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Town Meeting - Direct Representation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students answer the question, "Should the town of Twin Cheeks ban motorized rentals on Thome Lake?" They explore the political, personal, and economic issues involved in making this decision as they assume different roles in this...
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Vacancy: Habitats Available!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders pick a native animal and write a classified housing ad to match the animal's habitat requirements, paste it on posterboard and then try to match each habitat with the animal it represents.
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Creative Classroom Creatures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the five kingdoms and discover why there is a need for a classification system. Using the internet, they examine how scientific names are created and practice putting animals into their correct classification....
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Canary Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this canary reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 paragraph selection pertaining to canaries and then answer 3 multiple choice questions regarding the information.
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Sentence Completion: "A Lovely Day"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars read two a two paragraph story that has one missing word in each sentence. They choose words from a word bank to complete each sentence. There are ten sentences to complete.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab

For Students 9th - 11th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students decipher the correct choice of word to complete the sentence. All words begin with the letter "B."
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Where the Red Fern Grows Chapter 16-17

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Find out how much your class understood of the listed chapters of Wilson Rawls' novel. Class members respond to eight plot and character questions before looking closely at an instance of personification from the text. The resource is...
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Migration from the Dust

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students trace their own family's migrations and history. They listen to the story, 'Blue ow.' They design a plate which is shared at an open house.
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Silly Bear Story

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students will read and evaluate a passage about bears and answer five true or false questions and determine whether the passage is fact or fiction. Students will then evaluate the passage...
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Reading "Beetles, Bees and Butterflys"

For Students 3rd - 6th
Reading information about beetles, bees, and butterflies is the focus of this science worksheet. Students apply vocabulary and comprehension skills in order to answer six questions based on the reading.
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Animal Signs

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students discuss the many different types of animal signs that can be used to identify and track animals. They participate in an hands-on activity in which they examine tracks, trails, homes, territory markings, and even "scat" left by...
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Introduction To Plants

For Students 6th - 8th
For this science worksheet, middle schoolers complete a series of puzzles related to the subject of plants. They complete a reading and apply the information to measure reading comprehension.
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Top 10 Summer Science Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Make this summer an exciting learning experience for your students with these engaging science activities!
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I Am From Poem

For Students 3rd - 12th
In this poetry worksheet, students create a poem about their memories and upbringing. Students use details and feelings that reflect their life and memories.
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Energy Alternatives Explorations

For Students 6th - 8th
In this energy alternatives explorations worksheet, middle schoolers explore alternative energy sources by using the linked web resources to answer 8 questions about different resources and identify the ones that would work in their...
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Bat Ecology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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2nd Grade Sentences

For Teachers 2nd
In this sentences activity, 2nd graders complete multiple choice questions about complete sentences, defining words in sentences, subjects and predicates, and parts of speech in sentences. Students complete 15 questions.
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Members Only

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of private communities and the lives led by their residents. They design ideal planned communities for people featured in other Class Matters articles.
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SOIL

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders name the various materials that comprise soil, including weathered rock and other organic matter; and explain that soils differ in their color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of many...
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Outside Animals Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 6th
For this outside animals worksheet, students explore all the possible animals that live outside in the wilderness and their habitats and then find the answers to fifty questions associated with those animals in a crossword puzzle.
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The Driveway Case

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars discover how courts determine property possession using evidence. In this critical analysis lesson, students use provided case studies and evidence to determine legal possession. This lesson would be suitable for group...
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Mohandas Gandhi: Changing the World One Step at a Time

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students illustrate pages of a book.  In this famous historical icon instructional activity, students are read a story about Mohandas Gandhi, illustrate the pages in small groups, assemble a class book to read to younger students,...
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Soil

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders name the various materials that comprise soil, including weathered rock and other organic matter. They explain that soils differ in their color, texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of many...
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A Day in the Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars write an essay. In this comparison lesson plan, students read about a child's typical day on a fair trade cocoa farm in the Dominican Republic. Young scholars write about a typical morning of a child in the US and make...

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