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May Writing Ideas

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing instructional activity, students explore and discover a variety of ways to help make writing more interesting and creative.
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Science - Learning About Migration

For Students 5th - 8th
In this animal migration learning exercise, students learn about animals that migrate. They then answer the 11 questions on the learning exercise. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Sweet 16 Cell Biology Tournament

For Students 8th - 10th
In this cell structures worksheet, students review the parts of a cell using a "tournament" with brackets. They follow rules for each bracket to determine which cell structures "advance" to the next round.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate what simple machines are and how they work. In this simple machine lesson, the students create simple and compound machines and test each machine's ability to perform a task. Students compare simple machines to...
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Immigration Debate

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the law recently passed in Arizona, "Support our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act."  In this history instructional activity, students watch a video on immigration then work in small groups to prepare a...
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The Battle for Congress: Midterm Elections 2010

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research midterm elections. In this United States Congress lesson, students use the Internet to explore the issues, candidates, platforms and stakes of the midterm elections of 2010. This extensive lesson makes use of...
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The Future Perfect Simple and Continuous Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
In this recognizing verb usage worksheet, students use context clues to fill in the blanks and complete sentences with verbs in the future perfect simple or continuous tenses and then create additional sentences. Students write 19 answers.
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Velocity

For Students 9th - 11th
In this pre-calculus worksheet, students calculate the velocity of a linear graph by observing the slope of a line. There are 10 velocity questions.
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Outdoor Observations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders attain data using their senses. They record information. They develop observation skills and explore how to investigate. They gain appreciation for nature through their observations.
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Music Is Business

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore and assess the importance of music to the economy of Louisiana. They review and analyze the jobs, skills and careers found and needed in the state's music industry as well as how to meet and make personal contact...
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read about Grady, the Silo Cow and analyze the parts of a news story.  In this news article activity, 6th graders discuss writing for different purposes.  Students discover the characteristics of a strong...
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Weather and Water in Ghana

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the climate of their region. Students research statistics and conduct interviews. Students take a virtual tour of Ghana and discuss its climate. Students consider water conservation and the role it plays in both...
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Biodiversity Study -- A Unit Study

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students sample a site with low human impact, one with moderate human impact, and a third with high human impact. Students chart the data for each site and then compare the sites and discuss.
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Photo Essay Semester Project

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students reinforce research and organizational skills with this project. They create a photo essay and conduct an interview with a person associated with their chosen topic. Pupils may choose to get their pictures from a digital camera,...
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Prairie Restoration and Prairie Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students collect data as they identify and classify native prairie plants and insects. They create their own population study using a variety of sampling techniques to determine the population density of various species. Students...
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Geometry Center Games

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore eight geometry activities that improve understanding of positional words and shapes. They identify, describe, and create simple geometric figures. They help another student who may not understand the concept yet.
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The Expedition Gets Underway

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Lewis and Clark Expedition learning exercise, learners read for information and complete comprehension activities. In this fill in the chart, journal entry, and multiple choice learning exercise, students answer twenty questions.
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Models of the Earth and Moon

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the earth's rotation and phases of the moon. In this planets lesson plan, students rotate and revolve around a light representing the sun. Students use movement and props to simulate what causes the phases of the moon as...
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Captain Lewis and his Medicine Bag

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore medical practices of the early 1800's that were used on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. For this lesson, students compare and contrast medical practices, create a list of medical needs for a modern trip and analyze...
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Abbreviations

For Students 4th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, learners read and edit six sentences by correcting the abbreviations and acronyms within the sentence. Additionally, students match five abbreviations with their meaning.
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The Upper Palouse Restoration Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become competent, to collect, record, and interpret information about a particular project they are undertaking. They apply the data and interpret them to analyze the environmental impact of a restoration project.
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Environmental Health Hazards and Children

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners are introduced to the environmental hazards their community is facing. In groups, they develop a list of the ways humans have changed the Earth and how these changes have lead to environmental hazards. They record their...
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Capturing the Sun's Warmth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the variety of ways to use solar energy. They investigate the thermal energy storage capacities of different test materials to determine which to use in passive solar building design. They explain how passive solar...
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Sound

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify sources and importance of sound, discuss sounds heard on way to school, explain why sound waves can be "seen", and participate in various classroom activities and experiments that illustrate how sound travels.

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