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Forest Food Chains and Webs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore forest ecological systems. In this ecology lesson, students classify forest plants and animals according to their ecological roles. Students play a related vocabulary guessing game.  Students choose a card on which...
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Forest as a Filter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners experiment using soil and water. In this forest as a filter lesson, students identify the role of forest cover, vegetation, and foliage impacts erosion and evaporation. Learners conduct a simple experiment, form a hypothesis,...
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Dissecting Owl Pellets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students dissect owl pellets. In this dissecting owl pellets lesson, students discuss birds of prey and make predictions about what they may find during the investigation. Students tease out skull and bones and try to make a complete...
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Measuring Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars collect species data from a mock intertidal community. In this biology lesson, students graph their data and analyze the species in it. They construct a species accumulation curve and present it to class.
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Analyzing Intertidal and Deep Sea Vent Communities

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study how scientists measure diversity.  In this diversity lesson students look at marine communities and look at data to calculate diversity in 3 different ways.
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Elaine Humphrey, Gwynne Thompson

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with the parts of the microscope and how it works.  In this microscope lesson, 2nd graders experiment with different light and settings.  Students answer questions based on their experiment.
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Can an Astronaut on Mars Distinguish Earth from its Moon?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the possibility of being on Mars and being able to identify the Earth.  For this space lesson students complete a set of calculations to see if this is possible. 
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Medieval Times Crossword

For Students 6th - 8th
In this medieval times crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 10 clues to determine the words and names that fill in the blanks to appropriately complete the word puzzle pertaining to the state. A word bank is included.
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Literature Quiz 1

For Students 8th - 10th
In this literature quiz worksheet, students complete a 20 question secondary level literature quiz. An answer key is included. 
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Finish the Quote: Richard III

For Students 9th - 12th
This online interactive quiz on quotes from Shakespeare's Richard III may be useful as an extension activity, but it does not adequately assess understanding of the play.
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The Taming of the Shrew: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
I don't recommend you use this online, interactive quiz as a class assignment (it lacks rigor and has typos); however, if your class wants to self-assess their basic understanding of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, this Fun Trivia...
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Gary Allan

For Students 9th - 12th
Even if your class may not be familiar with the country singer Gary Allan, this resource could be used as a filler activity, or as a research project. Learners could practice their research skills by searching for the answers to the 15...
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Language Change: The Origins of Names

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In small groups or pairs, learners explore the origins of each others' names. An awesome idea, but you'll need to do the initial research to gather your class's names and their origins. Or, consider having each member of your class...
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Early 19th Century: The Conservative Reaction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive world history activity, students answer 20 matching questions regarding the early 19th century. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Feudalism

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in teams...
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Leader of the Pack

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students take a closer look the 2008 London mayoral race. In this current events lesson, students research the listed Web sites that include information about the candidates for mayor and their attributes. Students also gather...
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Feudalism: A Social and Political System

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Feudalsim worksheet, students read a 1-page selection about the topic, examine the listed Web sites about the topic, and then respond to 14 short answer questions about the information presented.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Letter 10)

For Students 7th - 8th
For this The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis worksheet, students define six key vocabulary words with one or two words and answer six comprehension questions over letter ten.
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Medieval Social Divisions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the class structure of the feudal system. In this Middle Ages lesson, students define vocabulary relative to the topic and then create "feudal trees" that feature the class structure. Middle schoolers also...
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Religious Tolerance in Colonial Maryland

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars complete worksheets and analyze passages about religious tolerance in Colonial Maryland. In this religious tolerance lesson plan, students discuss Maryland as a colony and answer short answer questions about it.
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Introducing Tolkien and His Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify and describe the types of narratives that made Tolkien the writer he was. In groups, they examine different myths and folktale motifs. They discuss what Tolkien meant by "faerie" and "eucatastrophe." As a class, they...
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Greek Gods

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Greek history worksheet, students read an excerpt about the Greek gods and goddesses. They create a family tree of the Greek gods listed on the sheet. Then, students identify which of the Olympian deities are featured in the...
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M&M Math

For Teachers K
Students develop mathematical awareness. In this early math lesson, students predict the number of M&M candies in a bag, sort them into colors, and count them.
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Plot Summaries

For Students 6th - 8th
In this plot summaries worksheet, students read the plot summaries and write what the expositions, inciting moments, rising actions, climaxes, falling actions, and denouements are in them. Students do this for 2 plot summaries.

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