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You Can Say That Again! – Text Compression

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Compression, the process computers use to store information, is the focus of a resource that presents two different stories that describe the concept of compression by eliminating repeated letters and replacing them with a...
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By the People for the People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore, using discussion, writing, and data collection, how different social factors affect civic participation and equality across the country and in their own school community.
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Hundreds, Tens, Ones

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this place values activity, students use the base ten blocks and the square unit blocks to find the hundreds, tens, and ones values places. Students also find the secret number for the 6 problems.
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Narrow It Down: Books

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students ask yes-no questions to identify a secret book. In this asking questions lesson, students ask yes or no questions about books to identify a secret book. Students identify the book and then read one of the example books.
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Lining Up for Classroom Teacher

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play one of two games while waiting in line for their teacher. They lay down on the ground like Sleeping Beauty and can only awake when teacher guesses the secret word. They also freeze in the pose of their favorite sport pose.
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You Know the Answer

For Students 4th Standards
In this problem solving worksheet, 4th graders are given an answer to a question and must solve the mathematical problems to discover the secret question. Students solve for 18 problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and...
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Math Maven's Mysteries

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these story problems worksheets, students read the math problem story about 'The Secret of E. Quation the Great.' Students solve the question about the secret weights by using a letter to represent the unknown and circle the equation...
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Philadelphia's Important Contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze a primary source document (Jefferson's secret letter to Congress) and identify its objectives through the aid of focus questions. They complete a graphic organizer and write an article summarizing Philadelphia's...
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The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Pupils read, analyze and critique the novel, "The Book Boy," by Joanna Trollope. They brainstorm if you can tell a book by its cover, construct a character map, explore cultural differences and investigate how a family hides a family...
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Guess What It Is?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write and present a descriptive 'powergraph' that describes a secret object using prior knowledge of adjectives, clustering graphic organizers, and presentation skills. Authors read powergraphs and classmates 'Guess What It...
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/e/ It Must be Old

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover that written language is a secret code that may be broken if they learn to move their mouths in different ways when they say different letters. They compare the sound a creaky door makes to the /e/ sound. They try...
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Give the Dog a Bone

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen as the /sh/ sound is modeled and discover the sound as it appears in the words "sheep", "fish", and "ship". They then play a secret game with a magic code placing the correct dog with its bone. Once all the words are...
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The Living Weapon

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore American history, military strategy and scientific discovery near the end of the World War II era. They examine the principles of the Cold War, pacifism, and the desire to keep government programs secret from the...
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"Exploring U.S. Motives Behind WWII Imprisonment and Deportation of German, Japanese, and Italian Latin Americans"

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students research and examine the secret Special War Problems Division program in Latin America and discuss the impact of the program on civil and human rights. They assess the motives for the program and explore various quotes from that...
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Invisible Ink - Demonstration

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students observe a demonstration that shows that the indicator, phenolphthalein, is a chemical that displays different colors depending on either the acidity or the basicity of the environment. They use the substance to reveal secret...
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Investigating Patterns 2

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate patterns and determine what symbol or number comes next. Using a given website, they play the "Pattern Quest" game. Students follow instructions and identify a secret pattern. Upon completion of work on the...
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Squigly's Riddler

For Students 4th - 5th
In this secret code puzzle worksheet, students follow the directions on the page to solve 6 words in secret code. Students then fill in the crossword puzzle to find out the answer to a riddle.
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Hidden in Plain View: History Standard Two and the Underground

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a quilt based on the Underground Railroad quilt code from the book Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad.
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Cracking the Code

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore patterns with colors, shapes, and numbers by completing a fun quiz, watching a video, creating their own secret patterns/codes and completing an online patterning game.
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Timbuktu: A Center of Trade

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students pretend to take a field trip to Timbuktu. Using the internet, they research the origins and secrets of this important city. They use a map to discover how important its location is to trade. They also examine why Timbuktu...
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You Pick Your Own Book!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students decide on which chapter book they would like to read. They read the book, discussing certain chapters to keep the ending of the story a secret to slower readers. Each day they get into groups with students who are reading the...
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Sea Ice Research

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study sea ice and its importance in climate and climate change. They discuss sea ice as a presence of a food source for marine animals in the arctic and complete a lab activity. After completing the lab, they watch a video...
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The Endocrine System Word Puzzle

For Students 10th - 11th
For this word puzzle, students identify fifty words related to the endocrine system in a word puzzle. Examples include endocrine, olfactory system, glands, and secret.
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The Star of David

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this religion worksheet, students examine the Star of David as a symbol of Judaism by completing 10 questions in a word puzzle which reveals a secret word.

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