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The Shark Callers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a layered curriculum do some of the following: Analysis of Andy and Kaleku's lives. Include their lives, family, culture, traditions, and the parallelism in each other's lives.
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Lesson 1: Map Data and the Census

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students learn about the history of the census. For this U. S. Census lesson plan, students develop an understanding about how the United States Constitution grants and distributes power and discover how the spatial organization of...
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Divide 1 9

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this finding the quotients worksheet, students divide one-digit numbers and ten by one digit numbers. Students solve 40 problems.
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Divide By One-Digit Numbers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this finding the quotients learning exercise, students divide one-digit and two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers with no remainders. Students solve 40 problems.
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Divide Two-Digits by One-Digit 1

For Students 3rd
In this finding the quotients worksheet, 3rd graders divide two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers with no remainders. Students solve 40 problems.
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Divide Evenly

For Students 3rd
In this finding the quotients worksheet, 3rd graders divide two-digits by one-digit divisors with no remainders. Students solve 40 problems.
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Web of Life - Alaska

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research Alaska, then construct their own food web after researching a habitat of their choice.
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Guess the Author-Using Pseudonyms

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study about descriptive writing. They write a descriptive paragraph about themselves without revealing their physical description and sign their writing with a pseudonym.
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Adventures With Maps And Globes

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the differences between a map and a globe. They discuss and identify the symbols on maps and globes, then in small groups complete a worksheet. Students then complete a Venn Diagram comparing maps and globes.
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Non-verbal Cues

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Learners distinguish between verbal and nonverbal communication. In this communication series lesson, students identify the emotions portrayed by photos shown. They role play examples of good and bad listening skills.
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Wacky Water Critters

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students visit a local creek or stream. They collect water samples from the creek and observe and sort the "water critters" they find in the sample, observing smaller organisms under a microscope if necessary. They identify each organism...
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Follow the Pattern

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students survey patterns and relationships and then predict outcomes in real-world situations.
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Sleep Central

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore healthy and unhealthy sleeping habits. They make a class graph of the total number of hours students, as a class, sleep for the week.
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What's the Big Idea?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose a paragraph from a book of their choice, identify the main idea, and draw an illustration of the main idea. They write original paragraphs, illustrate them, and trade with a partner, identifying the main idea of the...
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A is for . . .

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss the difference between making inferences and observations. They practice making observations and inferences regarding an apple.
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Mixed Media Painting

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create mixed media still life paintings in this "Happy Accident" art lesson introducing the concepts of using pen and ink, watercolors, and pastels. The lesson can be adapted for various grade levels and abilities ranging from...
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Health: Fire Safety

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explore the concept of fire safety. In this personal health lesson, students learn and practice the school procedures for fire drills. Young scholars learn a fire safety procedure song and learn home fire safety tips as well.
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Who's Got Your Power

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine and map local sources of energy. They conduct Internet research on their local utility company, identify where their utility company obtains energy, graph the data, and label a map of power plant locations in their state.
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Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student identify the characteristics of plants. Through hands-on demonstration, they create a model of plant parts. Students differentiate between the major divisions of the plant kingdom with a particular emphasis on the vascular and...
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English Upper-Intermediate Grammar Review # 1

For Teachers All
Students review the most important upper-intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using worksheets.
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Fire Safety

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students review fire safety procedures. In this fire safety lesson plan, students discuss fire safety as a class and design a evacuation route for their home. There is an optional fire safety song activity.
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The ABCs of Healthy Foods

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after reviewing the food pyramid, look for fat, sugar, and salt in food.
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Legal/Illegal Drugs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students distinguish between legal and illegal drugs, and identify the harmful effects of drug dependence.
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Weather and Oceans: Uneven Heating of the Earth

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate what causes the heat on Earth.  In this Earth heating lesson, students experiment with different heat sources and determine where the Earth gathers the most heat.  Students explore vocabulary words...