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The Interrupted Quotation

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this interrupted quotation worksheet, students edit sentences for punctuation and correct quotation placement. Students complete this for 22 sentences.
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Telling a Story

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Do your class members complain they don’t know what to write about? Give them disposable cameras and ask them to take pictures of 12 things that make them happy. After the pictures are developed, they are pasted on a poster board and...
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Blueprint Paper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate chemical reactions involved in making a blueprint. For this blueprint paper lesson plan, students expose blueprint paper with writing that has been soaked in a solution of potassium ferricyanide and iron (III)...
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2005 USDA Food Guide

For Students 4th
In this food pyramid worksheet, 4th graders will answer 6 multiple choice questions about the newest version of the food pyramid (released in 2005), compare and contrast the old and new food guide using a Venn diagram, write a brief...
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Oceans-A Fact Haiku

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create haiku poems. In this poetry lesson, students listen to the sound of the ocean from an audio file and write a haiku poem about oceans.
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TE Lesson: Pollution Solutions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study how industrial technology helps clean up and prevent air pollution. They role play as engineers to examine methods of engineering pollutant recovery methods such as scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, cyclones, and...
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Gargoyles, Black Death, and Scary Music

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the Dark Ages using books, the Internet, and other media. In this Dark Ages lesson plan, students study poetry, music, art, and the architecture of the Dark Ages.
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Wild and Wetlands

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders identify the major characteristics of a wetland. They explore the human factors that change a wetland and write a descriptive paragraph about wetlands. This comprehensive lesson also has an interactive "Watershed Game"...
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TE Activity: Pollution Politics

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how a bill becomes a law in the US Congress. They investigate legislation about global warming. They determine the role of engineers as they educate Congress, the public and other government institutions about global...
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Mini-Metric Olympics

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a Mini-Olympics with measurements. In this measurement lesson, students throw items and predict how far they will go. They measure the actual distance and find the difference between that and their estimate. 
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Tell a Ton of Tall Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers read many tall tales. They create their own tall tale about a specific event of their choosing. They must act the part of the author. This well-designed instructional activity takes three class sessions to complete,...
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Is That Legal? A Case of Acid Rain

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Develop an environmental case study! Elementary learners discover how a case study is used as an analysis tool. The goal of this activity is to show pupils how techniques of persuasion (including background, supporting evidence,...
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Delightful Design

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this consonant D learning exercise, students color brown all the words in the word puzzle that begin with the same sound as dog. Students color all the other words blue and then write down what they see in the picture.
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An Underground River

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders describe how water flows through the ground, what an aquifer is and what soil properties are used to predict groundwater flow. They consider the affects of pollution on groundwater supplies and write a letter drawing...
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Trading Places

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the tactics used by groups in the United States to lobby Congress. After reading an article, they discuss the efforts of unions and businesses to lobby Congress regarding the vote on China's trading relations with the...
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Independence Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Independence Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions, take a...
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Place Value for Primary Grades- A Place for Everything

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Here is a phenomenal lesson on place value to the thousands place.  Learners construct numbers and identify the value of each digit, investigate building numbers using craft sticks and paper plates, and complete other meaningful...
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Challenge: Square and Circle

For Students K - 2nd
In this shape worksheet, students color squares orange, circles blue, and count and write the numbers of each shape present. A clown is shown juggling the shapes.
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Linear Programming

For Students 11th
In this linear programming worksheet, 11th graders solve and complete 4 different word problems that include various applications of linear programming. First, they find the maximum earning of a situation given the time worked. Then,...
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Beginning Fractions

For Students 3rd - 7th
In this beginning fractions worksheet, students follow the directives of eight equations that ask the students to shade in a certain percentage of each shape. Students then write the fraction that represents each shaded portion.
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Grouping Tens and Ones

For Students 2nd
In this grouping tens and ones worksheet, 2nd graders group the tens and ones, write the number, find it on the chart and color it a certain color.
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Digital Photography and Landforms

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a picture book of local landforms using digital cameras. They also illustrate two vocabulary terms by hand and locate pictures of other geography vocabulary terms in magazines. Students take picture-taking field...
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Numbers to 100-Odd or Even

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this numbers to 100 worksheet, students write the numbers 1-100 on a hundreds charts and color even numbers blue and odd numbers red. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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"Bl" Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling and phonics worksheet, students write as many bl words as they can while working with a friend. They complete 4 words and 4 sentences with the bl beginning to form words. They use the words to complete a paragraph...