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Pride and Prejudice: Biopoem

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Describe yourself or a character from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with a biopoem activity. Using the provided format, kids write their own characteristics or the character traits from the novel to create a poetic portrait.
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You G.O.T. It!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students complete a T-chart graphic organizer to synthesize and separate information which they have collected.
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Heredity: Your Connection To The Past

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate genetics and the process of reproduction in living organisms.
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Patterns of Heredity

For Students 7th - 8th
A family tree of dogs guides students through this activity, in which students analyze the pedigree. With a key describing the genetic attributes (tall dominant, short recessive, or male/female), students complete five questions about...
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Heredity Worksheet #1

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetics worksheet, students review the experiments on pea plants that Mendel used to explain dominant and recessive alleles. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank questions.
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What is Genetics?

For Students 9th
For this biology worksheet, 9th graders identify which seed color is dominant in the given chart and explain why it is. Then they create a Punnett square showing the alleles of the parent plants and first generation of offspring.
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Eudora Welty Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use the Internet as a research tool. they read, comprehend, identify, evaluate, and select the correct answers to contextual questions.They write a rough draft, edit/revise, and a final draft summarizing the information located.
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Human Heredity Vocabulary

For Students 9th
Ninth graders review the terms "aneuploidy," "fetus," and "karyotype" in this vocabulary worksheet, which includes three multiple choice questions about each term. This activity could be expanded into a more developed vocabulary lesson...
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Cooperative Jigsaw Expert Report of Fables

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars research literary elements of fables. In this literature lesson plan, students analyze literary elements of fables. Young scholars work collaboratively using a jigsaw strategy to analyze literary elements.
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Genetic Plant Crossing

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore biotechnology and examine how it is used to improve plants and animals.  In this genetic plant instructional activity students investigate how plants are crossed to create a plant with more desired traits. 
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Heredity, Genetics, Traits

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study how an embryo develops into a fetus by undergoing many physical changes which they observe on a poster. They examine the metamorphosis of fruit flies as they develop through a series of changes. They record the...
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Voice Trait: Who Is Talking?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize the difficulty of knowing who wrote a letter from the envelope. In this writing "voice" lesson, students understand the meaning of voice in writing and detect who the writers are in a worksheet.
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6 Traits: Word Choice

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore language arts by participating in a vocabulary usage activity. In this word choice lesson, students read examples of great word usage in literature and discuss with the class why some words appear stronger than others....
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6 Traits: Sentence Fluency

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students practice writing with sentence fluency in order to make the story more enjoyable for the reader. In this sentence fluency lesson plan, students focus on rhythm and flow.
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6 Traits: conventions

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students watch a video and write using conventions. In this conventions lesson plan, students edit their writing for the correct spelling, grammar, and paragraph usage.
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Genetic Testing for Disease Susceptibility

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how testing for particular genetic variations can help people to make decisions in lifestyle and health care choices. They analyze a Web-based case study, participate in class discussion, view video segments and...
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A Friend Is...

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate characteristics of friendship through literature and interviews then share their ideas through posters. They role play scenarios related to friends and problems they might have. This lesson reflects cross curricular...
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Genes, not Jeans

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the difference between dominant and recessive genes, and what happens when genes are combined. They complete a worksheet on genetics after observing if they can wiggle their ears or roll their tongues. They...
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WOW - Who Or What? (A Six Trait Lesson)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students locate and select riddles in library books to share, write riddles using template, select appropriate parts of speech to complete riddle template using AlphaSmart, correctly capitalize and punctuate riddle, and illustrate their...
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Perseverance - Junie B. Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Junie B. worksheet, students share a time when they had to persevere even if it was tough. They write down the task and the accomplishment on a page that is decorated with a picture of Junie B.
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What a Character

For Students 4th - 8th
In this characterization instructional activity, students consider how an author creates characters as they respond to 11 fill in the blank and short answer questions.
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World of Genetics

For Students 9th - 11th
For this genetics worksheet, students are given a list of genetic terms related to heredity, cell reproduction, genetic disorders and dominance and they find the terms in a word search.
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Heredity Worksheet: Blood Type

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetics worksheet, students use Punnett squares to determine the possible genotypes of offspring based on blood type. This worksheet has 6 problems to solve.
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How Can We Care?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of caring. In this character education lesson, students consider how to show others they care about them as they brainstorm and discuss acts of caring.

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