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Concrete Research

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore concrete. In this physical science and computer research lesson, students work in groups to answer specific  questions about concrete. Each group of students completes a different worksheet with a specific subtopic....
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Writing a Political Leader

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars investigate politics by writing a formal letter. For this U.S. Government lesson, students discuss political issues they would like to address and research their topic using the Internet. Young scholars locate an...
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Does Soap Float?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students form hypotheses and carry out an investigation in order to answer a central question: Does soap float? The focus of this lesson plan is on scientific inquiry, but it incorporates scientific topics such as sinking and floating.
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Vivid Adjectives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review adjectives and play a game where students compete to see who can write the most adjectives for a given noun. They write a story about one topic and try to use a variety of adjectives in sequence tto describe a noun.
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D.E.W. (Drop Everything and Write!)

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students gather, determine validity and reliability of, analyze and organize information. They employ the most effective format for purpose and audience. Students write fully developed paragraphs that have details and information...
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Comic Books in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
You can use comic book projects to teach a variety of curriculum topics.
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Riddling Along

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing riddles worksheet, students choose a topic, list facts, number facts from least likely to reveal the answer to most likely to give away the answer, rewrite the facts in order, and add an ending question. Students write...
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Picture This

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore finding facts from the Internet to create a nonfiction story. In this writing lesson, students fill out KWL charts and do internet research about the given topic of spiders. Students then create and illustrate their non...
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Persuasive Writing

For Students 5th - 6th
This persuasive writing handout provides tips on how to write this style of essay as well as possible topics for elementary level writers. It does not include questions or activities.
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It's All Greek to Me!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
While the ideas for Ancient Greek research are solid, there is little detail to help make your job easier. The focus here is familiarizing your class with online databases and print resources in their school library. After direct...
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Topic: English - 'Making Connections' - Coordinating Conjunctions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this sentence writing activity, students learn about using conjunctions in sentences. They then use what they learned to answer the 6 questions on the activity. The answers are on the last page.
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Classifying Information About a Main Idea

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary learners explore language arts by completing a text identification activity. They discuss the importance of a main idea in a story or paper and how to present it properly. Then they practice identifying the main idea in sample...
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Even though volcanoes look alike, they can be very different based on the types of lava that erupts from their surface. Learn about strata volcanoes, shield volcanoes, and the varying viscosity of lava with an engaging hands-on activity....
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Dr. Seuss and Read Across America

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
What important facts about Dr. Seuss influenced the Read Across America movement...? This is the driving question of a research project that requires scholars to find information about Dr. Seuss' life and work. Class members write a...
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From the Post Office to the Oval Office

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This Presidents' Day, have your pupils write letters to the presidential family. They will read an article about writing letters to President Obama, identify topics they feel are important, and finally discuss if those topics would...
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For Sale - Ageless Water

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars discuss the topic of everlasting life after completing the novel, Tuck Everlasting. They examine advertisements for bottled water on the Internet and in magazines. Then they create their own advertisement for ageless water.
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Using Word Referents

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners edit an existing piece of writing focusing of improving word choice. They create lists of words that can be used in place of the main topic and rewrite the piece using the new vocabulary.
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Ana Finds an Apartment

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
Because of the topic of this reading comprehension and vocabulary activity, it would probably be best used with adults in an ESL class. The 10 question reading activity, which focuses on vocabulary involving renting an apartment, could...
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Flags

For Students 3rd - 5th
Flags are a topic that students can find interesting. A short reading passage is followed by 10 comprehension and vocabulary questions in this reading activity.
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Chronological Sequence

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this sequencing events instructional activity, students choose topics and fill in blanks of two Flow Chart templates to put facts in chronological order. Students complete two flow charts.
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The Impact of Disease on Our Lives

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars write a report about infectious diseases where they demonstrate their understanding of new terminology. For this writing lesson, students analyze the effect of disease in their lives and and make scientific inquiry about...
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An Explorative Journey Through the Solar System

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore space science by creating a planetary model in class. In this solar system lesson plan, students identify the many planets and moons that make up the solar system and decide on one entity in which to research. Students...
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Defining (Gay) Marriage

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore current events by researching the topic of gay marriage. In this equal rights lesson, students define the term "marriage" and read pro and anti-gay marriage opinions and articles. Students participate in an class...
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Do Some Research: Magnets

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Internet research learning exercise, students conduct library or Internet research on magnets then draw a picture and write a report about the topic.

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