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The Writer’s Toolbox: What You Need to Master the Craft

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
All the tools (and directions) you’ll need  to build an essay are included in a resource designed for learners and educators. The packet can be given to class members or divided into sections and used as part of a series of lesson on the...
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Visa

Savvy Spending: Sharpening Money Decisions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you really need that new laptop/phone/dress/jacket/etc.? Financial decisions require us to distinguish between our wants and our needs. Through discussion and the evaluation of scenarios on provided worksheets, this resource will...
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Cooking Skills: Special Education

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Using the microwave, boiling water for pasta, and using a knife to make a sandwich are all independent living skills. Prepare your special needs students for life by having them prepare three easy-to-cook items. Each skill is laid out as...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore the 5 themes of geography. In this cross curriculum literacy and geography lesson, students listen to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, and make a list of the needs of the people in Chewandswallow....
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Benefits of Indoor Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners diagram a plant. In this Science lesson, students explore the concept of photosynthesis focusing on the oxygen production. Learners calculate the amount of plants needed to filter the air in their classroom.
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Need, Needn't and Should Exercise

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing complete sentences worksheet, students read example sentences and definitions with the words need, needn't or should, fill in the blanks to complete sentences and create sentences using the terms. Students answer 17...
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Nutrients Nutrients We Need

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the six nutrients humans need to maintain good heath. In this ecosystem lesson, 2nd graders learn about how plants grow and compare how humans need nutrients from plants to how plants need nutrients from the soil....
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Code.org

The Need for Encryption

For Students 9th - 12th
Scholars investigate the need for encryption as they read a portion of the book Blown to Bits and discuss encryption techniques. They finish by attempting to decode a message written using a Caesar cipher.
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California Department of Education

What Skills Do I Need?

For Teachers 9th Standards
Get your class started down the path to a great career! The first of a six-part series of career and college lessons inspires learners to use their interests to explore career options. The activity also provides resources where...
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National Wildlife Federation

Yesterday: Our Energy Needs Over Time

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
How has our relationship to energy changed over time? An engaging exploration challenges learners to create a timeline showing human energy needs and uses over time. Scholars review what timelines are, choose a 50-year period in history...
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University of Oklahoma

Advocating For My Needs After High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A three-lesson unit teaches learners with special needs how to advocate for their needs after high school. Class members review appropriate was to disclose their disability during interviews and applications, and how to request...
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Mastering a Student's Personal Information in a Special Education Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Your special education students can memorize their personal information. In order to master their personal information, they create a photo book to help them remember names, birthdays, addresses, phone numbers, then take pictures to...
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We Need Freshwater

For Students 1st Standards
Why do we need freshwater? Because freshwater sustains life. After reading a three-paragraph passage about the importance of freshwater, first graders respond to the article by answering comprehension questions. The resource includes...
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University of Oklahoma

Advocating For My Needs in High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers enrolled in resource and special needs classes learn and practice how to schedule and conduct a self-advocacy meeting with a teacher to request accommodations in that subject area class. In lesson one they review and...
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Pets and People: Needs We Share

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students match pictures of human and pet needs. In this comparison lesson, students describe their morning activities and identify the needs represented by each activity.  Students work in groups to find magazine pictures representing...
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The Wants and Needs of Making a Difference

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students analyze a reading selection. In this wants and needs lesson, students read a story to facilitate a discussion about wants and needs. Students discuss how communities help each other in difficult times.
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I Want It! I Need It!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare the difference between needs and wants. In this needs vs. wants lesson plan, students play a sorting game with picture cards, depicting illustrations of survival needs and material things. Students sort the picture cards...
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Plants Need Soil

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify what plants need to grow. In this agricultural lesson, 3rd graders read the book The Empty Pot and discuss the steps to take when planting a seed. Students plant a seed and water it each day. Students discuss their...
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Basic Needs of Plants

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders conduct a plant experiment.  In this basic needs of plants lesson, 2nd graders observe plants for two weeks. Students record data from their plants in journals. 
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Plant Needs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the needs of plants.  For this plants biology lesson, students work in groups to perform an experiment with tomato plants.  Each group records observations in a journal, takes pictures, and interprets the results of...
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Wants Vs. Needs: The Pilgrims sail to America

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work in groups to create a list of the items needed by the Pilgrims to bring to America.  In this wants vs. needs lesson, students must agree on what should be on the list. Students create their list by order of importance....
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Consumer Confusion: Wants versus Needs and Gandhi's Wisdom

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create graphs to illustrate consumer consumption throughout the world. In this consumer lesson plan, 4th graders also discuss wants and needs around the world, and consider Gandhi's opinion on material possessions as they...
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What Does It Need?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this identifying needs worksheet, students observe picture words and fill in the correct boxes indicating their needs of water, air, and food. Students determine the needs for seven items.
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Why We Need Sleep

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders track how much sleep they get and list reasons sleep is important. For this health and math lesson, 5th graders keep up with their sleep times for a week and make notes about how they feel each day prior to the lesson. The...

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