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Chameleons Are Cool!

For Teachers 2nd
Have your learners review what they know about camouflage using this instructional activity. Learners fill out a graphic organizer listing what they know or have questions about. This could be enhanced with the addition of a writing...
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Global Warming and Rainforests

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the connections between global warming and the condition of the rainforests. In this geography lesson, students read an article about the 2 topics and then write summaries of the information they read.
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The Gulf Coast Region: Georgraphy, Demographics and the Effects of Hurricane Katrina

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research Hurricane Katrina and create a Cause and Effect graphic organizer or a Chain of Events graphic organizer.
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Pick It Up!

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners investigate recycling by creating receptacles that can hold trash or recyclable items.  In this graphic design instructional activity, students encourage their classmates to help save the environment by using a recycling...
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Writing Prompts: Prose, Pamphlets and Poems

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice reading an atlas and writing prompts. They use graphic organizers to construct their writing prompt. They use the Internet to do their research.
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Exploring Marine Ecosystems in the Caribbean and Maine

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare the marine habitats of Maine and the Caribbean using temperature, tides, ocean currents, latitude and longitude. In this marine ecosystems lesson, students analyze maps to complete graphic organizers that evaluate the...
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People Grow and Change

For Students 6th - 8th
In this stages of human development chart, students complete a graphic organizer following the stages of human development from infancy to adulthood. The students creates connections of concepts of human development in a visual...
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How Do People Use Rocks And Minerals?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this rock and mineral activity, middle schoolers will graphically organize the main idea of what a rock is and then add details on how people use rocks by filling in the seven blanks.
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Mystery Paint

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils use the scientific method to determine the properties of various kinds of paints, use collected data to identify paint samples that are not properly labeled and use proper science safety techniques while working with chemical...
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Clues to Copying the Code

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this DNA worksheet, learners access a website to determine the information that was used to understand DNA replication. Students compare the difference between observations and opinions. This worksheet has 7 short answer questions...
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The Progressive Era: Muckrakers

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, guide your class in the process of identifying unknown terms using context clues and formulating text-based answers. The lesson plan includes a useful worksheet incorporating scaffolding questions on an...
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Data, Data, Everywhere... and What Am I To Think?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students demonstrate good random sampling techniques for data collection, select and develop graphic presentations of data and analyze the data to solve a problem presented.
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Country facts

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this science facts worksheet, students pick a country and research science facts to put into this graphic organizer. Students complete 10 facts.
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Layers of The Earth

For Students 5th - 6th
In this earth science worksheet, students label the graphic organizer of the earth for the parts of the rock layers of the planet that include the crust, mantle, and core.
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Animal Report

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this report writing worksheet, students use this graphic organizer to report on a particular animal. Students fill out the chart which includes habitat, food, description, enemies and a picture.
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Food Chains

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this food chain worksheet, students draw in a food web for 6 different habitats: woodland, garden, pond, sea, arctic, and desert. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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DNA Mutations

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this DNA mutations worksheet, students translate DNA sequences in amino acid sequences and determine if the mutation is harmful or not. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Nomenclature

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this nomenclature worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the formula, cation, anion, and name of the given compounds.
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Periodic Table

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this periodic table worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer comparing and contrasting the characteristics of the 7 periodic families. Some of the characteristics are electron configuration, bond angle, dot diagram, polarity,...
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Atoms

For Students 10th - 12th
In this atoms worksheet, learners complete a graphic organizer by writing in the number of electrons, valence electrons, electron configuration, orbital box diagram, probability diagram, and Lewis Dot diagram for the given atoms and ions.
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Describing the Unknown to Others

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the challenges faced by the Corps of Discovery on the Lewis and Clark expedition. They listen to online journal entries written by members of the Corps, complete an activity sheet, watch a video segment, and write a...
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Earth and Space Science: Exploring Earthquakes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners explore earthquakes. In this earthquake activity, students research earthquakes and identify where they take place. Learners use map skills to track down earthquake locations. There are internet sites suggested in this activity.
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Spiders and Their Body Parts

For Teachers K
Students gain an understanding of the different parts of spiders by observing and drawing a spider. They utilize technology in order to gain a better understanding of spiders and their body parts.
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Rain Forest Web Organizer

For Students 4th - 5th
In this rain forest web organizer worksheet, learners complete a spoke type organizer while planning a report, project, or poster about the rain forest. They see pictures of rain forest animals in the center of the spokes.