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Making Sense Of A Round World On A Flat Surface

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the development of geography skills. They take part in a number of activities that center around finding and traveling to different locations. The lesson has resource links that...
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Daylight

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this daylight activity, students compare the amount of daylight at for different locations around the world. Students use the data to create a graph.
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Ellie's Diary 1 The Future Tense

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading worksheet, students read a diary entry for information and answer comprehension questions. In this short answer worksheet, students answer eleven questions.
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Solution Shapes

For Students 7th - 9th
In this solutions activity, students soak a pipe cleaner in hot water and a supersaturated solution of 20 Mule Team Borax. Students leave their pipe cleaner in the solution for 30 minutes and then observe. They put it back in over night...
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Maggie's Earth Adventures-Don't Get Caught-Solve the Next Problem, Too!

For Students 6th - 8th
For this problem solving worksheet, students are given a series of events that occur in the Chesapeake Bay related to the rockfish. Students provide a solution to saving endangered fish and they use information/data to hypothesize why...
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Gas Laws and Alka-Seltzer Rockets

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners investigate the Ideal Gas Law. For this three states of matter lesson, students create Alka-Seltzer rockets using film canisters. Learners record observations and data according to the scientific method and explain the gas...
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Images of the Parks

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore U.S. geography by completing a research project about the National Parks. In this scenery image analysis lesson, students identify the different national parks in our country and observe paintings and images by famous...
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My Brother Sam is Dead: A study of the Revolutionary War

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete an analysis of the Revolutionary War through literature. After "My Brother Sam Is Dead," students create a time capsule containing items that would be relevant during the Revolutionary War. They identify key...
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Math Who Am I?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students read each description of a math term and write the word on the blank line. They circle every third letter in each letter box next to the clue to check their answer. They complete 8 definitions.
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Journey to the Unknown

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the ocean depths. In this scenario based lesson, students pretend they are on a submarine in an unknown part of the ocean. By using clues the class discusses and determines where they are in the ocean. They follow up...
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Wolves

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore wolves. In this ecology and wolves lesson, students research predator-prey relationships on the Internet and complete a related worksheet with a partner. Students interpret data on bar graphs to determine growth and...
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We’ve Bean Growing: Anatomy of Germination

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students identify the main parts of a seed. In this biology lesson, students explain the factors needed for the seed to grow. They record observations everyday and report findings to class.
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My Book of Winter Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these mini-book worksheet, learners add to their vocabularies and practice printing when they create a mini-book about winter words. Students print the winter words on the blank lines, color the pictures, write their own winter word,...
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Decoding Machine

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of variables and their uses. In groups, they are given a code in which they must find the value of the missing words. To end the lesson, they find the value of words over ten letters long and their...
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Apple Blossoms and Pollination

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of pollination. In this pollination lesson, students examine the parts of an apple blossom and then compare and contrast pollination and cross-pollination.
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Building a Better Sentence

For Teachers 1st
Sentence construction is both a science and an art. This bare bones lesson ties an analysis of earth's geology to sentence formation. Although referenced as a major part of the activity, there are no links to the technology or resources...
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Discovering the Journal of Augustus Pelletier

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore journals. In this Discovering the Journal of Augustus Pelletier lesson, students read the historical fiction book and conduct research activities to validate events in the plot that reflect the Lewis and Clark...
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What's in a Name?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine how name-calling is a part of their lives and how it affects others. They write reflections of times in their lives when name calling and slurs have been involved. Also, they read articles that discuss the use of slurs...
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Egg to Chick

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students become familiar with the parts of the egg. In this development of an egg lesson, students understand the difference between a fertilized and unfertilized egg. Students and view pictures, while they record changes in a fertilized...
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Yummy for my tummy!

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the story Tops and Bottoms and identify vegetables that are eaten from the stem, root, and leaf of a plant. In this vegetables lesson plan, 1st graders learn vocabulary about different vegetable parts and write journal...
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Macbethan Art

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners review and reproduce an article of Elizabethan styled clothing as a part of an analysis of Shakespeare's Macbeth.  For this Elizabethan art lesson, students discuss the fashion of the Elizabethan era and research it online....
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El Cuerpo Humano

For Students 6th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are associated with the acquisition of a new language and the answers to the questions are found at the bottom of the page.
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What We Need

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify basic needs of plants. In this plant growth lesson, 1st graders observe types of plants and review the parts of a plant as well as the development of a seed. Students review related vocabulary and read The...
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Native American's Of the Great Plains

For Students 6th - 8th
In this social studies worksheet, students find the words that are related to the Great Plains Indians and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.