementary classroom. The flowers can then be displayed in the room as a...
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Chinese, Japanese and Korean Numbers and Luck!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore numbers in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. They discuss numbers and practice writing and speaking numbers 1-10 in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. As they create a chart of the three countries' numbers, they...
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4-H Citizenship Activity Page

For Students 7th - 9th
Using this activity to explore citizenship, learners evaluate the importance of positive participation in their community, neighborhood and country. The 15 questions in this worksheet relate to jobs in the community.
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Want Ads

For Students 7th - 10th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage regarding want ads and respond to 10 fill in the blank questions.
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How Far Away is a Tropial Rainforest?

For Teachers K
Students explore how far a rainforest is from their home. For this rainforest lesson students examine how far they live away from the rainforest. Students use the length of their school day to compare how long it will take to travel to...
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Under the Sea

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners culminate a science and language arts unit by participating in a performance. In this performance lesson, students make costumes and scenery before performing a play entitled, "The Mystery of the Missing Jewel Fish."
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"An Internet Nose for News"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students conduct research on the Internet.  In this technology studies lesson, students use a variety of Internet search engines to research a topic of their choice.  Students complete worksheets based on their research.
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The Legend of Lady Slipper

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Native Americans worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about the Ojibwe people to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 9 questions total.
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Writing Like an Artist Paints Using "Chasing Vermeer"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use artistic words when writing about an object moving quickly past a character who is standing still. In this writing and art lesson plan, students read the passage Chasing Vermeer and base their writing off of it.
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Breaking News English: UK Hospitals Ban Cooing a Babies

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "UK Hospitals Ban Cooing a Babies," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Civil War Museum Exhibit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders summarize the participation of Indiana citizens in the Civil War. They research an assigned topic and build a museum exhibit that displays at least five points of information relating to the topic. Students write a...
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Mystery Box

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a icebreaker activity that is meant to introduce curriculum areas at the beginning of the school year. The teacher prepares several different boxes filled with items that are to be studied during the year. Then...
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Looking at Our Courses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a booklet using text and photographs to describe the courses offered at their high school.
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Environmental Monitoring Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research to identify a serious problem.
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Environmental Voting Records of Legislators

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students collect and record data on the environmental voting record of their local and state legislators using the Internet. They identify examples of environmental problems or endangered species in their state.
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Twisted Love: Dating Violence Exposed

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers watch and discuss a video that addresses the topic of dating violence. They view the video, answer discussion questions, take a quiz that evaluates their dating violence I.Q., and identify early warning signs of...
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Laparoscopy Tissue Biopsy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the anatomy and physiology of a selected organ. They identify the major artery and vein that delivers blood to and from the selected organ and construct an accurate scaled 3D model of a selected organ.
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Splash!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the book, Splash in the Ocean. Then they use fish counters, fish stickers, numbers and symbols to solve addition story problems.