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Map Activity - Roanoke Valley

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students write directions from a starting point to a destination using a map and ads from the Yellow Pages. They define the following terms using total body response or through the use of random objects: "right-hand," "left-hand,"...
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Who's Down the Well?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify several sources of contaminants to groundwater. They discuss the movement of possible contaminants through that groundwater from outside sources. They describe how environmental engineers analyze contaminants to...
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Wind in the Willows

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students find further information about ows in their region or outside of their region. They prepare questions for Elders and community members in their own village and share their findings with students in other villages.
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Entrepreneurs and the African-American Dream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students make a simple graph of labor supply and labor demand in the North and South in the early twentieth century. They conduct research to identify top contemporary African-American entrepreneurs.
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Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane

For Students 9th
In this homeostasis and plasma membrane worksheet, 9th graders identify and solve 11 different vocabulary terms and definitions. They review the definitions of the words listed and then use the clues to complete the puzzle shown....
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Respect for All Kinds of People Inside and Outside the School

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the concept of respect. In this diversity instructional activity, 4th graders play the Untangle Game and complete a diversity puzzle. Students consider how to emphasize similarities over differences.
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Star Master Viewer

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students construct the viewing tubes by cutting along the designated line shown on the template, rolling the paper into a tube, and taping the tube securely. Next they cut out the cardstock circles - the StarCards cutting on the outside...
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Language Arts: Inside, Outside, Upside Down

For Teachers K
Students create a computer slide show of pictures representing directional words. After listening to several books with examples, they pair words such as inside and outside, below and above, or high and low. With older students or...
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The Inuksuk: Symbolism and Cultural Identity Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners create their own inuksuk (stone formation). For this Inuit lesson, students discuss the culture of the people and the symbolism behind their inuksuks. They create their own stone formation from outside materials.
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Complete the Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this story learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to a story about winter with words from a word bank. Students fill in 12 blanks total.
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Holocaust Education in the K-4 Classroom

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discuss Holocaust and complete KWL chart.
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Signs of the Seasons

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students closely observe the natural world, record data, and notice patterns as the seasons unfold, they build a deeper understanding of seasonal change! The definition of phonology is the focus of this lesson and how it changes...
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Flowera of the Prairie

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students with severe disabilities view pictures of flowers in a scanning box and identify them. Outside, they locate flowers on the school's property, label and care for them. Students use flower pictures to aid identification.
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Fun at the Beach

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students engage in a variety of activities that are given the theme of "Fun At The Beach". The games can be played outside or at the beach. The use of a game helps to keep student engagement.
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A Little-A Few: ESL Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL little/few worksheet, learners fill in blanks in sentences, choosing either "a little" or "a few." Students may click an "answer" button for immediate feedback. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students listen to a story titled, "Winnie The Witch," and complete follow-up comprehension questions.
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Interstellar Real Estate - Defining The Habitable Zone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the orbital characteristics a planetary home needs to support Earth-like life forms. They develop an understanding of critical planetary mass to determine which newly discovered planets might be capable of supporting life.
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The Ghost In The Graveyard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice chasing and fleeing skills by playing the game Ghost in the Graveyard.
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Corduroy Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use corduroy to make a creative name board. They are read to from a corduroy book and draw pictures based on what they heard.
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Presenting the Geologic Timescale

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students model the geologic timescale using distance as a metaphor for time. They write a summary of a major event or fossil organism. and station themselves and their summaries along a path within a gymnasium, and present their...
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Bonus Activity: Build a House

For Teachers K
Students complete a building activity using their knowledge of geometrical shapes, tools, and how to follow a plan from previous lessons in this unit. In this following directions instructional activity, students study the basic building...
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The Five Senses Kids Activities and Crafts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make binoculars to reinforce fine motor skills. In this fine motor skills lesson plan, students use colorful materials such as toilet paper rolls, craft paper, crayons, glue, scissors and yarn to make binoculars. By doing this...
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Women in the War

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners make decisions about how best to deal with or resolve dilemmas during the Civil War. In this women in war lesson, students word in groups to discuss how a given dilemma could be handled. Groups elect a spokesperson to report to...
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Literacy Map Activity

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars write directions using maps and ad, they define driving directions and convert cardinal numbers to there ordinals. They write directions which are given orally in these multi-level literacy activities.