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Of Mice And Men: Chapter 1 Reading And Study Guide
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 4 vocabulary words, define 5 literary terms, and respond to 20 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 1 of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men in order to help them better understand...
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Social Studies Test-Grade 5
In this grade 5 social studies test, 5th graders complete a 27 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5 concepts.
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Reading and Study Guide: Of Mice and Men Chapter One
In this reading study guide, students define vocabulary and literary terms from the novel Of Mice and Men.Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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The Sexton and the Compass
Students evaluate how movement patterns create and affect interdependence. They analyze the interactions within and between regions and engage in artistic inquiry, exploration, and discovery in collaboration with others. They design...
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World Day Against Child Labour
In this world day against child labour learning exercise, students read or listen to the passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion...
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Preposition Man
Students practice using prepositions by writing on the tracing of a human. In this parts of speech lesson, students create a giant poster using the tracing of a classmate's body and fill in the outline using prepositions in places...
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Natural Resources and the Economy
Third graders identify factors that determine economic development. They investigate occupations related to the natural resources and community development of SE Utah and the Four-Corners-Region. They review the listed natural...
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Kentucky Coal and Our Environment
Students identify person who was or is directly or indirectly involved in the coal industry. They contact person to see if you may conduct an interview and develop a list of questions to ask the interviewee. Conduct the interview at the...
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Getting to Work and Making Money
Students explain how geography and climate play a role in the professions that are unique to their city. They explain how geography and climate influence the forms of transportation in their city.
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Flow Rates of Faucets and Rivers
Students work together to discover the flow rates of faucets and rivers. They relate their results to engineering and applied science concepts. They make predictions on the flow rate of a nearby river in their local community.
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Work and Play: Today and Yesterday
First graders investigate the concept of play and work. They use primary and secondary resources in order to find the information of comparing the concepts in the context of the past to present day. Students brainstorm to find the...
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Glidden's Patent Application for Barbed Wire
Learners discuss the invention of barbed wire and how it affected various groups of peoples in the U.S. after its invention.
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Soil, Forest, and Land Exploitation
Students debate over the cutting of rainforests in order to put people to work. They then brainstorm ways it may be possible to provide jobs for people and to preserve the rainforest.
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Free Speech or Hate Speech?
High schoolers see the difference between protected and prohibited speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment. They explain why free speech is essential to a democracy and consider how best to deal with speech they find offensive.
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"It's All About Grandma Chic": Reading Informational Text
This New York Times "Learning Network" exercise on reading informational text poses 6 questions about a high-interest article on teen fashion. The article meant to be review with is resource, "More than meets the iPhone Lens", is rather...
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Coal and The Kentucky Economy
High schoolers read about and study what an economy is. Students then answer questions that require them to define what an economy is and list the components of a healthy economy. High schoolers also list two ways that coal helps the...
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Bauxite: More Than A Small Town
Learners identify the mineral bauxite and its impact on the community and the world. They use the Internet to research the mineral and its uses. They draw a picture depicting the uses of bauxite.
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The Frontiers Decade: CyberDecade
Learners explore robotics. They design and draw a robot that will search for deposits of underground minerals.
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Caterpillar: Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future [Pdf]
This set of lesson plans was developed to accompany Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future, a documentary film created by Caterpillar and Science North. They introduce students to the various phases involved in mining,...
Careers New Zealand
Kiwi Careers: Miner
Complete description of a career as a miner, including duties, physical and educational requirements, job outlook and wages. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, most of it is uniform to the career.
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Environmental Science: Environmental Science Careers
Explore this list of close to fifty science careers with a connection and focus on environmental science. Also compare average salaries of each.
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Phmc: Keith C. Wolensky: Child Labor in Pennsylvania
A detailed leaflet descibing the history of child labor in Pennsylvania. Across the state it was never uncommon to find children working difficult and dangerous jobs in factories restaurants, on railways, in mines, as well as on farms....
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Kiwi Careers: Forester
This resource provides information about the career of forester.
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Kiwi Careers: Quarry Worker
Complete description of the occupation of quarry worker including working conditions, preparation, skills and knowledge, wages and outlook (in New Zealand.) Profile of a working quarry equipment operator is featured.