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Advanced Sentence Completion 11

For Teachers 6th - 11th
In this sentence completion worksheet, learners choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence from five possible choices.
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Lesson Two: Discover a purpose for keywords

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research a topic in nature. In this research lesson, 2nd graders pick a nature topic and discuss the keywords needed to find more information about that topic. They fill their information out on a organizer.
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Butterfly Introduction

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a KWL chart about butterflies and then read a story about butterflies. In this butterflies lesson plan, 1st graders then discuss the life cycle, body, habits, and facts about butterflies as they read.
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Basic Probability

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Pupils explore basic probability.  In this Algebra II/Geometry lesson, students use modeling to solve basic probability problems involving real-life applications. 
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Grilling Algebra

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Young scholars use a grille to investigate geometry. The application of the geometric figure, which is square, the students begin the coding of a message. The use of cryptography is used to reinforce algebraic ideas.
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Mechanically Inclined

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane through experimentation.
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Get to Know - Viewfinders

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars use viewfinders to focus on a specific visual image. In this visual image lesson, students use viewfinders as aids to selecting images and subjects for photography or art in nature.
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Robots from Junk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create balloon and rubber band models of robotic rovers to investigate the concepts of mass, torque, and friction. Through research and planning, students construct a rover test-bed that simulates the Martian environment.
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Listen To What I Found Out

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this research lesson, students complete a graphic organizer to help them organize their thoughts about a research topic. At first, students engage in a class discussion which focuses on how to frame questions, establish a topic, and...
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Lesson 2: Before the Interview - Introductions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explore making introducdtions and how they bond the speaker to the listener.
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Career Math Puzzles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders come up with a career for each letter of the alphabet.
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Database Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students access the Internet to locate data regarding their assigned mathematician. They organize their notes onto a data form, then enter it into a database, and sort the database according to given criteria.
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Write My Name With Shaving Cream

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students write their names using shaving cream. For this write my name lesson, students practice forming letters using shaving cream. Students follow appropriate conventions of print to convey a message and use spacing and letters...
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Blowing in the Wind

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils compare hurricanes and tornadoes. They write a paragraph explaining how to prepare for a storm. Students give an oral report. They use weather facts to practice math skills. Pupils record observations of a storm.
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A Quick Look at the Makah Whaling Issue

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss the idea of values and how they are different for different people and cultures. Using the Internet, they read about the Makah whaling issue affecting the Pacific Northwest. They discuss who has the right and authority...
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People at Work

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students observe people at work. They create their own drawings of those people at their jobs.
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Letter Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students orally say the sounds of the letters A, G, H, L, N, R, W, and J at the beginning of words when given a list of words that start with these letters. They use at least two of these words effectively in a sentence. Students...
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A Walk in the Woods

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students observe an environment, ask questions about what they observe. and design experiments to answer one question they came up with in this upper-level High School or college lesson. The lesson requires an outdoor exploration or...
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Fun With Graphs

For Teachers 1st
First graders read about making graphs and lean how to make graphs using "The Graph Club" software.
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The Dory Story

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students research the basics of Parliament and the government by using an internet site which has Dory the fish meeting different people involved in the parliment.
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The Orbit Of Planet Gamma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate the concept of common errors that are made in the laboratory setting while analyzing the data of an experiment. They are given a scenario and are asked to measure the data of the major and minor axis. The purpose is to...
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Senior Classroom Census

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students recall the data collection cycle and engage in the data collection process. They record data, represent it in graphical form and anlyze and question the data. In addition, they decide how census data can be used for planning.
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Where Do Animals Come From?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners use library search engines to research an animal and its origin. In this animal research lesson plan, students research their assigned animal using ProQuest. Learners then find the country of origin of the animal using a library...
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Recipe Dance/Making Duets

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners create and memorize movement phrases within a specified structure and develop duets from the solo phrases.