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Texture Adventure

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify and explore items around the classroom.  In this textures lesson plan, 1st graders discuss different kinds of textures. Students explore the classroom and find at least two different textures to describe and draw.
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The Cleaning Station

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study cleaning stations. For this science lesson, students make a painting of a fish known as cleaners which take dead skin off of other fish.
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Compare and Contrast Bats with another animal

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this compare and contrast worksheet, students compare and contrast bats with another animal. Students follow the directions and complete 4 exercises to compare and contrast them.
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Climate

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners study zoanthids. In this science and art lesson, students use line to create texture and how to use colors to create value. Learners share their beautiful mat zoanthids with the rest of the class.
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Make a Compare/Contrast Diagram

For Students 6th - 8th
In this make a compare/contrast diagram worksheet, students use the drawing tools in a word processor to create a diagram by following detailed instructions for each step.
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Mammal Morphology: bats and people

For Students 4th - 8th
In this mammals worksheet, students compare and contrast the physical characteristics of bats and people by filling out a chart. Students complete 17 rows in the chart and answer 3 short answer questions.
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Much Ado About Nothing Writing Task

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Shakespeare worksheet, students study the names of 16 people, places or events in Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare. Students match the sets of pairs that are contrasting opposites or that share a relationship in the play.
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SKYPE Pals

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use the program SKYPE to speak to a pal in a Latin American country and describe their life and compare and contrast it to the other's. In this SKYPE lesson plan, students create digital presentations about life in North...
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Comparing Themes and Plots

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students compare theme and plot in two short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this theme and plot analysis instructional activity, students read Young Goodman Brown and The Minister's Black Veil  as well as take notes about the theme...
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The Bee: comprehension skills

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this comprehension skills worksheet, students read the book The Bee and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 5 activities including graphic aids, compare and contrast, sequencing, and cause and effect.  
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Serious Farm: comprehension skills

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this comprehension skills activity, students read the book Serious Farm and complete comprehension activities. Students complete activities such as plot, cause and effect, summarizing, drawing conclusions, and compare and contrast.
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Au Revoir Les Enfants Film Comparison/Contrast

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this film analysis worksheet, students compare and contrast one of the themes in "Lord of the Flies" using the film "Au Revoir Les Enfants." Students write a comparison and contrast essay for the activity.
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Head, Heart, Hands, Health

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a compare and contrast activity for American agriculture historical events. In this historical events in agriculture lesson, 4th graders review a timeline and complete research for agriculture in the 20th century,...
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Comparing or Contrasting Two Books

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students read two books and complete a compare and contrast of the two books. For this compare and contrast lesson, students read two books in the same genre and write an essay comparing and contrasting them.
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Comparing The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners read The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien and write a comparison of the two books. In this Tolkien novel analysis lesson plan, students read the novels and select characters, plot, theme, or other element...
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Comparing Neighbors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast Minnesota to its Canadian neighbors. In this geography lesson, students work in groups to examine a map for their political division to Minnesota. Students compare and contrast information about Minnesota to...
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Region Reality

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compare and contrast world regions and explore the theme of world regions. In this world geography lesson, 8th graders name regions in the U.S. and mark them on a map. Students discuss the cultural and physical...
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Muddy Waters

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read the book the Dirt Boy. In this design and problem solving lesson plan, students create a way to clean muddy water. Students give their ideas and discuss them. The teacher shows a filter and demonstrates what it does to the...
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Time in a Teakettle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare and contrast the development of teakettles. In this artifacts lesson, students divide into groups and examine different teakettles. Students complete an artifact analysis worksheet, draw a picture of their kettle and...
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Can rice plants talk?

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare and contrast rice plants with people. In this rice plant lesson, 1st graders discuss what make rice plants similar to people such as their bodies and coverings. They also discuss how they are different in what they...
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Roping Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore with quadrilaterals.  In this roping quadrilaterals lesson, students work in cooperative groups to play the game, "Question, please!" in order to identify, describe, compare and classify quadrilaterals.  Students also...
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Fraction Circles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders receive a fraction circle and show how each different part makes a whole. Students compare the different fractions that make up a whole. Students choose 2 fractions which are inside a bucket and they compare them both...
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Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read two books  In this compare and contrast activity, 4th graders read a science fiction or fantasy story and compare it to the story, "Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library." Students also have the option to listen to the...
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Issues and Opposing Views: Cloning

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students complete analysis activities to compare and contrast an opposing view point in writing and orally. In this opposing views lesson, students complete research about cloning. Students make presentations for their view points on the...