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Poetry Appreciation – "The Raven"
Introduce your class to "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe with this series of activities, exercises, and worksheets. Class members examine an image, analyze a movie trailer, read a prose version of the poem, look up vocabulary, and pick out...
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Making the Most of Primary Sources: The Successful Interview
In this interviewing skills worksheet, students read a 2-page outline of tips for conducting interviews as part of the research process and then use the tips to interview someone.
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Citizens for Responsible Change
Third graders write a petition to a school figure, get signatures from other students, share the petition with the appropriate authority, and then work as leaders to carry out the group's solution.
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Beginning Statistical Inquiries into the Scientific Method: Jelly-Side-Down
Students describe what happens when a piece of jellied toast is dropped off a table. From these observations, students pose a question concerning which side of the jellied toast land on the floor.
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Survival Extravaganza
Fifth graders discuss the effects of scarcity. In this survival lesson, 5th graders use strategies that would help them survive in a survival situation. Students write letters about bears in need of help to survive. Students answer...
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Nuclear Scientists Project
Students explore nuclear scientists. In this nuclear science research instructional activity, students choose a scientist who has contributed to nuclear theory, research his/her life and accomplishments, and write a paper. Students...
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Grade 8: Intermediate-Level Test, Science Written Test, 2007
In this 8th grade science standardized test practice worksheet, 8th graders respond to 79 multiple choice and short answer questions that require them to review their knowledge of science.
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Grade 8: Intermediate-Level Test, Science Written Test, 2006
In this 8th grade science standardized test practice worksheet, 8th graders respond to 73 multiple choice and short answer questions that require them to review their knowledge of science.
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Grade 8: Intermediate-Level Test, Science Written Test, 2004
In this 8th grade science standardized test practice worksheet, 8th graders respond to 78 multiple choice and short answer questions that require them to review their knowledge of science.
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Intermediate Level Science Test
In this science test worksheet, 8th graders complete a comprehensive grade eight exam. Students respond to 70 questions consisting of fill in the blank, short answer, and chart and graph completion.
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Grade 8 Intermediate Level Science Test
In this grade 8 intermediate level science test activity, 8th graders answer 72 multiple choice questions about eighth grade science, in standardized test format.
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Grade 4 Science Test-University of the State of New York
In this science test worksheet, 4th graders complete a set of 41 multiple choice questions covering a variety of 4th grade science concepts.
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Grade 4: Elementary-Level Test, Science Written Test, 2007
In this 4th grade science standardized test practice worksheet, 4th graders respond to 42 multiple choice and short answer questions that require them to review their knowledge of science.
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Grade 4 Science Test
In this grade 4 science test worksheet, 4th graders complete 44 multiple choice questions covering a variety of 4th grade science concepts.
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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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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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Decimal Expansion of Pi
Develop a better understanding of the value of pi. Learners explore the area of a circle using estimation and graph paper. While continuing to estimate the area of the circle using smaller and smaller grids, the number pi emerges.
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"Shooting An Elephant": George Orwell's Essay on His Life in Burma
High school readers examine George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant" for examples of symbolism, metaphor, connotation, and irony. They analyze how these literary tools convey the writer's main point and contribute to the persuasive...
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Three of a Kind
One is chance, two is a coincidence, three's a pattern. Scholars must determine similarities and differences of a regular hexagon undergoing dilation. They look at lengths, angles, areas, and symmetry.
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Global Water Supply Middle School Curriculum
We take a steady shower stream and clean drinking water for granted, but in many countries around the world, the lack of water or a clean water supply is responsible for higher sickness and death rates. Taking a closer look at the water...
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The Basics of Journalism: A Little Preview
Students define journalism and identify the basic components of a news story. For this journalism basics lesson, students define the word journalism, read a new story, and break it into parts with two major characteristics for each...
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Variations of Pain
Learners listen to the song :King of Pain" by the Police. They identify different instrumentation and different rhythmic accompaniments to the opening vocal phrase and explore the text in-depth, discussing the various poetic images of...
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Compound Inequalities
In this algebra instructional activity, 11th graders solve compound inequalities and graph their solution on a number line. There are 6 questions with an answer key.
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Dealing With Death
Students watch and analyze a video dealing with the topic of death. They answer discussion questions, identify examples of how death is represented in popular media, write a poem, create a memory book, and write a letter to someone who...