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How to Beat the Rainy Day Blues

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
With a little ingenuity, lively exercise can occur despite the weather.
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Fears and Phobias

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Take the fear out of reading with this series of three lessons from HotWire Magazine about fears and phobias. Each lesson plan contains pre-reading and post-reading activities aimed at improving learners' reading comprehension skills...
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Out of the Dust: Background notes about the novel, The Great Depression, and The Dust Bowl

For Teachers 5th - 7th
If your class is reading the historical fiction novel, Out of the Dust, then you are in luck. Here are a few slides that will help you provide historical context for the book, as well as define main characters, setting, symbolism, and...
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Write About This

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Looking for an easy way to encourage youngsters to write about a variety of different topics? Users simply choose an image to write about from a large selection of beautiful photographs and then compose original opinion pieces and...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Baseball

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Baseball is an American pastime, super fun to play, and can be made accessible to learners with visual impairments. Instead of taking to the ball field, your class can learn the rules of the game by playing a small three-dimensional...
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PreKinders

Colors of Nature

For Teachers Pre-K - K
The colors of nature are the most beautiful and vivid colors in the world. Show kids the ways that colors are striking and changing throughout different habitats with a set of images that feature two animals or plants for each color.
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PreKinders

The Animals of the Umbrella

For Teachers Pre-K - K
If you're reading Jan Brett's The Umbrella, a presentation featuring the animals from the story is an excellent way to augment your lesson. Featuring gorgeous photographs of rainforest animals, as well as Spanish phrases and English...
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Brilliant Publications

Daedalus and Icarus

For Students 3rd - 9th
The cautionary tale of Daedalus and Icarus is the core text for a series reading comprehension exercises based on the myth.
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PreKinders

On Safari

For Teachers Pre-K - K
What kinds of animals would you see on safari? Hop in your jeep and watch this presentation, which is full of pictures of safari animals such as elephants, lions, and zebras. Each slide starts with the same line for kids to read, making...
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My Timeline

For Students K - 5th Standards
Ready to announce your next timeline assignment? This is the printable for you! The template provides the option for up to 10 events on the timeline, as well as spaces to illustrate each event!
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Designing and Creating Earth Science Lessons with Google Earth

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Everything from adding an overlay to uploading images to navigating the software, teachers become apt at using Google Earth™ in the classroom to create Earth Science lessons.
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Cornell University

LEDs Rainbow Connection

For Students 6th - 12th
View LED lights through the eyes of a scientist. Young scholars learn to view light as a wave frequency and connect various frequencies to different colors on the light spectrum. A lab activity asks groups to measure the frequency of...
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Makerspace Playbook

For Teachers K - 12th
Make the most of project-based learning with Makerspace. A playbook shows instructors and other interested parties how to set up a Makerspace and Maker community to foster STEM projects. It gives ideas for startup activities and for...
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American Psychological Association

Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK–12 Creative, Talented, and Gifted Students’ Teaching and Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th Standards
Who knew getting a better grasp on learning and psychology requires understanding only 20 principles? The resource, especially ideal for high school Psychology, discusses 20 important principles that debunk common myths and provide...
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Rising Water

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss a situation with quantities that relate in a linear fashion. They discuss ways to determine the relationship. Students represent this relationship with mathematic symbols. Students discuss the meaning of...
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Order of Operations

For Students 10th - 11th
In this Order of Operations learning exercise, students are presented with multiple equations to solve by applying the appropriate mathematical order of PEMDAS.
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Exponents: Positive and Negative Bases

For Students 9th - 11th
For this exponent worksheet, students solve exponent problems containing positive and negative bases.  They multiply integers.  This four-page worksheet contains 27 problems.  Answers are provided on the last page.
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Factor Trees and GCF

For Students 6th - 8th
In this prime factorization and greatest common factor worksheet, students use factor trees to find the prime factorization of 8 numbers. They find the GCF of six pairs of numbers.
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Tables and Linear Graphs

For Students 9th - 11th
In this tables and linear graphs activity, students examine linear functions.  They solve equations and graph them on a coordinate plane.  This four-page activity contains 8 multi-step problems.  Answers are provided on...
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Prime Factorization, Equivalent Fractions and GCF review

For Students 7th - 9th
In this sample test worksheet, students solve twenty-five problems covering prime factorization, equivalent fractions, greatest common factor, and plotting on a number line.  Solutions are provided.
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Volume and Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms and Cylinders

For Students 8th - 10th
In this volume and surface area learning exercise, learners compute the volume and surface area of 8 shapes. Four shapes are rectangular prisms, four shapes are cylinders.
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Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th
In this proportion activity, middle schoolers compare two proportionate shapes and find the length of the "x" side. There are four pairs of shapes. Shapes include triangle, rectangle, parallelogram and a trapezoid.
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Percent Equations

For Students 6th
In this percent equations worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 9 different types of problems. First, they find the value of each percentage provided. Then, students determine the percentage of a given number.
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Decimals and Percents

For Students 6th - 8th
In this decimals and percents worksheet, middle schoolers multiply six whole numbers by decimal numbers. They find the percentage of five whole numbers. Students graph one of the answers on a 10x10 grid.

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