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Nouns
In this nouns review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they identify all of the nouns in 42 sentences.
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Homonyms - Quiz 2
In this homonyms worksheet, students read the sentences and select the correct spelling of the homonyms to complete the online quiz. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Homonyms -- Quiz
In this grammar worksheet, students are assessed on their knowledge of homonyms. Students choose a homonym to complete the sentence.
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Quiz about Animals
In this animals worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions about different animals, what they eat, and where they live. Students complete 10 questions.
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Charge Challenge
Students observe the behavior of different charged objects. For this science lesson, students perform a series of static electricity experiments. They discuss their observations in class.
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Sums to 12
For this counting to 12 worksheet, students practice adding the number sentences and counting to 12. Students solve six addition word problems.
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Insect Communication and Harmful Insects
Seventh graders use children's literature in order to create an interesting context for the lesson. The concept of insect communication is investigated in order for students to form educated hypothesis guesses.
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Sums to 30
In this adding to 30 learning exercise, learners solve the addition word problems. Students practice adding to 30 in the six addition word problems.
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Arkansas and Its Official Symbols
Students examine Arkansas's official symbols. They take all of the symbols they learned and put them into a coloring book.
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Animal Habitats
Students study the word habitat and its meaning. They also identify that in order for something to be classified as a habitat there needs to be the proper shelter, food, water, and space.
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Noun Openers
In this noun activity, students read the sentences and then circle the noun that best completes each one. Students then read the second set of sentences that use the nouns as sentence openers.
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Futility: The Wreck of the Titan
In this ship disaster worksheet, students read the summary about the book Futility: The Wreck of the Titan. Students learn about the similarities between the Titan and Titanic disasters.
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Riddles are Word Puzzles
For this riddle worksheet, students solve 5 short riddles that are accompanied by pictures, writing what is described in each riddle beneath its picture.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Tales From the Hive
Website that accompanies the NOVA program "Tales from the Hive." Site includes additional facts on bees, specifically the breakdown of a bee hive, and the different dances bees do as well as what they mean.
Other
Canada Agriculture Museum: Bees: A Honey of an Idea
Learn about bees, from different types, pollination to the processes utilized to extract, package, and use honey and its by-products. Includes quick facts, recipes, craft ideas, and printable activities for students.
University of Kentucky
Uk: Starting an Observation Hive of Honey Bees
This interesting site explains how one goes about creating a honey bee hive for observation purposes.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Why Do Bees Make Hexagons?
Apparently bees are geometry masterminds. Who knew? Find out why bees make hives out of a collection of hexagons.
Read Works
Read Works: Busy Bees
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how bees can be helpful and how they can be dangerous. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Habitat Feature: Bee Houses
Find out what bees and bee hives can bring to a backyard habitat.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Alien Empire
Outstanding site that compliments an insect series on PBS. Interactive presentations include bee anatomy and honeybee hives. Includes interactive puzzles, teacher's guides, and formats for making insect masks.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Bee
Bees fly from flower to flower, sipping nectar and collecting grains of pollen. Bees have a special tongue that sucks up the nectar and a crop in their throat for storing it until they get back to the hive, where it is turned into honey...
PBS
Pbs: Anatomy of a Hive
This is an excellent PBS site that talks about the make up of the beehive and it's inhabitants. Topics such as communication, food, temperature, defense are also visited.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Honeybees Getting Lost?
As colony collapse disorder continues to attack honeybee hives, a new study shows that a common insecticide interferes with their return flights.
NC State University
Beekeeping Insect Note: Cucumber Pollination
How many bees do you need to pollinate cucumbers? How do you maintain the hives? Answers to these questions and more.