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Haitian Immigration: Twentieth Century

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read a narrative about the culture, heritage and history of Haiti including the contributions of Haitian immigrants in the U.S. They conduct further research on Haitian culture and prepare a presentation for the class.
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Shapes and Colors: Triangles and Ovals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shape and color learning exercise, students trace triangles coloring them brown, then trace ovals and color them pink. Students also trace and pictures of a ice cream cones made of triangles and ovals.
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Archaeology Quiz 14

For Students 5th - 10th
In this archaeology worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about the archaeology of the Byzantine Empire, dinosaurs, and more. Students complete 5 questions total.
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Physical and Chemical Properties

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the difference between physical and chemical properties. They also discuss changes in matter, known as physical and chemical changes. They observe and discuss several demonstrations of both physical and chemical changes
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A Day at the Fair

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the American tradition of state and county fairs. In this American fairs lesson, students read an article about American fairs and complete a five senses table for experiences at fairs. Students role play a family...
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Food Ways - Graphing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders choose the appropriate graph to display collected data. They interview each other on what foods they eat. They also interview elders and find out what types of food they grew up eating. They create graphs to display the...
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Kimchee

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the cultural food of the country of Korea. In groups, they discover different types of foods from different cultures with a focus on Kimchee. They identify the nutritional value of the food, how it affects the...
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Prune Boom

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore the process of harvesting and canning prunes. They discover the benefits of prunes to the Santa Clara Valley. Students investigate prunes at designated websites.
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Frequency Tables

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders construct frequency tables and box-and-whisker plots. After constructing tables and plots, they take a quiz on mean, median, mode, range, scientific notation, and number properties.
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Help! I'm Trapped in a Vampire Body Multiple Choice Quiz

For Teachers 5th
In this literature based multiple choice worksheet, 5th graders answer 10 questions based on the book, Help! I'm Trapped in a Vampire's Body by Todd Strasser.
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ESL Song Activity - "Arthur's Homework Song"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL song worksheet, students listen to a song titled "Arthur's Homework," then complete true/false and short answer questions and fill in blanks in sentences and song lyrics.
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Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders do 5 different lab stations to explore rocks, minerals, and fossils.
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Jacob the Great

For Students 5th - 8th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 page passage titled Jacob the Great and complete comprehension, inferential, and story element questions about it. Students complete 22 multiple choice questions.
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Invent a Holiday

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: On Making Life Livable

For Students 9th - 10th
Being able to withstand heat and cold is a need shared by rich and poor alike. The author of this speech to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides an anecdotal history of climate...