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Seasonal Changes

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students research seasonal changes and how they affect the environment. Completing a nature walk, they observe plants and animals and record the information in a graph. They also write summaries of the results of their research.
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Integration by Substitution

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Looking for help in introducing integration by substitution to your calculus students?  Here is a lesson that walks a learner through a review of the change rule, and then by starting with more recognizable derivatives, it helps...
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Taking Action

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars use the net they make to dip macroinvertebrates at or below the surface. The flat side of the net allows pressure on the substrate so that organisms do not escape under the net. Two students hold onto the handles and...
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What Are You Eating?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Discover the calorie content of foods by observing how much heat they produce in water. If you have a calculator-based laboratory (CBL™) insturment for collecting data, then this laboratory worksheet will not need any changes. If...
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Creative Writing: Haiku

For Teachers 8th
Haikus by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki are used as models for a brief lecture on the importance of poetry in Japan's history and the structure of this poetic form. Students then go on a nature walk, record impressions, and return to the...
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Subtraction With Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This thorough introduction to the concept of subtracting negative integers walk learners through the necessary steps using teacher modeling and guided practice. Number lines and various word problems are used to support understanding of...
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Bird's-Eye Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students, accompanied by an adult, walk around the neighborhood observing details about streets and buildings. They observe and discuss the meaning of street signs to produce and label an accurate map of their home/school and the nearby...
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Build the Great Wall Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the history and significance of the Great Wall of China. They examine the topography of the Chinese landscape before building a model of the Wall. Over the course of the school year, they use art supplies to build a wall...
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Elephant Procession

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research the people, customs, and traditions of Sri Lanka. They discover the importance of elephants in Sri Lankan history in the areas of warfare, field work, and transportation. They then produce a highly ornate picture of an...
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Neighborhood Map

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners examine their immediate school neighborhood and create a map of the surrounding neighborhood. They take a walk around the school and take notes and sketch important features, draw a map, and construct a three-dimensional map of...
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Time Expressions Active Voice

For Students 5th - 8th
Can you recall the six verb tenses? Review the six verb tenses with this informational handout. While there is no practice opportunity provided, several examples, and clue words are shown for each tense. Walk through this guide with your...
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Use Estimation to Compare Numbers

For Students 1st - 2nd
"Take a walk" with this worksheet and estimate how many birds, ants, turtles, flowers and children getting on a bus that you see. Based on the size of a single set of 10 objects, learners estimate how many are in the whole group. They...
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Present Perfect – Have You Ever?

For Students 5th - 8th
Designed for an English language development class, this worksheet is more like a treasure hunt. Learners walk around the room looking for others who have done a certain thing, like ride a horse. They use these prompts to practice asking...
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Give It All You’ve Got Heroes and Visual Art

For Teachers 5th
Sure, your young artists probably know Van Gogh and Picasso, but are they equally as familiar with Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol? Small groups examine the work of famous artists. Then, they create their own hero portraits in Cubist style...
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Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe

For Teachers 8th
Before reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" in your class, walk learners through this scavenger hunt that teaches them about Poe's life and works. Though the lesson is designed for 15:1 special education class, it could work in any...
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Detectives in the Landscape

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore landscapes. In this landscape lesson, 4th graders investigate different elements of landscapes. Students design a visual presentation using photographs taken during a nature walk.
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Life Cycle of a Frog

For Teachers K - 2nd
Are you teaching a unit on the life cycle? You can use this informative PowerPoint to explain the life cycle of a frog. The ten slides walk students through each step of a frog's life cycle, starting with the adult frog laying eggs. This...
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Nervous System

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Are you nervous about teaching the nervous system to your beginning biologists? Worry no more! This PowerPoint provides a note-taking guide and diagrams of the neuron and the brain. Viewers will walk away with a clear...
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Stores and Shops: ESL Powerpoint

For Teachers 5th - 9th
What kinds of stores and shops are in your town? Use this ESL presentation to reinforce the names of various stores, such as ice cream shop, meat market, and shoe store. Your English learners will see the world with new eyes the next...
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Vegetables: ESL Lesson, Beginning Level

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Take a walk through a vegetable garden with this ESL presentation, which focuses on vegetable words and pictures. Carrots, chili peppers, onions, and beans are just a few of the terms that will help your English learners review their...
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Spring is Here: ESL Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Take a walk through the bright, fragrant meadows of springtime with this ESL presentation. Vibrant pictures of flowers and rainbows will be sure to get your English learners' attention, and the brief explanations on each slide are easy...
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Conducting Research

For Teachers 7th - 9th
"Conducting Research" is a short presentation that walks secondary students through steps for researching. Plagiarism, style, citing, and creating bibliographies are overviewed. While this is a short slide show, it would be useful...
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Investigation: Evaporation

For Teachers 4th - 6th
An evaporation investigation! This collection of slides walks future scientists through the process of setting up an experiment on how to speed up evaporation. The experiment is simple enough to use at the beginning of the school...
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Sugar in Tea

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Little chemists address whether or not you can get sugar back out of tea after it has dissolved. The PowerPoint itself simply walks them through the questioning process, considering different possibilities. The final slide settles on...

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