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The Big One

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study earthquakes.  In this earthquake activity students research the Internet on earthquakes and plot earthquake locations. 
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Another, The Other, The Others, Others

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this correct words worksheet, students choose the correct words between another, the other, the others, and others to fill into sentences. Students do this for 10 multiple choice questions.
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Practice Easily Confused Words

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders review vocabulary words. In this spelling lesson, 6th graders review words that are easily confused. Students complete an activity at home for practice.
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Using Words to Work Things Out

For Teachers K
Students listen as teacher reads Words Are Not For Hurting, and answer questions about the content. Students discuss how to prevent arguments and work disagreements out with words. Students watch a puppet show that promotes discussion as...
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Reinforced Concrete Bridges

For Teachers All
Students analyze bridge designs and functions.  In this reinforced bridge lesson students brainstorm bridge ideas, divide into teams and give an oral presentation to the class to show them their bridge design. 
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Animals attributes

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze different animals in fiction and nonfiction stories. For this animal lesson, 1st graders choose an animal and read a fiction story with that animal as a character. They describe how the animal acted in the story and...
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Best Management Practices for Water Quality

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine best management practices for water quality.  In this water quality instructional activity, 4th graders explore unused land to identify areas of runoff, erosion, and effects of water flow.  Students...
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Saving Big Cats from Extinction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore extinction.  In this biology and environmental science instructional activity, students define extinction, identify what living things need to survive, and create a persuasive poster about "saving the big cats"...
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Aquarium Crayon Resist

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a crayon resist drawing as a literature response. In this literature response and art lesson, students listen to the book, Rainbow Fish, noting all of the colorful fish. They use wax crayons to draw a picture of a fish...
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The Cell - Internet Activity

For Students 5th - 10th
In this cells instructional activity, students click on the links to learn about the plant and animal cells complete a comparison chart and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Mammal Morphology: bats and people

For Students 4th - 8th
In this mammals worksheet, students compare and contrast the physical characteristics of bats and people by filling out a chart. Students complete 17 rows in the chart and answer 3 short answer questions.
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Solve a System of Inequalities

For Students 8th - 10th
In this system of linear inequalities worksheet, students solve 5 problems with the graphing method and are given 2 examples with multiple steps to follow.
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Family Letter and Algebra

For Students 7th - 9th
In this algebra worksheet, students receive a parent informational letter. The letter discusses what will be covered in algebra that school year and has an ordering integers activity.
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Alexander Calder Cookies

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create an original piece of edible art. In this edible art lesson, students decorate a sugar cookie in the style of Alexander Calder. Students view Calder's paintings and then create an original piece of art.
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Activities with 2-D shapes.

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this 2D shapes worksheet, students complete activities such as describing features, matching edges, draw shapes, and more. Students complete 8 activities.
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Sorting Names

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this sorting worksheet, students sort children's names into those with 3, 4, 5 and 6 letters using an organizer given. A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Lose the Fat, Keep the Vitamins... Drink Low fat Milk!

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students compare the different types of milk. In this adult health lesson, students examine the label and determine which is the healthiest. They discuss ways to switch from high fat to lower fat milk.
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Line and Expression - 3D

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students watch a video and slides to view Keith Haring's work of 3 dimensional forms based on 2 dimensional imagery. In this 3 dimensional forms lesson plan, students analyze symbols and discuss lines, sound, movement, and emotions.
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"Heat Transfer and Ice Cream!"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students analyze earth science by creating a frozen treat in class. In this heat transfer lesson, students discuss how matter is transformed from solid to liquid and liquid to gas when energy is removed from the equation. Students...
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Family Of Words (Heading)

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this on-line language arts worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions where they choose the word that would be suitable as the main heading for other words listed below it. Students can check their answers at the end of...
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How to Make Your Own Website

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore technology by creating a web page on-line. In this digital arts lesson, students identify the structure needed to create a website as well as the content required to keep visitors entertained. Students collaborate in...
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Using Math Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover the vocabulary of math. They compare numbers using the symbols greater than (>) and less than (<) and use ordinal numbers to determine place or location. They use worksheets imbedded in this lesson to practice.
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Oddity Rhyming Strips

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice identification of rhyming words. Students compare/contrast pictures by identifying rhyming sounds in them. Students place strips on the pictures. Students share comparisons with each other.
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Mother's Day Celebration

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this ESL Mother's Day reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short text about two children who celebrate the day in an affordable way. There are 5 questions to answer and a short essay about Mother's Day.