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A Whirlwind Tour

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore volcanoes, hurricanes, and tornadoes through the use of the Internet.
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The Charity Model of Disability

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the ways charities such as the March of Dimes collect funds. They analyze the perceptions people have about these charities and evaluate sources of citizen's rights.
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What if the Senate were Reformed on the Triple E Model

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate what the Canadian Senate does and what reform would do to the power relationship between the Prime Minister and the Senate.
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a Journal for Corduroy: Responding To Literature

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the book, Corduroy, and discuss the characters and the sequence of events. They take turns taking Corduroy home overnight, and write their own adventure stories using the Corduroy character.
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A Cosmic Cafeteria

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students indentify and differentiate between transit and surface food systems. Students measure energy that is released by various foods. Students compare and contrast cooking with solar energy on earth and what they might have learned...
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City Upon a Hill: Urban Centers and African-American Migrants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine why fugitive slaves migrated to cities and towns rather than rural areas. In this lesson, students consider the social, economic, and political benefits provided by cities and towns in comparison to rural areas.
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The Deeds Of Paul Bunyan

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the role of real and mythical heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation. They read, Paul Bunyan Tall Tale Trail. They use Microsoft Word to document the heroic contributions of Paul...
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My Family

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL family worksheet, students will focus on basic vocabulary development of family members. Students will complete 8 matching questions, by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct terminology and...
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Watersheds and Wetlands

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students simulate a chemical spill. For this watersheds and wetlands lesson, students build a watershed and observe what happens when it rains. Students add wetlands to their watershed models and examine the effects of water pollution.
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Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Alcoholism

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine influences contributing to alcohol use and abuse. They asses the genetic and environmental factors involved in alcoholism. They create a histogram for modeling alcohol use and calculate the results into percentages of...
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Aggregate Demand and Supply

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze major events in terms of aggregate demand and supply models. The Activity provides students with a range of 'newspaper headline' events. They analyze the event using the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model.
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Fighting Infection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study immune responses and the structures that are related to immune cells functions.  In this fighting infection lesson students construct antibody complexes and model the interaction of the immune system when it is...
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ASPIRIN (Assess Simulated Presentation Involving Realistic Injury Now)

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students integrate biology and chemistry into a medical framework. They nterpret observations and data and evaluate their hypotheses in the light of the data obtained.. They make appropriate diagnosis and recommend treatment.
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Responsible Decision-Making

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders accurately identify, illustrate, and evaluate a decision based on the six steps of the decision making model.
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Ultimate Writing and Creativity Center

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a writing lesson on constructing an introductory paragraph and is also a literature extension activity to be used after reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
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Word and Picture Matching (B2)

For Students K - 1st
In this word and picture matching worksheet, learners match 10 pictures with the words that tell about them. This is intended for ESL use but could be useful with others.
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Match the Fashion

For Students 6th - 7th
In this vocabulary activity, students match the pictures of ten clothing items with their names. The activity is intended to be used with English language learners.
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Can You...?

For Students Higher Ed
For this ESL question worksheet, students will focus on positive and affirmative answers. Students will complete 10 multiple choice questions, by looking at the pictures and deciding if the correct answer to the question would be yes or no.
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ESL Asking Questions About Family Fill in the Blank Worksheet

For Students 5th - 7th
In this ESL writing questions about families worksheet, student fill in the blanks with questions that can be answered with the given statement. They complete 8 examples using the clip art pictures that accompany each one.
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Mystery Box

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore why scientists use models to help them explain things that cannot be seen.  In this predictions lesson students make a prediction based on observations and collected evidence.
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Staged Sit-in

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners watch a PowerPoint presentation that includes pictures of a sit-in and participate in a simulated sit-in.  For this sit-in lesson, students perform a sit-in skit based on The Civil Rights Movement for Kids by Mary C....
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That's the Way the Ball Bounces

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate and compare the bouncing ability of the materials from which four different balls are made. They determine which material performs the best for use as a basketball. After collecting data in a small group they...
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One Big Happy Family

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students will explore the role and structure of the family in the target culture and the relationships among family members. The skills help learners make connections to language because the information of the lesson uses personal examples.
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Government: The Mystery Epidemic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to identify some roles of government in dealing with the prevention and treatment of skin cancer. They are able to list two reasons why the occurrence of skin cancer in youths has increased.