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Museum of Science

Solar Cooker

For Teachers K - 6th
A warm, sunny day is perfect for eating great food and learning about science at the same time. Future engineers build solar cookers to prepare food using the Sun's rays. They learn how energy converts from solar energy to thermal energy.
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Mindful Self-Awareness Exercise: Accurate Self-Perception

For Parents 3rd - 5th
Encourage scholars to complement themselves. An activity challenges pupils to think of their strengths and complete a positive statement. 
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Which Kind of Sentence

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this type of sentences activity, students read each sentence and write the correct punctuation at the end of the sentence. Students review examples for declarative and interrogative sentence endings. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Parallax

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover how astronomers used the diameter of the Earth's orbit around the Sun as a baseline for estimating the distance of some stars, and the meaning of "Parsec" and "light year."
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Make a Chinese Lantern

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this holiday art worksheet, students follow instructions to make a Chinese lantern using red construction paper. They add red or yellow construction paper strips on the lantern as decorations. They may add Chinese Happy New Year...
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Punctuation Practice, 3

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts activity, students fill in the bubble under the punctuation mark that best ends each sentence. They select from period, question mark, exclamation mark and comma. The final three sentences require students to add...
Writing
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Finding Muffin

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this conclusion worksheet, students read the story about Muffin, the missing dog, and then finish it by writing their own ending.
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Portable Art Portfolio

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create an electronic art portfolio. In this visual arts lesson, students use a pen drive and save a digital image of the projects they made in art class. Students view a Powerpoint presentation at the end of the year of their...
PPT
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Hoops: Grade 4 and 5

For Teachers 4th - 5th
4th-5th graders will compete in a game similar to Jeopardy in which they answer questions from a variety of subject areas including science, language, and math. The questions are based on an extremely wide variety of topics, so would be...
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Scholastic

We Are Moving on Up

For Teachers K - 8th
Celebrate your class's achievements with this collection of reflective, rewarding activities. In a lesson plan designed to help your pupils transition to the next grade, students take part in up 13 activities that celebrate the...
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The Woman Who Slept for Thirty Years

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are given a bit of information, but must share their information with other students in order to learn enough to solve the puzzle. When students have all the clues, they construct a theory to explain the facts. The teacher adds...
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The First Years of the Union (1797-1809)

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 50 multiple choice questions about early American history. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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And You Don't Stop - 30 Years of Hip-Hop - Lesson 3

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of dance within the Hip Hop genre and the dance moves which grew out of the Hip Hop style. They perform an original dance routine or demonstrate their instrument for the class.
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Shakespeare: Advice From 400 Years Ago

For Teachers All
Students will: Analyze an extract of a document from 1616 concerning male adolescent behavior. Decide if the advice offered is sensible. Determine if the content of that document is relevant to contemporary adolescent males. Compare the...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Ending the Free Ride

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the changing newspaper industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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The Week That Was

For Teachers K - 12th
Students complete a weekly writing assignment that documents their writing progress throughout the year. Each week, students write a paragraph in response to a prompt or a synopsis of the week's events.
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Compound Interest

For Teachers 10th - 11th
In this consumer math worksheet, students read an example of how to use the interest formula to compute interest that is compounded daily over six years. They complete a chart where they compute the interest earned over 10 years when the...
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Chinese New Year's Firecrackers Lesson

For Teachers All
Students make 'firecrackers' out of rolled cardboard tubes to simulate Chinese New Year's firecrackers.
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Year 2004 Quiz

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to use computers and answer questions about the years 2000-2004. They click on the globe at the end for the answers. Students can use this opportunity to delve into the topics in more detail and give more speaking...
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Judaism - Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year Timeline

For Students 7th - 9th
For this informative worksheet, students discover the regimen and schedule for the ten days of Rosh Hashanah and the Holy Days. Students are informed on the procedures of this religious event.
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Starting the School Year off with a Bang!

For Teachers Higher Ed
Student teachers learn the significance of asking questions of their principal and preparing/organizing their classrooms for a successful beginning of their school year.
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Ending At Owl Creek

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils engage in a reading of "An Occurrence At Owl Creek" in order to work on the reading comprehension skills of prediction with looking at the ending. They predict the next events leading to the ending and summarize how it could...
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Staying Healthy Year Round

For Teachers K
Students are read a variety of books and observe the weather in the different seasons. In groups, they compare and contrast the type of activities people are doing. They also discuss how they adapt to the changes in seasons by the...
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Breaking News English: Prince William Quiet on Royal Romance End

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read "Prince William Quiet on Royal Romance End," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

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