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Curated OER

What Is Clay?

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
This resource could come in handy the next time you feel like teaching about clay. Basic sculpting techniques, vocabulary, and history of clay are outlined in this informative resource. Use prior to teaching an art project involving...
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Cornell University

Bridge Building

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Bridge the gaps in your knowledge of bridges. Individuals learn about bridge types by building models. The activity introduces beam bridges, arch bridges, truss bridges, and suspension bridges.
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E Reading Worksheets

Tone Worksheet 2

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
The beauty of a poem is lost without an understanding of its tone. Middle schoolers connect author's purpose and word choice to four poems in a literary analysis activity, which prompts them to note each poem's tone and meaning.
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Curated OER

Space Science: Adventure is Waiting

For Teachers 4th - 6th
These full-color handouts feature two activities. The first is a reading on comets, meteors, and meteoroids. Your space science learners will examine ten phrases and determine which of the three each characterizes. The second activity...
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Colorado State University

Can Gravity Push Something Up?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How does a hot air balloon fly? An experimental lesson has scholars build a balloon from a garbage bag and monitor the movement of air. As the temperature of the air in the balloon increases, gravity moves the denser cool air down,...
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Curated OER

How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the works of Noam Chomsky. They collaborate in small groups to read and identify vocabulary words and historical questions. They answer their questions and role-play as emissaries to locate remaining answers. They...
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Curated OER

The Group Essay

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students write an essay of comparison between two works they have studied but have not yet compared. They recognize similarities of themes between two very different works. They submit a group evaluation form.
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Curated OER

Grand Grocery Graphs

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students experience creating their own graphs on graph paper and the computer program "Graph Club." They approach this task by utilizing food as their primary source for the activities. In addition, they interact with their peers as they...
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Curated OER

Visual Arts- 3D Self-Sculpture

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars construct three dimensional self-portraits. In this visual arts lesson, students use clay to create a self-portrait. Young scholars make the clay and discuss their self-portrait.
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Curated OER

The Worldwide Depression was Caused by a C.R.A.S.H.

For Teachers 6th - 11th
In this Great Depression of the 1930's study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the time period in world history and then respond to 4 reflection questions.
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NorthEast Ohio Geoscience Education Outreach

Density and Pressure of a Hot Air Balloon

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using a dry cleaner bag and a blow dryer, create a hot air balloon! The materials list suggests obtaining one dry cleaner bag per student, but since this is probably inconvenient, consider doing this as a demonstration during a lesson on...
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Curated OER

Bat Ecology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
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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Curated OER

The Tallest Plants ... are Trees!

For Students 3rd - 5th
A fabulous worksheet about trees awaits your students. They read a lengthy selection on the various parts of trees, then complete 13 fill-in-the-blank and matching questions about what they have read. An excellent reading comprehension...
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Curated OER

Inside A seed

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the inside of a seed to see the beginnings of a plant. They identify the elements that plants need to grow and survive. They grow their seeds in the classroom.
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Curated OER

Predators and Prey

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explain how the food chain works. They contrast predators with prey and describe their function in nature. Students discuss how the food chain aids in keeping nature balanced. In small groups, they play a game that simulates the...
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Curated OER

Effects of pH on Organic Molecules

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the effects of an acid and a base on the structure of milk protein. They observe the changes to droplets of milk when adding ammonia and lemon juice and relate the changes to old, curdled milk. An extension...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: A "New English" in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "A New English in Chinua Achebeas Things Fall Aparta: A Common Core Exemplar." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three detailed lesson plans for high school students studying Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart." Provides plenty of resources, such as links, lesson extensions, and more.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (12) reading passages (grades 6-11) to pair with "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. In this classic novel, Okonkwo, a wealthy and respected member of the Umuofia clan, resists the forces of change brought to Africa by...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes/analysis, study questions/quiz, and essay topics.
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Other

Internet Resources: Chinua Achebe & Things Fall Apart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of links for Achebe and "Things Fall Apart" including two audio links.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Achebe: Things Fall Apart

For Students 9th - 10th
This video introduces the world of the Igbo, whose civilization is threatened by the colonial advances of the British into their lands in Nigeria. You'll see this native world in all its logic, beauty, and problems, and then watch it...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Things Fall Apart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This fascinating novel, Things Fall Apart, was written as a novel but is also a documentation of Africa's spiritual background. Read about the plot, setting, characters and theme in this most interesting site. A map is also provided that...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 10: Things Fall Apart

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn what happens when cultures collide from the perspective of the "other." They come to understand the effects of globalization, cultural diffusion, and the struggle between tradition and change. Students also learn to...

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