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Centrifugal Force and Mandy Sue Day

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the story Mandy Sue Day and investigate centrifugal force. They demonstrate the concept of centrifugal force, use analytical thinking and they conduct an experiment using centrifugal force. Students discuss the...
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The Travels of Babar: An Adventure in Scales

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students become familiar with the musical notify that are associated with the character in Monstel's The Travels of Babar: An Adventure in Scales, so that they can listen attentively to the performance and understand and appreciate ow...
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Newton's Laws

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders distinguish between and apply Newton's Laws. They take a quiz reviewing Kinetic and Potential Energy. Students explain that they have just demonstrated Newton's three laws of motion. They also explain what forces are...
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On The Move

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders solve basic mathematical problems. They identify and apply key terms and equations relative to physical science. They discuss how train engines use fuel to move a generator, which creates electrical current that moves...
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A Guide (on the Side) to Physics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts related to the study of Physics. They participate in class discussion and list common misconceptions of Physics. Students write and discuss the problem of Science illiteracy.
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Suffix City The eed Family

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students write the correct word with adding the suffixes to the root word in the three columns. Special attention is paid to the "ed" ending.
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Addition

For Students 3rd
In this addition worksheet, 3rd graders practice solving 10 addition problems involving 2-digit whole numbers. Students put their answers in the shapes provided.
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Class: What's Fair Game

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study fair trade by role-playing a cocoa bean farming situation. For this fair trade lesson, 5th graders role-play as cocoa bean farmers and buyers to learn about fair trade. Students complete a worksheet to assess their...
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Math on the Ragbrai-Using the Proper Tools to Solve Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
In this problem solving tools instructional activity, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions. Worksheet is labeled as a "pre test." 
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Seismic Calendar

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how often earthquakes happen in a region of their choice. In this science lesson, students use online resouces to help them do their investigations. Students make their own map of their region and show how many...
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Winter Facts Scavenger Hunt

For Students 5th - 6th
For this winter facts worksheet, students use provided links to find answer to 17 winter related questions. Two bonus questions are included.
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Fact Families

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore fact families. They solve simple math problems. Students determine which mathematical property is used to solve the given problem. They are given five minutes to complete as many mathematical facts as possible.
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Battery Operated Model Car Experiments

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students time battery operated cars over a set track and determine the velocity of each type of car. They use the cars as manipulatives to demonstrate word problems involving velocity.
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Flight Home

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students experiment to investigate the role in fixed-wing flight. They watch as air and water flow around surfaces to examine the dynamics of airflow around an aircraft wing.
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Express Yourself

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review the procedure of cross checking discussing that if they see a word they do not recognize, it is helpful to go back and reread the previous sentence. They discuss the definition of expression and combine or reword their...
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Express Yourself!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study different types of poetry, compose a poem and word process it.
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CASEY JONES

For Teachers K
Students participate in a discussion about trains an listen to the story Casey Jones.
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Jack the Fat Cat

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short /a/ sound in written and spoken words in this lesson. They say a tongue twister which emphasizes words with the short /a/ sound. They then listen to the story "A Cat Nap" and identify the words in the story...
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Earth Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders utilize technology to access, analyze, interpret and communicate information about Earth Day.
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Mary Had A Little Lamb

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen and observe the role play of the various versions of the poem. They take notes while listening and observing and develop their own versions of "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
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Mapping Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners use atlases, maps, and Web resources to generate and examine maps of their own neighborhoods.
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Women in History

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss the impact women have made on the United States. Individually, they choose two women to research on the internet to discover their contributions. They develop a PowerPoint slide to be combined with ones made by their...
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Democratic Process, Constitutional Issues, Local Government

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders engage in the decision making process so as to encourage them to become active citizens upon graduation from high school.
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Hyper Book Reports

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a multimedia book report using a tree map to classify the elements fo fiction books.