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Volcanoes: How Safe Are They?
Students explore the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth, plot their locations, and research different volcanic hazards.
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Supplies
Fifth graders determine what supplies they will take with them in order to survive their trip through the Amazon. The use estimation and basic math skills to determine how much they can carry and what they can use to survive in the Amazon.
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World Map and Globe
Students locate and identify continents and countries. For this world map lesson, students locate and identify one country on each continent.
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Breaking News English: North Korea To Test Long-Range Missile
In this English worksheet, students read "North Korea to Test Long-Range Missile," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Dog Breeds
In this trivia quiz, the information focuses on dog aggression. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions and submit answers electronically via this interactive website.
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Scaling the Map
Students practice determining map distances using the map scales. They discover how much an area represents on the map in relation to the actual area. They decide on the best place to build their cavern.
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Voting and the U.S. Constitution (Past, Present, and Future)
High schoolers discuss the 26th Amendment, then write letters to a future guest speaker. Students listen to the guest speaker and ask them questions about voting and voter turnout. High schoolers then create handbills urging citizens to...
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Introduction to Bar Graphs Lesson Plan
Students organize and interpret data using bar graphs.
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Venn Diagram Lesson Plan
Students use Venn diagrams in order to classify different objects and numbers. They then use "Venn Diagram Shape sorter" applets on the computer.
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Angles Lesson Plan
Students stud angles, and then play the "What's Your Angle?" game. They complete at least 10 computer generated problems from the Angles Applet.
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Social Action Project-Phone Calls
Students investigate how to make a professional telephone call. In this communications lesson, students choose an organization to volunteer at and place a call to the organization to ask questions. Students discuss the phone conversation...
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Lines, Rays, Line Segments, and Planes
Students are introduced to lines, rays, line segments and planes and study the differences between them. They also practice graphing lines, rays, line segments and planes
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Fraction King Lesson Plan
Pupils combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.
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Probability: Playing with Fire
Learners use probability to determine how likely it is for each tree in a small forest to catch on fire.
Other
The State of Alaska Official Site
This is the state of Alaska homepage where the user can access a plethora of information about this state. Information is provided on items such as visitor information, doing business in Alaska, and more.
Other
State of Alaska: Student Information
A comprehensive site that contains a wealth of information about Alaska. State Seal, Flower, Fish, Tree, Bird are but a few of the topics covered. A number of links to other Alaskan sites.
Other
State of Alaska: Department of Education: Alaska's Gold
Information, stories, historical images, and documents about the discovery of gold in Alaska in the late nineteenth century.
NSTATE
The Geography of Alaska
Netstate provides facts about the geography of the state of Alaska such as its geographic center, total area, elevations and much more.
A&E Television
History.com: Alaska
Take a detailed look at the state of Alaska! From its earliest history and peoples, to present day facts which include population, climate, geography, plants and animals, economy, government, cultural life, sports and recreation,...
NSTATE
Alaska State Symbols and Emblems
Find out all about the state symbols and emblems of Alaska. Clicking on the words under the heading "Symbol/Emblem" will usually provide a picture and more information. The date the symbol was adopted is also included.
Library of Congress
Loc: Meeting of Frontiers
A collaborative effort between the Library of Congress, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the Russian State Library, and others. Compare and contrast the frontier stories and practices of the United States and Russia. There are...
S.E. Schlosser
American Folklore: Alaska Folklore
Read a brief folktale, myth or legend from the state of Alaska.
Kidport
Kidport: United States of America Geography
This site contains a fun way to learn about the states within the United States. Click on the state that you want to learn more about and it provides facts, geographic landmarks, points of interest, major industries, a quiz and more.