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Teaching Selected Poems from Jim Wayne Miller's the Brier Poems

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the basic elements of poetry through Appalachian life poetry. For this poetry lesson, students read seven poems from Jim Wayne Miller's the Brier Poems and complete poetry analysis activities for each poem.
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Coffee Ground Dinosaur Fossil Prints

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create fossils to understand how scientists learn about dinosaurs.  In this dinosaur lesson, students mix ingredients to make dough and put in objects that can make impressions. Students let fossil dry overnight....
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Introduction to Sea Horses

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify different types of sea horses. In this sea horse research lesson, students learn associated vocabulary and listen as the teacher reads Elaine Landau's, Sea Horses A True Book. They visit assigned Internet sites to find...
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Geldof Announces "Live 8" Concerts

For Students Higher Ed
In this ELL/ESL worksheet, students work with a paragraph about the "Live 8" concerts of 2005. They complete activities in which they write lists of famous people, give opinions about "Live 8", complete true and false questions, and...
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Ulysses Quiz

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about James Joyce's Ulysses. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Dali & Desnos

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore surreal art and poetry. In this visual arts lesson, students examine works by André Breton, Robert Desnos, Salvador Dalí, and Joan Miro. Students then apply the techniques in the works they analyze to their own poetry.
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Percent / Percentage Word Problems (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online math worksheet, high schoolers solve word problems associated with percentage. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into difficulties. A terrific teaching...
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Triangle Problems-Base, Height, and Area

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders find the base, height, or area of a triangle. The one page interactive worksheet contains ten questions. Answers and hints are included. 
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Parallelogram Problems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online math instructional activity, students solve a variety of geometry problems which utilize parallelograms. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into...
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Geometry Word Problems-Perimeter of Rectangles

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders use algebra to solve geometry word problems involving the perimeter of a rectangle. The one page interactive worksheet contains eight questions. Answers and hints are included. 
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Trigonometry Applications

For Students 10th
For this geometry worksheet, 10th graders solve application word problems involving the use or right triangle trigonometry, including angle of elevation or depression. The one page interactive worksheet contains five questions. Hints,...
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Find the possible values for the Median

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online math worksheet, students find values for the median given a variety of sets of data. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into difficulties. A terrific...
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Word Problems That Involve the Mean (II)

For Students 7th - 9th
In this word problem worksheet, students examine real world problems.  They compute the mean, median, and mode of given problems.  This one-page worksheet contains 5 multi-step problems.  Answers are provided.
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Probability Worksheets

For Students 4th - 5th
In this probability worksheet, students answer 6 online probability questions in fraction form and check their answers when they are finished.  
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Dependent Events Probability

For Students 9th - 11th
In this probability worksheet, learners determine the probability of dependent events. This one-page worksheet contains 4 multi-step problems. Answers are provided in this online worksheet.
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A Christmas Carol

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comprehension worksheet, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story Arthur's Lost and Found. Students complete 14 questions.
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First Things First: Using the Newspaper to Teach the Freedoms of the First Amendment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use the newspaper as a tool to make connections about what the five freedoms guarantee in the First Amendment. In this first amendment lesson plan, students analyze events in the newspaper to form conclusions about the...
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Seeing in 3D: Interpreting Two-Dimensional Diagrams of Three-Dimensional Objects

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students hone in on their skills at reading diagrams.  In this dimensional lesson students collect information on the functions of organs then figure out how all the parts work together. 
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The Many Faces of Paul Robeson

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars discuss and construct timelines based on the life of author/performer/Civil Right's activist, Paul Robeson. They view photographs of him at various times in his life and discuss the roles he may have been playing at those...
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Television

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate the invention of television and examine its role in their lives. They read and discuss an informational handout, list the pros and cons of television on a worksheet, and create a class pie graph illustrating the...
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Juvenile Justice-Adjudicatory Hearing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students list the role of the prosecutor and the role of defense counsel. They state the elements of robbery and defense of compulsion. Students conduct a mock hearing, following the sequence of steps in an adjudicatory hearing and...
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Waterdrops

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students learn about water cycle, weather, clouds, storms and water resources by completing 8 pages of this full color newsletter. Students read a story, study weather maps, learn to make a rain gauge, learn...
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"State of Emergency in Nepal"

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar activity, students read the story "State of Emergency in Nepal" and fill in the fourteen blanks with the correct form of the word given in bold.
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Cooking with the Sun!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners access prior knowledge of solar energy and understand that solar energy produces heat. In this solar cooker activity, students complete grade appropriate experiments using the heat of the sun. Learners complete a worksheet on...