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Curated OER

Birds' Eggs

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
More than just data, scatter plots are full of information that can be used to answer a variety of questions. This lesson uses a plot with information about bird egg sizes to answer questions about the relationship between length and...
Organizer
Curated OER

Sun-Shadow Mandala Worksheet

For Students 5th - 9th
In this Sun-Shadow Mandala Worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer and create an original mandala. Students are given 8 categories with related questions as a guide.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Facts That Add to 5

For Students K - 1st
In this addition worksheet, students write addition sentences that equal 5. Students use the 5 spaces surrounding the number four in the center of the graphic organizer and create equations with 5 as the sum.
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It’s Greek to Me: Greek Mythology

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Here you'll find a great collection of worksheets to supplement your instruction of Greek mythology, including informational texts on the Olympian gods and goddesses, a matching quiz, graphic organizers, and myth-writing activities.
Organizer
Curated OER

Reading Study Guide: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Students 8th - 11th
Meant for use with Maya Angelou's first autobiographical volume I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the materials here are designed for a homeschool setting, but they'd suit any classroom or text. Graphic organizers, chapter summary...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stem Cell Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Like a fresh canvas, stem cells can turn into almost anything. In a comprehensive lesson plan, high school biologists use clay to build a 3-D model of cell division and the processes that occur during the first 14 days of development....
Organizer
Curated OER

Country facts

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this science facts worksheet, students pick a country and research science facts to put into this graphic organizer. Students complete 10 facts.
Organizer
Curated OER

Weather Conditions

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this weather conditions worksheet, students use a month of recorded weather conditions to create a graph comparing the number of days it was cloudy, raining, or clear. This worksheet has a graphic organizer and a graph.
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Floods Happen

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Did you know that flooding is the most common natural disaster in the United States? Prepare your learners with the facts about floods and offer them the proper knowledge and tools for dealing with this type of emergency.
Lesson Plan
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Miss Nelson is Missing! Love Two Teach

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In these reading and math skills worksheets, students complete a series of activities for the story Miss Nelson is Missing! Students create a missing poster, a Venn Diagram, a story map, activities for multiplication, addition,...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Integers: Addition and Subtraction

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young mathematicians construct their own understanding of integers with an inquiry-based math lesson. Using colored chips to represent positive and negative numbers, children model a series of addition and subtraction problems as...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Analyzing and Interpreting Statistics

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Use measures of variance to compare and analyze data sets. Pupils match histograms of data sets to their respective statistical measures. They then use calculated statistics to further analyze groups of data and use the results to make...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Environmental Issues Vocabulary and Speaking Exercise

For Students 6th - 8th
Eight color graphics fill the top half of this page. Each of them is meant to represent a different environmental topic: poaching, deforestation, pollution, etc. Youngsters associate vocabulary terms with each graphic and then answer...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Rational Speed Matching

For Teachers 6th
Ready, set, go! Individuals practice converting rational numbers between fractions, decimals, and percents. A speed game has teams match the three forms of rational numbers on a number line.
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Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Take young geologists on an exploration of the collection of rocks and minerals that we call Earth with an upper-elementary science lesson. Through a series of class discussion and hands-on investigations, students learn about the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Theorems and Formulas for Circles

For Teachers 10th
In this theorems and formulas for circles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 13 different types of problems. First, they create a graphic organizer for all the given formulas for circles. Then, students use the labeled pictures...
Organizer
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History and Government of the United States

For Students 7th - 9th
In this U.S. instructional activity, students take notes in a graphic organizer as they read several passages, then answer four comprehension questions.
Worksheet
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Math Spinner Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math game activity, learners complete a tally chart by filling in the "total" column of a graphic organizer. Students then create a spinner that might have been used to get the results shown and then explain how they know the...
Activity
Scholastic

Mindful Listening

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Teach your middle schoolers to use their ears to their highest potential! Pupils practice active listening skills and reflect on how careful listening might prove to be important in and out of the classroom.
Assessment
California Education Partners

Eleven

For Students 7th Standards
It is difficult to articulate how growing up feels as accurately and beautifully as Sandra Cisneros does in her short story "Eleven." After seventh graders read the story and note the author's use of figurative language, they respond to...
Assessment
California Education Partners

Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 7th Standards
Living in someone's shadow would be difficult for anyone, including one of the most talented artists of the modern age. Middle schoolers read an excerpt from Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan...
Lesson Plan
iCivics

Why Government?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why do people create governments? Where did we get our ideas about government? This is a fantastic introductory lesson plan for your American government class that begins by reviewing the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke in...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing Division Expressions II

For Teachers 6th Standards
Division is division is division is division ... four different ways to write division. Scholars continue to learn about division expressions. They translate between several forms, including verbal phrases, expressions using the division...
Organizer
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South Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Have your class learn about South Africa and prepare for a discussion using this resource. Learners read a 3-page article about the nation and then note details about apartheid, Afrikaners, Nelson Mandela, and more on the provided...