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Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are taken to a shady location and they seat in a large circle. They are given three questions each. Students research and answer the three questions. They summarize the circulatory and respiratory system and relate how they...
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Snowfall Statistics for Snowboarding

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the Internet to collect the current daily snowfall amounts and also to find the price of a lift ticket for snowboarding at different ski resorts in the United States.
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Game Shows in the Classroom

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.
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College Simulation

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students pretend they are a college freshman and taking a full load of classes. Individually, they create a budget based on their $9.00 an hour job in order to meet all of their repsonsibilities. They complete the simulation online and...
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Leveled Problem Solving Finding Outcomes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this finding outcomes practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Pedestrian Safety for Students

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners demonstrate pedestrian safety. In this safety lesson, students present an idea for a project which addresses pedestrian safety. Learners can construct a safety brochure or a PowerPoint presentation to share their ideas.
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ESL: Comma Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL comma learning exercise, students determine whether commas should be used in given sentences, choose dates that are correctly punctuated, and check names of cities and states that are punctuated correctly.
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Frisbee Horseshoes

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students follow directions and practice the skill of throwing a Frisbee toward a target. They then play a Frisbee game and practice working as a team while keeping score on their own.
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Berkeley Engineering and Mentors

Newspaper Towers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The challenge is quite simple: build a tall tower from a predesignated number of newspaper sheets. Emerging engineers work in teams to build the tallest structure. You will demonstrate some structure shapes and discuss their relative...
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

What is Groundwater? Our Underground Water Supply

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Learn about the consequences of groundwater with a lesson about the different ways California handles water conservation and pollution. After reading a passage about the water table, learners apply what they have read to six...
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Heading South

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study the concept of animal migration with the change of seasons. They discover that migration can be hazardous, and the distance migrated can be short or long.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab

For Students 9th - 10th
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners decipher the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words begin with the letter U.
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Energy and Energy Conversion

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate different energy conversions through hands-on activities. In this energy instructional activity, 3rd graders move through four stations and conduct experiments illustrating energy conversions. Wave energy,...
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San José State University

Revising for Clarity: Characters and Their Actions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
This handout offers a three-step process for revising sentences for clarity: diagnose, analyze, revise. After reading an example sentence revision with a detailed explanation, learners complete three sample sentences using the three-step...
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The Wheat Plant

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students sequence stages in the life of a wheat plant. They identify the six main parts of the wheat plant. They plant some kernels of wheat in the classroom so students can watch the growth and development. They record the plant's...
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Sports Helmets and Impact Testing of Polymers

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners examine the importance of good quality safety gear. In this investigative activity, students will tests various polymers, collect data, and analyze the data to determine which polymer is best for safety helmets. They will design...
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How Groundhog's Garden Grew

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students answer questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy after reading the book, How Groundhog's Garden Grew, by Lynne Cherry.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students respond to 6 questions, one per taxonomy level, to...
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Prokaryote Coloring

For Students 7th - 9th
In this prokaryote worksheet, students answer ten questions about prokaryote cells and they color a diagram of a simple bacteria cell and its structures.
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Autumn Arrays

For Teachers K - 6th
Autumn is a time for nature to get ready for the upcoming winter. After listening to the book Time to Sleep about the changes of deciduous trees in the fall, learners monitor a tree on a daily basis and view photos of fall...
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Photo Essay Semester Project

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students reinforce research and organizational skills with this project. They create a photo essay and conduct an interview with a person associated with their chosen topic. Pupils may choose to get their pictures from a digital camera,...
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A Chemical Balancing Act

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students decompose glucose and write an equation for the reaction. In this decomposition reaction lesson plan, students burn a sample of glucose and test the products for water using cobalt chloride paper. They write a balanced equation...
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Diversity of Colors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate color diversity by experimenting with jelly beans.  In this color spectrum instructional activity, students observe colored jelly beans through different filters and light sources to change the existing look of...
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Diversity Stereotyping

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the concept of stereotyping and using "diversity beans" process an activity that allows them to examine the negative aspects of strereotyping through candy.
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Social Movements in American Politics

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners explore American social movements. For this writing skills lesson, students read Orwell's "Politics and the English." Learners then apply the rules for writing that are included in the piece. Students follow-up by completing a...

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