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Does Word Choice Affect the Quality of a Piece of Writing?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the importance of word choice in writing. In groups, they rank a list of words from one extreme to the other. After viewing an example, students apply their knowledge of word choice by writing a descriptive paragraph of...
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Writing in the Math Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the vertex, y-intercept and direction of a parabola and write an explanation of how to graph a parabola. They collect and graph data using a calculator.
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Creative Story Writing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners recognize predictable patterns in literature. They use the selected pattern to create their own writing using the same type of literary pattern. The new writing is proofread by other students and the editing is done until the...
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How to Write a Newspaper Article

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students write a newspaper article.  In this journalism lesson, students discover the essential parts of a newspaper article and work in pairs to identify them. Students write a short article of their own, making sure to include all...
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In Conclusion

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice identifying the conclusions they can draw using the "In Conclusion Introduction" story which is attached. They complete a Conclusion worksheet which is attached.
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Drama

For Teachers 5th Standards
Ten drama lessons are the perfect addition to your language arts or theater class. With a focus on script elements, plot development, and parts of a dramatic story, the lessons guide young playwrights through the steps of telling a story...
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Can Carbon Dioxide Act Like a Greenhouse Gas?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Ninety-seven percent of scientists who study climate agree that human activity is warming the planet. Learners explore carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas, a gas causing this warming, through a hands-on experiment. Once complete, they...
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Walk Two Moons: Discussion Web

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Is Phoebe a good friend to Sal or not? After reading chapters twenty-five and twenty-six of Walk Two Moons, class members use the provided graphic organizer to develop an argumentative piece. Writers must decide if the two...
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Scientific Method

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Encourage your students' inner scientist by conducting experiments and recording their findings. This printable incorporates every part of the scientific method into an easy-to-read outline of experimental questions, research,...
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Designing and Analyzing Data Collected from Wearable Devices to Solve Problems in Health Care

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Wearable devices have become more the norm than the exception. Learners analyze data from a sample device with a regression analysis in a helpful hands-on lesson. Their focus is to determine if there is a connection between temperature...
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Scientific Method in Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the current environmental movement by cleaning up their own campus.  In this environmental care lesson, students practice cleaning their "environment" by picking up trash on their campus and decrease...
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A Picture Says a Thousand Words

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a writing selection with a well-developed plot. They use a personal photograph in which they are visible to base their autobiographical writing. They write a description of the events surrounding the photograph in the...
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Venn Diagram Dolphins And Whales

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this compare and contrast worksheet, students use a Venn diagram to show similarities and differences in dolphins and whales. There is space for students to write a conclusion.
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Experimental Design Practice

For Students 7th - 10th
In this experimental design worksheet, students are given two experimental scenarios to read. They answer questions about each including finding the hypothesis, the independent and dependent variables and controls. They design a graph...
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Weathering and Wind

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In this weathering and wind worksheet, students simulate the effects of weathering by wind using 2 canisters, 2 types of sandpaper and 2 sugar cubes. Students swirl the sugar cubes inside the canisters lined with fine and course...
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Changing Crust

For Students 7th - 9th
For this changing crust worksheet, students use candy bars, licorice sticks and bubble gum to simulate the 3 types of forces that change the Earth's crust. These include compressional forces, tensional forces and transversal forces. The...
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Conservation of Mass

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this conservation of mass worksheet, students design an investigation to demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Mass. Students describe their investigation, collect data, graph the data and write a conclusion about what they discovered.
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Conservation of Mass

For Students 6th - 8th
In this conservation of mass worksheet, students experiment with vinegar, baking soda, a balloon and a flask. They compare the mass of the closed system of reactants before the experiment to the mass of the products after the experiment...
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Rainbow Lab

For Students 6th - 8th
In this mixtures instructional activity, students experiment with different amounts of solutes and solvents to make solutions. They observe color changes and look for chemical and physical changes in the test tubes. Students answer 5...
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Dunkin` for Density

For Students 6th - 8th
In this density activity, students complete a science lab experiment to determine the density that an object will float or sink in water. Students fill in a chart with their data, answer 4 short answer questions and write 1 conclusion...
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Types of Chemical Reactions Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reactions activity, students experiment with several different reactions and identify each as a single replacement, double replacement, synthesis, decomposition or combustion reaction. Students observe the changes in...
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Nasonia Genetics-A Jewel of a Wasp

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the inheritance pattern of eye color in Nasonia wasps. In this genetics and inheritance lesson plan, students read about the life cycle of Nasonia wasps and hypothesize about the possibilities of eye color inherited...
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Writing A Biography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students choose an interesting person to research for a biography. They gather the information they want to include in their paper from various sources. Students write an outline to use as a guide when writing their biography.
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Practice with Experiment Conclusions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this conclusions worksheet, learners write one sentence to summarize the data given to them in a graph. Students complete 3 problems.

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