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National Park Service

Fitting In

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Birds help other birds find food? Scholars are placed into one of five groups of different birds. Each group then "feeds" on letters of paper in a field and gather five pieces per person. As each group plays, more food is exposed,...
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EngageNY

Interpreting and Computing Division of a Fraction by a Fraction—More Models

For Teachers 6th Standards
Use a unit approach in developing a fraction division strategy. The teacher leads a discussion on division containing units, resulting in a connection between the units and like denominators. Pupils develop a rule in dividing fractions...
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National Park Service

A Natural Resource Called Peace

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Get your pupils outside and teach them about peace at the same time! Scholars create a list describing peace, hike outside, add to that list, and later create poems. The exercises support differentiation for your individual classes as...
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EngageNY

Reading Proficiently and Independently: The Power of Setting Goals

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Scholars reflect upon their reading strengths and challenges to create personal reading goals. Participants use goal-setting verbiage in an accordion-style graphic organizer, a first step in writing a letter that details their reading...
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NASA

Packing for a L-o-o-o-ng Trip to Mars

For Students 9th - 12th
Pack just enough to fit. Crews determine what personal items to take with them on a trip to Mars. Each team must decide what to take with them on a two-and-a-half year trip to Mars and whether their items will fit within the allotted...
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Curated OER

Real-Life Problems: Time #2

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
How well can your third and fourth graders tell time? What about in word problems? Practice both with a worksheet that features five word problems about telling tme. Pupils use all four operations to solve the problems in spaces provided...
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Curated OER

Can You Make a Muscle?

For Students 3rd - 4th
Why are muscles important? Third graders study the different kinds and functions of muscles in the human body. After drawing arrows in an illustration to indicate where a muscle contraction would occur, they do their own experiment about...
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Curated OER

Honoring Holocaust Remembrance Week

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Examining a difficult history through contextual foundations, personal stories, and Dr. Seuss.
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San Francisco Symphony

Heritage Song

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learning how to compare and contrast is a core skill. Learners compare two music selections that showcase a specific heritage. They draw and discuss how each song and the composers of each song used their personal heritage as...
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San Francisco Symphony

Dear Mr. Copland and Mr. Ellington

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After a teacher-led demonstration on the lives and music of Aaron Copland and Duke Ellington, learners write a letter to them which shows their understanding of how a person's life experiences can be reflected in a composer's music. They...
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Baylor College

Lungometer

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Life science learners construct lung-o-meters from gallon-sized milk jugs and then measure their lung capacities. For older students, have them graph the vital lung capacities of each person in the class. Cross-curricular pieces are...
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Curated OER

Course of Antibiotics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This model of the amount of anibiotics in a person's system is represented abstractly by a finite geometric series. Learners translate this real-life situation into algebraic form and then extend their knowlege by answering questions...
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NOAA

Ocean Acidification

For Teachers 9th - 12th
If tap water is more acidic than ocean water, why are we so concerned about ocean acidification? The third installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program focuses on carbon dioxide levels in...
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Federal Reserve Bank

Lesson 3: A Fresh Start

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
The members of your economics class may be busy earning graduation credits, but the credit they should be concerned about is their financial credit. The third lesson in a unit about Hurricane Katrina and other events that can result in...
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Reed Novel Studies

Fourth Grade Rats: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Things sure change in year's time. Suds, from Fourth Grade Rats, went from a third grade angel to a fourth grade rat! Although he is not necessarily happy with his new self, he worries he will lose his popularity. Learners complete...
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Curated OER

The Three Dimensions: Health, Wealth, and Wisdom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine seven lifestyle factors. In this personal health instructional activity, students will examine healthy lifestyles and create a personal health, wealth, and wisdom calendar.
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Curated OER

Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read Hawthorne's, "The Scarlet Letter" prior to doing the project. They find a contemporary person who has been shunned by society, write an essay, and give an oral presentation about the person.
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Curated OER

Safety wtih Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students analyze animal feelings. In this personal health instructional activity, students examine the body language hints and sounds that dogs use to express their emotions.
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Curated OER

Senses, Spaces And Structure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop greater ease with their bodies and their personal environments. They extend body space into its immediate architectural boundaries and draw a simple yet detailed floor plan of a physical space or structure (bedroom,...
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Curated OER

A Power Point Slide Show for Third Graders

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore PowerPoint.  In this technology lesson, 3rd graders select a topic of interest and follow a guided lesson researching their topic.  Students complete storyboards, introductions, table of contents and...
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Curated OER

Third Grade Reading

For Teachers 3rd
In this reading worksheet, 3rd graders complete multiple choice questions by reading passages and answering comprehension questions about them. Students complete 25 questions.
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Curated OER

En mi familia

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Read En mi familia and discuss families with your young Spanish learners. Who is in their family? What are the roles of each person there? Does one person generally cook? Youngsters learn the vocabulary for activities that people do in...
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Curated OER

Revising Pronouns and Antecedents

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students choose better pronouns to use in their writing. In this pronouns in writing lesson, students identify pronouns in their writing, then replace second person pronouns to improve their writing.
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Curated OER

Newton's Third Law

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars use inquiry and observation to explore Newton's third law of motion: for every action there is a reaction. For this physics lesson, students rotate through six stations set up with materials and picture directions...

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