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The Birth of Tragedy
In this online interactive philosophy activity, learners respond to 30 short answer and essay questions about The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Music and Interdisciplinary Connections
Students examine the interconnectedness of different art forms. They listen to music and watch a video while determining the similarities of the themes. They make connections between books, movies, opera, dance, and music.
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Betting on China
Students study the USA Today articles about the economic rise and dominance of China. In this Chinese economy lesson, students read the article about China as an economic threat to the United States. Students study a pie chart and...
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Present Perfect and Simple Past
In this present perfect and simple past worksheet, students must fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb form. Students are given two choices for each sentence in this interactive worksheet.
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Solving Saturn's Mysteries
Middle schoolers study the Cassini spacecraft and its travel to Saturn. They discover the results of the space mission and examine images of Saturn that Cassini sent back.
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Secrets Beneath the Waters
Learners work in small groups and design a ship out of balsa wood. They hypothesize what happens when the ship is placed in water then make predictions as to which ship stays afloat the longest with the greatest amount of weight added.
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Irregular Past Tense
In this irregular past tense verbs instructional activity, students change 6 present tense verbs to past tense. Students then write a sentence using each of these verbs. Note: The verbs are capitalized although used alone.
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Cassini gets Ready to run Rings Around Saturn
Fourth graders study an article about Saturn. In this investigative lesson students discuss the article and complete an activity that asks them what question they would pose about Saturn.
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The Big Blue
Third graders create paper mache globes with balloons. They label the 4 oceans on their balloons with reference to large wall map, classroom globe, and Encarta Virtual Globe CD-ROM projected on large screen TV with Tvator or other...
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100 Remarkable People
Young scholars investigate a variety of important historical figures in order to present a report to the class. The use of internet research skills is reinforced for the beginning of the lesson plan and culminates in an oral presentation...
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Find Someone Who Likes...
In this vocabulary acquisition worksheet, students converse with other students in their class, asking them if they like one of the items on the provided list. This worksheet is intended for use with adult beginning English language...
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Past Simple- Passive
In this passive sentence form worksheet, students make a passive sentence from the three provided phrases. There are 10 sentences to write on this worksheet intended for ESL students.
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Introducing the Olympian Gods
Students compare and contrast characteristics of the Olympians with the character of the One True God. In this mythology activity students work in groups and are assigned one god and one myth to compare and contrast to God.
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Teaching English: Northern Ireland
In this northern Ireland worksheet, students complete a matching activity, and true/false and short answer questions after reading short paragraphs of text.
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What Do I See When I Picture Saturn?
Students create their own Saturn Discovery logs. They draw pictures of the planet and its founder. They share their drawings and writings with partners.
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My Spacecraft and Cassini
Students discover solutions to the problems that NASA used in a previous lesson. They write a paper comparing and contrasting their spacecraft idea to the one that was actually used to go to Saturn. They also discover Saturn's moons.
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Drop Zone! Design and Test a Probe
Learners work together to develop their own parachuting probe. They test it and record the results. They simulate other experiments that are going to be carried out by the Huygens probe.
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Oceans
In this oceans worksheet, student use clues from a song titled "Oceans," then locate and label the 5 oceans. An answer key is given but page doesn't included a song link.
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Titanicuniverse.com: Titanic Facts
An informative new resource devoted to the RMS Titanic! Click on any of the main topics for additional details on construction, maiden voyage, sinking of the ship, survivors, artifacts, newspaper articles, videos, and more.
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Rms Titanic, Inc.: Titanic History
An exceptional historical web site devoted to the Titanic of today, developed by the RMS Titanic organization. Included are hisoritcal facts about the ship, a timeline, mythbusters and a FAQs section.
National Archives (UK)
National Archives: Titanic: Stories
Read firsthand accounts from survivors of the Titanic disaster.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Greek Mythology: The Ancient Greek Titans
This site focuses on the ancient Greek Titans, a race of primordial, powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. It offers links to individual Titans including the superior, main, and others.
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Titanic in Nova Scotia
This site is particularly interesting as it focuses on the artifacts taken from the site of the sinking of the Titanic that are now located in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Remembering the Titanic
A visual masterpiece, journey through the Titanic through these video segments and resources. Includes games and interactives.