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Beat the Heat: Meander Through These Books

For Teachers 7th - 12th
A hazy, daisy, lazy summer reading list for math (and interdisciplinary) learning.
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Reading Maps of the East Pacific Rise

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners make qualitative and quantitative observations and use various maps to investigate the features of the East Pacific Rise The study actual bathymetric maps of the EPR region. They identify key features of the ridge and explore...
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A Dog Eat Dog World

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders distinguish between acquatic and terrestrial organisms. They label animals as producers, consumers, and/or decomposers.
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Prince William's Oily Mess: A Tale of Recovery

For Students 5th - 7th
In this environment instructional activity, students explore the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Students read and study text and photographs about the 1989 spill. Students answer 6 essay questions.
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Animals: Dolphins

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students use the internet to discover information about dolphins. They examine their behavior, appearance and distribution of dolphins.
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Seafloor Spreading

For Students 8th - 9th
For this seafloor spreading worksheet, students find mistakes in statements that are descriptive of seafloor spreading. Students correct the given sentences to make a true statement.
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Reading Contour Maps

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine contour maps and bathymetry maps and discover how to interpret a contour map of the East Pacific Rise. Students look at a map as a class and answer questions together before working independently on a map of the East...
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Letter Recognition: The Letter C

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this letter C worksheet, students identify the C words in a word bank by circling them. Then, students circle the pictures that start with the letter C and color them.
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Connecticut

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Connecticut learning exercise, students read about the history of Connecticut and answer true and false questions about it. Students complete 10 true and false questions.
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Types of Scientists

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students match each type of scientist listed in the left-had column to its correct description found in the right-hand column. There are 34 different scientists to match on the sheet.
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Economy vs. Humanity

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the American Slave Trade.  In this World History instructional activity, 9th graders analyze photos of the Middle Passage.  Students read an account of a person on one of the Middle Passage voyages. 
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Explorit's Fishy Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this online interactive fish quiz worksheet, students respond to 6 questions about fish. Students may check their answers for accuracy.
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Verb Tense Exercise 19

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 5 fill in the blank questions regarding verb tenses. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Science: Water Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science:  water quiz worksheet, students answer twenty questions, not interactively about the properties of water, then scroll down to check their answers.
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Idioms Quiz: nature

For Students 4th - 6th
In this English idioms worksheet, students complete sentences by interpreting idioms about nature.
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Disaster Strikes

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine the devastation caused by the tsunami of 2005. In this current events activity, students consider the effects of natural disasters as they research tsunamis and the worldwide response to the December 26, 2005 tsunami....
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John H. Ritter Novels

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read the books writing by John H. Ritter and complete discussion questions about them. In this reading lesson plan, students answer discussion questions for 4 different books.
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Loving Letter "L"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for L. They practice writing the letter L and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /l/. They associate the phoneme /l/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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A or An

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this a or an worksheet, students put a or an in front of other words. Students put a or an in front of 45 words or phrases.
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Around the Water Cycle--A Reader's Theater

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read aloud a play script in a group to research the water cycle. They take the parts of raindrops. The amount of raindrops can be adjusted to fit group size.
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Looking for a Walrus

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students sing and role-play the song "Looking for a Walrus" to explore walrus adaptations.
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China: Culture and Young Adult literature

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to Chinese language and culture to make Asian reading selections in literature circles more meaningful. They write about Chinese characters, work on oral speaking, and read Asian books and then have...
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Summarization Safari

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners summarize a piece of fiction text. After reviewing the correct way to question while reading, students independently read a short story. They complete a summary organizer using the five Ws outlined by the instructor during...
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to the components and importance of the water cycle. They are shown how groundwater moves using a model. Students list 9 places on earth where water is found. They define the terms cycle and water cycle.