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Taking A Ride

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Designed for Pre-K to kindergartners, this resource has you take your class on an imaginary bus or subway ride. There are some inventive ideas of ways you can make this imaginary trip come to life in the classroom, as well as a great way...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Problem-Solving Models: Subway vs. Taxi

For Students 8th Standards
Ride to success in understanding systems of equations. Scholars graph a system of equations on the cost of a subway and a taxi using an interactive. Using this graph allows users to answer some questions about the situation.  
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Underground Rails: The New York City Subway System

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore the New York Subway system. They investigate its usefulness as mode of transportation for the people in the city and study its history compared to other city subway systems. They examine how the subway connects the...
Lesson Plan
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Lesson #2 ~ Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
You might love this lesson, or you might not. Basically, high school scientists read through a script in which someone interviews a physicist, a biologist, and a chemist in regard to their use of nanotechnology. The names of the involved...
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"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study transportation in mid-19th-century Brooklyn. They look at several photographs of Brooklyn transport from the era and read Walt Whitman's poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." In addition to making critical observations and...
Worksheet
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Getting Ready for Christmas with Bobby Bear

For Students 2nd
In this Christmas reading worksheet, 2nd graders read a short story about a bear getting ready for Christmas. Students demonstrate comprehension through questions and sequencing. Students create an acrostic poem using the word CHRISTMAS.
Worksheet
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Country Life City Life

For Students 5th - 6th
In this dialogue instructional activity, students read a dialogue which compares the city life with the country life. The students use the dialogue to answer 10 multiple choice questions.
Lesson Plan
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Does Security Mean Safer? Exploring Issues of Security in Public Places

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore various scenarios that may or may not make them suspicious in the post-September 11 world, and discuss and write position papers about a fatal shooting involving air marshals and a mentally ill passenger.
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Inflation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare prices then and now. They use the calculated rate of inflation to figure out the equivalent prices today for items sold at the fair and money earned in 1864. They calculate the actual value of a bowl of soup, a dinner,...
Worksheet
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Three Stop Metro Maze

For Students 7th - 12th
In this metro learning exercise, students use logic to complete a puzzle.  They read given situations and then determine the correct route on the metro that meets the criteria.  This one-page learning exercise contains 1...
Lesson Plan
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Where Do You Live?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study and compare rural, suburban, and urban communities. They play a board game, read books about communities, and complete several other activities regarding the different types of communities. Several extension and...
Worksheet
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Identify Poetic Devices

For Students 6th - 8th
In this poetic devices instructional activity, students identify devices being used as alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhyme, idiom, simile, metaphor, hyperbole or personification and explain their choice.
Lesson Plan
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Visual Art: Romare Bearden

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the art of Romare Bearden, focusing on a stained-glass window designed for a New York City elevated railway station. they visit the site and discuss the art after viewing it from various perspectives. Based on their...
Worksheet
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Commas

For Students 4th - 5th
In these punctuation worksheets, students review the definition of a comma and its uses in series and direct address. Students then complete three pages of activities for commas.
Handout
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New York City: ESL Read Aloud

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about the city of New York City. There are no questions to answer on this page.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Ride of the Century

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the 100th birthday of New York City's subway system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
Activity
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Read Works: Ride of the Century

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the centennial celebration of New York City's subway system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Article
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Read Works: Ride of the Century

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the New York's subway system history. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.