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Exploring the Neighborhood -- Literature Jigsaw

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare and contrast domesticated animals and wild animals. They identify plants and animals that have adapted to different habitats. They discover it is everyone's responsibility to protect the environment.
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Let's Catch Some Dirt From the Air

For Teachers K
Students create "catchers" that collect dirt particles from the air. They observe the particulate matter that is collected from the air and discuss the effects and causes of air pollution.
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Studies of the Eastern Worlds: Historical Summaries

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders interpret their own meaning of the painting, "Christ's Descent into Hell" by Hieronymus Bosch and the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel. They focus on the chaos created in both the art and music and discuss...
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Remember the Egg!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate how to see, describe and draw faint or subtle features on an object which is thought of by most people as having a smooth, featureless surface. The exercise is important to reinforce skills in making observations...
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Russian Dolls Investigation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students measure a set of Russian dolls using the metric system. In this measurement lesson plan, students identify certain relationships between sets of measurements by measuring a set of Russian dolls and presenting their findings to...
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Globe Skills Lesson 4 The Colonial Period

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners practice their map skills. In this Colonial geography lesson, students complete an activity that requires them to locate English colonial locations using latitude and longitude coordinates.
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Acting Out Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students act out verbs. In this verbs lesson, students identify and highlight the action words in a poem. As a class, the students act out the verbs, reinforcing the idea that verbs are action words.
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A.P. Calculus Test Covering Limits, Derivatives, and Integrals

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this calculus activity, students solve ten multiple-choice questions and eleven free-response questions covering limits, derivatives, and integrals.  Students should have covered trig limits prior to this activity.
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Nature Walk

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore nature artists and participate in a nature walk. In this art/nature instructional activity, students discuss things artists use from nature then talk a walk to find some of the same things. Students look for...
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Climatic Zones

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize and locate Frigid, Temperate, and Torrid climatic zones on the word map or globe. They explain that plants, animals, and human societies display adaptations to the climates they live in .
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Time Management

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students record their daily activities and graph the results using the educational software program called Inspiration. This lesson is intended for the upper-elementary classroom and includes resource links and activity extensions.
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Meiosis

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study meiosis and how it leads to variation. In this genetic reproduction lesson plan students complete a lab activity that calculates different genetic possibilities.
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WebQuest: Thrills and Spills- Pick Your Park!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a WebQuest in which they must determine which amusement park is the "median priced" park. Students visit park websites to accumulate prices for parking, activities, restaurants, and gift shops.
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It’s Your Trash!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the different sections of a landfill. In this ecology instructional activity, students brainstorm ways that they can help in proper trash disposal. They write a reflection journal about their thoughts on the subject.
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Habitat Is Home

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept and components of a habitat. They discuss the key components of a habitat and describe how certain factors can cause disturbances in a habitat and change its population. Activities are leveled for...
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Crossword

For Students 7th - 8th
In this crossword learning exercise that focuses on natural disasters, students find the vertical word in the colored squares by filling in the right words in ten lines in the horizontal boxes. Answers appear at the bottom of the...
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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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Vocabulary Challenge

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students choose which multiple choice answer best defines twenty-five mathematical terms. Students place their answers on the lines provided.
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New York Testing Program

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math review worksheet, middle schoolers review for their 7th grade exam using a variety of worksheets on different topics. There are 35 problems plus some word problems in the worksheet booklet.  
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Oil Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a mock oil search game and attempt to find "oil" in a model oil field. They drill initially based on random guessing, but each time they drill they use prior knowledge to determine where to drill next. They must...
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Solving Radical Equations

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II instructional activity, students solve radical equations.  The two page instructional activity contains a combination of thirteen multiple choice and free response questions.  The answers are...
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Random Sampling

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Simulate a random sampling of data by tearing 20 sheets of paper into slips and place a number on 10 and a letter on 10. They place the slips in two separate containers and randomly draw a number and a letter. They record their...
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Random Sampling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
For this random sampling worksheet, learners compare data collected by a random sample to data collected by an actual count using pieces of paper with numbers written on them. They compare their data for the actual count to the random...
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Calculus Practice BC

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this calculus learning exercise, students solve functions using the derivatives. They calculate the volume where the graph is revolving around the x-axis, a line, the y-axis and where x=e. There are 28 questions.