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ESL: Present Perfect and Present Simple Tense

For Students 3rd - 4th
Your English learners, or young native speakers, can practice converting affirmative sentences into negative ones using various verb forms. Forty-five opportunities are provided. Page contains links to additional resources and audio...
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Half Lives

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students investigate the concept of half-life by conducting an M&M experiment. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate nuclear fusion and fission. They present investigation findings to class.
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The "Real" Fairy Tales

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a Fairy Tale from the point of view of the "bad guy".
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Keeping verb tense consistent (Middle, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students improve their personal and academic writing by use of one consistent verb tense.
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"One Hundred Hungry Ants" by Elinor J. Pinczes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify arrays and write multiplication and division problems to match. They write their own multiplication book using arrays.
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COUNTERACTING MEDIA STEREOTYPING

For Teachers K - 6th
Students explore the effects of gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination.
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Explaining the Bill of Rights

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define the terms Bill of Rights and amendment. They successfully explain the meaning of each amendment of the Bill of Rights. Students work together in cooperative groups.
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Connecting the Dots? Geometry and Architecture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the connection between geometry and architecture. In this geometry and architecture lesson, students view a video which details a geometry class design project. Students then use the Internet in a scavenger hunt to find...
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Designing Scavengers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write a headline that captures the most important aspects of the People's Design Award. In this design lesson, students are introduced to The People's Design Award and collaborate to create a headline for a newspaper...
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Celebrating the Individuals in Our Community

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research, write and publish a biography on a community member. They interview the community member, collect and scan photos, produce and edit text and use software to puslish an online book.
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Atoms and Their Interactions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this atoms worksheet, students will review the characteristics of elements, atoms, and isotopes. Then students will compare the difference between ionic and covalent bonds. Finally, students will balance a chemical equation. This...
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Science TV: Making it Real

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the ways science is presented in a children's television show. Students conduct internet research, and then create and design a skit that highlights the problem-solving process.
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Coast-to-Coast Book Design-Part 4: Let's Create the Pages!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in groups to share their lists of A-B-C ideas they came up with from the previous activity. They review page layouts taught during lesson two. Students complete a rough draft of their page. They create a colored...
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Classification

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this classification worksheet, students will look at how biological classification began and how scientific names are used in biology. Students will use a table showing the classification of four organisms to answer 10 short answer...
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English Exercises: American English File 3

For Students 7th
In this English file # learning exercise, 7th graders interactively select the correct verb tense in 15 sentences, fill in the blanks 10 comparing sentences and mark the sentences with explain  7 traffic signs shown, and match 8...
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Assessing the Character of the Colonies: Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read a primary source document about the rules of civility and behavior in the presence of company. Using the text, they make assumptions about how life was like in the colonies. They compare and contrast the culture of the...
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The History of Life

For Students 9th - 12th
In this origin of life worksheet, students will review the different theories on how life originated on the Earth including the experiments conducted by Louis Pastuer, Francesco Redi, and Miller and Urey. Students will complete 14 fill...
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Characteristics of Arthropods

For Students 9th - 12th
In this arthropods instructional activity, students will review arthropod exoskeletons, jointed appendages, molting, and types of respiratory structures. Students will also review arthropod senses, body systems, and reproduction. This...
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BIOMIMICRY, Housing Naturally: Habitat as Model

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explore natural animal habitats. In this lesson on biomimicry and habitation design, students will use classroom and field examples to examine animal habitats. Young scholars will construct a model of a natural animal...
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Japanese Poetry: Tanka? You're Welcome!

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars analyze Japanese tanka poetry. In this Japanese poetry lesson, students identify analyze the structure of tanka poetry. Young scholars complete the activities at the given links for the lesson and compose two tanka poems.
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What is an Animal?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this animal classification worksheet, high schoolers will review the characteristics used in classifying animals including the development of animals. Students will compare the endoderm, ectoderm, and mesoderm. This worksheet has 4...
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Photosynthesis: Trapping the Sun's Energy

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this photosynthesis activity, students learn how plants trap the sun's energy and the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis which includes the Calvin cycle. This activity has 5 true or false, 6 fill in the blank, 2 short answer,...
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What is Biology?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, learners review the characteristics of life and the scientific method. This worksheet has 19 fill in the blank, 6 matching, and 2 short answer questions.
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Reading...Try It, You Might Like It!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students demonstrate through a choice of assessments, their understanding and enjoyment of materials they select to read.