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Lost in Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study time and how to accurately calculate it.  In this time lesson students complete a lab activity in pairs and discuss their findings. 
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Teaching English: The Weather

For Students 5th - 7th
For this weather worksheet, students discuss differences in sets of weather related words, match the phonemic pronunciation of beginnings of words with endings, match adjectives to form collocations, and complete short answer questions.
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African Folktales Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore what a folktale consists of as it relates to oral tradition. In this folktale lesson, students are told the African folktale, Why the Sun is Lives in the Sky and make personal inferences about what the folktale is...
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Magnitude of Earthquakes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the causes and effects of earthquakes and investigate their magnitude. For this  earthquakes lesson, students study the Richter Scale and measure it as it relates to the energy released by an earthquake. Students...
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Shizuko’s Daughter: List-Group-Label Strategy

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Help your learners navigate the vocabulary of Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori with a instructional activity on categorizing words. After coming up with a list of things that grow from the earth, learners decide which categories each...
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Virginia Department of Education

Dilation

For Teachers 7th Standards
Open up your pupils' eyes and minds on dilations. Scholars perform dilations on a trapezoid on the coordinate plane. They compare the image to the preimage and develop generalizations about dilations.
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Pride and Prejudice: Concept/Vocabulary Analysis

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Clarify the setting, literary themes, and potential vocabulary issues with a concept analysis resource. With thoughtful explanations of many parts of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the reference sheet will be a great addition to your...
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Roller Coaster Mania!

For Teachers 3rd - 10th Standards
Raise the energy level of your physical science class with this exciting hands-on activity. Applying their knowledge of kinetic and potential energy and Newton's laws of motion, young engineers use foam tubing and marbles to create...
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Graphic Organizer: Venn Diagram

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Get to know more about the characters of the novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis by comparing and contrasting their character traits using a Venn diagram.
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Ohio State University

Where in the World Can I Find a Healthy Diet?

For Teachers 7th - 11th Standards
What constitutes a healthy diet? In what way is a healthy diet defined and influenced by culture? Groups investigate the community and national resources available in a country, and then design a healthy diet for its citizens.
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Prestwick House

Vocabulary Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Vocabulary instruction works best when taught within a larger context. A vocabulary activity builds connections by using synonyms to help learn the meaning of new words. This helps connect the words to prior knowledge and give them context.
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Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the structure and powers of the federal government. They assess the validity of recent criticisms of each branch of the federal government and create pyramid posters which simulate the structure of government.
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Why Didn't China Discover the New World?

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Who was Zheng He and why haven't we heard of him? Scholars consider the question as they compare his vast expeditionary force to that of Christopher Columbus. Young historians then ponder the intersection of science, economics, and...
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US Government: Foreign Policy

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine American foreign policy. In this diplomacy lesson, students research Internet sources to identify and describe foreign policy events that have shaped the United States and examine the role of the United Nations.
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Tear + Net = Gross

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders find the net weight of a grocery item by weighing it with the tear. In this weight measurement lesson plan, 2nd graders bring in cans of food and watch a video about weight measurement. Students review the meanings of...
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Map Activity - Roanoke Valley

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students write directions from a starting point to a destination using a map and ads from the Yellow Pages. They define the following terms using total body response or through the use of random objects: "right-hand," "left-hand,"...
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Composite Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars create a poster to explain composite functions. In this composite function worksheet, students explore linear equations and functions. They complete a worksheet and use manipulatives to complete problems.
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Halloween Picture Matching

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this visual discrimination worksheet, students examine 10 Halloween-related pictures and match the appropriate pairs to one another.
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Time and Differences in Time #1

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
In this telling time worksheet, students write times and differences in time for pairs of clocks. One problem is done as an example. Page contains links to answers and additional worksheets.
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Time and Differences in Time #3

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
In this telling time worksheet, students write the times and differences in times for pairs of clocks. Page contains links to answers and additional worksheets.
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Mystery of the Senses-Taste

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students investigate the senses involved with taste. In an activity, students demonstrate the way that our senses of touch and smell combine with taste. Blindfolded, and with "plugged" noses, students taste foods. They complete a test...
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Physics: Vector Addition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars drill and practice putting problems into vector form. They draw each problem before trying to solve them. Students draw arrows for any vector quantities to indicate magnitude and direction.
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Practicing Arithmetic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice single operation arithmetic ranging from single digit addition to long division of decimals or real numbers using Graphit. They use data sets and rules to graph ordered pairs.
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Tools of the Trade

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create and then play a game similar to Memory, which encourages them to recall what they have learned about different occupations and the related tools.