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Early Explorers
Fifth graders research European explorers. In this world history activity, 5th graders will compare eight European explorers and identify important factual information about each. Students will be engaged through game-play...
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Looking After Our Pets
Students explore animal lifestyles by illustrating images. For this pet care lesson, students discuss their own pets and the conditions animals need to survive in both nature or a home. Students draw snakes and complete an activity sheet...
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The Early American Temperance/Anti-tobacco Movement
Tenth graders consider movements to regulate alcohol and tobacco use. In this Temperance Movements lesson, 10th graders compare and contrast movements in the 1800's and the modern era as they research selected primary and secondary...
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Focused Learning Lesson: American History
Eleventh graders review the Progressive Movement and the Women's suffrage movement. They also review the changes from the end of World War I to the Great Depression.
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Enrichment Activities - "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"
Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...
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Phonics -- Alphabet Activities for Letters Aa and Ii
Students practice saying the letters "a" and "i". They examine and identify objects that begin with those letters and sponge paint the letters. They practice with all the letters in the alphabet this way.
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Activity Three -- Rutherford's Discovery (Student Page ) A Lab Experiment in Physics
This discovery student page offers students an opportunity to work as a team to discover the shape of an object they cannot see. It is an experiment which parallels particle physicists dilemma in not being able to see very small...
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Total English Upper Intermediate: After Work Activities
In this present continuous and future perfect tense worksheet, students complete 6 sentences by using the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Students also discuss 4 questions and then write 6 questions based on the provided...
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Fish Tank Optics- Learning How Light Travels
Students explore light waves, refraction, and reflection. In this light lesson, students observe how light moves by using a flashlight. Students observe refraction and reflection.
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Early Christmas Tree Decorations
Learners use a slice of bread to create a christmas decoration. They use glue and glitter to make the decoration their own. They are encouraged to give their decoration to someone they care about.
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Learning to Count: 1-6
In this counting worksheet, students count the number of birds in a picture and circle how many appear. Worksheet uses number 1-6, three pictures total.
All Things PLC
Pyramid of Interventions Considerations
There's much to consider when contemplating an intervention for students. Here's a list of considerations that should be taken into account, as well as questions that should be asked and answered during the planning stage.
Channel Islands Film
First Contact: Lesson Plan 4 - Grades 5-6
After watching Treasure in the Sea, a documentary about Channel Islands National Park and the video First Contact, about the voyage of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo to the Channel islands, groups research and then compare the...
Royal Society of Chemistry
State Symbols
When water is a solvent in a chemical equation, we consider it an aqueous solution. Scholars match the name of four states of matter to their proper symbol in a chemical equation. Four puzzles provide repetition to help pupils remember...
K20 LEARN
Going on a Paper Hunt: Nouns, Adjectives, Letter Writing and Science - Properties of Paper
A lesson plan introduces scholars to nouns and adjectives. After listening to a short story and practicing creating adjectives with a card sort, pupils go on a paper hunt to locate different types of paper, complete a chart with...
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Cut and Paste Colors
In this recognizing colors, cut and paste instructional activity, students cut out pictures of red, white and purple flowers and paste them into the correct box.
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Recognizing Colors of Fruit
In this recognizing colors worksheet, students cut out pictures of red, yellow, and green fruits and paste them into the correctly labeled box.
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Cut and Paste Flowers
In this cut and paste, recognizing colors worksheet, students cut out red, white and purple flowers and paste them the correctly labeled boxes.
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Counting Pictures
For this counting and number recognition worksheet, students answer 3 multiple choice questions where they count the number of animals in each row and circle the correct number.
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Step by Step
Students explore agriculture by creating a food production diagram. For this farming lesson, students read assigned text about the entities that assist in food production companies such as farmers, truckers and supermarkets. Students...
SurfScore
Kodable
Prepare young scholars for life in the twenty-first century with this introduction to computer coding formatted as a fun problem solving game, this resource is a great way to develop children's sequential thinking...
National Endowment for the Humanities
American Literary Humor: Mark Twain, George Harris, and Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne as a humorist? Really? The three lessons in this series focus on the the storytelling style, conventions, and literary techniques employed by Hawthorne, George Washington Harris, and Mark Twain.
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
European Explorers
To compare how the Spanish, French, and English approached the exploration of North America, class groups examine primary source documents and become experts on one of four explorers: Francisco Coronado, Robert LaSalle, Samuel de...
Smithsonian Institution
George Washington: A National Treasure
Take a closer look at the life and presidency of George Washington with this great set of lesson plans and worksheets. The resource includes a timeline of the president's life and multiple opportunities for primary source and...