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An Overview of the THEA Writing Test
Prepare your class for the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) or any other upcoming writing test (such as the SAT) with this presentation. Complete with instructions on the composition and rubric of the test, as well as sample...
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The Coastal Ocean: Estuaries and Continental Shelves
Amazing high-quality satellite imagery, photos, informational graphs, and detailed diagrams comprise this presentation on the movement of estuaries and the continental shelf. Data used as an example is from The Chesapeake Bay and because...
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APA and MLA Formats: Their Main Differences
What is the difference between MLA and APA format? This presentation is geared towards a college audience, but it could definitely be useful with an eleventh and twelfth grade audience in high school. Differences are highlighted, but not...
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Seven Clues To Help You in Getting Started
In this career worksheet, students work through the sheet that outlines seven practical guideline questions for starting the task of going to college.
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How to Stay Healthy in College
Students plan ways to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle while in college. They keep a food log and cooperate as peer editors to make food choice suggestions for healthier eating. Students also consider the role of exercise in...
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Teaching About Genocide
Teaching children of any age about genocide or The Holocaust can be difficult, as the content is sensitive and often emotional. This academic article was written by an educator and is intended to help you consider multiple aspects of...
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Veterinary Medicine
All of the aspects of the veterinary profession are covered in this slideshow. It would be a great help to those considering a career in this area. Academic expectations, types of specialization, and some of the necessary skills are...
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Should I Use “I”?
Despite the formal nature of academic writing, personal pronouns frequently appear in high school and college papers. While your first instinct may be to cross them out, sometimes it's okay to use them, an idea covered in a handout that...
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Explorations in Economic Demand, Part I
Your economists will relate to the choices at hand in this personal budgeting scenario. A passage describes Bob's predicament: he's going away to college and must buy his own clothes, including the pricey Levis he wants to buy 8 of....
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The Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines
For this college level trigonometry worksheet, students apply the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines to solve triangles. The four page worksheet contains forty-four problems. Solutions are not provided.
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Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
In this college level mathematics worksheet, students determine if lines are parallel or perpendicular and write the equation of a line described by a given set of conditions. The two page worksheet contains forty=two problems. Answers...
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Transformation of Graphs
In this college level Pre-calculus worksheet, students examine families of functions and describe how graphs of the transformation can be obtained from the parent graph. The four page worksheet contains seventy-two problems. Answers...
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Procrastination
Inevitably, whenever you give an assignment, at least one person won't start until the last minute. As the 13th handout in the 24-part Writing the Paper series explains, procrastination sometimes brings consequences. It breaks down...
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USC Bingo: Getting to Know Campus
Students read an assignment detailing the location and purpose of several buildings on the University of Carolina campus and in the city of Columbia. They play a game of Bingo that asks them to recall information from the assigned reading.
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Money Math: Lessons for Life
Students develop a budget for a college student using all of the influences that the student would have. In this budgeting lesson plan, students use real life examples to create a budget spreadsheet. Students read and study sample...
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Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
In this college level worksheet, young scholars multiply and divided rational expressions and simplify the answers. The two page worksheet contains sixty-two problems. Answers are provided.
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Applications and Writing Functions
In this college level Pre-Calculus worksheet, students use polynomial and rational functions to solve application word problems. The three page worksheet contains forty-four problems. Answers are not included.
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Application Essays
There's a lot riding on good writing! Often, an application essay is the difference between acceptance and rejection. As part of a series on specific writing assignments and contexts, a handout helps scholars craft the perfect personal...
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Style
Just like you choose your clothes to ensure they fit the occasion, you should choose your words deliberately while writing. Style, the main topic of one handout in a series on writing skills, involves choosing words carefully and paying...
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When is Dinner Served? Predicting the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine (College Level)
Students are able to explain the ecological importance of phytoplankton. They describe the components that influence a phytoplankton bloom. Students interpret satellite images in order to correlate buoy data.
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Composing Communities in College
Young scholars conduct research about a local community of interest using observation, interviews and written sources. They follow the writing process and produce an essay on the topic.
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Campus Nitrogen Budget
Students are given guidelines to college level nitrogen budgeting. Students brainstorm the campus links to nitrogen budget. Students pick topics or subtopics for individual or group research. Students develop research plan, keep good...
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Function and Graphs
In this college level Pre-Calculus worksheet, students determine if a given relation is a function, graph functions and observe their behavior, and determine if a function is even, odd, both, or neither. The four page worksheet contains...
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Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Function
In this college level Pre-Calculus worksheet, students investigate the graphs of the sine and cosine functions. The six page worksheet contains seventy-eight problems. Solutions are not provided.