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Ecosystem Worksheet
For this environment worksheet, students find the words that are related to the ecosystem. The vocabulary is used to help develop environmental awareness.
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A Treasure at our Doorstep
Learners write a descriptive essay about a historical landmark in their area, such as the Curtis Center in Philadelphia, PA. In this historical landmarks lesson, students use their senses to detail information about the chosen landmark,...
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Oregon Trail Maps
Fourth graders explore the Oregon Trail. In this Oregon Trail lesson, 4th graders collaborate to conduct Internet research regarding states along the Oregon trail route. Students present their findings to their peers.
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During Reading Strategies
Students employ strategies to increase comprehension while they are reading. In this language arts lesson, students must infer, predict and visualize in order to improve comprehension.
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Learning the Component and Information Found in the Newspaper
Fifth graders work in a group to identify and reference the index, front page, metro page, state and local pages, as well as the sports, comics and classifieds in the newspaper 90% of the time during the game of "Identifying and...
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Watercycle
Third graders examine the natural circulation of water from oceans, lakes, and rivers to evaporation into the air, and then to condensation to produce rain falling back to the soil as components of the water cycle.
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Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 5
Students identify the process of writing a case brief. They analyze the case McCulloch v Maryland. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a case study worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them explain the process of performing a case...
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Classification of Minerals
Students identify a specific mineral using Moh's Scale of Hardness. They also conduct research about the mineral looking for factors such as value, abundance ,location, and current uses. The lesson integrates technology with the making...
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Time Management
Students are taken through the design process to develop a system of time management for themselves and others. They practice participating in a critique of other students' time schedules and modify and improve their initial time...
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Writing the Position Paper
Learners write position papers on a form of alternative energy production. They use several class periods to develop and write their paper and them participate in an extensive peer review session.
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Little Red Corvette
Young scholars investigate the acceleration of a car. For this acceleration of a car lesson, students make a scatter plot of corvette acceleration data. Young scholars find a model to fit the data by taking the integral of...
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Government
Students evaluate how the United States government has maintained a balance between protecting rights and maintaining order. They analyze the impact of Supreme Court decisions on governmental powers and the rights and responsibilities of...
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Our National Documents
Students explore the significance of National Documents. In this National Documents lesson, students read handouts regarding the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Students complete the provided...
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Our National Documents
Students consider the significance of selected American documents. In this civics lesson, students analyze excerpts of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
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Rock Cycle SIOP Unit
Young scholars collect rocks, identify them, classify them, investigate their properties, and more. In this rocks lesson plan, students also experiment with soil and erosion and weather.
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Chemical Changes
Students explore chemical changes. in this lesson about the properties of chemical changes, students do experiments, observe, and record results. Students complete four experiments in order to observe chemical changes. In each experiment...
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Ehhh! What'd ya say? Eeeggs
Students identify the vowel sound with a short e. They distinguish this sound /e/ in written and spoken words. Finally, students identify and spell using a letterbox lesson and reading various words with the vowel sound and are...
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Monetary Mania
Learners participate in an online quiz program that reviews economic concepts and vocabulary. They apply concepts learned through the International Money Fund Center.
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Faces, Places, and Traces of Wisconsin
Fourth graders view a teacher-created PowerPoint presentation. They read and conduct research, taking notes as they go. Students build a storyboard of their projected slide show. They create a PowerPoint show based on their storyboard....
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Presenting... the Prime Ministers of Canada
Students access the First Among Equals website and research Canadian Prime Ministers.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Standard Documentation Formats
Documenting Internet resources is becoming standardized. You'll find some of the basics here, plus links to more detailed guidelines now included in respected academic style guides. L.9-10.3a Standard Format, W.11-12.6 Technology,...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series
Here are the full texts of three books of Emily Dickinson's poetry, edited and published posthumously by two of her friends, Mabel Loomis Todd and T. W. Higginson. (Only Ms. Todd edited the last book.) These texts include prefaces...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Three Vassar Girls at Home
This ebook version of Elizabeth W. Champney's Three Vassar Girls At Home has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.