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Methods of Motion
How could you earn a $6,000,000 speeding ticket? This presentation uses an analogy that relates speed in the universe to the cost of a speeding ticket. Scholars ultimately understand that motion is relative. Also covered is the...
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Inventions 2: The Impact
Tomorrow's engineers visit an intriguing website about inventions that have changed the way we live. Biographies of child inventors on the suggested website aren't easy to find, so make sure to find some stories to share in place of...
The Holler
Conflict Resolution
Does your class understand the importance of peaceful conflict resolution? Middle schoolers share conflict stories, then collaborate to resolve simulated conflicts during an engaging lesson plan. The teacher's guide contains...
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Adventure on the High Seas
Ahoy there! A fun computer science lesson challenges pupils to write a program that creates an ocean wave. They then develop stories to accompany their projects. All of this takes place within the Scratch coding program.
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Introduction to Exponents
Problem solve using exponents. Pupils read One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale and write powers to represent amounts from the story.They compare actual solutions to their predictions and play a game to practice using...
Sundance
Teaching Strategies: The Giver
Can utopia be achieved? Included here are three literature worksheets to pair with Lois Lowry's The Giver. Pupils work in groups to come up with solutions to society's issues, individuals back up a statement related to a topic in the...
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A Cyclist's Marriage Proposal
One cyclist goes to great lengths to make his proposal! Your classes must figure out just what length that is. Using a map with a bike route that spells out Marry Me, learners calculate the total distance of the ride. They base their...
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Surviving the Depression-1930-1939 Lesson 2: Life During the Depression- Stories
Students interview individuals who lived during the Great Depression era to investigate the economic hardship that was experienced. They determine the motivations of philanthropic Americans who shared and gave during this era after...
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Arthur Meets the President
Pupils discuss the role of the President. In this government lesson, students read Arthur Meets the President and complete a story map. Pupils develop new vocabulary related to the story.
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Freckle Juice- Lesson 6
Students read Freckle Juice. In this comprehension lesson, students complete a story map and discuss cause and effect based on readings from Freckle Juice.
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Multicultural Fairy Tales
Third graders explore the elements of a story using fairy tales from all over the world. They compare and contrast story elements, key ideas and concepts found in a variety of texts from around the world.
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Language Arts: Retelling Leo the Longhorn
Students reinforce sequencing skills by retelling stories. After being assigned roles in the production, they create dialog, props, and costumes for retelling the story "Leo the Longhorn." Working in cooperative groups, students may also...
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9th Grade Transition Algebra
Ninth graders examine mathematical patterns. In this algebra lesson, 9th graders collaborate to think outside the box and share solutions to problems they have encountered. Students use popsicle sticks to solve various building problems...
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Reading The Great Kapok Tree
Pupils complete story frames to demonstrate understanding of plot development and conflict resolution.
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Add Two-Digit Numbers
In this story problems worksheet, students read one problem about a picnic and examine the picture. Students fill in the blanks in 4 questions that will help plan a solution.
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Good Citizenship and Philanthropy
Students discuss how to work together to solve community problems. In this community problems lesson plan, students discuss how their home, school, and community could benefit from group work and philanthropy. They read different...
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The Sherandomen and the Handleyman
In this math worksheet, 10th graders are given a riddle and are asked specific questions about the riddle. The goal is to figure out who in the story is telling the truth and who is not. This worksheet contains 1 riddle with an answer key.
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The Butter Battle
Students complete activities with The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss. In this literature instructional activity, students read this story and make their own butter. They come up with a solution to the problem in the story by...
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My Book Report
In this literacy/writing worksheet, learners compose a book report. Students identify the following literary elements: main characters, setting, beginning, problem and solution. Learners then compose paragraphs for each of these story...
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Conflict Resolution Trade-book
Students discover ways of dealing with conflicts at school by reading a guide. In this psychology lesson, students identify how conflicts are started with fellow classmates by reading a trade-book with their class. Students...
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Three for the Money: The Degree/Diameter Problem
Learners explore the degree, diameter, planarity, and size of graphs. In this degree, diameter, planarity, and size of graphs instructional activity, students try to construct a graph with more than 12 vertices that satisfy all...
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The Ice Cream Stands Problem
Tenth graders pretend to set up an ice cream shop in a make believe town of shapes. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders work together to put up an ice cream stand in an ideal location and solve for the minimum given the...
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Whale Is Stuck
Learners engage in the process of problem solving with the help of children's literature story of how the whale was trapped and then freed. The story illustrates the power of teamwork and commitment. The students practice the skill of...
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Dear Peter Rabbit
Write dear old Peter Rabbit a letter with this lesson. First, youngsters listen to the story Peter Rabbit and analyze the story elements. Then they complete a story map graphic organizer in order to write a letter to Peter...