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Fish Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this fish activity worksheet, students learn a counting rhyme about fish. They then discuss the best way to care for fish and they learn 4 different types of fish. On the second page, students count lines of fish and color them a...
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Project 7b: B-b-b-Ballad Part 2!

For Students 6th - 12th
In this original music composition worksheet, students compose a piano accompaniment for their own original ballads as they follow the 7 steps on this worksheet,
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Project 7a B-b-b-Ballad!

For Students 6th - 12th
In this ballad composition activity, learners compose a ballad in any key as they write a 12 line rhyming poem and continue to follow the other 6 steps to create their original ballad.
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Project 6 Rocka' the TRIO Sonata

For Students 6th - 12th
For this trio sonata composition worksheet, students compose a trio sonata for any 3 instruments as they follow the 7 steps outlined on this sheet. In addition, students respond to one short answer question regarding their sonata.
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Poetry: Developing a Taste

For Teachers 3rd
Students identify nouns in poems. In this poems lesson plan, students read poems, discuss them, analyze them, learn the rhythm, and ultimately define nouns that they discover in their poems.
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Science Simulation: BBC Science Simulations 3

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students perform experiments on a Promethean Board and will identify and use stages of the inquiry process. Students will be in instructed in the use of a Promethean board, will practice and eventually perform experiment on their own.
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Colonial America: Causes Of The American Revolution

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the causes of the American Revolution. In this colonial America lesson, students read handouts regarding the sequence of events that led to the commencement of the war. Students complete the provided worksheets and...
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Warning Signs

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars identify the signs that someone is being bullied. In this school climate lesson, students discuss the provided list of signs that one is being bullied. Links are provided to other lessons about bullying.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze water quality and turbidity of collected samples. In this physics lesson, students conduct tests to identify the suspended particles in the samples. They explain how human activities affect water quality.
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Polar Day: Living in the Canadian North

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the Canadian North. In this Canadian North instructional activity, students study the physical characteristics and the lifestyles of people in that region. Students complete map making and creative activities that help...
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Environmental Education (Grade 4)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine environmental concerns that affect their community. They work together to develop possible solutions and share them with the class. They ask questions to end the lesson.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Plant and Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify behavioral and structural adaptations to plant and animal life. In this unit overview, 4th graders discuss the importance of variation and adaptation in a species survival. This is a unit overview and does not...
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Geology/Earth Structure

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the rock-soil cycle. They identify the steps and describe what happens. They also discover the three layers of soil.
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Meteorology

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the job of meteorologists. They decide which characteristics of the atmosphere that meteorologists focus on. They use local weather maps from newspapers to predict weather in their area.
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Alex: The Marketing Mix

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of these lessons is to encourage students to apply knowledge of the marketing mix to a variety of real life products and services. The intention is that students should take what they know and use that information in...
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Benefits of Cooperative Learning [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Article describing the benefits of cooperative learning, and the positive effect that this classroom and schoolwide approach has on student learning, as well as how cooperative learning benefits students with special needs.