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Social & Emotional Learning in Middle School: Responsible Decision-Making
Making choices can be scary, especially for middle schoolers. With so many pressures it's hard sometimes to know what to do. Here's a collection of unit and lesson plans, activities and projects, videos, and worksheets designed to help...
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Don't Kill This Mockingbird
Harper Lee's classic To Kill A Mockingbird is not only listed as one of the most frequently taught books but also one of the most frequently banned. The materials in this collection provide information about the parallels to Lee's life...
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The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Refraction
The six concept-builders in the Physics Classroom: Reflection and Refraction series uses carefully crafted questions to target various concepts involving mirrors and lenses. The first interactive provides three levels of practice...
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Science 4 Inquiry: Middle School Earth Science Lessons
The Science 4 Inquiry: Earth Science Collection includes 16 lessons designed for middle school. Scholars learn about layering through hands-on exploration of everyday materials and apply their findings to diagram the layers of the Earth,...
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A President's Vision: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Young historians, prompted by questions on worksheets, practice analyzing primary source documents (an editorial cartoon, letters, and excerpts from one of Roosevelt’s fireside chats) related to the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt....
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Project PARKA: Planting AntaRctica in KAnsas
What happens in the Antarctic doesn't stay in the Antarctic. A thought-provoking collection of four lessons examines how climate change is affecting the Antarctic and the rest of the world's oceans. Although designed for Kansas' Student...
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Overcoming Teacher Compassion Fatigue
Learn more about self-care strategies and overcoming compassion fatigue so you can take care of your students and loved ones!
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Set Up a Remote Learning Schedule for Middle School
This collection provides a 2-week sample plan and a blank template for remote learning. In addition, we provide ideas to get you started in your planning for remote instruction.
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Air, Atmosphere and Living Systems
Check out these 12 lessons on air and the atmosphere, exploring air quality and how it can impact living things. There are plenty of hands-on activities, teaching guides, and videos to help making this unit come alive!
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Solar and Planetary Radio Astronomy
Check out these seven lessons from NASA on the discovery of Jupiter radio waves, the speed of light, and the electromagnetic spectrum. Everything you need is here, including teacher keys, student handouts, lesson steps, and example...
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"I Can" 6th Grade Common Core Checklists
Kids love checklists that allow them to see progress and understand goals. Use this great set of printable "I can" statements with your 6th graders as you move through the school year. It'll keep everyone on the same page, and helps...
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The Civil Rights Movement: Grades 9-12th
With sit-ins, boycotts, and marches, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s became a model of using civil disobedience to effect change. This collection of unit plans, lesson plans, interactives, videos, and activities...
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Real-World Math from KQED's The Lowdown
Middle schoolers explore math concepts like percentages, probability, and statistics in new and inventive ways with a collection of lessons that use videos, graphs, and activities to help them understand issues like climate change,...
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Structure of Earth
Welcome scholars!!! Please go through the slides and work on your worksheet.
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Women's History Month: Grades 9-12
Wonder Women! In 1987 Congress proclaimed March Women's History Month. The resources in this collection celebrate the extraordinary achievements of women in all fields of endeavor.
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Young Digital Citizens
It's important to know our limits within the world wide web. Teach your young digital citizens the basics of online etiquette like who we can communicate with, what we share, how to be safe and secure, understanding misinformation, and...
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Parent Functions and Transformations
Using parent functions, explore the different ways to move, flip, and stretch a function to a different position on the graph. Use this collection to introduce the idea, explore the rules, and practice the steps.
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Long Division
Solve using long division; that is, long division with or without remainders, and don't forget about decimals! This collection of images, anchor charts, videos, lesson plans, worksheets, and activities has got you covered to support your...
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September 11th
September 11, 2001, is another day that will live in infamy. The resources in this collection examine the events of that day, the repercussions, and the tributes.
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Reproduction
Young biologists learn about reproduction through a four-part Nature League video series. Hosted by Britt Garner, the collection explores sexual and asexual reproduction, the importance of genetic diversity, adaptations, epigenetics, and...
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Nature of Teaching: Informal Curricula
The Nature of Teaching curriculum provides activity-focused resources designed for nature centers, field days, and 4-H clubs. Young scholars study and identify birds, build feeders for local birds, create exploding seed balls that they...
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Macbeth: A Collection Full of Sound and Fury
Something wonderful this way comes with a collection of worksheets, lessons, activities, videos, apps, and PowerPoints for Macbeth. Double your resources and save yourself the trouble of curating materials for the Scottish play.
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From Colonists to Revolutionaries
What was America like before it became the United States? Set the stage for the American Revolution with a collection of resources focused on Colonial America, including the cultural, political, and religious conflicts of the time.
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Self Esteem Matters
As teachers we do not just teach what can be found in the standards; we teach our children how to be amazing human beings. Part of being amazing is realizing one's talents and having the confidence to showcase them for the world to see....