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Cpalms: Observable Properties of Matter

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will sort objects according to their observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold), weight (heavy or light) and texture. Included are printable resources, a...
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Cpalms: The Magical Library

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this tutorial, students will take a virtual trip to a library and learn how to identify the genre, author, and illustrator of a book. After listening to short segments from a magical wizard, students will identify books that are story...
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Cpalms: What's So Great About Kevin Henkes?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars will serve as researchers of author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. With prompting, students will read three books by Kevin Henkes. They will recall information from the text to...
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Cpalms: Understanding Key Details by Using Pancakes for Breakfast

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will be read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie DePaola in order to understand and describe people, places, things and events in a text. They will create a book by drawing or...
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Cpalms: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, learners will use What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page to identify the main topic and key details using the illustrations and text. Students will work to...
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Cpalms: A Piece of Cake

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will present their opinion through drawing, writing and speaking. Students will enjoy discussing their favorite animals, pizza and cake. Students will learn about...
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Cpalms: A Chilly Feeling

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this close reading lesson, the students will analyze the poem "It Fell in the City" by Eve Merriam. They will read the poem, identify words or phrases that show feelings or appeal to the senses,...
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Cpalms: Compare/contrast Life Cycle Texts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to compare and contrast texts about life cycles using a Venn diagram. Then, using the Venn diagram, students will write an expository paragraph including an introductory sentence,...
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Cpalms: Home Is Where the Heart Is: Researching Habitats

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn about different types of habitats as they gather information based on provided research questions. Students will summarize the information from their research in an...
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Cpalms: The Lesson Formerly Known as "Wassssuuup"

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this instructional activity, learners are actively engaged in learning how formal and informal language are used in written and oral communications. Downloadable handouts are provided.
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Cpalms: Using Arrays to Model the Distributive Property

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are presented with a rectangular area model and asked to write an equation that represents the distributive property. Detailed lesson plan provided, along with assessment methods,...
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Cpalms: Wild About Authors and Illustrators

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars learn about the roles of authors and illustrators through games and book-writing. Students will have an opportunity to act out the roles of illustrators and authors. They...
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Cpalms: Giraffes and Zebras Oh My!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] For this lesson plan, students will be able to ask and answer questions about key details in a text. Additionally, students will also be able to identify, compare, and contrast characteristics between...
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Hopping Hippo Needs Help

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be given a set of criteria. To help the character Hopping Hippo for her TV show, students will use the criteria to select shoes. Guided reading,...
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Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Population Interactions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, students will study populations learning about how interactions can affect size. Tutorial explores competition, predation, and symbiosis.
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Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: The Mystery of Muscle Cell Metabolism

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore muscle cell metabolism in this tutorial that covers ATP structure and function.
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Cpalms: Exploring Cavalieri's Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students use the geometry program GeoGebra to explore Cavalieri's Principle, specifically to investigate whether it applies when calculating the volume of oblique solids. Lesson includes...
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Cpalms: Why Are Circles Similar?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A comprehensive lesson plan for teaching how to prove that all circles are similar by using three types of transformations.
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Cpalms: Area of Rectangles: A More Efficient Way?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will connect the concepts of counting each square unit and multiplying the side lengths to compute the area of a rectangle. They will extend this knowledge by computing a side...
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Cpalms: Building Graduation Caps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students build geometric models of graduation caps using stiff paper. The activity requires the application of skills in finding surface area, understanding similarity, knowing the...
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Cpalms: Exploring the Future of Nasa

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, 8th graders analyze two nonfiction articles and a short video that look at NASA, changes to the space shuttle program, and future possibilities in the United States space program. They...
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Cpalms: Connections and Concussions: Teens and Sports

For Students 8th Standards
In this interactive learning module, students read an informational text about teen concussions and identify the key individuals in the text. They then identify and use details about those individuals to make connections between them, as...
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Cpalms: Structures and Skeletons

For Students 8th Standards
In this interactive learning module, students read informational text about dinosaurs and examine paragraph structure. They will learn about different types of text structure for informational paragraphs, identify the most effective...
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Cpalms: All Circles Are Similar

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A formative assessment where students are asked to demonstrate how to prove that two circles are similar. Includes downloadable worksheet and a rubric, as well as followup questions to clarify or deepen...