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Study Buddies: Finding Equivalent Fractions
In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to find equivalent fractions. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.
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Horticulture and Gardening
This 6 page information packet provides an overview of gardening and plants. Using this activity, students could design their own gardens, using math, science and writing skills. There are 30 questions involved.
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How to Take math Lectures Notes
In this math worksheet, students review the steps they were taught, to take correct notes in their math class. This worksheet can be used to teach students the correct process of note taking for just about any subject. There are 6...
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Genetic Research: Decisions to be Made
High schoolers examine the genetics involved in the human genome. They brainstorm the advantages and disadvantages to this discovery. They research different experts opinion and write a case study which addresses an ethical dilemma.
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Thanksgiving Traditions
Everyone celebrates traditions in different ways. Young writers share the ways their families celebrate Thanksgiving with a journal writing prompt and discussion activity.
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Beginning with Bosch
Students become familiar with surrealism through the artwork of Hieronymus Bosch. In this Bosch lesson, students explore symmetry and surrealism. Students create step by drawings on the computer in the style of Hieronymus Bosch. Students...
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Exploring Ethical Issues
Students learn about ethical issues and its connection to journalism. Students examine examples of ethical issues some journalists have faced. in small groups, students collaborate to write a code of ethics for their school newspaper....
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6 Word Digital Memoirs
Students discuss the idea of 6 word memoirs. In this technology lesson, students explore how using a small number of words sometimes is the best. Students practice using 6 word memoirs writing six words for various nursery rhymes and...
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Our Illuminated Alphabet
Students examine artwork and create their own. In this writing and illustrating instructional activity, students view illuminated letters from the Getty Museum's collection and discuss art vocabulary. Students examine the...
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Funky Illuminated Fairy Tales
Students create their own fairy tale. In this book making lesson plan, students write a fairy tale and turn it into a book. They use decorated initials and borders to make it look like an illuminated manuscript.
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Child Safety Brochure
Students practice communication skills through brochure writing. In this child safety brochure lesson, students gather important child safety information and rewrite it into a brochure. Students must use correct language....
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Cooking Up the Scientific Method
First graders identify the different steps of the scientific method. In this life science instructional activity, 1st graders apply this method when conducting a series of hands-on activities. They collect data and write observations in...
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Using Creative Techniques to Get Students to Read
You can get students to enjoy reading if you allow them to be more involved in the book selection process.
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Design Your Dream Room
Learners determine length, width, perimeter, and surface area, and work with two-dimensional representations of three-dimension objects to design and write descriptions of their dream bedrooms.
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Exploring the Galapagos
Learners explore the species found in the Galapagos Islands and practice descriptive writing skills by creating a sample journal. They create a fictional journal that documents the places they visit and the species they encounter.
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Animating a Historic Event
Research a historic event using textbooks, primary source documents, the Internet, and other library and media resources. Young historians will take the research they have gathered and write an attention-grabbing, historically accurate...
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What Happened to the Water? Designing Ways to Get and Clean Water
Students design ways to clean a water source or find a new water source depending on various hypothetical family scenarios. They draw and write about how to provide water to a community facing a water crisis, and present their solutions...
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TE Lesson: Pollution Solutions
Students study how industrial technology helps clean up and prevent air pollution. They role play as engineers to examine methods of engineering pollutant recovery methods such as scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, cyclones, and...
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Can You Rhyme?
First graders combine locomotive skills and rhyming skills to learn about rhyming pairs. They actively participate in the learning process.
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Grade 5: Multiple Towers
Fifth graders use interlocking cubes to build towers to represent factors of numbers and place the towers in the appropriate places on a Tower chart in order to look for patterns. They work in partner groups, and finish by writing...
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Comparing Units of Measurement
Fourth graders investigate the units of measurement used by various Native American tribes before they had contact with the Europeans. They write research questions, conduct research using a variety of resources, in small groups write a...
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How a Bill Becomes a Law
High schoolers engage in the democratic process and to learn how a bill become a law. Then they write a bill they would like as law in their classroom. Students also form committees that will review the list of bills to determine if they...
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Molarity Labs I & II $ III
In this molarity lab worksheet, students write down the process they took to determine the molarity of a given sample of a solution of salt. They also make two particular molar solutions in the lab and show their calculations. They answer
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Journalism and Responsibility
Students explore the world of journalism. In this media awareness instructional activity, students investigate the roles and responsibilities of journalists. Students watch segments of videos and research websites to inform them prior to...