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Rainbows

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate how a rainbow is made. They listen to the book "What Makes a Rainbow," and discuss how a rainbow is created. Students then conduct an experiment involving pouring a cup of milk into a bowl and adding drops of...
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Shhhhhhhh!!!!!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize and practice putting certain letters together as they make unique sounds in one mouth movement. This lesson plan focuses on the digraph /sh/. They study and recite the tongue twister "Shelly's aunt, Sharon shears...
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Spider Glyph

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Spider Glyph worksheet, students color in a picture of a spider according to 5 written directions. An example includes, "If you have ever seen a spider in your school, color the 3 area blue."
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Hidden Picture

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this subtraction worksheet, students solve the 18 problems inside a lobster puzzle shape. Students color the shape red if they have regrouped; the shape is colored blue if regrouping is not necessary.
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Pictures and Fractions

For Students 2nd
In this fractions and pictures instructional activity, 2nd graders draw and write what fraction of the boxes are yellow, butterflies are blue, balls that are basketballs, animals that are ducks and what fraction of the blocks are black.
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns Coloring

For Students 5th - 7th
Use a noun coloring worksheet to have your students read 60 nouns, each in their own rectangle. They will then color rectangles with concrete nouns yellow and the rectangles with abstract nouns blue. Note: This does not include an answer...
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Getting Down to Basics (and Acidics)

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate acids and bases. In this acids and bases lesson, 7th graders use household items such as coffee, lemons and soap to define acids and bases. They observe a demonstration to show how indicators determine if a...
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Percentages Introduction

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this percentages worksheet, students color 25% of 100 small squares blue, 35% red and 30% yellow. Students figure out how many squares they have left and then what percent of the 100 squares are left. Students then work out 5...
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NATO Geography & Language

For Teachers 6th
The class receives background information on NATO, an atlas, and a blank world map. They color the original 1949 countries in red, the 1952 additions in green, and the 1990 additions in blue. This exercise would be a good starting point...
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The Circulatory System - Part I

For Teachers 1st
First graders consider what effect their behavior has on their health. Students make a fist to indicate the size of his/her heart. They complete a worksheet on the heart, coloring the arteries red and the veins blue.
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Echoes of Blue and Grey: Weekend Warriors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video about the Civil War and then describe famous battles from the perspective of either the Union or the Confederate side.
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Where The Blue Fern Grows

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students discuss ancient plants and their adaption in the world. Students review forms of plant propagation. Given proper supplies and directions, students apply a variety of fern spores to peat pellets, monitor the growth, and...
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Old Blue Maze

For Students 2nd
In this maze instructional activity, 2nd graders will use visual cues to get from beginning to end. Students will begin at the top of the page working their way down to the bottom.
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Recycle These in Blue Bin

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recyclable materials worksheet, students cut out the puzzle pieces and scramble them. Students then put the puzzle of recyclable materials together again.
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Mapping the Blue Part

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine the location of specific features of the stimulated ocean floor. The features include the continental shelf, continental slope, an ocean trench, and a mid-oceaniz ridge.
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When I am Blue...Long U (ou, ui, ue)

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this long vowel writing activity, students read a paragraph about when they are sick. The paragraph has 6 blanks in which students fill in the correct words, which are all located in a word bank at the bottom of the page. These words...
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When I am Blue...

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this phonics practice worksheet, learners read a story and fill in the 6 words in the story using the words in the word bank. Students draw a picture of the story in the box provided.
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10 Great Places to Savor the Wild Blue Yonder

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars discuss developments in aviation.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read an article that discusses ten aviation museums and developments in civil and military aviation.  Young scholars find...
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Red Fish, Blue Fish-Fish and Color Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice questions about fish. Answers are a color, then the word "fish." Page has a link to answers.
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Black and Blue

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create print advertisements that persuade viewers to visit African-American history museums by detailing their artistic, cultural, and historical benefits.
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Essay on People and Their Experiences

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, "The Magic Barrel" by Bernard Malamud, and "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver. In this shorty story analysis instructional activity, students write down facts about each of the main...
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Reading a Map

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Young geographers improve their map skills by practicing locating the cardinal directions on a map, identifying symbols on a map key, and describing where objects on the map are located relative to other locations.
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Electrolysis Using a Microscale Hoffman Apparatus—Microscale Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Get big results out of a small-scale lab! Young chemists observe the electrolysis of sodium sulfate using a microscale experiment. A colorful indicator solution combined with the production of gas bubbles yields a variety of observations...
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Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Lesson Plan 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
After watching West of the West's documentary The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, class members imagine how Juana Maria/Karana may have felt about living alone on the island for 18 years and craft a blackout poem or a narrative in...