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Sort the Compost Bin

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars discover what compost is. In this composting lesson, students view a sample of a compost bin and define what the purpose of compost is. Young scholars discuss what the compost bin consists of and sort the compost bin into...
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PPT
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Chemical Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Wow! This comprehensive collection of slides will walk your chemistry class through the foundation of chemical reactions, teach them to balance equations, differentiate types of reactions, and calculate stoichiometry problems. This will...
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For the Teachers

Story Strips Sequencing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
What happens next? Work on story sequence with a lesson plan that prompts kids to put a story back in order. Additionally, they discuss what would happen if one event was missing from the sequence.
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Number Rods

For Teachers K Standards
Working in a math center or an "I finished early" work station, young mathematicians will match in sequence pre-set-up rods of unifix cubes to numbers on a number line. To help differentiate tens from ones, use different colors to...
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Worksheet
Zaner-Bloser

Keys to Legibility

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Few things frustrate teachers as much as illegible handwriting. Help nip this problem in the bud with this primary grade penmanship worksheet that focuses children on the shape and size of their printing.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Text Analysis, Fact or Opinion Football

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Touchdown! Try out this game to help your learners differentiate between fact and opinion. In pairs, pupils switch off reading cards to one another. Learners determine if the sentences on the cards are facts or opinions and continue...
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Lesson Plan
Voyage Solar System

Round and Round We Go — Exploring Orbits in the Solar System

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Math and science come together in this cross-curricular astronomy lesson plan on planetary motion. Starting off with a hands-on activity that engages the class in exploring the geometry of circles and ellipses, this lesson plan then...
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Back to Basics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your class will enjoy this Health Science lesson created by CTE and math teachers from Missouri. Learners make conversions between the apothecary system and metric and US standard measurements used in the healthcare field. The CTE...
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Teach-nology

Language Arts Activity - Cloze

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Using context clues is an important skill when mastering reading comprehension. A cloze activity prompts learners to read each sentence in a short passage and fill in the blanks, based on what the rest of the sentence says.
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EngageNY

Rotations, Reflections, and Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lead your high school class on a journey through the world of symmetry and reflections as you discuss geometric principles. Pupils differentiate between reflections and rotations, explore rotational symmetry, and investigate how to...
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National WWII Museum

A New War Weapon to Save Lives

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young historians view and analyze photos and documents from WWII that are related to blood transfusions and blood plasma. A demonstration of correct and incorrect blood donors visually shows the importance of knowing blood type. After...
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Slope

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
What does slope have to do with lines? Pupils work with lines and determine the slope of the lines informally and with the slope formula. Groups use their knowledge to calculate the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. They also...
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EngageNY

End of Unit 3 Assessment: Draft Opinion Speech: How Should Aid Be Prioritized Following a Natural Disaster in a Neighboring Country?

For Teachers 5th Standards
Put it to the test. With the cumulative resource, pupils complete the End of Unit 3 Assessment. Using everything they've learned in the unit, they write a draft of an opinion speech about how to prioritize aid after a natural disaster. 
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Curated OER

Slope Fields

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners sketch a slope field for a given differential equation, given a slope field. They also match a slope field to a differential equation and match a slope field to a solution of a differential equation. Finally, students use a...
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Curated OER

Genome Interactions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this genome activity, students define a genome and "universal code." Students review what happens during cell differentiation. This activity has 4 short answer and 6 matching questions.
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Differentiating with Daily Math Puzzlers

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice word problems based on their own needs and skill levels. In this math word problems lesson plan, students practice completing one word problem each day until they can move on to the next level.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Comparisons: Well-Known Sayings

For Students 3rd - 5th
How familiar is your class with basic idioms? Eight idioms and their explanations are listed here, and learners must match each explanation with the correct idiom. Looking for a way to extend this activity? Have your learners choose one...
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Compound Inequalities and Graphing

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Put geometry skills to the test! Learners solve compound inequalities and then graph the inequalities on a coordinate plane using their geometric skills. They identify the slope and y-intercept in order to graph correctly. I like this...
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Education Center

Terrific Teamwork!

For Students K - 2nd Standards
After reading Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann, have your first graders differentiate between Gloria's actions and Officer Buckle's actions. Using a Venn diagram organizer, kids cut out various events from the story and paste...
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Multiplying Exponents vs. Powers of Powers

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Use the power of a power property to solve exponential functions. The instructional activity refers to  differentiating between multiplying or adding exponents to find the value, and how to find the product of a power of a power.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

MyVocabulary.com: Word Roots CERN, JUR, and LEG Advanced Crossword Puzzle

For Students 9th - 12th
A fun and challenging way of using word roots to increase learners' vocabulary, this crossword puzzle provides 12 clues to vocabulary words containing the word roots cern, jur, and leg. In order to complete the puzzle, they must supply...
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Parts of Speech: Building Good Sentences

For Teachers 3rd
Using technology, 3rd graders will complete a reinforcement project to differentiate between nouns (common and proper), verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. Using the teacher-made template, they will create PowerPoint slides on the...
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Working for the Man: Internships

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Young scholars define internship and list five reasons why an internship is a good SAE choice. They differentiate between a training agreement and a training plan and list seven guidelines to follow when in an internship program....
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Please No Posers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How do you reference information correctly? Avoid plagiarism by accurately summarizing a New York Times article with your middle or high schoolers. Young researchers then insert properly attributed quotations and paraphrases into their...