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Fantastic Fishing Contest

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, children will have fun using their imaginations and what they've learned about fish to create their own entry in a fishing contest.
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Reflections of a Different Time; Pilgrim Children

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a reflective journal entry on the lives of Pilgrim Students.
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Ladybug Addition

For Teachers K
Students engage in an interesting lesson on addition that encourages class participation through role-play and concrete hands-on activity. They utilize the fact that ladybugs have dots on their bodies to create a fun, hands-on lesson in...
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Red Means Danger

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils describe some common pests. They study three levels of pest control from the IPM pyramid.
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Photosynthesis: Intake of Carbon Dioxide - Production of Oxygen

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after a long-term observation of photosynthesis with aquatic plants, assess the benefits of photosynthesis towards all living organisms. They explain in their own words the two cycles within photosynthesis. Guided discussion...
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Reported Speech Survey

For Students 4th
In this conversation worksheet, 4th graders walk around the classroom asking each other ten to twenty simple questions from flash cards in order to improve their conversation and speech skills in English.
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Total English Intermediate: Very Useful Idioms

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this intermediate idioms worksheet, students practice idioms as they complete a graphic organizer by interviewing classmates and write a paragraph based on the notes from the graphic organizer.
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Problem Solving: Find an Average

For Students 4th - 5th
In this finding the average word problem worksheet, learners problem solve and explain why the average is reasonable or not reasonable. Students solve six problems.
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Issues and Opposing Views: Cloning

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students complete analysis activities to compare and contrast an opposing view point in writing and orally. In this opposing views lesson, students complete research about cloning. Students make presentations for their view points on the...
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Jumping to Conclusions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students decide as a class what their data is going to be to graph. For this math lesson, students organize data so that it will be easier to display in a graph. Students are guided through the process by their teachers, and helped with...
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Stormy Weather

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders demonstrate their knowledge for how animals survive in natural environments when a storm occurs. In this science/writing lesson, 5th graders engage in a listening activity with the teacher. Additionally, students write a...
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First Grade Mathematics Quiz

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math quiz activity, student complete multiple choice problems about money, shapes, patterns, and more. Students complete 15 problems total.
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Christmas Presents

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a graph of their Christmas gifts. They develop categories, compute fractional and decimal parts for each category, identify the number of degrees to represent each fractional part, and create a circle graph to...
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Book of Little Things

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students inquire about visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this Keith Haring instructional activity, students examine the book Nina's Book of Little Things and create their own drawings based on their personal life....
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Communicating Values and History through Masks

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create an African style mask that depicts a value or character trait that is important in their community.
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Time to Look at Me!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate timelines. In this sequencing lesson, 2nd graders create a timeline of events important to their lives and then write a description of the event describing why it is important to their life.
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Cool Word Vocabulary

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students practice using new vocabulary by putting a picture with the new word. They also write the definitions of the new words. They use the pictures to create a clue in which others can practice the new words.
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Aquatic Habitat Water Quality Experiment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the importance of water quality for humans and fish and make predictions about what happens to water that is polluted. In small groups, they conduct experiments to compare and contrast water that is unpolluted and...
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Thankful Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students go through the entire writing process to create an expository essay about what they are thankful for. They use graphic organizers to guide them through the process.
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Word Choice: Their, There and They're

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this word choice worksheet, students fill in blanks with the appropriate choice: there, their or they're, 20 sentences total. Interactive version website is noted on worksheet.
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Community Chain

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the concept of rights and responsibilities of being citizens. In this citizenship lesson, students participate in a discussion of the responsibilities that are associated with the rights of citizenship. They make a...
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A Picture is Worth a Million Words

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners practice composing digital photographs by documenting activities in their lives.  In this photography lesson, students utilize digital cameras to create beautiful art from things they find around the campus or at their...
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Be Prepared With Emergency Supplies

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify what needs to be in a Family Emergency Supplies Kit. In this safety lesson, students discuss items that are necessary to have in emergencies. Students use pictures of items and order them according to importance.
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My Family and Me

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss the family unit and compare it to an ant colony.  In this family lesson plan, students draw their family and extended family and talk about their jobs and family roles. They compare this to an ant colony and observe...