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Alphabet A-M: Beginning ESL Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Bring this fun presentation about the first half of the alphabet to your beginning ESL class. Each slide features one letter, along with a word that starts with the letter and a picture. The slideshow could accompany a lesson about the...
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Activities of the Immune System (Activity 1)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners cut an apple in half and cover half with plastic wrap. They place drops of liquid on each half and discover how our skin protects us. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson.
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Punctuation Marks 1- Test Your Spelling Skills

For Students 4th - 6th
In this grammar learning exercise, learners write the name of 10 punctuation marks that are shown at the top of the page. They fill in the blanks at the lower half of the page with the names of marks such as the exclamation mark,...
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Equivalent Fractions

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
The next lesson in a math series builds off the previous one in which learners estimated fraction amounts using fraction bars. Here, pupils view equivalent fractions with unlike denominators using fraction bars. Lastly,...
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Twisted Tangrams

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Primary geometers create a picture using tangrams. In this geometry lesson, students read Grandfather Tang: A Tale Told with Tangrams, cut out their own tangrams, and choose a character from the story to make using their tangram pieces.
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Phineas Gage: Notecard Vocabulary Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Understanding the vocabulary in a text, especially a text like Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science that includes quite a few technical terms, can be the key to understanding the text as a whole. Learners focus on...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Area of a Triangle

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Even though there is a wide variety of different triangles in the world, knowing a single equation allows us to find the area of each and every one of them. Follow along with this step-by-step presentation as Zoe clearly models how to...
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Rules for Balancing REDOX Equations: (Half-Reaction Method)

For Students 11th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students read the instructions of how to work with the following: acidic and basic solutions, total and net ionic equations, and how to relate these to each other.
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Get a Half-life!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use m&m candies as their sample set. They begin by counting the total number of candies to determine their sample size. Students put the candies into a cup and shake them gently before pouring them onto a paper plate. Count...
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Hour, Half-Hour, Quarter-Hour

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this time activity, students describe time shown on clocks in two ways, write times using numbers, and choose reasonable times to start given activities. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Make Half Your Grains Whole

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the benefits of eating whole grains. In this adult health lesson, students compare samples of whole grain food products. They recommend ways on how to incorporate whole grains in their family diet.
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Cut Ice Cubes in Half Like Magic

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the process of melting or cutting ice. In this scientific observation lesson plan, students discover that the pressure from two weights will pull a string through an ice cube by melting the ice directly under the line of...
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Days of '49: "I've Been Toiling Hard for the Last Two And a Half Years"

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students trace the stages of gold mining in California. They discuss the life of a gold miner and how the discovery of gold influenced towns and cities in California during the 1949 Gold Rush.
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Adventures on the Eastern Half of Planet Earth

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore a country in the Eastern hemisphere. They develop a packet that could be used by someone visiting that country during the month of December. Students explore the climate, foods, geography, customs and culture of...
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Lesson 1:Contrasting Statements

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use contrasting statements to find the meaning of new vocabulary. In this literacy lesson, 3rd graders read a contrasting statement and use the first part to identify the meaning of a word in the second half. 
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Fraction Penguin

For Teachers K - 3rd
Exploring mathematics through art is a fun and concrete way to help learners grasp a concept. They will construct a paper penguin using fractions cut from circles. They'll need to determine 1/8, 1/4, and 1/2 of each circle. Once the...
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Fractions for Beginners

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Review fractions with this colorful and motivating resource. Learners identify a fraction using a figure displayed in parts, answer word problems, and divide shapes into halves, quarters, and thirds.
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The assassination of the Archduke: Exploring Perspectives

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use political cartoons for a multiple-perspectives strategy, as pupils learn about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. After an anticipatory discussion, they are split into 2 groups. The class reads a primary source account...
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Cellular Models

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Each student construct a model of a cell on a large cookie, including the parts which were discussed during lecture.? Half of the class will be instructed to make plant cell models and the other half will be in charge of animal cell...
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Helping with Math

Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (2 of 2)

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
In this assignment, math stars simplify ratios. The first half just displays numbers, whereas the second half describes real-world scenarios with ratios to be written and reduced. The publisher mentions CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.3, but it...
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Welcome to the World of it's and its

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The first half of this PowerPoint gives explanations of the contraction it's, and then many examples of how to use it in sentences. The second half of the PowerPoint does the with its, showing possession in a statement. The cartoon...
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Minor Roman Goddesses

For Students 9th - 12th
Ten different goddesses are the focus of this quiz. Half of the time the goddess is given and you pick the correct description, and the other half of the time, the description is provided. Study Roman mythology and test your learners...
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Time from Analog and Digital Clocks

For Students 1st - 3rd
There are eight clocks and eight times here; which clock goes with each time? With half analog and half digital clocks, your scholars get well-rounded practice in telling time. Although all of the times end in five or zero, they are not...
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Generate Measurement Data Word Problems

For Students 1st - 3rd
Using a set of simple data, learners create a line plot to organize the information. This data includes only single-digit numbers and the highest number is six. Because the answer is explained and illustrated at the bottom, project this...