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Crash Test Physics
Students design and test balsa cars. In this crash tet lesson, students design and build their own cars to specifications. They explore the physics of motion and vehicle crash safety.
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Teaching Strategies For Main Idea Lessons
Main Idea Lesson Plans can help teachers make identifying the main idea of a passage a breeze.
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Kwanzaa Language Arts: The Tambiko
Students read or hear about famous African Americans to learn about the ways in which they exemplify one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
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English Vocabulary Skills: Friends
Learners practice their English vocabulary skills. In this friends vocabulary lesson, students review words regarding friends and act out an English speaking scene.
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Silent Spring
High schoolers read background information about Rachel Carson found on the listed website links. They analyze and answer questions about her work and how it is linked to science then they research pesticide usage and alternative methods.
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Lewis and Clark Encounters with Native Americans
Students research what the exchange was between the various Native American groups and Lewis and Clark. They are able to write reflections after truly considering the issue with the help of research.
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Ancient History Cyber-Journalists
Students research a major historical event from the ancient world and write a newsletter about the event.
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Animal: Unique Creatures With Great Features
Students present models, oral reports, and presentations on animal's characteristics. They research various animals and the characteristics that link them to specific animal groups. They answer specific questions relating to animals in...
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Number Writing Poems
Students read the short poem for each number to help them with number formation. For this numbers lesson plan, students follow directions of the poems.
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Note Taking
Students discover how to transfer information from highlighted articles to note cards. Providing students with an organized system to collect and record data provide them with a lifelong skill.
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All About Me
Students explore autobiographical stories. They write about a personal experience that is significant and memorable. Students specifically explain the chosen events. They define autobiography and share their stories.
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Writing Original Directions
Third graders create original design directions. Each student creates a design and composes directions for re-creating it. Then, when students form pairs, they take turns drawing from one another's written directions.
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Confusing Words: Rise and Raise
In this confusing words: rise and raise worksheet, students read the explanations and examples for correct usage of these two words, then interactively complete 10 sentences for practice with immediate online feedback.
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If Hornets Could Talk
Fifth graders create a school newspaper. In this journalism lesson students write articles for a school newspaper. They also create an informational website. the projects are both on-going.
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Giving Things a Name
Students label images seen on an interactive website. In this early writing lesson, students do their best to write the name of the object seen on the screen.
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Personally Speaking
Seventh graders read, "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," and write an expository essay discussing choices they have in society today compared with the character Kit.
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Creative Coin Stories
Young scholars participate in a round-robin writing activity started from a single writing prompt. Different coins be worked into the story throughout the course of the activity.
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AM to FM - Lesson 4
High schoolers examine different music styles played on AM radio versus FM radio. They compare a 1972 music hit from AM radio with a 1972 hit album on FM radio.
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Time Management: College Study Skills
Students read articles and listen to a lecture about time management. They discuss an appropriate balance between study and leisure time and identify the importance of setting a regular schedule for eating and sleeping. Students identify...
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Bowdoin: Transitional Phrases in Spanish
This guide will help students to become skilled in using transitional phrases in Spanish.
University of Richmond
University of Richmond: Using Transitions
A discussion of how to use transitions for effective writing. W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/trans, W.11-12.1c Transitions/Cohesion, W.11-12.2c Transition/Cohesion CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.c
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Using Transitions: Transitional Words and Phrases
Tables of words that show different types of sentence transitions. W.9-10.1c cohesion/clarity/reason, W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/transitions. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4, W.11-12.1c Transitions/Cohesion, W.11-12.2c Transition/Cohesion....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transition Words
This tutorial focuses on transition words. In text it defines transition words and how they improve writing; in PDF it provides a list of transition words and phrases by category with examples. Using a PowerPoint presentation, it...
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Transitions
This University of North Carolina writing tutorial gives examples and how to use transitions and stresses the importance of organization. W.9-10.1c cohesion/clarity/reason, W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/trans, W.11-12.1c...