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Language Arts: A "Perfect" Lesson
Learners read "Be A Perfect Person in Just three days," and participate in a host of activities. Connected to technology, they use online sources to create word searches and puzzles from vocabulary words. In addition, students create...
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Animals Secret Decoder Worksheet
For this animals worksheet, students use the letter key to match up to other letters to solve the code. Students solve the code for 15 different animals.
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Fire Safety Secret Decoder
In this fire safety worksheet, students use a letter decoder key to determine 15 fire safety related words. A reference web site is included for additional activities.
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Plants Word Scramble
In this plants learning exercise, students unscramble a set of 15 words related to plants. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Recycling Word Scramble Worksheet
For this recycling worksheet, students unscramble a set of 15 words related to recycling. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Investigating Sources-Artifacts
Learners discuss artifacts. In this social science lesson, students realize that artifacts can help one in determining about the person the artifacts belonged to. Learners will be put into small groups and will look at objects from a box...
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Changing Ways
Third graders examine hard boiled eggs as possible models for the earth's layers.
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It's A Jungle Out There!
Students report on an animal according to its appearance, habitat, and characteristics.
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FORCES, MOTION, AND ENERGY
Eighth graders engage in a variety of activities in order to investigate the basic concepts of physics. They read and answer questions in a written text. This is only one type of activity that is part of many others.
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The Excursion
Students throw dice and make their way around a board, answering questions, performing tasks and finding out about the environment as they go.
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How Do We Learn About the Past?
Sixth graders discuss the role of an archaeologist as a class. After viewing photographs, they relate the objects found in their local area and Ancient Egypt. They draw a picture of an object that represents their own culture and gives...
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Plate Tectonics: Recycling the Seafloor
Students classify earth's layers and plates using Ocean Seismicity data. In this plate tectonics lesson, students outline where the plate boundaries are on the world map. They then compare these predicted boundaries with USGS map of the...
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The Genetic Basis of Neurological Disorders
High schoolers describe some aspects of known genetic defects on the human neurological condition. They participate in a variety of exercises including drawings, games, and analogies.
Desert Discoveries
How Old is Old? (And, How Much is a Million?)
Here is an interesting lesson on how old things are designed for young scientists. In it, learners compile a list of their birthdays, and the class puts them in sequential order from youngest to oldest. Then, they sequence 15 objects...
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Area Explorations
Students explore the area of rectangles. They practice finding area by playing an onliine computer activity where they calculate the area of a rectangle to solve a problem.
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Just the Facts! Exploring Order of Operations and Properties of Real Numbers
Sixth graders explore the concept of order of operations. In this order of operations lesson, 6th graders view a powerpoint about order of operations in society. Students post on a blog about order of operations.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Science: Chemistry, Physics, Geology
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 18 words pertaining to Science: Chemistry, Physics, Geology. It also provides an extensive list of science words.
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My vocabulary.com: Oceans
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 20 vocabulary words pertaining to oceans. It also offers an extensive list of ocean and maritime vocabulary and some lesson plan ideas.
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My vocabulary.com: Biology and Cells
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 15 vocabulary words pertaining to Biology and Cells. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for biology.
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Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles: The Ear [Pdf]
Practice with vocabulary about the ear by completing this seven-question crossword puzzle.
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Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles: Matter Changing States [Pdf]
Practice with vocabulary about the changing states of matter by completing this seven-question crossword puzzle.
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Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles: Common Molecules [Pdf]
Practice with vocabulary about common molecules by completing this seven-question crossword puzzle.
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Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles: Atoms and Matter [Pdf]
Practice with vocabulary about atoms and matter by completing this seven-question crossword puzzle.
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My vocabulary.com: List of Themes for Science & Math
This is a list of interactive vocabulary activities for science and math.