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Spiders Build Giant Web in Texas Park
Students make predictions about a photograph of a humongous spider web, then read a news article about thousands of spiders that worked together to build it. In this biology and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article...
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Honeybees are Vanishing
Learners decide if they agree with a series of statements about the bee population, then read a news article about the disappearance of millions of U.S. honeybees. In this biology and current events instructional activity, the teacher...
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Shaun Ellis: Leader of the (Wolf) Pack
Students react to a statement about living with wolves, then read a news article about Shaun Ellis and his time living with wolves. In this current events and wolves lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...
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Deadly Stingrays!
Students read a story called Irwin's Death Draws Attention to Stingrays and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this stingray lesson plan, student respond to literature by answering questions, recalling details,...
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Your Land, My Land, Woody's Land Too
Students become familiar with the song writer Woody Guthrie and his song, This Land Is Your Land. In this getting to know our land lesson, students understand the vocabulary of the song and some biographical information about Woody...
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NASA Anniversary
For this NASA Anniversary worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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Lesson 1 - What Are Fossils?
Students define and research fossils. In this fossil lesson, students access teacher assigned Internet sites to examine images of fossils. They determine the definition of a fossil and find out how fossils are formed. They also define a...
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A Look At Penguin Life
Students read a story about Penguin Life and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this penguin life lesson plan, students respond to literature by researching penguins and creating a Venn diagram to compare/contrast...
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Medical Terms
In this medical terms worksheet, learners identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to medicine. There are 50 biology terms located in the word search.
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Star Trek - The Next Generation
In this word search worksheet, students search and find vocabulary
words as they relate to the television show Star Trek - The Next Generation. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
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Physics
In this word search instructional activity, students search and find vocabulary
words as they relate to the subject of physics. Words may be located forward,
backward, up, down, and diagonally.
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Roswell Incident
In this word search worksheet, students search and find vocabulary
words as they relate to the Roswell Incident. Words may be located forward,
backward, up, down, and diagonally.
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Energy Puzzle
In this word search worksheet, students search and locate words as they
relate to energy. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down
and diagonally.
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Earthquakes Puzzle
In this word search worksheet, students search and locate words as they
relate to earthquakes. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down
and diagonally.
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Dinosaurs Puzzle
In this word search worksheet, students search and locate words as they
relate to dinosaurs. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down
and diagonally.
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Deserts Puzzle
In this word search worksheet, students search and locate words as they
relate to deserts. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down
and diagonally.
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Dairy Puzzle
For this word search worksheet, students search and locate words as they
relate to dairy products. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down
and diagonally.
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Caterpillars
In this word search worksheet, students locate 18 vocabulary words related to caterpillars. The word list includes chrysalis, cocoon, and colony.
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Gas Prices Keep Rising
Students discuss rising gas prices, then read a news article about how the increase in fuel cost may affect other prices. In this economics and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary...
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Algae
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to algae. There are 54 biology terms located in the word search.
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Electrical
In this electrical worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary words in a word search that are related to electricity. There are 27 words in the puzzle.
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Biology Wordsearch
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms found in a biology lesson. There are 39 biology terms located in the word search.
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Newspaper in the Classroom
Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...
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Cooperative Group Spelling Game
Partners or groups work together to practice the correct spelling of words. They speed-cut letters from print sources and arrange them into correctly spelled words from their lists. Newspapers are suggested, but magazines might result in...