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Colors: Primary and Secondary

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore primary and secondary colors. In this instructional activity on light and color, students complete four different activities which include mixing colors, creating secondary colors from primary colors and observing...
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Ellipses And Kepler's First Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain that planets actually orbit the center of gravity of the solar system, and that distant planets may be detected by motions of their central star around the centers of gravity of their planetary systems.
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Earth and Seasons

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders comprehend that the path Earth takes as it revolves around the sun is called its orbit. They also comprehend that the axis is an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South Poles. Students...
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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these prepositional phrases worksheets, students review the definitions and examples for prepositional phrases, prepositions, and object of prepositions. Students then complete three pages of activities for prepositions.
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Modeling Martian Motion

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the difference between stars and planets and take on the role of these objects to simulate the relative motions of Mars and the Earth around the Sun.
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Shapes Worksheet 2

For Students K - 1st
In this identifying shapes instructional activity, students trace the star, circle, square, triangle, oval and hexagon shapes and words and then color them. Students complete six activities.
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Shapes Worksheet 1

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this recognizing shapes worksheet, students trace and color a star, circle, square, triangle, oval, and hexagon. Students trace and color six figures.
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Mars Motion in 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science instructional activity, students read about the summer of 1971 when the Earth passed closer to Mars than it had since 1924. Students also learn about the retrograde motion of Mars as seen from Earth.
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The Maze

For Students Pre-K
There's only one way out of this maze, and youngsters will need to use their shape recognition skills to do it! They follow a three-shape pattern all the way from start to finish to keep on track. Encourage them to say the shapes as they...
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Scattered Square Dance

For Teachers K - 5th
Take a good, square look at this introductory square dancing lesson. Each square dance move has what is termed a "call." Teach some beginning calls to your young dancers. They can be scattered around so that their focus is on learning...
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Starfish Reading Comprehension

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this starfish reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short information text about starfish. Students answer 4 fill in the blank questions and color a large starfish picture.
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Starfish Crossword

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this starfish crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 10 clues and the terms in the word bank to help them correctly complete the word puzzle.
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Yellow

For Students K
The color yellow is the star of this simple lanuage learning exercise. Learners trace the word yellow, count and sort assorted yellow objects, and color stars with the letter Y.   
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Which Geometric Shape is Different?

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
What is the difference between a star and a triangle? Its attributes of course. Discuss the basic shapes with your class, then have them practice identifying shapes by circling the one in each row that is different. 
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Some "ar" Words

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students say and study 15 words containing the sound "ar." Students put them in alphabetical order, then draw pictures for them.
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School-Home Links: Uppercase Letters

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Young writers use a pencil to identify the first letter of each sentence in a brief paragraph, and locate sentences in books at home. This fine worksheet should provide effective practice for letter identification. It could be used in a...
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Are You a Super Sign Speler or Speller?

For Teachers K - 6th
Why is spelling important? Develop your class' spelling skills. They examine examples of homonyms, heteronyms, and creative spelling. They also photograph misspellings in the real world in order to discover the importance of spelling...
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Counting Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
In whole group practice, children count together and identify how many objects are drawn on butcher paper, increasing the number when they have achieved fluency. In pairs, they count manipulatives. They then copy series of numbers from...
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Learning Phonics Worksheet - Things That Rhyme

For Students K
In this rhyming learning exercise, students look at and say the name of the first object in each row. They then find the thing in the row that rhymes and circle it. There are 3 questions on this page.
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Dark Matter In The Universe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of dark matter and how it occurs in the universe. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students use the information by reading at least two articles about dark matter. They also generate...
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A Place for Each Number

For Students 3rd
For this number sense worksheet, 3rd graders look and analyze 4 different shapes joined together with a box of specific numbers next to them. Students read 11 clues and place each number in the right shape.
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Make Your Own Compass

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore magnetism.  In this "magnets" science lesson, students make a compass with common household items and explain the relationship between what a compass does and the earth's magnetic fields.
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Respecting Diversity- The Road to Tolerance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use a graphic organizer to find similarities and differences in three religions. For this prejudice lesson, students understand the events leading up to the holocaust. Young scholars understand that people who respected...
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How To Read A Map

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this map skills worksheet, students view a map and answer five short answer questions by using the map key as a...