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Height versus Shoe Size

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find a correlation between a person's height and his/her shoe size. They have access to entering data into lists on a graphing calculator and can complete scatter plots. Students read and interpret a scatter plot and use the...
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Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore why denominators need to match before adding (or subtracting) a fraction. They use unmarked fraction circles and marked fraction bars, to discover a method to add fractions with unlike denominators using equivalent...
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The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe: Literature and Theater

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read and discuss the literary elements of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis. They explore the elements of dramatic performance and create a TV news program based on life in Narnia. They videotape their...
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 17

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL vocabulary multiple choice worksheet, students read 8 sentences that have a missing word. From the 4 similar choices, students select the word which will best complete each sentence.
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Buoyancy: Who Sank the Boat?

For Teachers K
Students examine whether objects will sink or float.  In this buoyancy lesson students bring in objects and experiment to see if they sink or float.
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Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple Story Problems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this story problems worksheet, students determine whether to find either the greatest common factor or the least common multiple in order to solve the problem.
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Bacteria

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the advantages and disadvantages of bacteria.  In this bacteria lesson students draw and label the different types of bacteria.
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Windmills and Blogs: The Impact of Technology in Rural Peru

For Teachers 4th - 9th
How does technology affect a community? Research the benefits and consequences of technology in rural Peru. In this technology lesson, learners discuss how the effects of technology. They view a PowerPoint and learn about the Peace...
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Inviting Butterflies to the Schoolyard

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a butterfly garden. In this butterfly garden lesson, students plot a garden with plant species that will attract butterflies. Students learn about the specific plants and items that will help butterflies use the garden.
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Commas in a Series; Making an Advertisement!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Language arts learners practice using commas in a series while designing their own advertisement! This creative assignment calls for learners to create their own visual advertisement describing a product of their choice. Their poster...
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Splish Splash

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study drinking water. In this environment lesson, students draw the path of drinking water from the place of precipitation to the tap after researching a map and information from the United States Geological Survey water...
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Mannerly Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Writers draft paragraphs comparing and contrasting the author's viewpoint in two poems. They also discuss the differences between an informational text and a poem regarding manners. Rubric and assessment are provided.
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Using Details from Text to Identify Author's Purpose

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Explore writing techniques by analyzing newspapers and magazines with middle schoolers. They will collaborate in small groups to read local news stories and identify the main ideas and author's intent. They also utilize an information...
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Annie and the Wild Animals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here is a reading comprehension instructional activity in which learners predict the story plot of Annie and the Wild Animals, by Jan Brett, after viewing the cover. They listen to the story, and answer story structure questions...
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Mining Shapes

For Teachers K Standards
Youngsters recognize and identify shapes. They draw, and use modeling clay to make shapes. They also identify shapes in their environment and in the Navajo culture, then compare the shapes and sort them into groups. This is the...
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Roger the Rock

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Here is a creative way to assess your geologists' grasp of the rock cycle: have them write and illustrate a children's book in which the main character journeys though his life, i.e. the rock cycle! A brief student instruction sheet and...
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CLOZE PROCEDURE for The Call of the Wild, by Jack London

For Teachers 7th - 9th
An advocate of the cloze procedure to determine what learners already know about a topic?  Class members listen to an excerpt from The Call of the Wild and then fill in the blanks on their cloze copy of the passage.  Directions...
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What Does Success Mean to Me?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
One can't set goals until he knows what he needs to feel successful. Learners discuss what they believe it means to be successful. They then fill out a graphic organizer showing four different paths to a successful adult life. 
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University of Southern California

Wave Erosion Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Using a stream table, erosion enthusiasts examine how the density of sediment and how the slope of land contribute to the amount moved by waves. You will not be able to use this entire resource as is; there are teachers' names and...
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The Symbolism of Allegorical Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce learners to allegorical art with four bronze sculptures by Francesco Bertos. After modeling how to recognize bias and allegory in Bertos' Africa, class groups examine the other three sculptures in the series before creating...
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Lab Safety

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers review lab safety by walking into a classroom full of hazards and discussing what is wrong as they clean each station up.
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Family Emergency Preparedness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a video prior to developing a family emergency preparedness plan and kit. They decide with their families what local media sources they would use to get information during an emergency situation.
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Preserving Our Barns

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine the different points of view when it comes to preserving barns. Using the internet, they work together to identify the risk involved in renovations and a barn in their local town that needs to be renovated. They create...
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Making Sense of the Answer- Solving Word Problems

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math problem solving worksheet, students read each word problem, underline the code words, and write the operation that should be used to solve each problem. They explain their reasoning for choosing the particular operation.

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