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WebQuest: Thrills and Spills- Pick Your Park!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a WebQuest in which they must determine which amusement park is the "median priced" park. Students visit park websites to accumulate prices for parking, activities, restaurants, and gift shops.
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Colons, Dashes, Hyphens, and Parentheses

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
When should you use a colon, dash, or hyphen? Middle schoolers insert different types of punctuation marks into given sentences. Rules for usage are included in each example.
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Peter and the Starcatchers: Concept Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are you preparing to teach Peter and the Starcatchers? If so, you'll want to take a look at this analysis of the text, which describes plot and literary elements in-depth and explores potential implications related to diversity and...
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Investigating Velocity Effects at Takeoff

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars use, with increasing confidence, problem-solving approaches to investigate and explain mathematical content. They make and test conjectures. They use tables and graphs as tools to interpret expressions, equations, and...
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Subtracting With the Hundreds Place And Regrouping

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners solve math problems involving subtracting with regrouping. They practice the steps for subtracting in the hundreds place with regrouping, through teacher guided practice. Independently, pupils complete story problems involving...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with O

For Students 10th - 11th
For this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the difficult words that begin with "o."
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Engel v. Vitale

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
"Is school-sponsored prayer in public schools unconstitutional?" That is the question teams debate as they consider the arguments presented to the Supreme Court in Engel v. Vitale. The attorneys study the provided talking points and...
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Hurricane Predictions

For Students 6th - 9th
For this hurricane worksheet, learners analyze and interpret a hurricane graph. They complete 5 short answer questions that follow.
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Order of Operations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the order of operations.  In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders explore the rules of arithmetic and algebra as they review and practice simplifying increasingly complex numeric expressions using the order...
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Exploring the Night Sky: Summer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explain how moon phases occur. They describe and explain at least two common misconceptions that people have about the moon. Students explain what a star is. They explain 3 ways that the night sky has been used throughout history.
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Determining the Density of a Drop of Water-A Graphing Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine the density of 1 drop of water. For this determining density lesson plan, students determine the mass and volume of a drop of water in the lab using appropriate lab techniques and calculate the density of a drop of water.
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Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the concept of waste management. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students study the nuances of the terms reduce, reuse, and recycle. Students investigate ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle many everyday items...
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The Union In Peril: Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

For Students 8th - 12th
In this research skills worksheet, students research the noted website to discover details about Lincoln's Inaugural Address and then respond to the provided analysis questions.
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Mine Shaft Grade 8 Slope

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate slopes using real life scenario. In this algebra lesson, 8th graders model and interpret real life data. They plot their data in a coordinate plane and discuss the results with the class.
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Under Pressure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the implications of blood pressure. They use film canisters and balloons to build models that help them explain how blood pressure works.
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Quarter Rest Lesson

For Teachers 1st
First graders indicate the silent beats (rests) with an outward motion of the arms. They indicate a measure clapped out with a quarter rest, and a measure clapped out without a quarter rest.
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Body Sequencing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen to a story told by their teacher. They have cards of all of the events in the story. They must "jump" into the correct order of events.
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Elements and Principles Using a Movie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the elements and principles that appear in an illustration of a room and explain each concept in writing. They watch this movie identifying each of the elements and principles of design portrayed in the interiors of...
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Planet Earth

For Students 5th - 8th
For this Earth worksheet, students review 13 terms associated with the Earth's rotation, revolution, and orbit. Students find the terms in a word search and then fill in the term next to its definition.
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Early Industrialization

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze primary source documents emphasizing young people in factory labor (mill workers during 1840-1860). They study hours of labor, ages of laborers, reasons for working, and working conditions. They write a poem or song.
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Weather Watchers - Interdisciplinary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate weather and climate through a variety of interdisciplinary activities.
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Marine Mammal Diving Reflex

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders discuss marine mammal diving reflex, and measure pulse rate while holding their breath under three conditions: control, warm water, and ice water to determine if humans exhibit marine mammal diving reflex.
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How can my breakfast help the birds?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders design farms with a bird's habitat in mind. In this farm lesson plan, 6th graders research how sun grown coffee destroys a bird habitat, and then they make their own farm with a bird's habitat being preserved. They then...
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Tibetan Monk Sand Paintings

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students complete an art project. For this sand paintings lesson, students learn about the history of mandalas and then create a sand painting of their own. Extensions include writing a story or poem about their sand painting, study of...