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Preformatted Text
Pupils examine how to create a table of aligned text. They apply tabs and spaces to control the placement of text on a page.
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Mechanically Inclined
Eighth graders examine the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane through experimentation.
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Transportation's affect on the Growth of Cities in the United States
Eighth graders identify the major advancements that have been made in transportation throughout U.S. history (waterways, horses, steam power, railroads, automobiles, etc.) They access websites imbedded in this plan and answer questions...
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The New Immigrants
Students determine what lures immigrants to the Pittsburgh area. They conduct interviews to compare the experiences of new immigrants to the area to those of previous immigrants.
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Colonial Geography: To and From Canada
Students identify the major geographic features of colonial New England. They explain the essential parts to a map and interpret journals to plot a journey. They discover the connection between geography and life.
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Time Train
Students are read a short book "Time Train" by Paul Fleischman. Using the text, they identify the clues to let them know the train is traveling back in time. They make a time line of the trip and make a cutout of meat-eating and...
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Ah! Those Horse and Buggy Days!
Students discuss contemporary methods of travel and the time it takes to travel to places. They use the Internet to explore 18th century travel. Students work in small group to research the amount of time it would have taken...
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Vocabulary; Buying a Car-1
In this foreign language worksheet, students read 10 sentences. Each sentence is missing one word. Students select the best choice from the three given words.
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'Ai' Crossword
In this vowel sound crossword worksheet, students use the clues to help them complete the crossword puzzle for words that contain the vowel sound 'ai.'
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Test Your Reading Skills: Cloze Activity
In this reading comprehension cloze instructional activity, students are instructed to fill in blanks with any word or phrase that "fits." The paragraph is about a shopping trip. Possible answers are given.
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Let's Build a Truck
Students study the basics of trucks and transportation vehicles. For this transportation vehicles lesson, students study pictures of basic key truck components and recognize differences between various product transportation vehicles....
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Breaking News English: Moscow Subway Cars to Have CCTV
In this English worksheet, students read "Moscow Subway Cars to Have CCTV," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Mustangs Quiz
In this online quiz instructional activity, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about wild Mustangs. Page has a link to answers.