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The Present Subjunctive: When?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Some Spanish learners believe the subjunctive is frightening. Help eradicate that fear by going into depth on when to use the present subjunctive. There are many different situations in which the subjunctive is used described here. You...
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Sunken Millions: The Way West

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Recover sunken treasure with this interactive PowerPoint! Break your class into two teams: the divers and the surfers. They'll work together to answer 20 multiple choice questions, reviewing major events that occurred during the 1800s....
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Associative Property

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a new twist on teaching the associative property of multiplication. The author of this presentation makes an analogy between the associative property and a couple getting married. The numbers, like people, are separate, but when...
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Electric Motor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Bright and attractive graphics are included to explain how an electric motor works. Along the way, there are a few multiple-choice question slides can be used to pause and evaluate student comprehension. This presentation would be useful...
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Clocks and Watches

For Teachers 6th - 10th
What time is it? Use this ESL presentation about clocks and watches to reinforce vocabulary for time-keeping devices. Wall clocks, stopwatches, and even cuckoo clocks make up this series of slides. Each slide features one kind of clock...
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Foreshadowing: A Definition

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Define foreshadowing for your upper graders with this well designed resource. While there are only two slides, the definition and example provided are excellent and if coupled with additional literary devices could make for a great lesson.
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Human Body Systems and Plants

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Fifteen multiple choice questions review a variety of biology topics. In game-show fashion, viewers answer questions about a plant's needs, the skeletal system, and the cardiovascular system. If you happen to teach these three topics...
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Clauses and Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Review sentence structure using this presentation. Learners identify complete and incomplete sentences. Then, they read a list of simple sentences and make them more complex. After this experience, learners could take a look at their own...
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Dashes and Hyphens

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Review the use of dashes and hyphens. This presentation comes with a series of examples to make the concept understandable. While a useful resource, it could be augmented with a greater number of examples.
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Vowels

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Explore reading with this resource on vowels. Learners read a list of words containing particular vowel sounds. The presentation focuses on ai, ee, ie, oa, ue, ea, and oe. It is colorful, making it more interesting to view.
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How to Resolve a Conflict Peacefully

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Walk your class through the conflict resolution process with this presentation. Learners discuss four key aspects of conflict resolution. These include, understanding, avoiding making things worse, working together, and finding a solution.
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Science Jeopardy - The Earth Sciences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The earth sciences are the focus for this Jeopardy-style review game. Categories include geology, space, scientific investigation, meteorology, and oceanography. Diagrams and pictures are involved with most of the questions, making this...
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The Mole

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This compact collection of slides explains the history and use of the mole unit. Relative atomic mass, as John Dalton understood it, is explained. Avogadro's number is also introduced. The mole, or the unit for the amount of a substance,...
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Research Techniques: Gathering Credible Sources

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
How can you spot a credible source? What even makes a resource reliable in the first place? Answer some of these questions with this presentation. Although intended for higher education, this PowerPoint could be modified for middle...
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Study Jams! Lithosphere, Hydrosphere & Atmosphere

For Students 4th - 8th
Three of Earth's spheres are introduced to your earth scientists: lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. Each are described with text, while a combination of photographs and computer images are displayed. One of the best ways to use...
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Visiting a Museum

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Imperial storm troopers make a special guest appearance in this resource designed as a behavior primer for young visitors to a museum. 
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Fundamentals of Critical Thinking

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Analyzing arguments is key to critical thinking. Colorful slides teach viewers how to recognize the structure of an argument, the claims, and the validity of the evidence used to support an argument. Then, provided scenarios permit...
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire: Teeth

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
What kind of teeth do alligators have? Find out as you play a quiz game all about teeth. There are 15 questions all related to how various animals eat, swallow, and chew with their chompers. 
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Rotational Hex Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learn about the Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, Rotational Hex Design. This image-rich presentation provides a comprehensive description of the origin and meaning behind these interesting totems. Instructions to create these symmetrical...
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Sun, Earth, and Moon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Cute graphics make this an attractive presentation for upper elementary classrooms, and multiple choice questions make it interactive as well. There is, however, a lack of coherence. For example, slide #4 addresses the air we breathe,...
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The Progressive Movement (1900-1916)

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Detailing the goals of the Progressive Movement in the beginning of the 20th century, this presentation contextualized the time period for history students, making it easier to understand both society and politics of the time. A short...
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Now I Know My ABCs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Provide little learners with a visual of the English alphabet. Each slide contains a letter of the alphabet and an associated image. Have learners say each letter as it appears or make the sound each letter makes to build phonemic...
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Inferences

For Teachers 3rd
Inferences are the focus of this short, but effective resource. Students see that when all of the facts are missing in a piece of writing, one has to make an inference - a guess based on what is known. Students practice by considering...
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Flying Through Quotation Marks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Make discussing quotation marks interesting by using this presentation. Each Disneyland themed slide includes an example, punctuation rule, and Micky Mouse style sound effects. Each example has a context which is important for making...

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