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Subordinate (Dependent) Clause (Adjective) Practice
In this adjective clauses worksheet, students analyze ten sentences and write the subordinate clause in each. Students tell what noun or pronoun it modifies.
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Fire Starters
Students participate in an activity to create a fire starter. For this creating fire lesson students use products to create a fun fire-starter.
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Breaking News English: Record Bank Robbery in Brazil
In this English worksheet, students read " Record Bank Robbery in Brazil," 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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Striking it Rich with Chemistry
Learners identify the composition of different pennies. In this chemistry lesson plan, students use a post 1982 penny to observe chemical change. They explain how to turn a penny from copper to gold.
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How Do Airplanes Get Off the Ground
Students construct various types of paper airplanes, exploring action and reaction forces by conducting a paper airplane rodeo. Students then discuss how Newton's Third Law of Motion affected their planes.
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A Question of Honor - The Selective Service
Eleventh graders define conscription, jingoes and jingoism. They relate the chronological order of documents to the events of the specified time period, then describe the preparedness program as presented by President Wilson.
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How Dense Are You?
Students examine how density is a value that describes what type of a material an object is made of regardless of its shape or size.
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Welcome to Our Classroom!
Students observe a piece of artwork by Rafael Ferrer that surrounds an archway. They discuss the sculpture and design an archway for the classroom door.
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The IMF In Action: How Can the IMF Help In Time of Crisis?
Students attempt to solve a countries economic problems. They investigate inflation, devaluing currency and foreign exchange.
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Fast Forward
Students view a television program exploring social and economic changes at the close of the twentieth century. They discuss changes from differing perspectives including poor and rich citizens from various countries. Students write an...
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Carmen Lomas Garza
Learners are introduced to the life and works of Carmen Lomas Garza. In groups, they research the causes and effects of the Chicano movement and view examples of her self-portraits. They identify other artists who were well known for...
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Indiana Travel Guide
Fourth graders create a travel guide about the state of Indiana with 100% accuracy. They label the capital within the travel guide with 100% accuracy. Students label one major river in the right location with 100% accuracy. They circle...
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Primary Sources by and about Mexicans and Californios
Students access many pages of unique and interesting people of Mexican/Californios decent/heritage. After reading an insert on one, they can future research that person on the Internet. Students share their findings on a power point...
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FRAM: The Most Famous Ship in the World
Seventh graders role play the roles of naval engineer apprentices. In groups, they work together to design a ship which cannot be damaged by freezing ice. They use the internet to research the weather and ocean conditions of the water...
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Architectural Acoustics
In this acoustics activity, students use a chart of the speed of sound through different materials to determine which materials should be used to build certain building types. Students complete 2 short answer questions.
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CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM
Pupils study the Conservation of Momentum. In this momentum activity students use the Conservation of Momentum to determine the velocity of a tennis ball as it comes out of a cannon.
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World's Most Powerful Explosions
For this explosions worksheet, students review some of the most powerful explosions that have taken place around the world throughout history. This worksheet has 17 short answer questions.
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Average Vehicle Occupancy In Your Community
Students determine the average vehicle occupancy in their community. In this transportation lesson students develop and analyze a survey to determine attitudes towards air pollution and transportation.
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The European Union
Ninth graders construct a timeline depicting the development of the European Union and label and color countries on a map belonging to it. They write essays about how the Union affects the United States.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Elements of Steel
This resource from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Web site, which contains both an interactive activity and illustrated text, looks at the composition of different types of steel and their impact on technology.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 385: African Steel Making
Learn about the Hayas of Africa who made steel thousands of years before modern times. This article is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Making Stuff: Stronger
The first in a four-part PBS series, hour-long video defines "strength" of materials, with examples ranging from steel cables to mollusk shells. Insight from research and experts offers a look into the process of "re-engineering"...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Iron, Steel, and Invar
Read about the history of iron use and the many applications of steel in modern life. Learn about how iron is extracted from ore, how steel is made, and the invention of invar, an iron-nickel alloy, by physicist Charles Edouard Guillaume.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Making Steel
Examine the historical and economic impact of the Pennsylvania's steel industry. Included in this historical account are video, maps, and pictorial artifacts of this era.