Beyond 12
GradGuru: Your Community College Advisor in Your Pocket
High schoolers preparing to attend community college, and those already enrolled, will love this free app. Users receive reminders on their tablets and/or smart phones of deadlines, tips about how to increase chances for success,...
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Complete Novel Guide: James and the Giant Peach
Before your class reads the book James and the Giant Peach, check out this very handy set of learning activities. The reading guide provides you with several excellent ideas for building vocabulary related to the text and reading...
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Abstract Nouns and Concrete Nouns
Practice identifying concrete and abstract nouns with a worksheet that offers three different ways to show what enthusiastic grammarians know. First, pupils read a passage and identify the nouns; second, they think up three more of their...
Tune Into English
Yellow Submarine – The Beatles – Notes
Enhance English language skills using the fan-favorite song, "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. Scholars predict what the song is about then listen and mark specific words they hear. Playing the song again, participants unscramble...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
DNA Profiling Activity
Everyone loves a good mystery ... can your class actually solve one? Partnered pupils take on the role of forensic investigators during a three-part activity focusing on DNA evidence processing. Learners discover the methods used to...
DK Publishing
Dot-to-Dot
What is hidden among these numbers? Beginning counters connect the dots to complete an image of two flowers using the numbers 1-12. The fun part here is that they get to draw their own connect-the-dots image below; something youngsters...
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The Beatles
All you need is love! Find out how The Beatles met, what they recorded, and when they broke up. This resource could be a good way to set the stage or build a context for society in the 1960's and 70's, or as part of a music history lesson.
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"Whispering Wires": Public Law vs. Individual Civil Liberties
High school student love discussing controversial issues like those brought up in this fourth amendment case study. They examine the 1928 Olmstead vs. U.S. prohibition court case, applying the fourth amendment to determine whether...
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What is Physical Activity?
Pupils explore the functions of the heart and how it needs to work hard and rest. They play the "Wise Owl Says" game.
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What is Opera? Fill in the Blank
In this opera instructional activity, students fill in 17 blanks in an essay that explains the composition of an opera. They use the words given in two word banks which include recitative, chorus, solo, ensemble, scenes, aria, and duet.
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Mythology - What Is It?
Students explore Greek mythology. For this mythology lesson, students discuss and define mythology. Students view pictures and associate them with the correct Greek myth. Students answer trivia questions about their knowledge for mythology.
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What Is a Pronoun?
In this grammar worksheet, learners read the definition of and the proper usage of pronouns to replace nouns. They use the pronouns from the word box that can take the place of the noun or nouns in 10 sentences. They circle the pronouns...
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What is cooperative negotiation?
Tenth graders differentiate between positions, interests, and values. In this current events instructional activity, 10th graders analyze, in a response to literature, the failure of a fictional negotiation. Students...
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Dream Killers
Third graders explore figurative language in Jacob Have I Loved and define what is a dream killer.
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Bingo Brown and the Language of Love
Learners study credit and interest in a novel and consumer math activity. For this credit lesson, students read the book Bingo Brown and the Language of Love. Learners discuss the book and the ideas of credit, interest, and loans....
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Love Your Neighbor: All The Rest is Commentary
Learners examine the phrases "Love your Neighbor" and "compromise". They interview another classmate to understand their opinions. They compromise with their classmates on a collaborative project.
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Love Your Neighbors Like Yourself (Private-Religious)
Students role play. In this service lesson, students brainstorm what it means to love their neighbor as themselves. Students discuss why it is important to help others and role play scenarios where they volunteer to help someone in need.
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What Type of Caring?
Eighth graders examine how they care about others. In this caring lesson, 8th graders make a list of five things that they care about and place them on charts that are placed around the room. They classify them according to what type of...
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"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,"— Or Is It?
Tips for helping students who experienced poverty or family strife over the holidays.
Pearson
Lesson Plan: Introduction to Plato’s Cave
Can we perceive reality or are we chained by preconceptions that limit our vision? Plato’s allegory “The Cave” serves to introduce nascent philosophers to Plato’s dialogues and hopefully to engender a love of ideas and discourse. A...
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What Does Art Sound Like?
Help your charges investigate visual art by identifying sounds that are associated with the images. They view art galleries online and discuss which sounds would be present if the image was a real life situation. Additionally, they...
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The Present Subjunctive: When?
Some Spanish learners believe the subjunctive is frightening. Help eradicate that fear by going into depth on when to use the present subjunctive. There are many different situations in which the subjunctive is used described here. You...
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Lovely Ladybugs
Make cute ladybugs with egg cartons and pipe cleaners! After you read some facts about ladybugs, use different materials to make some ladybugs for your classroom.
Itsy Bitsy Fun
Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Who is Who?
Primary graders read short passages and then respond to a series of questions on these comprehension worksheets.