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Good Job

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students determine the differences between compliments and criticisms, and make polite and informal requests. Students complete a worksheet and read through a conversations from their text to determine the differences between compliments...
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Where Is Hoku?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to map making and reading. Using maps, they identify the cardinal directions and discuss the importance of a legend. They analyze the human characteristics of the classroom and create overhead view maps of the...
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Boilermaker Geography

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the geography of central Indiana with an emphasis upon finding the location of Purdue. They make a connection to literature with the reading of a newspaper article to create the context for the lesson while...
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Compare and Contrast Creation Stories

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students compare and contrast creation stories.  In this Bible studies lesson plan, students work in groups to read and summarize creation myths and share with their peers.  The class goes on to create a chart to compare and...
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Evaluating an Olympic Sport

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students research the political context of the Winter Olympics in general and within certain countries in particular. They read authentic, published articles on the topic from the Internet and add this information to the spreadsheet as...
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Investigation of Herring Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read complex charts, find measures of central tendency, calculate large numbers, create histograms and box plots. They answer questions using the "Fisherman's Copy" of statistics.
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Chessboard Challenge

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "The King's Chessboard" by David Birch. The teacher reads the story aloud and pauses at several points for students to calculate the next number in a pattern of doubling.
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Lesson 2: Mapping With Words

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate an understanding of the personal relationship that Wabanaki peoples had with the land by analyzing selected Wabanaki place names. They practice map-reading and map-making skills.
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Electronic Spreadsheets & Iditarod 2000

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the Internet for gathering information for Iditarod race journals. They use a spreadsheet program for entering data and making charts for showing changes in speeds achieved over a period of four weeks in timed writings in...
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A Day at the Beach

For Teachers 1st
Student read Sheryl Wilson's story, "A Day at the Beach" while classifying items they find. They design a chart of the items before using educational graphing software to create a graph.
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Earthweek

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the ongoing changes in the relationship between human beings and their physical world. They read articles on environmental changes. Students write a short analysis of the effect of the event on the residents of the area...
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Geography: World Dynamics

For Teachers K - 12th
Students discuss and examine how the world is changing. After reading an article, they discover the immediate changes that have taken place and how they have effected living things. They complete a worksheet identifying the changes as...
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America the Beautiful

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students listen to a read-aloud discussing the landmarks of the United States. In pairs, they use the internet to research a landmark of their choice. They create a visual aid to be given with a presentation sharing the information...
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The Odyssey Plan

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read and analyze The Odyssey. They apply note-taking skills to identify enemy, type of enemy, and traits demonstrated throughout the book. Students create a storyboard that illustrates the selected episode from the book...
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Planet X

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students select a wide variety of presentation methods to compare Planet X and Earth. Students share these with their classmates. Students select other methods to present their ideas about a livable planet for human life forms. ...
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Owning a Pet

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and use different forms of writing for various purposes. Using the internet, they read and gather information and write quesitons for their own investigations on the various pets they could own. They practice...
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Buried in Ice: The Mystery of a Lost Arctic Expedition

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read a novel about a lost arctic expedition by Sir John Franklin. In groups, they discuss the author's quest to determine what happened to Franklin and his crew. Using the internet, they compare and contrast the expeditions by...
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Search for the Shadowman

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read the novel "Search for the Shadowman" by Joan Lowery Nixon. Using the internet, they research her life and works and write a report on their findings. They also compare and contrast two of her works to end the lesson.
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Ecology: Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the defintions of renewale and nonrenewable resources and discuss any incorrect responses. They view a sample of work for the class to see which they describe posting responses on the board in their respective columns...
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Routing Explorers

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read excerpts from an explorer's journal and then become investigators and navigators themselves. Students answer questions about the difficulties and time it took for the explorers to travel from Washington to New Orleans and...
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Cricket 2007

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math and sports worksheet, students read and review the statistics from the performance of teams in the Cricket World Cup. They identify which team played the most matches and who won the most. Students also compare the...
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Making Questions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing questions activity, students read the sentences and write questions for each answer. Students complete 10 examples.
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Breaking News English: Susan Boyle to Star in Japanese Show

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Susan Boyle to Star in Japanese Show," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lift vs. Airspeed

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students, after reading the explanation given below, use FoilSim and a graphing calculator to complete the activity to determine the relationship between airspeed and lift of an object by interpreting data.

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