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Learning About Bugs- What Bugs Do

For Students 2nd
In this bugs worksheet, 2nd graders examine 7 colorful, clip art bug pictures and read phrases about things bugs do. They match the pictures to their phrases. They see pictures of bugs such as a worm, a caterpillar, a bee, and an ant.
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Shapes Matching Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - K
Using this worksheet, students practice identifying basic shapes, such as an oval, rectangle, triangle, and hexagon. This worksheet would be ideal for preschool or kindergarten students.
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Spring: Same Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this recognizing the same things worksheet, students look at the first picture on 3 rows and then circle the picture that is the same as the first one in each row.
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Making Grading Manageable, Efficient, and Purposeful

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Maintain your workload through focused assignments, expressed objectives, and clear rubrics
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Welcome to the Blogosphere

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Create a blog spot for your classroom and promote online discussions. There are several blogging websites listed here, and you can create one specific to each class or one collective site. Teach your learners how to post on the blog, and...
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You're Wearing Your Plants!

For Teachers K
Students examine the many uses of plants and trees by looking at their clothing. They make lists of products that come from plants and trees and their uses.
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Why the Common Core?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
The Common Core: filling in the gaps and preparing for life beyond college
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Tracing Genetic Ancestry Using DNA Microarrays

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High school learners read and discuss an article about genetic ancestry and genetic ancestry testing. They complete a paper and pencil activity that mimics the function of a DNA microarray and consider the ethics of genetic testing in...
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Trait Variations for Survival

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young learners examine how different traits could give one organism an advantage over another. In groups, they view two different organisms in different environments. To end the lesson plan, they complete a Venn Diagram on the two...
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What Can Scatterplots Tell Us?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use data from surveys conducted with parents, peers and themselves to create computer-generated scatterplots. They make inferences from their scatterplots.
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immigration

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in the task of looking at the how people flock to America from different parts of the world. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students look at history as a vehicle of change and how people...
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Displaying the Data

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners gather facts about their parent's families through the completion of parent interview forms. Using tally marks, the data gathered is counted, transferred to graphs and used to create family timelines.
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Off to College

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students jog to where their classroom teacher went to college using a scale that best fits their situation. They log miles on a chart until students reach their destination. Students use the colleges mascot as the graph indicator as to...
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Project Thorne Comm

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers participate in a class that is designed for those who have physical and mental disabilities. They take part in class activities and field trips planned around the development of skills for activities of daily living. The...
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Eating Senegal Style

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students demonstrate how to eat as the people do in Senegal. Students present information to the class about an individual eating tradition in their family.
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Debating the Issues of Rockdale County

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret information from the video "The Lost Children of Rockdale County" through a series of written questions and answers, and group discussion and evaluate the parameters of parental responsibility in the lives of teenagers.