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Words That Sell

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore words, definitions, their connotations and associations with brand names. Middle and high schoolers identify words used in commercials and determine their effect upon the consumer population. They explore how meanings are...
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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 15: Overview

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Observe fraction numerators and denominators to determine if they are less than or equal to 1/2. In this fractions lesson plan, learners simplify fractions and determine their relationship to 1/2.
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Exploring the Night Sky: Summer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explain how moon phases occur. They describe and explain at least two common misconceptions that people have about the moon. Students explain what a star is. They explain 3 ways that the night sky has been used throughout history.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Alternative Approaches

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze Don Asmussen's approach to cartooning and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cinderella Stories

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read and compare Cinderella stories using a worksheet. They write and illustrate original tales with a twist.
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Board Game

For Students 4th - 6th
In this estimation activity, students roll dice and land on spaces in this Zombie Board Game and round the 3 digit number to the nearest one hundred. Students complete 30 problems.
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Five Paragraph Essays

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students can learn important writing skills, such as how to complete a five paragraph essay, with these lessons.
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Teaching Child Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore safe and unsafe choices in different environments. For this safety lesson students discuss safety rules they know. The teacher reads the students different scenarios and the students decide if it is a safe behavior or an...
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Anything Goes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Should we have an anything goes attitude about indefinite pronouns?
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The Only Boy in the Ballet Class

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students discuss kindness and how to treat others. In this kindness lesson, students listen to the story The Only Boy in the Ballet Class by Denise Gruska. The teacher draws the main character and every time that he receives a put down...
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Skeletal System Song and Lesson Plans

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Teachers can use a skeletal system song to help students learn science curriculum in a way that won't be easily forgotten.
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Parent/Teacher Conferences

For Teachers K - 6th
There are ways to make a parent/teacher conference go as smoothly as possible.
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Picture the Process

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students read Chasing Vermeer and relate the book to the author .  In this writing process lesson, students view Blue's Photo Album and see how the author writes and revises her work. Students discuss the process that all good...
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Hazardous Waste Issues in the News

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students work together to research hazardous waste in the news. They discover how large the hazardous waste issue is. They complete an experiment and discuss how the issues affect their community.
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Getting Students to Understand Why Learning Mathematical Concepts is Important

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
You can give a fresh response to that perennial question "when will we ever use this, anyway."
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Dream! (Part One)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students share with the class what they want to be when they grow up. As a class, they identify what they want to be for Halloween as well. They are videotaped stating their dream and photographed with their mask. Using the masks, they...
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Fossil Fuels: Understanding a Nonrenewable Resource

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Incorporate fossil fuel issues into your curriculum with these lesson plan ideas.
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The People vs. Guy Montag

For Students 9th - 11th
In this trial activity worksheet for the novel Fahrenheit 451, students participate in a trial for Guy Montag. Students follow the seven directions to complete the trial activity.
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Think Green

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
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Breaking News English: Iran Resumes Nuclear Work

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Iran Resumes Nuclear Work," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Attributive and Predicative Adjectives

For Students 7th - 9th
For this attributive and predicative adjective worksheet, learners identify adjectives that can be used as an attributive and a predicative adjective. Students also identify the adjectives which have the same meaning when used...
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Dalai Lama Peace and Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the Dalai Lama teachings on peaceful conflict resolution. They discuss how actions and words affect others. Students sing action songs about peace. They create a stick puppet to enhance discussions about conflict...
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Should, Ought to, Had better

For Students 4th - 6th
For this advice worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the words should, ought to, or had better. Students complete 8 sentences total.
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Basic Calculus: Extrema, and Optimization: Putting it all Together

For Students Higher Ed
In this extrema and optimization worksheet, students identify all points in the domain and determine the critical points. They compute the second derivative and find the global maxima and minima. This two-page worksheet contains two...

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