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Oklahoma State Quarter
In this state quarter activity, students study the state quarter for Oklahoma and answer questions about the state from information printed on the quarter.
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Fire Safety-Alphabetical Order
In this fire safety worksheet, students alphabetize a set of 16 words about fire safety. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Fire Prevention Week Word Jumble
In this word jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell words about fire prevention. Students spell 20 words and write them on the lines.
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Colors, Colors What Do You See?
Students study their colors by reading a book Brown, Bear, Brown Bear and take pictures of colors. In this color recognition lesson, students read the book and sing a song about colors. Students then take pictures of various colors using...
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Veteran Acrostic Poem
In this acrostic poem learning exercise, students use the letters in the word Veteran to create an acrostic poem. Students create a 7 line poem.
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Picture Prompt: Valentine Mice
In this teacher friendly creative writing worksheet, there is a space for teachers to write and print a word list for students to use with the picture prompt of Valentine mice. Students write 1 story.
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Christmas Gifts Word Jumble
In this word jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell words associated with Christmas gifts. Students spell 20 words.
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Kwanzaa Word Jumble
In this word jumble activity, students unscramble the letters to spell words associated with Kwanzaa. Students spell 20 words.
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A Good Foundation
Learners examine how regional geology affects bridge foundations. In this physical science lesson, students explore how bridge types are constructed for different purposes.
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Understanding Character
Middle schoolers are introduced to literary elements and definitions in the worksheet Understanding Character but reading through each of the elements and definitions aloud. They read the story, "La Bamba" and identify examples of the...
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Effects of Urban Growth
Learners explore population growth in the United States and the impact it has had on society. First, they brainstorm the reasons for population growth and the results of these increases. Then, they design surveys, record results, and...
Exploratorium
Moire Patterns
By overlapping combs and window screening and by looking at a printed set of consecutively larger circles, learners observe Moire patterns, which provide a visual of what happens during wave interference.
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American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins
Students research how early colonists lived. They investigate late 17th century colonist's lives from Massachusetts and Delaware. Using their research, students write historical fiction in the form of friendly letters between the two...
Shakespeare Uncovered
All the Globe’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s Theatre
“All the world’s a stage,” exclaims Jaques in As You Like It, but it is the structure of the Globe stage and how that structure influenced Shakespeare’s plays that is the focus of an on-line research project. Class members visit a series...
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Fish and Clips
Youngsters test magnetic strength by measuring the mass of paper clips that they "hook" with a magnet. Your first and second graders should love the hands-on activities associated with this plan. The reproducible materials are quite good...
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Creating a Life Map
Learners create their own life map in which they introduce themselves to each other by sharing what they are most proud of. They use a life map to expressive themselves creatively.
Shakespeare Uncovered
“Speak, I Charge You”: Macbeth On Your Feet, Not In Your Seat
“Is this a dagger which I see before me . . .” As part of a study of Macbeth, class members engage in a series of activities that get them up and moving. Individuals practice, then deliver, a line from the Scottish play. The entire class...
Wild BC
Climate Change Bingo
Here is a 20-box bingo card to use when exploring ways that humans impact the environment. Various environmentally aware activities are listed in the boxes, and learners circulate the room to find someone who practices the different...
National Wildlife Federation
I’ve Got the POWER Wind Energy Potential at Your School
The 20th lesson in a 21-part series connects the wind data and expectations of a turbine to whether such devices should be built in your area. Scholars begin with estimating the wind potential at school by using long-term climate...
National Wildlife Federation
Climate Solutions – A Call to Action!
The final lesson in the 21-part series on climate change focuses on energy solutions to the consumption problem. Using data specific to their school, pupils make recommendations, follow up on actions, and carefully track progress....
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Johan Sebastian Bach
After reading a selection on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, pupils utilize worksheets embedded in the packet in order to write a synopsis of his life's story. There is also a quiz on his life with questions such as: What instruments...
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Lazertran Silk Scarf
High schoolers create a silk scarf with digital images transfered onto it. They print out photos for transfer and stretch out the scarf on a frame. They paint the scarf and apply a resist for texture. The results are stunningly...
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Handel
After reading a selection on the life of Handel, learners utilize worksheets embedded in the packet in order to write a synopsis of his life's story. There is also a quiz on his life with questions such as: What kinds of music did Handel...
The New York Times
Literary Pilgrimages: Exploring the Role of Place in Writers’ Lives and Work
Do the places you have lived influence what you write? Class members research the lives of writers and look for how places these writers have lived might have influenced their writings.