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Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Monster Musical Chairs [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A instructional activity based on the book, Monster Musical Chairs, by Stuart J. Murphy. Students learn, through a game of musical chairs, that any supply of goods is limited and not everyone's wants will necessarily be met.
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Dr. Seward's Gila Monster Web Site: Gila Monsters

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to covering morphology, range, unique adaptations, activity patterns food & metabolism, and intraspecific interactions, this this site examines several interesting superstitions and fables related to the gila monster.
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vo. 5, Issue 5: Monster Stories [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This magazine article discusses legends of monsters like Big Foot and The Loch Nest Monster. It explains how studies have disproved the existence of these monsters.
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Read Works

Read Works: Monster of the North

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the skeleton of a plesiosaur, a giant sea monster, found by scientists near the North Pole. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Gila Monsters

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Gila monster characteristics, diet, and habitat. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its range and a video that shows these poisonous lizards in action.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Goya, the Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Quiz)

For Students 9th - 10th
How much do you know about Goya's work The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters? Find out by answering this four-question multiple-choice quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Monsters

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 54 vocabulary words pertaining to monsters, creatures, or scary ideas. It also includes an extensive word list and lesson ideas on the same subject.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Myths, Monsters and the Imagination

For Students 9th - 10th
A shadowy man-eating monster, a strange green knight, and fictional accounts of journeys around the world: investigate the boundaries between the real and imaginary in medieval literature.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Monsters and Heroes in Beowulf

For Students 9th - 10th
This article tries to figure out the meaning of monsters in Beowulf, comparing the hero with Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Match

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Monster Mansion Match is a fun matching game for kids. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match two of the same monster. Watch out for the Little Angry Red Monster though! He likes to...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Letter Match

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Monster Mansion Letter Match is a fun educational game for kids to practice matching capital and lowercase letters. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match the uppercase to lowercase...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Shape Match

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Monster Mansion Shape Match is a fun educational game for kids to learn and practice 2D and 3D shapes. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match objects to shapes or objects to words....
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Monster Mansion Number Match

For Students Pre-K - K
Monster Mansion Number Match is a fun matching game for kids to practice numbers and counting. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match the numbers and objects. Players can compare...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Monsters of the Sea, Legendary and Authentic by John Gibson

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Monsters of the Sea, Legendary and Authentic by John Gibson (1890), a collection stories about sea creatures both real and legendary.
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Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Banded Gila Monster

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover fun facts and learn about the habitat, breeding, diet, conservation status, and appearance of the Gila monster.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Exponentials Alien Monster Growth

For Students 6th - 9th
This Algebra Cruncher generates an endless number of practice problems for the exponential growth of alien monsters with solutions.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Monster Bugs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here are a couple of fun games where you can mix and match bug bodies, legs, wings, and heads to make your own "monster bug." There is also some fun trivia as you play!
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Fact Monster

Fact Monster: Decimals Places

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Fact Monster: Decimals is a learning module that focuses on digit placement. It also provides videos on how to add and subtract decimals and how to multiply and divide decimals.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Monster of a Metaphor

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young scholars analyze the monster metaphor from chapter five of The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck as they develop ideas for extended metaphors that describe characters within a specific setting. Teacher instructions and resources are...
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Other

Monster: Job Descriptions

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you want to be when you grow up? This is a common question asked of students. This site, sponsored by Monster.com, reviews careers open to those entering the job market. Includes a description of the job, skills and education...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: The Sea of Monsters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Monsters of the Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that includes links to images of fourteen different monsters found in Homer's The Odyssey.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab 1: Meteorological Monsters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores hurricanes. This lab has students developing questions based on observations they make by doing an in-depth exploration of a "visualization showing the active 2005 Atlantic...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.

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