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DRY UP BABY ! ANHYDROBIOSIS (freeze drying)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this lab, students explore how organisms are able to survive the extreme environmental conditions found in the Polar regions. Students observe and draw active living rotifers and Tardigrades, design and perform experiments to collect...
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Isolate One Plot Line

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read any dramatic play. They identify the plot lines within the play and then isolate one of the plot lines. In groups, they analyze individual scenes and perform them, complete with props, costumes, etc. They discover how...
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Math: Musical Patterns

For Teachers K
Students employ their five senses to interpret and duplicate instrumental patterns. Following the teacher's patterns, students clap their hands and later use instruments such as bells, triangles, or cymbals to create their own "songs."
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Explore: Collect And Organize Data

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this exploring how to collect and organize data worksheet, students, working with a partner, problem solve the answers to seven word problems involving data.
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Study Unit 4, Revised: Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices and Fragments

For Students 6th - 7th
In this language arts worksheet, students read 20 sentences and look for errors. Students write R if the sentence is run-on, CS if there is a comma splice, F for a sentence fragment and C for a correct sentence.
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Curated OER

Simple Present Practice Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
For this simple present tense worksheet, students answer the questions using simple present tense. Students then rewrite the sentences with the correct verb form. Students complete 16 examples.
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Curated OER

Invention Grab Bag

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research inventions and their role in the history of civilization. In this inventions lesson, students choose an invention from a grab bag and research information to answer the worksheet.
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ESL Spelling #5

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL spelling worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct spelling of words. A website reference is included for additional resources.
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Balanced Meal Planner

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use an online website to select foods and put them onto a plate to see if they have made healthy and balanced meals. In this healthy meals lesson plan, students review the food pyramid before this activity.
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Estimating Distances

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of estimating distances between two places on a map. In this estimating distances lesson, 5th graders interpret maps according to measuring distance. Students choose a place on a map and find the...
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Hardy Heart: Kit Instructions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students describe human anatomy by reading a children's book. In this heart health activity, students examine illustrations of heart images and several organ related children's stories. Students discuss ways to keep a healthy heart and...
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Curated OER

ESL Vocabulary Word Search: School

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these English Language word search worksheets, students complete the six different word searches to help them learn vocabulary words about school.
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Pronoun Reference

For Students 4th - 5th
In these pronouns and antecedents worksheets, students read the sentences and the underlined portions for each example. Students fix the underlined errors in pronoun reference.
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Bison Eating

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use metric measurement to study the amount a bison eats. In this measurement lesson, 5th graders watch a video about bison and discuss the amount of food they eat. Students weigh their food trays at lunch and complete a...
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Read Works

Read Works: Fatty Foods Flunk Out of School

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how junk foods are being eliminated from many school cafeterias. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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US Department of Agriculture

Usda: Dangers of Buffets

For Students 9th - 10th
Buffets can be breeding grounds for germs causing foodborne illness. Clostridium Perfringens is commonly referred to as "cafeteria germ" due to prolonged exposure at incorrect temperatures. Read how to protect yourself.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Introducing Engineering

For Teachers K - 1st
There is something gross under the cafeteria table. Do you pick it up? Gross! How about we mimic a bird's beak to solve the problem of picking up our trash? This lesson plan models walking through the first few steps of the Engineering...
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US Food and Drug Administration

Fda: Cool Tips for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Teach your students to use the following easy ways to Read the Label at home, in the cafeteria, at the store, and at restaurants.
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Sophia: Lunch Time: Photograph

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a color photograph of three diverse high school students having lunch in a cafeteria.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Appreciate a Painting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Christine A. Elmore's curriculum unit designed "to facilitate her third-graders' enjoyment of and response to fine art." This unit can be applied to all age groups and provides an extensive background on art in general.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

For Teachers 6th - 9th
One glance and students know that the new girl at Mica High School is not your ordinary high school student. Stargirl Caraway is a free spirit. She has a pet rat named Cinnamon, plays the ukulele in the cafeteria, and refuses to wear the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Making Cookies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will reduce a cafeteria recipe to suit a household recipe. They use compatible numbers to choose smaller measurements while retaining the original proportions.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Would You Like Fries With That?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
French fries from your cafeteria to do data analysis. The students count the number of fries in a single serving of fries along with weighing the order, then measure the length and weight of a sample of individual fries. You then use the...
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Read Works

Read Works: Finger Food

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is sharing information about the implementation of finger scanning technology in a school cafeteria. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...

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