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Just One Is Right! (Common Idioms)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this idioms worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and read the first half of sentences about them. students read the 4 choices of common idioms and select the one that best completes the sentence. Example: Before exams students (burn...
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Speed Trails

For Students 9th - 11th
For this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, learners conduct an experiment with toy cars in order to calculate and compare average, instantaneous, and constant speed.  The two page worksheet contains three questions.  Answers are not...
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Studying the Great Depression Through Novels

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders view pictures of life in a small town during the Great Depression in Illinois to gain an understanding of living conditions during the era. They read novels based on life of this era.
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What Are the Seasons?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore seasons and how they are part of a continuous circle.
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Native Chili Planting

For Teachers K
Students discover the process of planting chili. After comparing two types of seeds students plant and with the use of a digital camera, record the seed progress. When ready for transplant, students take young plants to a retirement...
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Magic Mountain Coaster Computation

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students use the Internet to do research on the roller coasters at Magic Mountain Amusement Park. They must use mathematical formulas to calculate the highest and fastest coaster at the park.
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Recycling

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars examine different "cycles" that are found in nature, such as the water cycle and recycling. They create their own artwork about cycles to be displayed on a bulletin board
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Animals, Piece by Piece

For Teachers K
Students receive teacher prepared puzzles of animals. They try to name the animal by looking at only one piece. Students work in groups to assemble the puzzle pieces and name the animal. They draw their own pictures of the animals in...
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Shades of Blue

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students sharpen their visual literacy and color vocabulary by making and sharing collages that explore the different shades of colors.
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Pine Wood Derby Prompt

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use Newton's Laws of Motion to assist a troop in making a winning car in the Pine Wood Derby.
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Dividing the Philanthropic Shares

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define who volunteers are the and the types of jobs that they do. They identify various groups who volunteer in their community, and locate them on a city map.
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Handcarts - A Unique Form of Transportation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research the use of handcarts as a form of transportation for mid-19th century Mormon pioneers. They write mathematical story problems about this unique form of transportation and incorporate their researched data.
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ILLUSTRATING TALES AND FOLKLORE

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore tales, stories and folklore while practicing creative illustration techniques.
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The News Knows!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine three national parks and focus on what makes them special. Working in small groups, 6th graders create a small newspaper in which each of them writes an article that expresses the concerns of their park.
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Peace Pie

For Teachers 1st
First graders review peacemaking strategies by identifying their capacity of creating and promoting peace within their classroom, home, community, and world. Fractions are introduced through the making of a "peace pie."
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Finding Simple Machines in Farm Machinery

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify simple machines and how they must work together to form a piece of equipment used in agriculture. They create a diagram of a piece of farm equipment and write about two of the simple machines they drew.
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Shades of Blue

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sharpen visual literacy and color vocabulary by making and sharing collages that explore the different shades of colors.
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Japanese Festivals and Celebrations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the importnce of celebrations anf festivals in Japanese culture and then create a story based upon an image from the lesson. Resource links are provided for images of events.
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Pottery, Porcelain, And Posterity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research and discuss the various ceramic techniques foudn throughout China's history using primary source documents and internet resources. This lesson emphasizes small learning groups.
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Animals Piece by Piece

For Teachers K - 1st
Students sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed.They identify body parts of animals from puzzle pieces, assemble the puzzle, and name the animal.
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Mythical Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create imaginary animals by assembling pictures of body parts from pictures of real animals. This is one of three linked tasks. The others are "Who's Parts Do I Have?" and "Animals Piece by Piece."
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Tessellations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the relationship between math and art by examining patterns and polygons.They examine how polygons make up the patterns that form tessellations, and determine tessellations that occur in nature. Finally, they...
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Buttons and Bears

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils read the problem and then identify the important information in the problem and highlight. They then brainstorm for ways to solve the problem by drawing a picture and working in pairs.
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History of Supreme Court

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. history. They explore current events about the U.S. Constitution and discuss the Marbury v. Madison case from 1803. They identify the term "judicial review" and judicial...

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