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Word Problem Primer

For Students 9th - 12th
For this word problem worksheet, students are given directions and guidance as to how to solve word problems. They are given the variables used in word problems, the math codes, how to change letters into formulas and 5 steps to solving...
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Art -- The Secret to Freedom

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a coded message in a quilt. In this art activity students demonstrate the communication used by the Underground Railroad. Students work in a group to make a quilt with a code in it.
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Smart Move!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students visualize a communication system. They encode, decode, transmit, receive and store messages. Students use a code sheet and flashlight for this process. They will also maintain a storage sheet from which they can retrieve...
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Juggling (Day 1)

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students demonstrate the juggling code, and 2 and 3scarf/ball juggling, utilizing the scoop underhand throw, Accurate Toss Zone and criss-cross pattern. They participate in an initiative task called group juggling, attempting to pass as...
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Protein Synthesis

For Students 9th - 12th
In this protein synthesis activity, students identify the proper amino acids given the mRNA codons. They also identify the mRNA codon given the DNA code and the amino acid it codes for. Students answer questions about protein synthesis.
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Using Technology To Teach Parallel Lines With Transversals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the relationships between angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal when lines are and are not parallel. They define key vocabulary terms, then using a camera take pictures at their school of parallel lines with...
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Caesar Ciphers: An Introduction to Cryptography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students brainstorm and discuss the concept of cryptography, the science of secrets in today's world and then focus on a system for sending secret messages used by Julius Caesar. They make a Caesar wheel assessing encrypting and...
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Alchemy and Chemical Symbols

For Students 7th - 11th
In this alchemy worksheet, students read about how alchemists kept their experiment notes in secret code. Students design their own secret code for the given elements. This worksheet has 2 problems to solve.
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Fifty Dollar Word$

For Students 5th - 6th
In this proving words have an exact value of $50 activity, students use the "Secret Coded Letter Values" to encode each word and use any math operation in any order or combination. Students encode 5 answers.
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Goldentail's Rounding Railroad

For Students 5th - 6th
In this number puzzle activity, students solve 24 equations in each of two sets of multiplication and division problems. They circle each answer and round them to the nearest whole number. They use the secret code that is shown in a box...
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Pie Chart: Favorite Animal at the Zoo

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these three interpreting a pie chart and answering questions worksheets, students use the data provided to label and color code the blank and outlined pie charts, read and interpret a completed pie chart, and then answer questions...
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Taking the Mystery Out of Mesopotamia

For Teachers 1st
Students locate Mesopotamia on the map and explain the importance of its location. In this Mesopotamia lesson, students understand why the new discoveries of Mesopotamia were so important to civilization. Students participate in...
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Sing Out Loud: The Slave Spirituals Historical and Cultural Implications during Reconstruction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars identify, summarize and present facts about cultural, educational and political inequalities of Reconstruction, explain hidden codes of slave spirituals and their importance in slaves' communication, and create poetry...
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Implications of the Human Genome Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the Human Genome Project through classroom discussion and the video, Cracking the Code of Life. They research reports about the issues of disease, human health, and the ethical, legal, and societal implications of the...
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Take A Splash into the Gene Pool

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders perform a simulated experiment where they use simple genetic coding to crreate a personl.
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Coordinating Coordinates

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore coordinate pairs and coordinate grids. They use a grid on which each letter of the alphabet is assigned a coordinate pair, 3rd graders decipher a coded message. Pupils compare coordinate pairs on a coordinate grid...
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Wales: An Interdisciplinary Unit

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice basic map and geographic skills as they compare Oregon to Wales. Students color map of Wales and Oregon using color codes to distinguish between land, water, and bordering nations or states, listen to stories and...
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Rule of 3 Web

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students create a web with the writing topic in the center of the web. They extend three branches from the center of the web, write the main ideas that support and develop the topic. They draw three branches that extend from each main...
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Heroes Or Role Models?

For Teachers 12th
Students recognize that "heroes" and "role models" are not synonymous terms. By analyzing heroes of other cultures and periods, they determine that many heroic figures, mythic or historical, rather than providing a model of a societal...
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Plate Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read about a volcano and use the latitude and longitude information to plot and describe the volcano on the map. They discuss patterns seen on the map. In addition, they color code a map according to zones, plates, etc.
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Zork Genetics

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetics worksheet, students use an imaginary species and a list of genetic traits and the alleles that code for each trait to determine the genotype and phenotype probabilities of offspring. Students complete nine monohybrid...
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Spelling Connections Grade 2: Rhyming Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling instructional activity, students analyze six pictures and the words printed above them with a circled letter. Students change the circled letter in the word to make a rhyming word that fits each picture. Students then...
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Signal Corps

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the role of signal corps during the Civil War and explore the technique of 'wigwag.' In this Civil War lesson, students discuss the way they communicate long distance today, they research how a civil war soldier...
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Memorandum Regarding the Enlistment of Navajo Indians

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the Navajo dictionary used by the U.S. military in W.W. II. They role-play Navajo messengers and Marine Corp staff. They research the Battle of Iwo Jima and confirm or discount the claim that Navajos made the victory...

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