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National Gallery of Art

Impressive Prints

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore printmaking with a discussion and project. Pupils first view and talk about various examples of prints and cover positive and negative space. They then come up with fictional animals and make prints of their creature using...
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Virginia Department of Education

Balancing Act

For Teachers 6th Standards
How many different interpretations of the mean are there? Scholars place numbers on a number line and determine the mean. They interpret the mean as the average value and as the balance point.
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Virginia Department of Education

Pick and Choose

For Teachers 6th
Properly teach properties with three activities that allow learners to investigate properties of real numbers. The resource covers the identity properties for addition and multiplication, the inverse property for multiplication, and the...
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Florida International University

Simulating Microgravity with Buoyancy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How do astronauts know how to live and work in a weightless environment? It doesn't come naturally! Junior physicists conduct experiments to examine the link between buoyancy and microgravity. Each activity illustrates a different aspect...
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Curated OER

The Game of Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study vocabulary words and explore persuasive speaking. In groups, they support a given argument and generate ideas for a a persuasive speech. They discuss powerful words and strategies for persuasion. Students write a...
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Curated OER

Middle Ages Writing Journal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a Middle Ages writing journal with narrative, expository and persuasive prompts.  In this creative writing lesson, students are given a list of Middle Ages topics and begin working in their journals. This is a long...
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Curated OER

Pirate Unit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete a unit of lessons on pirates. They read and analyze the novel, 'The Stowaway: A Tale of California Pirates,' define key vocabulary terms, participate in a literature circle, and write a report on pirates.
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Curated OER

How Much?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders problem solve to determine if a fundraiser will be successful in the money raising activity. For this problem solving lesson, 5th graders read a book about fund raising and write down important vocabulary words. Students...
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Curated OER

Thanksgiving Alphabetical Order

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students read a list of 16 words that pertain to the Thanksgiving holiday. Students alphabetize the list of words.
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Curated OER

Monsters of the Deep

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners describe major features of cold seep communities, and list at least five organisms typical of these communities. They infer probable trophic relationships among organisms typical of cold-seep communities.
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Curated OER

Columbus Day Alphabetical Order

For Students 4th - 5th
For this Columbus Day worksheet, students read a list of 20 vocabulary words that pertain to the explorations of Christopher Columbus. Students alphabetize the words.
Interactive
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Indiana Cities Word Jumble

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Indiana word jumble worksheet, students examine 10 cities listed in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 10 sets of letters to spell the names of 10 Indiana cities.
Interactive
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Massachusetts Cities Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Wisconsin word jumble worksheet, students examine 10 cities listed in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 10 sets of letters to spell the names of 10 Wisconsin cities.
Interactive
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Rhode Island Cities Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this printable, interactive word jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to match the list of cities in Rhode Island. There are links to other word searches and puzzles about Rhode Island.
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Curated OER

US Government: The Constitution

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the branches of government. In this U. S. Constitution lesson plan, students examine the system of checks and balances in the U.S. plan of government as they read the document and define vocabulary words.
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Carving Mountains

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore geography by participating in an illustration activity. For this land-form lesson, students define vocabulary terms associated with glaciers and forests. Students utilize pens, cardboard and pottery clay to draw and...
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Apples 4 the Teacher

Community Helpers - Alphabetical Order

For Students 2nd - 4th
A word bank contains a list of sixteen different community servants. On the worksheet, youngsters simply write them in alphabetical order. This would be an appropriate exercise to assign around Labor Day or during a unit in which your...
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Curated OER

Independence Day Alphabetical Order

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Independence Day learning exercise, students read a list of ten words pertaining to the Fourth of July. Students alphabetize the words.
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Curated OER

Managing My Money

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use The Berenstain Bears' to learn about money management. In this money management lesson, 2nd graders read The Berenstain Bears' Dollars and Sense book and complete the 'Rainy Day' worksheet. Students then discuss the...
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Curated OER

Vermont Vocabulary Word Jumble

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell words associated with the state of Vermont. Students spell 20 words.
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Review and Map Skills

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, when given the name of a community, identify a food, a craft, a custom, language and music, unique to that community 100% of the time. They find similarities and differences between this community and their own in four...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary - Unfolding Meaning

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students use the dictionary and thesaurus and are able to explain a definition in their own words.
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Curated OER

Charades

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a game. In this vocabulary lesson, 4th graders play the game Charades to help review their vocabulary words. At the end of the lesson students can create their own words to act out.
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Word Identification Lesson

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to a list of Fall words and then repeat them aloud as a class. They discover how to count syllables either by holding their hand under their chin or clapping and practice together as a class and then split into small...