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Mind Mapping
Young scholars explore the functions of the brain. They create their own "live" model comparing a phrenology chart to our modern understanding of brain function and anatomy. Students compare and contrast brain models.
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Scrapping the Biomes
Fifth graders investigate biomes of the earth. In this biomes instructional activity, 5th graders explore eight different biomes which include the tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, grasslands, and taiga. They design an artistic...
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Sports Helmets and Impact Testing of Polymers
Students examine the importance of good quality safety gear. In this investigative instructional activity, students will tests various polymers, collect data, and analyze the data to determine which polymer is best for safety helmets....
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Interesting Words
In this vocabulary and word study instructional activity, students explore interesting words as they complete a crossword puzzle. Students may also complete the challenge question at the bottom of the sheet.
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Interpreting Political Cartoons in the History Classroom
Students analyze political cartoons. In this historical perspectives lesson, students use the provided cartoon analysis worksheet to examine the political cartoons that their instructor shares with them.
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Coming to Terms: Stories of Southeast Asian Political Refugees
Eleventh graders examine the reasons why Southeast Asian refugees left their home for the United States. They conduct interviews and research their suffering and history. They examine primary source documents to better understand their...
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Observations and Inferences
Students observe how to distinguish observations form inferences. In this examining inferences lesson students list observations relating to the activity and discuss the importance of them.
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How is heat transferred through conduction?
Fifth graders observe different types of conductors. They answer orally about the conduction of heat energy with 100% accuracy. Students investigate some materials that conduct heat much better than others, and poor conductors can...
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A Creative Spin on Frog and Toad All Year
Students create drawings from their favorite book with sidewalk chalk. For this reading comprehension lesson, students read Frog and Toad All Year and investigate the character known as the Ice Cream Monster. Students visualize their...
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"If You Hopped Like a Frog" by David M. Schwartz
Students search for and generalize an algebraic pattern. They make and analyze a coordinate graph.
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Cinderella Around the World
Students listen to two versions of the Cinderella story, and compare and contrast them. They demonstrate the similarities and differences in the two stories on a Venn diagram.
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Bad Meetings
Students brainstorm a list of unacceptable things to do in a formal American business meeting. Using a list given to them by their teacher, they determine if the behaviors would be considered rude. They use their various cultures to...
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One Word Substitution
In this word matching worksheet, students match the words in column one with their definitions in column two. Students complete 10 matches.
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One Word Substitution
In this letter o words worksheet, students match the letter o words to their definitions. Students complete 10 matches for letter o words to definitions.
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From Different Angles
Students participate in Socratic seminar discussing a person's right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
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What Are Ecosystems?
Third graders recognize and examine ecosystems. They observe and describe habitats within ecosystems and observe and identify organisms with similar needs that compete for resources.
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Check Out Lights and Shields with Beads
Students explore Ultraviolet detecting beads and conduct several investigations with them. For this investigative lesson students participate in an experiment to see the harmful effects of UV light and discuss their findings.
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Vocabulary Building
In this vocabulary instructional activity, learners choose the correct vocabulary word to complete sentences and match definitions. Students have 24 words with 18 activities each.
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Rounding Numbers
Fifth graders demonstrate rounding numbers to a sensible level of accuracy and in context. They discuss rounding numbers for newspaper headlines, complete a table of grocery items that need to be rounded, and observe and demonstrate...
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Advanced Sentence Completion: 15
In this sentence completion learning exercise, students complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences with one word. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Dress in the 14th Century
In this history worksheet, students explore the clothing styles of the 14th century. Students draw a picture of a knight or a girl. They answer questions about various items of clothing.
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Exploring Film Genres for Telling Hero Stories: Animated Shorts
Learners will create short movies. The integration of technology into the curriculum is important for learners to apply in various ways. This lesson is an example of that kind of integration.
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Proofreading: Lesson 8
Teacher reads the material that is printed in boldface type inside the boxes aloud to the students. Information in regular type inside the boxes and all information outside the boxes should not be read to the students. Possible student...
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Rows of Numbers
Students generate patterns from a structured situation, find a rule for the general term, and express it in words and symbols. They also devise and use problem solving strategies in a systematic way.