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Colorful Solutions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a coloring activity and consider where like fractions are actually used in real-life situations. They problem solve in groups using fractions with common denominators.
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Penny Pinchers

For Teachers K
Students, by participating in a classroom toy store, are introduced to the penny.
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Run! Run! You Can't Catch Me!

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story, The Gingerbread Boy, then make and decorate a gingerbread cookie. The teacher hides the cookies after they're baked and students follow clues to find them.
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Kid Garden Math

For Teachers K
Students design a geometric garden. Shapes to be included are squares, triangles, and hexagons. After reading a book together about shapes, students get to use construction paper to cut out and design their own shape garden.
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10 by 10 Tessellations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, with a partner, create tessellation patterns by playing 10 by 10 Tessellations. They need to use critical thinking skills to decide if pattern block plane figures tessellate and how each block best fits into the pattern.
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Happy Birthday Class

For Teachers 1st
First graders study each other's birthdays in graph form.
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Cognate Detectives

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how some root words are the same in English and Spanish. They explore cognates in Spanish and English language.
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

For Teachers K
Students explore transportation and transportation related jobs as they improve their vocabulary.
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Are We There Yet?

For Teachers K
Students continue to study rhyming words. They use words and illustrations to help develop their vocabulary.
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Spice Up the Basal

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study English reading and writing skills as they participate in exciting interdisciplinary hands-on activities using a basal reading series.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 1: Math in Motion

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, through large screen monitor, study geometric design. They participate in a diagnostic assessment in which they use pnecils, scissors and paste.
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How Does It Move?

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They attempt to sing the song again, but change it for a tractor. They watch the book, A Visit With Grandma, through a projector, LCD panel, or big screen television and develop their...
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The Water Detectives

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect water samples from designated sampling stations, and discuss water pollution. They analyze the water samples, record the data on a spreadsheet, and present the environmental water quality data to the class.
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Extreme Weather: Hurricanes

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners demonstrate the ability to define key words and verbally recall conditions that must be present for a hurricane to form.
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Fact and Opinion Pre-Test

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this fact/opinion activity, students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Students may click on a link to view correct answers. 
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Paleo-Diving

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study sinkholes and how they are associated with paleoamerican settlements.  In this underwater exploration  lesson students explain how sinkholes are formed.
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Participating in the Political Process

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain why it is important to participate in government, and name at least three ways citizens can participate.
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Capitalization

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this capitalization worksheet, students read sentences and underline words that should be capitalized. They identify the first word in a sentence, proper nouns, and titles. There are 20 sentences on this one-page worksheet. An...
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Naming Trust

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a poem. In this character activity, students read a quote about trust and friendship and discuss what they mean. Students write an acrostic poem using the letters in their name and come up with a phrase or word that...
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Personal Responsibility

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write in their journals. In this writing and responsibility lesson, students write about personal responsibility. They have three writing choices to choose from that all deal with this central theme.
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Ecotourism in National Parks and Wilderness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils research a wilderness or natural area and develop a plan for ecotourism.
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Hemingway Hangouts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use printed maps and websites to estimate driving distances and plan routes to Hemingway's home. They visit several locations online and record facts about each location.They calculate, distances, driving time, and other...
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Genes, not Jeans

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the difference between dominant and recessive genes, and what happens when genes are combined. They complete a worksheet on genetics after observing if they can wiggle their ears or roll their tongues. They...
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Rules for Using Commas

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this comma usage worksheet, learners review when to use commas and then add commas, as needed, to twenty different sentences.

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