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Curated OER

Investigation: Reasoning and Proof

For Teachers K
Students explore animal characteristics by creating illustrations. In this animal identification instructional activity, students read a list of animal descriptions which they draw using crayons or colored pencils. Students view their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Applied Science - Physics (5A) Pre Lab

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders look at different types of waves. In this wave instructional activity, 5th graders find the difference and similarities of electromagnetic and physical waves. They review the components of waves such as crest, trough,...
PPT
Curated OER

Darwinism: The Origin of the Species by Natural Selection.

For Teachers 7th - 10th
The Darwin PowerPoint covers many of the Scientists that worked on similar concepts to Darwin and that were involved with famous  theories.  students are informed about the basic thinking behind natural selection and examples...
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program: Book 1 grade 7

For Students 7th
In this seventh grade mathematics worksheet, 7th graders are provided with problems of a similar nature to those on the state proficiency examination.  The twenty-four page worksheet contains thirty multiple choice questions. ...
Worksheet
Curated OER

An Amazing Trip Through Fun Trivia

For Students 4th - 6th
Similar to an online version of Trivial Pursuit, learners answer a variety of questions about history, hobbies, celebrities, and more. This is a great way to help learners hone their Internet research skills.
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Curated OER

Poems in Sections: The Mosaic Format

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Pupils explore poetry. They examine metaphors. Students discuss and write examples of "figurative" and "literal" language. They read mosaic poetry. Pupils write a poem in mosaic format.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mirror Wells

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners study mirror wells, which are similar to 3-D kalediscopes, but the end is cut off to enable you to look at patterns through them.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Review of Personification and Alliteration

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students review personification and alliteration. In this literary devices lesson, students use personification and alliteration in a sentence. Students draw a picture reflecting personification.
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Manchester University

Alliteration

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Kids create cool clauses selecting a single starting sound. Ah, alliteration.
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Curated OER

Tell Me; I’ll Listen

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Encourage respect, responsibility, and caring within your classroom with a collection of lessons that spark dialogue and self reflection. To address character traits, lessons touch on topics such as staying safe in the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beanie Baby Biographies

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners write a biography for their favorite Beanie Babies and then share their biography out loud. A simple, yet effective idea! Everyone loves their Beanie Baby!
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Idioms in Everyday Language

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create an iPhoto book exhibiting a variety of idioms that describe feelings. They take photos using a digital camera that show students exhibiting the feelings explained by the idioms.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Similes and Metaphors in Poetry

For Teachers 5th - 12th
The use of similes and metaphors will become more clear and your young scholars will gain knowledge and comprehend the meanings of the words with these activities. They compose interesting similes and metaphors based on visual prompts...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Exploring Congruent Triangles

For Students 8th - 9th
In this congruent triangles worksheet, students solve 12 different equations related to writing a correspondence statement for triangles in the given diagrams. They complete each correspondence statement and write a congruence statement...
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Curated OER

Connecting With Coordinates

For Teachers K - 2nd
Play a coordinates game to encourage collaborative learning and grid use! Learners plot points on grids and play a game that challenges them to locate a specific point on a coordinate grid by using horizontal and vertical movements.
Worksheet
Math Wire

SnowDaySnowDaySnowDaySnowDay...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How many times can you cheer about a snow day before you get to the 100th letter? Find out with a creative word problem that challenges young mathematicians to determine what the 100th letter will be in a sequence of letters.
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Function Project

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
What if a coordinate plane becomes a slope-intercept plane? What does the graph of a linear function look like? Learners explore these questions by graphing the y-intercept of a linear equation as a function of its slope. The result is a...
Lesson Plan
Code.org

Practice PT - Encode an Experience

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Encoding What I did Last Summer. Class members develop a way to encode a personal experience using a top-down approach to determine components and sub-components of their experience They then pick one portion of the experience and go...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Factor Pairs: Flower Garden

For Students 6th Standards
Arrange the dimensions of Marissa's rectangular flower garden so that 12 flowers can be grown. How many factor pairs does the number 12 have? What dimensions are necessary for a square shaped planter?
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Vertical Translations: Translating a Square Root Function

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
How does the equation of a function reflect translations? Scholars manipulate the starting point of the parent square root function before determining the new equations that result from the translations. Class members also determine the...
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Code.org

Using Simple Commands

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Turtles might be slow, but class will zoom by when your pupils build a program in which reptiles draw a grid. Using App Lab and JavaScript, class members build a program to find the most efficient way to draw an image of a...
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EngageNY

Law of Cosines

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Build upon the Pythagorean Theorem with the Law of Cosines. The 10th part of a 16-part series introduces the Law of Cosines. Class members use the the geometric representation of the Pythagorean Theorem to develop a proof of the Law of...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

7th Grade Poetry: Metaphor Poem

For Teachers 7th Standards
The second instructional activity in a five-part poetry unit asks seventh graders to construct a metaphor poem. First, pupils examine Emily Dickinson's "The Railway Train" and identify the metaphor. They then select an object and an...
Activity
5280 Math

Step by Step

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
One step at a time! A seemingly linear relationship becomes an entirely new type of function. Young scholars build their understanding of step functions by completing a three-stage activity that incorporates multiple representations of...

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