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Europe Capitals Map Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 40 identification questions regarding capital cities of European countries.
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What's Math Got To Do With It?

For Teachers 5th
Students explore numbers, computation, ratios, proportions, probabilities, statistics, and money in this six lessons unit. Practical applications in the real world are emphasized through an interactive approach to math in these lessons.
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Class, At-ten-tion!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore alphabetical and chronological organization through geography. In this activity on ancient India, students use computers to create and publish autobiographical time lines to illustrate important events in their lives....
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Africa Puzzle

For Students 6th - 9th
In this geography worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle about Africa. They identify the capitals of various countries located in Africa, the most fertile area, the largest desert, and the longest river. There are 19 questions...
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Short Vowel U: Circle and Print #2

For Students K - 2nd
In this short vowel u worksheet, students circle the word in a pair that has the short u sound, then practice printing the word on a line beneath. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Lesson Plan on Map Skills for South Asia

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders observe and discuss an overhead transparency map of South Asia. In small groups, they label a blank map of South Asia, and listen to a lecture on the realm.
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Stream Chemistry Monitoring

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students become familiar with real-world gathering of chemical data. The experience how the science is done: the nature of analysis, data collection, interpretation, and presentation. They study a nearby body of water for their experiment.
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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ASWAN HIGH DAM

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners use modeling compound, Lego blocks, water, paper and tape to construct and label the Aswan High Dam.
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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars study the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill while evaluating oil spill clean up activities. They discover the long term impact can have on an ecosystem by completing this experiment.
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Trekking to Timbuktu

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view a television show to provide a context for conducting research into the location and culture of Timbuktu. The students complete a report on the subject in the form of a research paper.
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China: Culture and Young Adult literature

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to Chinese language and culture to make Asian reading selections in literature circles more meaningful. They write about Chinese characters, work on oral speaking, and read Asian books and then have...
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Mesopotamian Tablet, Egyptian Art

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine cuneiform writing from a stone tablet, then write a simple sentence using pictographs. They analyze various examples of Egyptian art, construct a model of an Egyptian boat, and create a class painting using glyphs...
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China: Dim Sum: 3 Mapping Lessons

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after studying maps, draw a very large outline map of Asia and then a large map of China on it in the appropriate place. They label the appropriate information.
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U.S. Place Names Show Our Diversity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers study place names for different area in the US and determine why they were named in such a way. They examine maps to look at the religious names, "new" beginning names, and copy cat names. They complete a word search to...
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Ancient Mesopotamia

For Teachers 1st
Students locate ancient Mesopotamia on a map. They examine the religion, government and the development of writing. They write and draw pictographs and cuneiform writing. They create a class book based on their investigations.
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Countries and Cultures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this countries and cultures worksheet, young scholars write definitions for various terms, complete a description of a trip around Europe by adding articles, and write an essay about places to visit in their own country.
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Clean Kansas Water

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students gain an understanding of ways we can be responsible custodians of our water supply. Students explore the governor's clean water initiative involving the Lower Kansas/Republican river basin and the pollutants present there.
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Paddlefish Panorama Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about the Paddlefish. Page has a link to answers.
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Glacier Climbing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss glaciers and the current distribution of glaciers around the Earth. They create simulated glaciers using cornstarch, shoeboxes, water, and pebbles.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit of lessons, students examine the quality of water. They create poems and make observations about the quality of water. They also examine hot spots and the quality of water in the Great Lakes.
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Geography And Chinese Landscape Painting

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders label the physical features of China on a map and become familiar with the content of traditional Chinese landscape paintings in this lesson intended for the forth grade classroom.
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Tooling Around Arizona: Reading Arizona Maps

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study geography. In this Arizona maps lesson, students develop their map reading skills. They have class discussions and work independently with various copies of Arizona maps to practice those skills. This lesson mentions...
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Asian Art

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the art of a number of Asian countries. They look at slides and sculptures, and make a Chinese hand scrolls.