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Dracula Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Bram Stoker's Dracula. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Outdoor Action Caving Trip Protocols
Students They engage in a positive group building experience that requires extensive trust and communication between participants. They explore basic spelunking, study appropriate first aid and review general rules for safety in caves.
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Electron Microscope
For this microscope worksheet, students use an on line site to answer questions about how a Scanning Electron Microscope works. They also conduct a virtual microscope activity where they view ten specimens and identify what each is.
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How to Celebrate Digital Learning Day
Leverage technology to boost student engagement and achievement.
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Cranes, Crosswalks, and Big Gulps
Pupils watch a video and answer questions based on wildlife jobs. In this wildlife lesson plan, students learn that biologists don't just play with animals but that there is a lot of study involved.
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"An Eye For An Eye, A Tooth For A Tooth"
Sixth graders debate their reactions to two different historical documents about managing a society. In this U.S. history lesson, 6th graders read two articles on codes and laws from different time periods and debate their...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 1: Math in Motion
Second graders, through large screen monitor, study geometric design. They participate in a diagnostic assessment in which they use pnecils, scissors and paste.
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My Test Book: Tally Charts
In this online interactive math activity, students solve 10 problems that require them to read and interpret tally chart data. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Social Studies Review for Grade 5 (5.1)
In this social studies review for grade 5 (5.1) worksheet, 5th graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in a standardized test format about U.S. history.
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Making Connections
Fourth graders investigate visual imagery to aid reading comprehension. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders discover how visual imagery helps in comprehending a story. Students use a reader's notebook to record connections.
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Bat Ecology
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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Gandhi’s 12 Vows: Training Warriors of Non-violence
Students examine Gandhi’s ‘Walk n Talk’ strategy. In this lesson on civil disobedience, students evaluate Gandhi’s non-violent method of satyagraha as an effective mode of revolution.
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Quilt Squared
Students study West Virginia quilts. For this mathematics lesson, students use symmetry, geometric shapes, and patterns to create their own quilt square.
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Something From Nothing
Students listen to story Joseph Had A Little Overcoat to explore people from another culture and how one item can be used to make other items; students use scraps of fabric and other knickknacks to create pictures or toys.
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Quilting Our Diverse Classroom
Students explore diversity and race by creating art. In this ethnic background lesson, students discuss their family history, where their relatives lived and how it affects their life today. Students create pieces of a quilt representing...
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Teaching Science to English Language Learners
Use these hands on lesson plans to make science more accessible for English Language Learners in your classroom.
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What is Microbiology?
Students research microbiologists. In this research lesson, students will research a microbiologist, create timeline sections, and build a timeline. Students will also use a website to research a particular branch of...
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Ways to Set Up Creative Classroom Environments
Here are a few ideas to freshen up your classroom environment.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 6, Lesson 32: Appliqué-tion of Learning
Second graders hand stitch three different appliqué stitches using triangles as a motif.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 7, Lesson 36: DeSign Sampler
Second graders, in groups, write quilt reports.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 3, Lesson 12: Jammin
Students review definitions of word wall words using songs, movement and sharing.
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Cultural Spaces
As a way to help your students understand tolerance, personal space, and cultural diversity, this instructional activity has them give up personal space for three minutes. There is no discussion prior to this activity and seemingly very...
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K-W-L Chart of Seasons
Young scholars think about what kinds of clothing they are currently wearing and then think about why they are wearing these particular articles of clothing. They write what they already know about seasons and generate questions about...