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How To Calm Back-to-School Nerves

For Teachers K - 3rd
Set students up for success with these tips for getting the year off to a smooth start.
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Truth and Lies Games

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students participate in a get to know you activity. In this social lesson, students write three statements about themselves. One is true and the other is false. Students read their cards and their peers decide what is true and what is not.
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Energy Conservation Games

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Middle school physicsl science explorers play a game using dominoes that you have photocopied onto cardstock. Through the game, they familiarize themselves with the conservation of energy and the transformatin from one form to another....
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Multicultural Bingo

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Create classroom community with this Bingo icebreaker, which has the group finding out interesting details about one another. For this version, individuals have a 25-square grid, each square containing one multicultural experience or...
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Personality and Appearance Gender Guessing Game

For Students 7th - 11th
For this grammar worksheet, students, working with a partner, participate in a gender game where they describe a man or woman they know without saying their gender.
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Hall of Fame Lesson Module — Financial Football

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Kick off an engaging review on personal finance with an online football game. Financial Football incorporates both football strategies and economic knowledge in an interactive format, allowing future CFOs to answer a variety of...
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The First Class

For Teachers Higher Ed
Teachers explore different ways to become acquainted with their students. They consider ways to learn their Students names including labels, name tags, playing the games "Concentration" and "Add an Adjective." They explore ways for...
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Making New Friends: Student Search

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this making new friends:  student search instructional activity, students find others who fit the description in the 20 boxes on the page as a game for making new friends.
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Rookie Lesson Module — Financial Football

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Score a touchdown with an exciting game of financial football! Middle schoolers choose their favorite teams and play a virtual game of football as they answer various questions about economics.
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Welcome to the First Day of School!

For Teachers K - 8th
Classmates participate in a variety of getting-to-know-you activities for the first day of school. They make resolutions, become detectives about their fellow classmates, learn about each other by playing switch, and make...
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The Executive Command

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Take on the role of president of the United States with this interactive online game, which will acquaint your learners with the various responsibilities of the executive branch of government. While not an in-depth or complex resource,...
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Discovering New Resources

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What is a natural resource, and what resources did the Lewis and Clark expedition seek? After reading an article on the mapping of the west, learners get into small groups to discuss the important natural resources of the period. They...
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A Great, Crazy Sailor

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders become acquainted with the basic facts of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America through singing the following chant.
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"Trails, Rails, and Roads" Lesson 2: Road Tripping

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners practice map skills and take a virtual road trip through Maine examining the history of transportation. They create questions from the information they learned and play a game against other groups.
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The Price is Right

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students, through various activities, explore online databases. Using the internet, students explore the distributors websites. They collect specific information on selected products. An spreadsheet with price comparisons is developed....
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Money Lessons That Cash In

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Every child is fascinated by money. Teachers can use money lessons that expand on this inherent interest.
Interactive
Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: German Phrases and Greetings 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn common phrases in German such as, "My name is" and "I am from". Play games to practice mastering the language.
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Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: German Phrases and Greetings

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Study common phrases in German. Games provide extra practice to master the phrases and greetings.