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Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Volume of a Cylinder

For Students 6th - 8th
Use prior knowledge of a rectangular prism to determine the formula of a cylinder. Check for understanding with the assessment at then end of lesson.
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Sophia: Finding the Slope When Given Two Points

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
When given two ordered pairs, find the slope of a line. Includes video.
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Sophia: Foreshadowing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial uses a slide show focusing on foreshadowing. It defines foreshadowing, gives types of foreshadowing, prophecy, symbolism, and omen.
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Sophia: Forming an Opinion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will help prepare students to first form an opinion and then provide a correctly written response. Students organize their thoughts, agree or disagree, define the problem, support opinion, and conclude in 3-5 sentences. This...
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Sophia: Freezing Point and Boiling Point Constants of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
This video tutorial reviews the freezing point and boiling point constants of water. [1:19]
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Sophia: Freshwater Biomes

For Students 6th - 8th
Listen to this podcast discussing the similar characteristics of the freshwater biomes of the world. [0:47]
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Sophia: Freshwater Biomes

For Students 6th - 8th
This presentation provides information about the characteristics of several different freshwater ecosystems.
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Sophia: Freshwater Biomes

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful slideshow provides a nice introduction to the freshwater biomes around the world.
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Sophia: Geology: Metamorphic Rocks

For Students 4th - 8th
An introductory slideshow illustrating the three types of rocks, with an emphasis on metamorphic rock.
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Sophia: Geology: Pacific Ring of Fire

For Students 6th - 8th
A slide show presentation illustrating the characteristics of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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Sophia: Geology: Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th
Listen to this podcast which explains the basics of plate tectonics on Earth. [0:39]
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Sophia: Geology: Plate Tectonics

For Students 6th - 8th
An basic introduction to plate tectonics and the Earth's processes related to this phenomenon.
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Sophia: Geology: Rock Classification Overview

For Students 6th - 8th
Understand how to classify rocks and minerals with this concise tutorial.
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Sophia: Geology: Sedimentary Rocks

For Students 6th - 8th
Listen to this podcast which explains the various processes that form sedimentary rock. [0:32]
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Sophia: Gothic

For Students 9th - 10th
An eleven-slide presentation that can be viewed online or downloaded. The slideshow explains the characteristics that make up gothic literature and gives several examples of gothic literary texts.
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Sophia: Grammar Basics: Types of Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides multiple resources on the different types of sentences. Students can observe a presentation on simple, compound, and complex sentences, watch a video [4:19] about simple sentences, and link to a video about compound...
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Sophia: Grammar: Sentence Components

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on sentence components. It provides a slideshow with each of the eight parts of speech plus articles; it defines each and gives examples using them in sentences. It also offers the lyrics to "The Grammar Song" in...
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Sophia: Graphing Using Intercepts Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow step by step instruction to solve for x and y-intercepts, plot points, and graph the linear function.
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Sophia: Harnessing "The Power of a Word"

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this PDF lesson plan, learners will analyze the text "The Power of a Word" by Leonard Pitts, Jr. to identify an author's argument and how he deals with the counterargument. Students will extend the argument by agreeing or disagreeing...
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Sophia: Hearths of Agriculture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two period lesson focuses on crop familiarity and its relationship to current agricultural production.
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Sophia: Basic Concepts of Heredity

For Students 9th - 10th
An introductory lesson on the basics of heredity, and the inheritance of genetic traits. [7:57]
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Sophia: History of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
A presentation which explains the historical development of the periodic table of elements.
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Sophia: Homonyms

For Students 6th - 8th
Read about homonyms, and then click through slides explaining the meanings of 14 homonyms and commonly misused words. Find more examples in a homonym video [1:20] and a triple homonym song video. [2:08] Finally, read spelling tips for...
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Sophia: Human Rights in China

For Students 9th - 10th
PowerPoint presentation with photographs help students understand the fundamentals of human rights in China as detailed by the government.