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Native Americans and Topography at Rose Bay

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners visit a wetland ecosystem. While they are there, students explore how to read topography maps of Rose Bay.
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Introduction to Computers and Computer Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify and spell the parts of a computer work station. They use commands to indicate an action. They complete a web project assignment to complete the lesson.
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Momentum and Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study how to calculate momentum, kinetic, and potential energy. They apply each form of energy to real world situations including demonstrations, watching videos, and designing a Power Point presentation. They investigate in...
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Symbolic Borders

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore symbolism, visualization of key literary elements
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Stages of Fetal Development

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders gain a better understanding of the biological processes of a fetus. They study step by step what occurs during a pregnancy.
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Native Americans and Native Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars take a field trip to a native plant culture. They need to describe where the plants were before the Europeans occupied North America.
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Literature Themes: Bullying

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students read and discuss books with bullying themes. They take a pledge against bullying and watch an animated movie on the subject. They inspect tips for dealing with bullies and consider how people become bullies.
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Amazon Rainforest: You Won't Find George in This Jungle

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars identify locations of rainforests, compare/contrast layers of the rainforest, construct and interpret maps and graphs, recognize relationships between man and the environment, and write about an imaginary walk in the...
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Storm Chasing, Inc.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use the internet to research storm chasing. They develop their own lesson plan and present it to the class. They create a visual for their lesson as well.
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Team Teaching - Spanish

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students present a Spanish grammar topic to the class. In pairs, they select and research a grammar concept, create an over-head transparency, homework assignment, and a quiz to use with the presentation, and teach their concept to the...
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Matter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the topic of matter. As a class, they brainstorm what they already know about matter and its properties. After completing a worksheet, they participate in an experiment in which they observe matter in...
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REPRODUCTION

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars complete a variety of activities to study different concepts in Science. The activities are part of a layered curriculum. This is used to differentiate instruction and give a wide variety of assessment opportunities.
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DNA and Genes

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze the structure of DNA. They describe how the structure of DNA enables it to reproduce itself accurately. Students discuss genes and the sequence of nucleotides occur in DNA.
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Information Exchange--General Purpose Template

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to give concise oral directions as they collaborate with a partner. Students tell their partner to place a number or letter in a particular box on the grid using a prepositional phrase such...
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Idioms

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students match 10 idioms with their keywords. Idioms include "She's dead two-faced" and "I was walking on air!"
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Body Parts

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students draw a picture of a person and label a list of body parts. The list includes ankle, arm, back, chest, ear, elbow, eye, finger.
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Shopping

For Students 7th - 10th
In this asking questions instructional activity, students go out in the field and do some shopping while asking the questions given and writing the answers they find. Students ask 25 questions.
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Telling the Time

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this telling time worksheet, students read 12 analog clocks and write the time out in the words they would speak to tell someone the time.
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Using Your Dictionary: Adverbs 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this adverbs practice worksheets, students use their dictionary skills as they look up 10 adverbs and record the definition for each of them
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Using Your Dictionary: Adverbs 1

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this adverbs practice worksheets, students use their dictionary skills as they look up 10 adverbs and record the definition for each of them
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Part of it All

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students take a closer look at the organization of newspapers. In this journalism lesson, students take virtual tours of newspapers and complete a newspaper puzzle handout. Students then compare the layout of weekly rural newspapers to...
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Chemistry - Atoms and Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers perform varied activities as part of a layered curriculum unit: They write and perform a skit that outlines the evolution of the model of the atom. The script is submitted to the teacher for review before performance.
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Mars Mission Logbooks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students design and create a logbook into which a variety of data is kept to document and assess their involvement in the Live From Mars module. Academic progress is tracked as materials are added to he portfolio.
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The Time Machine - Layered Curriculum Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners complete three activities of their choice from a given list surrounding their study of H.G. Wells' novel, The Time Machine. They choose activities from each of the seven learning styles.