Interactive
iCivics

Court Quest

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Introduce your learners to the federal and state court systems with a fun, interactive online video game! After reading sample cases, class members identify to which court the case should be assigned and gain a greater...
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EngageNY

Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Making Inferences from Percy

For Teachers 6th Standards
Time to shine! Scholars show everything that they have learned so far in the unit by completing a mid-unit assessment. In the assessment, they discuss the gist of sections of text from The Lightning Thief and inferences they made about...
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State English Language Arts Sample Test

For Students 8th - 10th
In this English, Language Arts Sample Test activity, students answer sample questions on reading comprehension.  Students read several passages and answer reading comprehension questions.
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Curated OER

You've Got to Express Yourself!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen as a sample paragraph is read twice; first without expression, and the second time with lots of expression and discuss which they liked best. They brainstorm reasons why reading with expression is important listing them...
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EdHelper

Hour

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this telling time worksheet, students read the analog clocks and write the time to the hour both digitally and in words. Students write the time for 8 clocks.
Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 3--Grade 8 (Sample Test 2005)

For Students 9th - 11th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read two articles and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students answer two short answer questions and compose an essay using details from the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Half-Hour

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this telling time worksheet, students read the hands on analog clocks and write the times to the half-hour filling in the blanks for half past blank and with the hour, colon, and minute numbers. Students solve 8 problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Half-Hour #2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this telling time to the half-hour worksheet, students read the hands on analog clocks and write the times in numbers using the hours, colons, and minutes. Students solve 11 problems.
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Curated OER

Reading Aloud

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice their reading aloud skills. They examine different careers that focus on public speaking. They also gather new tips to practice when speaking aloud.
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Curated OER

Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore subtext by reading sample paragraphs in class. In this cause and effect lesson, students read several different paragraphs and practice identifying the relationship between cause and effect within the short passages....
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Curated OER

Understanding Immigration Through the Use of Triante Poetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read a book about emigrating to America. They create and illustrate a triante poem using sensory words, depicting something they liked about the story.
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Curated OER

Headlines of the Past

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the lives of four Native cultures. They examine the people that inhabited Wisconsin over the last 12,000 years. They create a newspaper and imagine themselves as a reporter living during this time period and sharing a day...
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Curated OER

EVOLUTION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create a project using a provided "Evolution of Biotechnology Timeline". Students may pick from many different ideas in order to find a project that interests them. They examine how the use of biotechnology has increased with...
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Curated OER

Go Forth and Change the World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of commencement speeches and how they are used to influence the world. They read a variety of speeches and identify the benefits for others. The lesson includes web resources...
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Curated OER

Blanket the Plains

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Young scholars discuss vivid imagery in a story.  In this figurative language activity, students read samples of sensory language and then discuss the meaning of a piece of figurative language.  Young scholars provide examples.
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Curated OER

Horns or Antlers-You Decide!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study the difference between horns and antlers. They identify animals who have each and draw pictures of these animals. They experience samples of actual horns and antlers.
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Curated OER

Densities

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explore the concept of density. In this density lesson plan, students determine the density of a crown and a sample of clay. They hypothesize about the densities of 4 liquids they are given including molasses, cooking oil,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Protein Synthesis Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
For this protein synthesis worksheet, students complete 17 questions about making proteins through the process of transcription and translation. They use a sample of DNA to make a protein using a given tRNA dictionary.
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Curated OER

Teacher's Plant Collection Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore a variety of guidelines that involve collecting plants in a responsible manner and participate in a plant pressing activity. In this teacher's plant collection guide lesson, students collect data regarding plants,...
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Curated OER

New York State Sample Test English Language Arts

For Students 8th - 10th
In this English Language Arts Sample test worksheet, students read a passage and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students also write about the texts.
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Curated OER

The Teaching of Biology and Difference

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders pretend they were Anton looking through the microscope for the first time. They describe the way he felt when he observed tiny moving objects in the sample of pond water. They look at their own samples of pond water,...
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Curated OER

National Congress of Neighborhood Women

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research and create a case study as an illustration of the different programs created by the National Congress of Neighborhood Women. Then they present their cases to the class and discuss.
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Curated OER

Build a Burger

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Here is an outstanding lesson on food groups, nutrition, and diet. In it, learners focus on hamburgers! They take a close look at the products that go into making a hamburger, conduct taste tests on samples, discuss the nutritional value...
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Intel

Insects: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What would the world be like with no insects? Ponder this question using a research-based STEM unit that encourages scholars to investigate insects from both a beneficial and hazardous perspective. They learn about insect behaviors,...