Worksheet
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Verbs: Past and Present

For Students 4th - 6th
In this verbs practice worksheet, students examine 20 verbs and categorize each of them as present tense verbs or past tense verbs.
Interactive
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Present Perfect and Simple Past

For Students 5th - 8th
In this present perfect and simple past worksheet, learners must fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb form. Students are given two choices for each sentence in this interactive worksheet.
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Map Your Own World

For Students 4th - 8th
Young archaeologists practice their mapping skills by creating a detailed site map of their room or another room in their home. After indicating walls, windows, doors, and closets, they add furniture and objects, labeling each item.
Worksheet
Teach-nology

Author’s Purpose: Entertain

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
How does an author entertain his or her audience? Read a short fairy tale and find the most evocative passages to discover more about author's purpose in narrative writing.
Lesson Plan
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Music Education, Playing the Blues

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This lesson enables students to gain a broader awareness of the basic blues scale and the harmonic structure of the standard blues progression. Students will be given introductory exercises on blues improvisation and will also...
Lesson Plan
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Chicago Tribune vs. US (1942): When Does Freedom of the Press Go Too Far?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers define freedom of the press in peace and war time. As a class, they identify the need for the public to be informed, but discuss where the line should be drawn to protect national security. They develop their arguments...
Worksheet
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Understanding the Bohr Model

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Bohr model worksheet, students read about Neils Bohr and the model he proposed of the atom. Students answer nine questions about his theory that electrons travel in orbitals and give off energy when they are excited.
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Yummy Math

Twinkies

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Brian was devastated when Hostess® filed for bankruptcy, and he was also fearful that his favorite snack treat would be lost forever. The snack food was in danger of being lost, your class won't be lost when using Twinkies® as the...
Lesson Plan
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Wall Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given practice in scan reading and in revising verb forms. They are given copies of Worksheet 2. Students are told that they should answer all the questions on the Worksheet and that it is a 'race.' They use thier short-term...
Lesson Plan
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Pictures at an Exhibition

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners discuss how the musical composition was created. They listen to "Pictures at an Exhibition." Students discuss how the Promenade in the beginning of the opus is based on Mussorgsky walking through the exhibit of paintings....
Lesson Plan
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Identify Cones

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders evaluate the attributes of cones. In this space shapes lesson, 3rd graders analyze three-dimensional shapes. Students explore the faces and edges of a cone.
Lesson Plan
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WHERE DO BEARS LIVE?

For Teachers K
Students practice making predictions about what happen in the story by looking at the pictures and answering questions aloud. Given a blank sheet of paper and writing utensils, students draw a picture of a bear in a den and describe that...
Lesson Plan
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Fighting Corrosion to Save an Ancient Greek Bronze

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study corrosion on bronze statues with a hands-on lesson. As pupils place a penny in water with salt, they observe the changes in the penny throughout a period of a week. They then analyze the pre-conservation and the...
Lesson Plan
Tech Museum of Innovation

Tree House Escape

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Use simple machines to escape from a tree house. Pupils learn about simple machines and how they are useful in everyday life in a STEM lesson. Groups then design a device to rescue a friend stuck in a tree house.
Interactive
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Leonardo da Vinci

For Students 7th - 12th
Are you studying Leonardo da Vinci in your class? This resource is made up of 3 study questions and 7 essay topics about Leonardo da Vinci that you could use to test your learners' biographical knowledge. Class members may check some of...
Worksheet
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Pronoun Reference

For Students 4th - 5th
In these pronoun and antecedents worksheets, students read the sentences and correct the underlined errors in pronoun reference.
Lesson Plan
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The Sounds of Music

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students listen to Brazilian folk music and discuss its various sounds and connections to today's music. They record sounds that define and represent the culture of their school and community.
Lesson Plan
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VH1 Driven: Jamie Foxx, Lesson 3

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the blues, poetry, the Harlem Renaissance, and the 12-bar blues form. They watch a segment from the video, "VH1 Driven: Jamie Foxx," participate in a class discussion, and listen to songs by Ray Charles and a poem by...
Worksheet
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The Girl Who Got Bigger and Bigger: Reading Comprehension

For Students 5th - 7th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 9-paragraph story called "The Girl Who Got Bigger and Bigger" and then respond to 10 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
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A Number a Day

For Teachers K
Students explore the calendar including sequence of the days of the week, and the numbers associated with each day. They conduct research about each number and share what they find with the class.
Lesson Plan
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Introduction to Coral Reefs

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners identify locations of coral reefs, both in the water and around the globe, identify relative depth of corals in the ocean by observing behavior of cold and warm saltwater, and create models of coral reefs.
Lesson Plan
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Dangling Modifiers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify misplaced and dangling modifiers and correct these errors in their writing. They create illustrations to match the misplace and dangling modifiers.
Lesson Plan
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In the Eye of the Beholder

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students view, examine and analyze the artwork of Howard Finster along with other various visionary artists. They create and design an original piece of artwork and personalize creative spaces in the spirit of Finster's Paradise Gardens.
Lesson Plan
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Modern-Day America: Ronald Reagan Presidency to 9/11

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine contemporary America. In this contemporary American history lesson, students watch a DVD titled "Modern-Day America," discuss the events depicted in the video, and create memorials for those who perished in the 9/11...