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Mind Snacks

Learn Italian - MindSnacks

For Students 1st - Higher Ed
Once your class samples these games, they won't want to stop learning Italian. Eccellente! Effective for beginning and intermediate Italian learners, picking up new words and phrases through this app is an entertaining task.
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Random House

Dear Mother Earth

For Teachers K - 5th
Get those pencils ready because we are going to write a letter to our dear mother, Earth that is. Allow your youngsters to explore and express all the ways that they plan to protect Mother Earth. The worksheet is perfect for Earth Day,...
Activity
Azusa Pacific University

Historical Landmark Project

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Close a unit or the year with a five-step research project. Class members choose a US landmark, research the landmark, compose a report about it, build a model of it, and present their model and findings to the class. Each step is...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Analogy Questions

For Students 4th - 12th
Looking for analogies? Here are 501.
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

The Writer’s Toolbox: What You Need to Master the Craft

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Strengthen your high schoolers' writing with a series of steps for writing successfully. With sections on organizing an essay, choosing a topic, crafting a thesis statement, and revising a draft, the lesson plan encourages your class to...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Weather or Not

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
What is the difference between weather and climate? This is the focus question of a lesson that takes a deeper look at how weather data helps determine climate in a region. Using weather and climate cards, students decide...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Whole Number Multiplication: Multiplication Map

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
How many miles did a car travel if it traveled at 55mph for three hours? What are the factors for this multiplication sentence? These are the questions young mathematicians must solve using a multiplication map.
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NET Foundation for Television

1850-1874 Notable Nebraskan: J. Sterling Morton

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
What are the characteristics of an outstanding citizen? Nebraskan J. Sterling Morton contributed to the formation of societal and family values in his state. Learners gather information on Morton's life accomplishments from primary...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Olympic Biographies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a book of biographies in order to profile famous Olympic athletes through history. In this biography writing lesson, students research information about historic Olympians, first by listening to a short biography on Jesse...
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Curated OER

Learning to Read Primary Documents

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research primary source documents related to the Canadian Loyalist theme at Canada's Learning Center website. They examine a painting, a list and a discharge notice of a soldier.
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Curated OER

Finders Keepers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the career of beekeeping. In this careers lesson plan, students examine the importance of the beekeeping industry. Students read stories about beekeepers and write comparisons. Students write a report on beekeepers and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Do The Research!: Earth

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learners are given "High's and Low's" as a topic to research about the Earth. They must answer 3 questions according to their research. This would be a great worksheet to complete in the computer lab or library.
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Curated OER

Being a Good Detective

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine a variety of reference resources when seeking information. They discuss atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, online search engines for the Internet, and online library card catalogs. They complete a...
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Curated OER

Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the concept of organization. In this library skills lesson, students practice ordering and classification skills by playing the Flood Game as well as locating and shelving books in the school library.
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Curated OER

I, Spy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders utilize the library in order to find the answers to three questions about The Revolutionary War. For this writing and library skills lesson, 5th graders pretend they are a Spy, and write the answers in a fictional letter to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Caldecott Medal Winners

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify Caldecott Medal winners. In this library media lesson, 2nd graders view an overhead transparency of Caldecott Medal winners from 1987-2004 and answer questions based on the data that is displayed.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Canada Geography PowerPoint

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a PowerPoint about Canadian geography or history. In this Canada lesson, students spend two days researching their Canadian topic in the library and online. They create a PowerPoint presentation and add pictures taken...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Honeybees

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Pupils explore the various functions of bees within the hive and explain the process of making honey. They use numerous resources to find their information including the internet, library books and their science texts.
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Curated OER

Beginning, Middle or End

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work with a partner. In this library skills lesson, 2nd graders watch a demonstration on how to find a word in a dictionary. Students practice finding words in the dictionary with a partner.
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Curated OER

Water Gardening

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the details to watering a garden. In this water resource lesson, students visit several websites and watch a PowerPoint about watering a garden.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trivia Books: Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students detrmine the importance of point of view. They use a well-known fairy tale to explore how changing the point of view changes the whole story. They generate questions from the text they want answered during the unit and construct...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Author Study

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this author study worksheet, students and their parents use resources from the library or the Internet to research Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and respond to the 4 questions regarding information about her.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

President for a Day

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore the duties of the US President. In this history lesson plan, students use research to gain information about presidents. Students utilize various forms of research, pictures, library books, textbooks, newspaper,...
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Worksheet Library

Exponents (Simplifying Exponents)

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Two exponent worksheets are available in this resource. On both, mathematicians expound their understanding of exponents by evaluating 20 expressions. An answer key for both pages follows the worksheets. Be aware that some of the...

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