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Frequent Assessments Guide Teaching: Part One
What assessment strategies work best for you? I use multiple checks for understanding to make sure my kids are building knowledge, not reinforcing mistakes.
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Looking At Illuminated Manuscripts: A Book Of Modern Astronomy
Students examine a medieval manuscript on astronomy and create their own books based on modern discoveries in astronomy. They choose a subject of modern astronomy that they would like to write and create an illuminated image about.
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Sea Connections
Students, after locating different marine habitats on a globe, play a card game about ecosystems, food webs and organisms.
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Understanding a Geological Map
Students identify different types of maps and observe a geological map. In this geology instructional activity students create a replica map of a geological area that includes a key.
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To Infinity and Beyond...Magazine of Planetary Studies
Students demonstrate their creativity by creating a magazine to express expository text. In this expository text lesson plan, students create a magazine in groups to creatively make text interesting.
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Democracy in Action?
Young scholars compare and contrast democratic election processes. In this 200 presidential election instructional activity, students visit websites that allow them to compare federal American elections to British elections. Young...
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Bugs, Bugs, Everywhere!
Young scholars collect and compare bugs using magnifying lenses and graph data based on their comparisons. In this bugs lesson plan, students also make an aspirator by using a jar, tubing, and screen.
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Art and Literature Quiz 1
For this art and literature worksheet, students answer short answer questions about famous authors, plays, and characters. Students complete 31 short answer questions.
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El Niño
In this weather learning exercise students complete an interactive activity on El Ninos then answer a series of short answer questions on how they occur.
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Acid Rain
In this acid rain worksheet students complete a series of questions on acidity and how acid rain forms. Students view a slide show and list what they can do to help.
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Exploring Space-Science Puzzlers, Twisters & Teasers
In this space learning exercise, students complete 12 different science puzzles, word scrambles, and brain teasers about vocabulary terms from their chapter.
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How Fire Affects Wildllife
In this ecology lesson, students select an animal to study and read about how this animal adapts to ecological disaster. They complete 5 short answer questions after reading.
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Hurricane Predictions
In this hurricane learning exercise, students analyze and interpret a hurricane graph. They complete 5 short answer questions that follow.
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5th Grade Reading Test B
In this grade 5 reading test, 5th graders complete a 24 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5 concepts.
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Biography/Autobiography
For this biography and autobiography worksheet, students read 2 excerpts that are 1 paragraph in length. Students then respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Classifying Living Things
In this classification activity, students read a description of how all living things are related and describe a diagram showing how this taxonomy works. Students answer five questions related to their reading.
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Grade 8: Intermediate-Level Test, Science Written Test, 2009
In this 8th grade science standardized test practice worksheet, 8th graders respond to 83 multiple choice and short answer questions that require them to review their knowledge of science.
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Weather & Climate; Knowledge Quiz
In this weather and climate quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of concepts related to climate and weather.
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Grade 8 Science Test: New York State University
In this grade 8 science test worksheet, 8th graders answer a total of 81 questions that cover a wide variety of grade 8 science concepts.
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Water Pollution Hot-Spots
Students complete internet research in small groups to identify types of water pollution, spotlight water pollution hot-spots, and design a plan for water prevention.
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SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA NO.3
Students listen to a recording of Suite for Orchestra No. 3 by J. S. Bach, review and recognize basic musical instruments by sight, and begin to recognize sounds of some instruments.
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Nasa: Solar System Exploration: Planets: Venus
Comprehensive look at the planet Venus, with many useful facts, figures, photos, and related links. Provides an account of how Venus got it's name and a timeline of significant dates.
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Nasa: Earth: Overview: Our Home Planet
Provides a comprehensive look at the planet Earth including photos, how Earth got its name, and facts and figures about its size, seasons, moon, atmosphere, rotation, and lithosphere.