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Transportation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners read about various modes of transportation for people, plants, and animals. In this transportation lesson, students read information about the transportation modes for people plants, and animals using water and land. Learners...
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September Journal Prompts

For Students 4th
For this September journal prompts worksheet, 4th graders cut out the cards, one for each day of the month, then use them as writing prompts for a daily journal.
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NFE General Knowledge Quiz

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review various aspects of World History. In this World History instructional activity, 8th graders participate in a bingo game.  Students complete a worksheet during bingo.
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Introduction to Electricity

For Teachers 1st
Students experiment with static electricity and make their own electrical circuits. Students experiment with their circuits to explore conductors and insulators. Students identify Thomas Edison as the person who invented the electric bulb.
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Colorado: Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Colorado reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and then respond to 10 true or false questions.
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What Can We Do About Trash in Our Community?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine how to deal with the amount of trash in their community. They discover alternate ways of managing waste. They develop their own solutions to the problem.
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Head, Heart, Hands, Health

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a compare and contrast activity for American agriculture historical events. In this historical events in agriculture lesson, 4th graders review a timeline and complete research for agriculture in the 20th century,...
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Weather Maps

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers interpret information on a weather map in order to construct a graph, and discuss how the weather impacts their lives.
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ESL

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students in an ESL classroom practice naming the objects in the classroom. They discover nouns and pronouns. They write in a journal in their native language what they believe to be the most important objects in the room. They practice...
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Mi Casa es Tu Casa

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners make animated houses using slab-built clay ceramic techniques. They treat the surface of the house with a technique known as majolica.
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Living in a Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading articles about living in a community. They answer questions related to the material to test for comprehension.
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Operation Mexfly

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Young scholars research information about pesticides. Students discuss the history of the Mexican fruit fly. They experiment to discover malathion concentration levels in organisms. Young scholars explore the effect of toxins at the...
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Native American Culture

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research Native American culture. In this Native Americans lesson, students read the folk tale, The Strongest One and identify the natural resources in the poem. Students participate in a discussion of how Native Americans got...
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Painting a Neighborhood

For Teachers K
Pupils explore the concept of neighborhoods and identify primary and secondary colors. For this colors and community lesson, students read the book Harold and the Purple Crayon and then discuss the concept of a neighborhood. Pupils view...
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CGC1P -- Unit 1 Lesson 2 Video Introduction

For Students 5th
In this listening worksheet, 5th graders fill-in the blanks and respond to questions. Students watch a video and fill-in the blanks and answer questions with information that they hear during the video.
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Tooling Around Arizona: Reading Arizona Maps

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study geography. In this Arizona maps lesson, students develop their map reading skills. They have class discussions and work independently with various copies of Arizona maps to practice those skills. This lesson mentions...
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Cargo Shipping

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work effectively in groups to achieve a common goal: Create the most efficient cargo shipping route. They successfully identify and locate port cities using latitude and longitude. To use the formula r=d/t (rate equals distance...
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Line Graphs

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a line graph and identify when to use line graphs. In this line graphs instructional activity, 7th graders analyze the average temperatures of various cities. Students graph the data they collected.
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Pizza Portions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore mathematics by participating in a pizza pie activity. In this nutrition instructional activity, students identify the caloric intake in a piece of pizza and estimate the average number of slices eaten by a person....
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That's Incredible Show!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students will research world records and then portray the people who broke them in a class interview show.
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Serious Doodling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine cartoons drawn by a volunteer serving in the country of Jordan. They draw a cartoon about a time felt different from others around them and share their cartoons with the class. The answer the questions: How can cartoons...
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Bound for Britain

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars discover the great immigration to the United Kingdom by examining historic photographs.  In this world history lesson, students research the migration of West Indians to England in the early 1950's.  Young...
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Articles Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this articles activity, students fill in the blanks using the appropriate articles in the sentences given. Students fill in 18 blanks in the sentences.
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American Civilization

For Teachers K
Students review map and globe skills. They gather background to the story of Christopher Columbus' voyage.