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"It's a Serious Game"

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore online safety by viewing an educational video. In this online identification lesson, students discuss the importance of keeping personal information private and when it is appropriate to enter personal information on the...
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A Model Aquifer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students build a model that depicts how water is stored in an aquifer. They examine ways in which groundwater can become contaminated.
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Utah Pioneers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the hardships faced by the Utah pioneers. In small groups they calculate a budget using a determined amount of money, select a challenge for the group, and discuss how their group overcomes the challenges...
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A Forum on Racism

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders compare and contrast the work of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In this racism lesson, 12th graders read The Autobiography of Malcolm X and discuss how Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. approached ending racism.
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Sounding out accuracy, Build a Word

For Teachers K - 1st
Students demonstrate how to build words. In this word study lesson, students play a game where they must choose two index cards from each bucket and put them together to build a word.
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Soldados: Soldiers' Stories

For Teachers All
This lesson will help students practice conducting an oral history interview, increase knowledge about what it is like to be a soldier, gain knowledge about the Vietnam War and gain knowledge about the Chicano experience in the U.S.
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Cancer Causes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore why people get cancer. They explore human cells by taking a close examine their own. take a small sample of the epithelial cells that line the inside of their mouth. They glimpse how scientists investigate inside cells.
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Fitness

For Students 4th - 8th
In this fitness worksheet, students explain why it is important to be healthy, clean, and fit. In addition, they keep a record of their daily meals and snacks for a week and describe what meals are best for them and why. Finally,...
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Art to Zoo: Memorials: Art for Remembering

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine how people from different societies and cultures remember those whom they have lost. In this lesson students analyze memorials from around the world, create their own, and find memorials that they have in their own homes.
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The Season of Spring

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students perform a story from Greek mythology of how spring came to be. In this performing arts lesson, students study the play of Persephone and use instruments and dance to put on a performance.
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Humans Leave Bob Bat Homeless!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students read an "interview" with a bat who has been displaced from his home in the rainforest. Using a word bank, students fill in 20 missing words from the script. Students then answer 10 questions about...
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Regardless Of, No Matter, Regardless

For Students 5th - 6th
In this grammar activity, students learn the proper use of three terms: regardless of, no matter, and regardless. After reading the rules, students rewrite 10 incorrect sentences with the right word choice.
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The Wave

For Students 6th - 12th
After watching the video, The Wave, middle and high schoolers answer each of these 23 questions that have to do with the film.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Details: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
Give this quiz to your class if you'd like to test their knowledge of ten details in To Kill a Mockingbird. This quiz is based on basic comprehension and recall of the text. While this is not the most academically challenging quiz, it...
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In Cold Blood, Part 1: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
While I don't recommend this Fun Trivia Quiz on In Cold Blood for a class assignment, you may suggest your readers use it to self-assess their basic understanding of the work. It includes 15 multiple choice and true/false questions that...
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Mystery Writing Lesson Plans

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Introduce your class to the genre of mystery. Included is a vocabulary list, a rubric, and a sample mystery story called "Lethal Lesson." There are very limited directions on what to do with these resources, so you will need to plan some...
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bbc news: school report

For Students 6th - 7th
For this journalism worksheet, students choose a subject for a news report. They create a list of three people they would like to interview. They write 3 questions to ask, and indicate if the question relates to a fact or opinion.
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Total English Elementary: Day by Day

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this talking and writing about daily routines worksheet, students record information on the graphic organizer, interview other students about their daily routines, and write sentences to describe the answers each student gave them.
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Read Aloud: "The Bookshop Dog"

For Teachers K
Students listen to the book "The Bookshop Dog" and discuss what happens when there is a change in their lives. They create a class T-chart about changes and feelings, develop a graph related to the story, and define key story vocabulary...
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A Quiz on William Golding's LOTF: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
Check pupils' understanding of William Golding's modern classic novel Lord of the Flies with this 10 question quiz that covers elements of the story's plot, character recognition, and some literary analysis. As with all Fun Trivia...
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Ask An Expert

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore various ways to use the Internet for extra help in school. In this technology lesson, students go to various "ask an expert" websites. Students review the process of using these Internet resources.
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ESL Writing Lesson - Using Non-Defining Relative Clauses

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students review the differences between defining and non-defining clauses, and then go on to a writing exercise which employs non-defining relative clauses to expand a basic story outline.
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Personal Learning Profile

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students, after completing a Personal Learning Profile pre-test Survey, take a Personal Learning Profile pre-test. They explore personal interests, spiritual beliefs, strengths, needs, and habits. The questionnaire is completed on the...
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Lesson Plan: Using Collage to Honor Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover the honor bestowed by the Nobel Peace Prize. In this visual arts collage lesson, students research Nobel Peace Prize recipients and create collages to using the prescribed technique.