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Bing! Bang! Boom!
Sixth graders investigate heat energy, conduction, convection, and radiation.
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Folding Our Way to Productivity
Students role-play workers producing origami cups. They participate in two production rounds, one without training and one with training. They observe how productivity increases through training and, as a result, how income increases.
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Adopt a Gutter
Learners explain the effects of polluting the storm drain system. They provide a service to the community by locating and maintaining a section of street gutter. They produce signs and flyers that describe their work.
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Endothermic or Exothermic That Is the Question
Students conduct an experiment to determine what happens to heat energy during a chemical reaction. They examine an endothermic reaction by observing a chemical reactions.
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Uncle Bubba Is Dead!
Students spend imaginary inheritance of $100,000 on a home and furnishings.
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Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Students compare and contrast "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" and "Civil Disobedience" by writing a paper using MLA format.
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The Bill of Rights Is in the News!
High schoolers determine currency of the Bill of Rights by locating current newspaper articles or editorials that support or refute each of the 1st Ten Amendments.
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Production and Costs
Students discuss the concept of productivity and participate in an activity in which they test their own productivity in making Origami cups. Teams determine how to improve productivity and then discuss factors that influence...
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Sizing Pumpkins
Fifth graders study the sizes of pumpkins. They measure and record the diameters of pumpkins. They create five subtraction problems and solve them. They weigh their pumpkins, record the data and select two pumpkins to make a graph of...
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Village Children in Northern Pakistan
Student use maps to answer geographic questions. They analyze Earth's surface by using a map to identify physical features that lead to different transportation routes. Student create a collage to show geographic insight into the topic...
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Creating and Comparing Climographs
Learners are introduced to the importance and usefulness of climographs. In groups, they create a climograph of two cities on about the same latitude. They compare and contrast the locations and climates of the two cities and write a...
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Using the Web To Study History
Students examine the history of Mexican-Americans in Texas. They view and discuss photos on the Russell Lee website, explore the website, and answer worksheet discussion questions.
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Going Up Or Coming Down
Young scholars find the percent of increase or percent of decrease. Through a teacher demonstration, they examine the methods of calculating percentages. Students solve real life problems.
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Writing Similes
Fifth graders identify and write similes. They define simile and discuss different examples, and with the help of a thesaurus, write original similes that compare the colors of crayons to objects or feelings. Students copy their rough...
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Three Branches of Government
Fourth graders brainstorm of what they think of when they think about the word state government and list their suggestions on the board. They listen to lecture about the three branches of government understanding how each branch is...
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Electric Circuits
Fourth graders investigate complete and incomplete circuits. Using an electrical kit that includes a D-cell battery, wiring, and a flashlight bulb, they construct a complete electric circuit that will light the light bulb. Students...
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Demonstrating an Epidemic
Students use an experiment that allows them to experience a small scale "epidemic", demonstrating the ease with which disease organisms are spread. Students determine the originator of the epidemic. They transfer live bacteria by hand...
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Calculating Discounts and Sales
Students discover that a discount is used by manufacturers and merchants to mean taking off a certain percentage of the price given in a price list. This price is called the list price. The list price less the discount is known as the...
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Show Me The Money
Students use "play money" as manipulatives, moving from coin identification to coin combinations totaling one dollar. They combine classroom work with Internet sites. Students use a buddy system to practice writing and solving word...
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A Journey Through Time
In this science worksheet, students research a specific time frame to discover major scientific developments and historical events. Then they identify at least 50 events and write a brief description of each. Students also create a time...
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Banana Quiz
In this ESL worksheet, students answer 10 multiple-choice questions about bananas. For example, "Bananas are an excellent source of..."
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Holidays: St. Patrick's Day
In this foreign language worksheet, students complete ten sentences by selecting the best of two choices to complete the sentences. Sentences are all about St. Patrick's Day traditions.
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Counting Sets of Coins
In this counting sets of coins worksheet, students, while working with a partner, practice counting coins within five word exercises.
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Average and Percentages - Week 2
In this average and percent worksheet, students solve percentage problems by using proportions. These story problems include sequences, percent of change and cost. This two-page worksheet contains seven problems.