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Carbon Cycle Game
In this carbon cycle lesson, middle schoolers review the carbon cycle and visit stations in the room where they experience every phase in the carbon cycle. Learners journal about their journey through the cycle and brainstorm ways...
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Johnny Appleseed
Students investigate Johnny Appleseed. In this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students listen to Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg, and dictate important events in his life as the teacher writes them on index...
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Sentence Editing
In this sentence editing practice learning exercise, 5th graders edit 8 sentences. Students must insert commas and semi-colons in the appropriate places.
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Review: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms and Homographs
In this grammar instructional activity, students read the 20 sentences and identify the pair of underlined words as synonyms, antonyms, homonyms or homographs.
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Present Simple and Present Continuous
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students complete the 17 sentences with the present simple or present continuous verb tense. There is also a crossword puzzle to complete.
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Blue Planet: Frozen Seas
Students study the animals from the Arctic and how they have adapted. In this ocean lesson students create a poster about their given animal and present it to the class.
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Under Our Feet
Students investigate the forest ecosystem to learn of the living and non-living elements of the soil. In this ecosystem lesson, students examine soil for twigs, moss, fungi, leaves, roots and other matter. Students...
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Relating Maya
Students read about the bags that the Maya people made and about how reusing bags can help save our environment. In this environment lesson plan, students read and discuss conservation and observe pictures.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions based on Their Eyes Were Watching God. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Chalkboard Challenge: Literary Terms
This interactive PowerPoint simulates a "Jeopardy" game that addresses figurative language, cause and effect, and other literary terms. Players can chose which category and amount they would like to play on the Game Board.
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Spring Has Sprung
Spring lesson plan ideas can allow students and teachers a chance to use the outdoors as a classroom and a source of study topics.
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Types of Weathering
In this weathering instructional activity, students compare the two types of weathering: mechanical and chemical. This instructional activity has 11 matching questions.
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LESSON PLANS (print version) pdf What is a Fossil?
Students can better explain how mould and cast fossils occur when they make their own cast fossils using plaster of Paris and objects such as shells, bone or even their own hand or footprint.
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Fun with Fossils
Second graders explore the geologic process of fossil formation. In this geology lesson, 2nd graders discuss the job of a paleontologist and make their own model of a fossil. This lesson includes teacher directed questions.
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Using Active Voice vs. Passive Verse in Writing
Need an active voice exercise? Learners rewrite a series of sentences to ensure that the subject of the sentence is doing the action. Beware the typos, especially in the title.
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Save Me: Mother Earth
Young scholars read stories and articles about protecting the Earth. They collect data for a computer generated graph, and provide a key to show what the symbols represent.
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Who Works in This Forest?
Students examine the variety of jobs that are related to working in the forest. Information on the different jobs is provided in this lesson plan for the teacher to share with the students. The students create a collage using magazines...
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How Do People Change the Environment?
In this environmental changes instructional activity, students will read statements about things people do. Then students will fill in the blank of 4 statements that describe the effect those actions have on changing the environment.
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Dirt: Making Dirty Water Clean!
Fourth graders study soil and water. In this water lesson students work in groups and use a filter to clean water.
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North Carolina Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues about North Carolina and use the words in the word bank to complete the puzzle. 9
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North Carolina Challenge
In this state facts worksheet, students read the statements about North Carolina and select the correct answer to complete the 10 statements.
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Mississippi Crossword
For this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues related to the state of Mississippi. Students complete the puzzle with 10 words.
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Texas Crossword Puzzle
In this Texas worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle, using 10 clues given at the bottom of the page. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Town Meeting
High schoolers organize and stage a town meeting. They write a set of discussion guidelines and participate in a political discussion.