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Alabama Learning Exchange

The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the book, "The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle and sequence the events in the story. Using a graph, they draw and color the animals that the ladybug meets next to the corresponding time from the story, and conduct...
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Curated OER

Away We Go!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students study types of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students survey several classes to gather data on how they get to school. Students create a transportation graph.
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Curated OER

Chocolate Taste-Testing: Introduction to Loco for Cocoa

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare chocolates using their five senses and determine the value of the chocolate. For this chocolate lesson, students sample various types of chocolate. Students study the price per ounce of each bar to complete the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Taking Aim at the Tucson Shootings

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about the Tuscon 2011 shootings and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Healthcare Reform Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Healthcare reform is a subject that students can debate, research, and analyze.
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Curated OER

New Year's Resolutions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write about New Year's Resolutions made about personal improvement, family and friends, and school and the outside world. They write a first draft and a final draft of a five-paragraph essay about their resolutions.
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Curated OER

Trade Offs and Opportunity Cost

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Randomness and Probability

For Students 11th
In this statistics instructional activity, 11th graders complete word problems by analyzing data given to them. They answer the probability of an even occurring and reasons it should occur. There are 16 questions on this instructional...
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Curated OER

Chemical Information Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research information using various internet resources. For this chemistry lesson, students demonstrate their ability to navigate websites and gather necessary information. They evaluate the potential usefulness of the databases...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Integrating Environmental Science: Plastics

For Students 9th - 11th
In this plastics worksheet, learners read about the uses of plastics and their environmental impact. Students answer questions about plastics and their use.
Worksheet
Curated OER

International Literacy Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this International Literacy Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions,...
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The Polar Express

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Here are some ways to include "The Polar Express" into your holiday curriculum
Activity
Curated OER

Phonemic Awareness and Sounding Out Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Although designed for children with learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, the multi-sensory tips and tricks included in this illustrated eight-page packet are designed to develop phonemic awareness and are appropriate for any classroom.
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American Chemical Society

Neutralizing Acids and Bases

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Most things naturally strive for balance, and acids and bases are no exception. Neutralization of acids and bases allows scholars to explore the color changes associated with the pH scale. After this exploration, pupils neutralize two...
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Rules for Rubrics

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
How do you create an effective and fair rubric? Read this article to create the best rubric possible. 
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The 1:1 Transition: What to Read Before You Implement

For Teachers K - 12th
Capitalize on the wisdom, experience, and recommendations of those who have blazed the 1:1 trail.
Lesson Plan
Polar Trec

Staying Warm in Antarctica!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Has your class ever wondered how animals and scientists stay warm in the Polar Regions? Kids will investigate to understand the three types of heat transfer and how heat transfer affects those trying to stay toasty in sub-zero...
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Cornell University

Atomic Bonding

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore the connection of surface area to bonding within atoms. Learners complete lab investigations to model changing surface area with different sizes and concentrations of atoms. A flour fireball demonstration follows the labs to...
Worksheet
Soft Schools

Metaphor and Similes in Literature: A Challenge

For Students 7th - 10th
After identifying the similes and metaphors in a series of lines from poems, individuals then explain what is being compared and the characteristics the two items share.
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Cornell University

Bridge Building

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Bridge the gaps in your knowledge of bridges. Individuals learn about bridge types by building models. The activity introduces beam bridges, arch bridges, truss bridges, and suspension bridges.
Interactive
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Goodwill Community Foundation, Inc.

Saying Goodbye

For Students K - 12th
It's really fun to learn Spanish, but the conversation has to end sometime. An interactive learning resource teaches pupils how to say goodbye in several different ways, including ¡chao! and ¡hasta pronto!
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Adapting to Survive

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Life science and language arts come together in a passage about animal adaptation. After kids learn about how organisms adapt to conditions in their environments, they complete five reading comprehension questions based on context clues...
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Indiana University

World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun

For Teachers 12th
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
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Valentine's Day Poems

For Teachers K - 6th
Roses are red, violets are blue, poems are sweet, and educational too.