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Frequency Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders use a graph to answer questions about the frequency of words. Using rhymes, they fill in a chart about the data they collected. In groups, they use their word wall words to identify them in a book.
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Boombox Classroom: Choral Music I

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music/social studies worksheet, students listen to a broadcast by the Boombox Classroom. Students then mark the countries that they heard about. Students then answer multiple choice questions about music. For extra credit,...
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Complexity

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Young scholars perform mathematical operations on complex numbers. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice performing operations on complex numbers.
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The Mysteries of Saturn and Cassini

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine photographs of Saturn and make observations. They develop questions they have based on viewing the photos. They work together to answer their questions.
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Choosing the Best Hits

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students practice quickly scanning the results of an internet search to determine which might provide the best information. They choose key words or phrases to type into the search engine and read the descriptions of each hit.
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Survey and Share

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars practice collecting data by surveying other students. In this data collection lesson plan, young scholars decide on a question and collects data from 15 other students. Eventually the young scholars will end up graphing...
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Ready, Set, Go Recycling!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice separating trash into the correct recycling container. They discover the concept of recycle, reuse or reduce. They work together as a class to change their recycling habits.
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Science: Backyard Bugs Data Collection

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice data collection skills by observing common bugs found in their local environment. Once the data is collected they complete data sheets to compare, contrast, sort, and classify the insects. The instructional activity...
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Data Days

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice collecting, organizing and displaying data. They create circle, bar, line and picto graphs. They analyze data in small and large sample groups.
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Optional Laboratory: Measuring Tree Heights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together to measure tree heights. They make predictions on what they believe the calculations are and answer questions during the experiment. They share their results with the class.
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Bar Graphs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the main parts of a bar graph and how to round up to the nearest tenth. They make an example of a bar graph and answer questions based on the graph using a list of state capitals and their average temperatures....
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Who? What? Why Does Your Family Do That?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explain that Japanese and Americans have different values concerning behavior, education, and work. They fill out questionnaires which ask about their family practices and compare their answers with Japanese families.
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Data Collection and Record Keeping. Measuring Larval Growth and Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students keep data records of the growth of Monarch larvae. The observations are made with the change of each stage of development. The observations are to stimulate the answering of questions about biological development.
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Addition and Subtraction

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this addition and subtraction worksheet, students analyze a math sentence such as: 16+2 = 12-6. Students solve the problems on each side of the equal sign, and mark "true" if the answers are the same and "false" if they are...
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USA Celebrations and Holidays

For Students 5th
For this USA holiday and celebrations worksheet, 5th graders complete a set of 17 questions about holidays and celebrations. Students may click on an answer button beneath each sentence to check their work.
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Sight Vocabulary

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read the words body, music, color, stand, sun, questions, fish, area, mark, and dog. Students then practice tracing the words.
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What Kind of Ladybug Are You?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
As a class, read different sentences prepared by the teacher, identifying the punctuation that is needed for the appropriate expression. In small groups, have each child assume the role of one or more character in The Grouchy Ladybug by...
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Who Do You Know?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners research and describe the contributions of African-American men and women. They write their notes in a Microsoft Word document. They present their information to the class.
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Rules of the Roll

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students roll a ball down a plank and measure the distance it travels. Students graph the distances the ball travels as they change the height of the incline (increase slope).
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Exponents Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
Students answers to 10 multiplication problems with same base and an exponent. They solve 10 exponent raised to an exponent problems. Students simplify six problems with a combination of the prior two types. Students determine the...
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The Mystery Box

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars design a mystery box to hold an object related to the timeline of life studies. For this timeline of life lesson, student play a game with fossils and other remnants of past times and guess the era it comes from.
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Journey to the Center of a Cell

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a large scale model of a eukaryotic cell. In this biology lesson, 9th graders identify the different parts and function of the cells by using a robot to navigate through the cell models. They create a video tutorial...
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Elvis

For Teachers 1st
In this excellent music and history lesson, 1st graders watch movies and listen to music sung by Elvis Presley, then draw and write as if they were a famous singer. This entertaining and inventive lesson has a terrific assessment...
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Fish Tank Territories

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Learners observe swimming and resting patterns of aquarium fish to determine how different parts of the habitat are used. Different pairs of students should compare their results after several days to look for daily patterns.