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Curated OER

Learning About Temperature Is Cool!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students estimate and compare temperature using degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, and create mini temperature posters and answer questions about temperature.
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Classification of Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners view progressive slides of cloud formations and identify which type of cloud is shown as it forms. They estimate the cloud's height while viewing each image.
Worksheet
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Find The Best Estimate

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, learners find the best estimate by using the skill of rounding. The answers are written in the spaces at the bottom of the page.
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Radioactive Samples

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine the different types of radioactivity.  In this radioactive samples lesson students complete a lab activity on radiation and complete a handout.
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Candy Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete math activities with donated seasonal treats. They estimate, count, sort, name and graph bags of treats. They can eat treats when finished.
Lesson Plan
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Peru Geography and the Environment

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders draw maps of Peru and examine how Peru is a geographically diverse country.
Worksheet
Helping with Math

Worksheet: Dividing by 4

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
First notice that an answer key is available by the click of a box at the top of the page. Then you will see that learners practice the  four times table before delving into division. Twenty-eight quotient-finding problems follow. A...
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Entering the Twilight Zone

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students describe major features of cold seep communities  and list organisms that are found in these communities.  In this water habitat lesson plan students examine trophic levels, describe the process of chemosynthesis and...
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Life is Weird

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners study the organisms that are found in cold seeps and see how they interact with each-other.  In this biological organism lesson students describe the major features of cold seeps and the process of chemosynthesis. 
Worksheet
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Place Value: Metric System

For Students 6th - 8th
In this metric system worksheet, students read about metric and place value relationships, examine some sample problems, and then complete 5 conversion charts.
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Mary, Queen of Scots: Heroine or Harlot?

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explain how international politics, religion, and cultural beliefs influenced the life of Mary Queen of Scots. They watch a film about Mary, Queen of Scots and participate in a discussion and variety of extension activities.
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Ecosystem Energizers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders see how the flow of energy through an ecosystem made up of producers, consumers, and decomposers carries out the processes of life and that some energy dissipates as heat and is not recycled.
Worksheet
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Science Quiz-Grade 6

For Students 6th
In this grade 6 science quiz instructional activity, 6th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 6 concepts. 
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What In The World Would You Have?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students calculate value of money in other countries, and explore how the economy affects the rate of exchange.
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Coin Drop

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students calculate the theoretical and empirical probability by dropping coins on a grid. They record their data and compare the theoretical and empirical data. Students make predictions about the results before conducting the experiment.
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Buoyancy: What will float and what will sink

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write and explain why an object sinks or floats.  In this buoyancy instructional activity students demonstrate how items float or sink and graph the results. 
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Corps of Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils assess their knowledge of the Corps of Discovery through a written pretest, follow the journey of Lewis and Clark on the internet, record data on events, dates, places, people, animals, distance traveled, and geographic coordinates.
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Education in Japan

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students compare and contrast the Japanese educational system with that of the United States and debate the merits of both.
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Science: Liquid Matter

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the properties of liquids and their classifications. They compare and contrast cups of different liquids and record their findings in journals. Students observe how liquids flow at various speeds and that unlike...
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Curated OER

Eight Basic Elements of the Earth

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify the concept of an element and work with an idea that all of the millions of substances on the earth are various combinations of only 8 elements. They work with the Periodic Table of the Elements and symbols of the...
Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Colorable Number Chart

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Use this chart to explore counting and number patterns up to 100. Choose from thirty different colors for your paintbrush as well as five different versions of the hundreds chart, or start with a blank chart. There is also an auto color...
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: 100 Number Chart

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This a fun and educational activity for children learning numbers. The chart will help children to see relationships and patterns between numbers one to one hundred. To play the game children must place numbers on the correct spot of the...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Count to 100

For Teachers K Standards
Numbers don't stop at 20! This instructional activity looks at the numbers beyond 20 by playing a fun game with a 100 Chart! This instructional activity includes a detailed plan, links to center ideas, a printable worksheet, and a video...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: 100 or Bust

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students explore the operations of addition and subtraction. They use estimation, a place value chart, and a calculator to place seven randomly generated numbers in the ones and tens position in a place-value chart to...