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MS Math Order of Operations

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a mnemonic device which correctly represents the order of operations. They simplify expressions by correctly following the order of operations. Students use PEMDAS-parentheses, exponents, multiplication,...
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Spelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students find a strategy to help them remember spelling words.  In this spelling lesson, students use memory, mnemonic devices, singing and body spelling to remember words.
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Stay Focused on Long Division

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students utilize a checklist in order to help them stay focused on long division problems.
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Smarter Balanced

How We Learn

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What's the best way to learn the elements of the periodic table? The inventions of Thomas Edison? Patience? To prepare for the performance task assessment on how people learn, class members share ideas about ways to learn in a variety of...
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Order of Operations Worksheets

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Put your red pen down, it's time for your mathematicians to review students' work. Pupils are given one problem that has been solved three different ways to inspect its correctness and explain their thinking using academic language. 
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Star Date

Astronomy Day from McDonald Observatory Solar System Scale Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Add a visual aid to your solar system lessons. Enthusiastic astronomers create a model depicting the nine planets and their distance from the sun. 
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Order of Operations

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a mnemonic device which correctly represents the order of operations. They simplify expressions by correctly following the order of operations. Students present their mnemonic device for the order of operations.
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Basic Algebra - Lesson 4 Order of Operations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the correct way to solve equations using the order of operations. They apply a mnemonic device to remember the proper order.
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Taxonomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a short quiz reviewing classification. In groups, they create their own family trees and discuss who is related to whom and are introduced to phylogenies in genetics. To end the lesson, they take notes on Taxonomy and...
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Plant and Animal Cells: Alike and Different?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a mneumonic device and a graphic organizer about the parts of plant and animal cells. In this biology lesson students are introduced to the parts of the cells and then work in groups to create projects that teach...
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What is an Atlatl?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Let's go an an archaeological dig! Prepare your kids with a list of vocabulary terms relating to archaeology, including different types of items that one might find. They study pictures of each item and play a memory game based on the...
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You Must Remember This!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create mnemonics that help them remember spelling words. They practice spelling words and explain how memory devices can aid learning.
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Planets Word Search Wordsheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search worksheet, student locate the names of 9 planets which are located in a word bank at the bottom of the page. They read a mnemonic device for remembering the names of the planets.
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Lone Dog's Winter Count: Keeping History Alive

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
What is oral tradition, and what unique tool did the Native Americans of the Northern Great Plains use to help them remember their complex histories? Through pictograph analysis, discussion, research, and an engaging hands-on activity,...
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Creating Historians: Giving Scholars the Answers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
How allowing index cards on tests can empower critical thinking; part one of a series on approaching social studies as a group of historians.
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Remember This?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate the mechanics of an fMRI and the properties of neurons. In this biology lesson, students analyze the way the brain works by performing tests in the neurons in the brain. This is all done theoretically.
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The Three M's of Statistics: Mode, Median, Mean

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young mathematicians use the Visual Thesaurus to define mean, median, and mode. For this mean, median and mode lesson, learners use online sources to find the definitions of mean, median, and mode before applying the concepts to a class...
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Chapter 19 Review, Section 1: Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th
Here is a chemistry worksheet that was designed for a specific textbook section dealing with oxidation-reduction reactions, but it can be used in conjunction with any general chemistry curriculum. To complete the page, learners must...
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Independent and Dependent Variables

For Students 8th Standards
Investigate the relationship between independent and dependent variables. Individuals begin by identifying independent and dependent variables from different problem situations. Then, using specific guidelines, they create posters...
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Why Do Authors Write?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use short reading passages to identify, explain, and discuss the author's purpose for writing. After a lecture/demo, they utilize a graphic organizer embedded in this plan to organize their writing ideas.
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Miwok Legend Storytelling Movie

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read Native American legends and practice storytelling skills. They complete a worksheet about the elements of storytelling and create an iMovie.
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Alphabet Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the biodiversity that exist on the prairie. Through reading or listening to books, they keep track of vocabulary words associated with the prairie on an 'Alphabet Poster'.
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Miwok Storytelling Legend Movie

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the art of storytelling. The stories were used by societies to tell about significant events in the lives of individuals. There are important aspects of storytelling composition and performance that make the delivery...
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Find the Value of Expressions Using the Order of Operations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is another great way to introduce order of operations using "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally." Pre-determined small groups work cooperatively to solve expressions. Afterward, they write a journal entry to explain the steps they...

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