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Determining the Age of Fossils
Students examine the concept of radioactive dating. In this radioactive dating activity, students investigate how to determine the ages of fossils and rocks as they learn about half-life radioactive decay.
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Write the Equation of a Line Given the Slope and a Point
Learners write the equation of a line given the slope and y-intercept. For this algebra lesson, students are given a point a the line and the slope of the line and are asked to write an equation of the line. They relate lines to real...
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Proper Nouns and Capitalization
Sixth graders brainstorm and write common nouns beginning with a given letter, then using one word from the list write as many proper nouns for that word, correctly capitalized. In this proper nouns and capitalization lesson, 6th...
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"-at" Turkeys
Students practice spelling by creating a model turkey. In this vocabulary lesson, students utilize fake feathers and foam letters to spell words on a fake turkey body, Students read the book Ten Fat Turkeys, and identify the...
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Twelve Days of Christmas Dancercise
Young scholars participate in a dance routine set to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. They monitor their heart rate and learn a new song.
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Teapot Homophones
Students participate in a game about homophones. They write sentences on the board omitting the homophones. They try to determine the correct word and must spell the word as well.
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Summary, Note Taking, Main Idea and Details
High schoolers take notes from oral readings and lectures to create a summary of the material. They use different sizes of post-it notes to complete the activity. They practice pulling the main ideas out of the given material.
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Literature Response for Home-School Connections: Poetry
First graders practice reading and writing for a variety of purposes and audiences. Ten lessons on one page.
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Literature Response for Home-School Connections:
First graders explore learning skills that can be practiced at home in the ten lessons of this unit. Oral reading, letter formation, fairy tale identification, and phonic awareness exercises are provided in this unit.
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Our Five Senses
Students identify their five senses and how the are used everyday. As a class, they develop a list of sounds they hear at a zoo and compare them with a list of sounds they hear at a park or school. They create an instrument on their...
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The Human Body: Five Types of Human Cells
Students explore the human body by completing a graphic organizer. In this living cells lesson, students analyze a human body cell's chart and discuss the parts of a cell and what they do for our bodies. Students complete a graphic...
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Investigating Linear Equations Using Graphing Calculator
Young scholars investigate linear equations using the Ti-Calculator. For this algebra lesson, students graph lines and identify the different quadrants on a coordinate plane. They identify ordered pairs used to plot lines.
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Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.
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Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils
Fourth graders do 5 different lab stations to explore rocks, minerals, and fossils.
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Identifying Dinosaurs
Students investigate basic information about dinosaurs. They listen to the book, "My Visit To the Dinosaurs," explore various websites, take an online quiz, and play an online dinosaur game.
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Turkey Time
Students move safely in a general direction while practicing their chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills. They practice using a Thanksgiving theme for the activity.
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Outside - Inside Drawings
Students use observational drawing to study the unfamiliar They use oil pastels to mix/blend colors. They be introduced to using drawing as a tool for documenting what we can learn from close observation.
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How Unique Are You?
Students explore how genetic information is passed down from parent to offspring. Because of this, they examine how this causes the variation in each species.
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Boolean Operators
Students practice using Boolean operators "AND", "OR" and "NOT" in online searching to either narrow or expand the results.
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Researching a Company
Students conduct internet research on companies that they are interested in working for. They determine what jobs are currently available, what requirements are needed to apply for those jobs and examine the benefits provided by each...
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What's Happening?
Students participate in a grammar game. They identify verbs, adverbs and phrases. They complete a quiz at the end of the lesson to determine how much practice they still need.
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Practical Writing in the Intermediate Grades
Young scholars discuss lists of interesting topics on which to write. They explore those things that interest them, excite them and express themselves freely. They organize the value of their own thoughts and use their individual...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLANS--Effective Interpersonal Communication
Students, after reviewing daily the vocabulary words on the board, practice using appropriate greetings during introductions and farewells. They stress grammatical emphasis on subject pronouns with each greeting. In addition, they...
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Whittle, Whittle it Down: Summarizing
Sixth graders are introduced to the jigsaw method of summarizing text. In groups, they create their own summary and work together as a class to create just one class summary. To end the lesson, they read the class summary and review the...