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Arkansas Architectural Styles

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the various architectural styles of Arkansas. They read a handout, complete a worksheet, view images of architectural styles, and take photos and write descriptions of five style elements they observe in their...
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Technology and Oil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners demonstrate how much our society depends on petroleum products. They show how advances in technology have allowed us to find, obtain, and transport oil more efficiently.
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Grade 3 Spring Themed Word Problems: Problem 1

For Students 1st
In this math activity, 1st graders solve one story problem which involves multiplying single digit dollar amounts plus addition of money without pennies. There is a work space for students to show their calculations.
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Looking at Photographs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate photographs as historical documents and photographs as propaganda.
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Archaeology

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the role of scientists with that of archaeologists. They also describe the roles of observations and evidence in science.
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Basics of Archaeology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify what and how to complete an Archaeological excavation is conducted. They identify the transition from one layer to the next more easily if the colors of the layers are different. When creating a dig, the teacher...
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Technology and Oil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how society depends on petroleum products. They determine how technological advances have improved the ways these products are obtained, found, and transportation.
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Home, Sweet, Home!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the local history and architecture of their community. They draw maps, conduct Internet research, discuss varied architectural designs, take a walking tour of their town and work in teams to record their community's...
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Determine the Main Idea

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the main idea of a reading passage. In this identifying the main idea lesson, students read short passages, highlight or underline important information and record the main idea of the passage. They participate in a...
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The Columbian Exchange

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the significant consequences of Spanish exploration and settlement of the New World on animals, humans, and plants. They read and discuss an informational handout, define key vocabulary terms, and complete a...
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Big Snowball Fight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big Snowball Fight. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...
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Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers use basic scientific concepts to complete the series of puzzles that are intended to increase science literacy and focusing upon plate tectonics.
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Introducing the Memo

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore memos to gather important information.  In this memos instructional activity, students interpret memos and answer questions based on the information.  Students define the parts of a memo. ...
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"how To Think Like an Archaeologist" Suggested Pre-visit Activity for Historic Jamestowne

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners study grocery receipts to simulate the archaeological activity of classifying items. They discuss the receipts as if they were find lists.
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The Treaty Trail: U.S. Indian Treaty Councils in the Northwest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a timeline with the major events of the 19th and 20th century dealing with Native Americans. They examine artifacts and discuss how they reflect culture. They also identify trade routes the Native Americans used.
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Improving Your Style Pronouns

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing style worksheet, students learn to improve their style by replacing nouns and noun phrases with pronouns. Students complete three activities to help them with pronouns.
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Measurement: Caliper Actitivy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an investigation of winged organisms. Working with calipers, students measure the wing span of several butterflies from different areas. After recording their measurements, students use their data to explain...
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Benny's Pennies

For Teachers K
Students read Benny's Pennies and predict what Bennie will buy with each penny based on the illustrations. They locate rhyming words and make a chart of what Benny bought and also for what they would have bought.
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How To Think Like An Archaeologist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a field trip to historical Jamestown. Using artifacts given to them, they must identify them and discover who would have used them and for what purpose. They create a database to organize the information and share it with...
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Climate, Corals, and Change

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine oxygen isotope ratios and how they are related to water temperature. They also identify three forcing factor changes for climate change.
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Science Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students follow directions to make a crossword puzzle out of their science vocabulary. Students follow 6 sets of directions.
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Make A Crossword Puzzle - Vocabulary Challenge

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students make a crossword puzzle from their vocabulary words. Students follow 6 sets of directions to make the online puzzle.
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Christopher Columbus Who?

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students recreate a "60-minutes" interview using cue cards and historical information on the Chinese explorer Zheng He. This instructional activity is an excellent introduction to World History during the 1400's.
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Phonological Awareness and Rhyming

For Teachers K
Students listen to a story and chime whenever they hear rhyming word pairs. Students generate other rhyming words that rhyme with each pair from the story. Students draw and/or paint illustrations to go along with a rhyming song given....