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Activity
Wordpress

Paper Doll Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore self and social construction with a hands-on art project. After studying and discussing bullying and other social experiences, individuals create three paper dolls that represent specific social constructions. Included here is a...
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Writing
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Teacher's Corner

Free Verse

For Students 3rd - 7th
The sixth in a series of poetry writing exercises asks young poets to craft a free verse poem.
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Handout
PBS

The Diary of Anne Frank

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
While designed to supplement a viewing of the PBS Masterpiece Classic The Diary of Anne Frank, this resource can also serve as an excellent informational text and activity source for your students on the historical context and timeline...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Past Simple & Past Continuous

For Students 4th - 7th
What is the difference between the simple past tense and the past continuous? Help your pupils master these tenses with the information and six grammar exercises included here.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parrot in the Oven: Problematic Situation

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Prior to reading Victor Martinez's Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida, class members are presented with a problematic situation and to rate their responses as well as predict the responses of a character from the novel.
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Printables
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Curated OER

Listening Picture Check Sheet & Listening Picture Prompts

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Help learners build greater self-awareness and improve listening skills with these visual prompt sheets. Beginning with an "Are you really listening?" overview sheet, the following pages use large visuals to remind pupils what it means...
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Printables
PBIS World

Behavior Specialist Referral Form

For Teachers K - 6th
Make sure your school's behavior specialist is well-informed by filling out this form when you refer an individual to him or her. The form provides a checklist of behaviors, an academic checklist, and a list of environmental factors to...
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Activity
Novelinks

Sense and Sensibility: Final Assessment: Movie Maker

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Assess your class's understanding of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility with a fun and creative final project. Using what they have learned about the novel's characters, they create presentations featuring music and images that best...
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Activity
Novelinks

The Cure: Concept Vocabulary Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Considering a study of science fiction, speculative fiction, and/or dystopian fiction? Check out this concept analysis of Sonia Levitin's The Cure. The guide provides enough information to let you know if her novel would fit your needs.
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Virginia Department of Education

Practical Problems Involving Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
After discussing decimals and "going shopping" in the classroom, young mathematicians are given four practical word problems that require them to estimate their answers, given specific information. The highlight of the lesson plan is...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Who’s Got Mail?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Today's kids are probably not familiar with the conventions of letter writing, due to the boom of technology. Here is a lesson that will provide opportunities for formal and informal letter writing. 
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Worksheet
K5 Learning

The Great Sphinx Statue

For Students 2nd Standards
Second graders read an informational text passage on the Great Sphinx, and answer questions based on what they read.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Increasing Disability Awareness and Sensitivity

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Designed to promote disability awareness and sensitivity, the five lessons and activities in this packet provide class members with information about disabilities, and with models of behaviors and language that help to break down...
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C-SPAN

Presidential Birth Requirement

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Every president of the United States must be a natural-born citizen, but the definition of natural-born is not as straightforward as it seems. Secondary scholars examine two points of view surrounding the constitutional requirement and...
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Lesson Plan
Manchester University

Veteran’s Day

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Before honoring courageous veterans, get to know more about who they are and why November 11th is a special day. Scholars obtain such information through a read aloud of Eve Bunting's The Wall, grand conversation, and letter writing...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Organisms in Symbiosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Searching for an activity that allows emerging biologists to explore symbiosis up close and personal? Pupils collect samples and view lichens through a microscope and conclude with a discussion about the relationship they have with other...
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Lesson Plan
Teach Engineering

Tell Me Doc—Will I Get Cancer?

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Can you beat the odds of cancer? In the first installment of a seven-part series, future biomedical engineers consider how to detect and diagnose cancer. An article on biosensors provides useful information toward this goal.
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Lesson Plan
Statistics Education Web

Who Sends the Most Text Messages?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The way you use statistics can tell different stories about the same set of data. Here, learners use sets of data to determine which person sends the most text messages. They use random sampling to collect their data and calculate a...
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Curriculum Corner

Guest Teacher Plans: Grade 3

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Always be prepared for a substitute teacher with a daily plan equipped with an assortment of activities that cover third grade math, reading, word work, and writing. 
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Lesson Plan
NOAA

Biological Oceanographic Investigations – I, Robot, Can Do That!

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
How do you decide the best person for each job? Would it be easier if you didn't have to consider their feelings? The lesson begins with a discussion of underwater robots. Then groups research one of these robots and present their...
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Unit Plan
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Scholastic

The Flight of Amelia Earhart Teaching Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Amelia Earhart's accomplishments and strength of character extend beyond her status as one of the first female aviators in America. Elementary and middle schoolers learn about Earhart's early life and the historical context surrounding...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
The fourth activity in a series of five has classes participate in a jigsaw to learn about global impacts of climate change and then share their new information with a home group. Groups then research impacts of climate change (droughts,...
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Virtual Neurons

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
It's electric! Young anatomists use Virtual Neurons software to build, control, and analyze complex nerve circuits within the body. Colorful and packed with content, class members enjoy interacting with the nervous system at a personal...
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Handout
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Molecules to the Max!—Teacher's Discovery Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Molecules to the Max! refers to a movie released in 2009 about the world of atoms and molecules. A helpful discovery guide provides five posters on science topics typically covered at the middle school level. It also explains the...

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