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The Four Seasons

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine four paintings by Robert Harris and identify the season portrayed. Using the characteristics for each season, they write a poem and create a drawing of their own. In groups, they describe the different types of...
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Food For Keeps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of food preservation. They use the internet to conduct research, specifically the methods of processing the students' favorite foods. They are introduced to the project using realia like beef jerky and...
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Using a Thermometer

For Teachers 1st
First graders use their senses to formulate questions and make predictions to determine what is in the "Wonder Bag". They hold pieces of ice and examine while listing descriptors on a chart and then take their own temperature using an...
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Introduction to Biomes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use scientific skills and processes to recognize how living things depend on one another and on the environment for survival and the human use of natural resources impacts the environment. Explain how Earth's surface...
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California Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine several maps of California exhibiting features such as precipitation, topography, and vegetation. They look for patterns that might be the source of or influence biodiversity in different regions. They pay particular...
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Eco-Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the Earth's various biomes and ecosystems using Internet research. They create a multimedia poem using the photos, sounds, and vocabulary from their research.
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Beginning Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners identify elements of persuasive writing. Students discuss writing strategies and topics. They participate in pair and share activities. Learners write a persuasive letter.
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Workers in Factories During the Gilded Age

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders experience what life was like in the factories during the Gilded Age. They explore the reasons behind the move for work place reforms during the Progressive Era. Students discuss the factors that led to work place reforms.
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Women's Involvement In The Progressive Era

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a lesson that is investigating the Progressive Era of history. They conduct research focusing on the role of women in era. The information provides the perspectives necessary to address the popular...
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BATS: NEED NECTAR, WILL TRAVEL

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students play the role of nectar feeding bats on their annual migration and try to avoid the different hazards that hinder their progress. They describe the annual migration of long-nosed bats including key elements such as: where the...
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Soil In The Amazon

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students grow plants in soil representing that found in the Amazon basin. They compare results to plants growing in fertile soil and soil fertilized with leaf compost. Students chart, average and graph plant growth by height. Students...
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Poetry Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners, after examining three forms of poetry, review and document a variety of literary terms. Vocabulary words are enveloped into the literary terms as well and are cited from each selection by each student.
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USH Progressivism

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore, analyze and interpret various strands of the progressive movements of the early twentieth century. They cover the background of child labor laws, Susan B. Anthony's 1873 court speech and alcohol issues in the...
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Wind Circulation, Surface Currents and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe connections between wind patterns, surface currents, and ocean climate zones. In small groups, they color the ocean climate zones in four different shades of blue. Students then answer questions like what four...
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Picnic Possibilities

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders plan a picnic using weather data. Using accumulated weather data from various sources, they create a graph of the weather conditions in their region for a given period of time. Students interpret this data to predict the...
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What is Drought?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and conduct an experiment on the effects of drought on the environment. They define what drought is and the impact that a shortage of rainfall can have on agriculture, municipal water supplies, tourism, recreation, etc.
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The Rain Forest in Photographs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this rain forest worksheet students enjoy looking at 8 photographs. Students read the detailed captions which accompany each photograph.
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Seedless Plants- Ferns- Enrichment Worksheet

For Students 10th - 11th
In this seedless plants enrichment instructional activity, student read about the history of ferns, their habitat, size, and structure. They draw a fern and label its parts including the fronds, pinnae, sorus, and rhizome.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

For Students 10th - 11th
In this C.S. Lewis worksheet, students answer eight short answer comprehension questions and define six words. Students can define twenty extra credit vocabulary words.
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The Screwtape Letter by C.S. Lewis

For Students 7th - 8th
In this The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis worksheet, students define six vocabulary words using only one or two words and answer eight comprehension questions after reading the short story.
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Community Distribution

For Students 7th - 12th
In this community distribution activity, students will review 5 terms associated with biomes, ecosystems, and communities. Students will then match 11 terms as either relating to marine biomes or land biomes. This activity has 5 fill in...
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Worksheet 38 Practice Exam 4

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students solve the homogeneous endpoint heat conduction problem for a rod of length π/2 and initial temperature distribution. They also find the steady state temperature on a disk.
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Seeing Solar Processes

For Students 7th - 12th
In this seasons worksheet, students compare 24 hour filmstrips for a single day in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Arctic Circle to determine the different seasons. This worksheet has 12 fill in the blank.
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The Diary of Anne Frank Act 1: Scene 3

For Students 7th - 10th
In this "The Diary of Anne Frank" comprehension check activity, students respond to 20 short answer questions covering Act I, Scene 3 of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in order to help them better understand the play.

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