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How to Catch a Fish
Students conduct an experiment to demonstrate the effects of different fishing methods. In this commercial fishing lesson students create posters and public announcements to share their information.
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Management of Commercial Fisheries, Part 3
Students search the Internet and write a research paper on the environment. In this investigative lesson students develop a paper on fisheries and management of them.
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How Are Open Ocean Organisms Structured for Their Environment?
Students explore biology by conducting an animal dissection. In this oceanography lesson, students identify the life cycle of a squid and other animals that are involved with commercial fishing. Students dissect a squid in class and...
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Persuasive Writing
Use a quick bell-ringer to interest your class in the art of persuasion. They brainstorm where they find examples of persuasion in their lives and identify who is trying to persuade them. Then they either fish through magazines or look...
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Exploring Fish Anatomy and Commercial Fishing Gear
Students investigate commercial fishing by exploring the technical methods. In this environmental lesson, students identify the fish that are most commonly consumed by humans and trace their path from ocean to plate. Students examine...
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Fisheries Project
Students explore biology by completing a fishing worksheet. In this commercial fishery instructional activity, students identify the process of taking mass fish from the ocean and delivering them to eateries while discussing the negative...
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Fish In a Bottle
Learners work together to build their own fish ecosystems. As a class, they share their prior knowledge about catfish and use a diagram to label its body parts. They record their observations of the ecosystem and determine what they...
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To Fish or Not to Fish?
Learners demonstrate the decision-making process for marine reserves designations. In this role-playing lesson students analyze maps and data relating to a proposed reserve. They formulate the best decisions based on overall issues.
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Fish food Comercials
Fifth graders, working in pairs, create 30-second commercials for fish food products. They create slogans and incorporate props, music, costumes, or illustrations in their spots. The commercials are videotaped and parents are invited...
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Words Hurt
Students identify the various forms of bullying in a class discussion and to sort out the situations that can hurt outside and inside. They count the number of bullying incidents posted on the bulletin board to find which occur most...
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We the Jury
Learners take on the roles of jurors in a civil case to evaluate evidence and determine a verdict in this engaging online interactive experience.
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Proofreading
For this proofreading worksheet, students label verbs and subjects and edit paragraphs. Students complete this for 3 paragraphs on this worksheet.
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A Monument for Marine Conservation
Students explore the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to discover what's there and pick up clues as to how people have both harmed and helped the native habitats. They study another protected area and see how to balance conservation efforts...
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Reading Follow-up Activity
Learners color a worksheet while discussing characteristics and composition of caves.
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Steller Sea Lions
In this Steller sea lions worksheet, students read information and do activities on four pages. Students put life cycle events in chronological order.
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Rationals
For this rational numbers worksheet, 9th graders solve 14 various types of problems relating to rational numbers that include simplifying each equation and reducing to lowest terms to using the order of operations to simplify equations....
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Goals, Interactions and Outcomes
Students recognize both sides of a dilemma through use of a Human Interaction Outline. In this Goals, Interactions and Outcome lesson plan, students create a diagram to show opposing views of fishermen and oil companies. Students...
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The Great Horned Owl
In this recognizing facts about the Great Horned Owl worksheet, students read fun facts, match illustrations with adaptations, sequence life cycle cards, and read what to do if they find an injured bird. Students solve 16 answers.
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Natural Resources
Students explore Iowa geography and topographic maps. In this geography and topographic maps lesson, student investigate maps, newspapers, Iowa flora and fauna. Students gain an understanding of how different landforms can be identified...
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Lobby Groups And Their Role In The Democratic Process
Learners explain the role of the different players in the process of lobbying the government for changes in policy and or law. They select an issue of current concern and determine who their contacts would be both inside and outside of...
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Reservoir Activity
Learners research the economic importance of the major reservoirs in Illinois. In groups, they manage a budget for one of the lakes to promote tourism in the area. They also work together to create advertisements.
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Final -ed Verb Endings: Practice Exercise 3
In this verbs worksheet, students complete a 25 question multiple choice on-line interactive practice exercise about verbs ending in "-ed". Students choose the best verb for the sentence from two choices.
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WHERE IS AGRICULTURE?
The students will identify many of the things in their lives that come from agriculture.See if someone involved in production agriculture will "adopt" your class. Students can correspond with the farmer or rancher's family. This will...