Curated OER
Let's Compare Cars!
In this language arts activity, students draw and color two cars. They write sentences to answer questions requiring students to compare their two drawings.
Curated OER
Color the Biggest Fish
In this visual discrimination worksheet, students will analyze the sizes of the fish. Students will study five sets of fish and color that fish which is the biggest.
Curated OER
Comparing Dr. Seuss Books- Venn Diagram
In this Dr. Seuss Venn diagram worksheet, students compare two Dr. Seuss books. They write the things that are different about the two books in the outer area of the circles, and the things that are the same in the overlapping portion of...
Curated OER
Moons
Students practice rote counting to 20. After a lecture about the planets and the moons that surround them, they identify the number of moons surrounding various planets. Students compare and contrast the quantity of moons surrounding...
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Mixing Colours
Students explore ratios and their relationships to fractions. They explain the process of identifying ratios and describe their comparison. Students write ratios as fractions and by using colons. They convert the ratios to percents.
Curated OER
Social Reality Portrayed through Pictures: The City as a Social Laboratory
Twelfth graders analyze and research physical and cultural changes to the city of St. John. Viewing photographs in a virtual exhibit, 12th graders draw conclusions about the culture and societal norms in St. John through the years. ...
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The Group Essay
Students write an essay of comparison between two works they have studied but have not yet compared. They recognize similarities of themes between two very different works. They submit a group evaluation form.
Curated OER
The Majors and the Minors
Students create ways to compare and contrast major league and minor league baseball players using statistical tables. Video segments spur a discussion on the differences between a major league player and a minor league player. Students...
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This is to That
Students look at ratio, what it means for numbers or objects to be in a given ratio, and how ratios and fractions are related. They write and solve story problems which involve whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication,...
Curated OER
Comparison and Contrast - Two Short Stories
Students choose two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. They then write a paper comparing and contrasting the two short stories that Edgar Allan Poe wrote using appropriate conventions.
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Ancient Creature of the Deep
Students compare and contrast the coelacanth, a living fossil, with a moray eel and a bull shark. They complete a Fish Anatomy worksheet while researching the skeleton, body coverings and buoyancy of each fish.
Curated OER
Sweet or Sour, Like or Different
Students watch a video on comparisons and discuss ways in which objects can be sorted. They play an identification game with a lemon and discuss identification characteristics.
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Physical Properties of Ice
Students demonstrate that ice melts faster under pressure. They recognize that ice can be broken up or melted by pressure and then refreeze.
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Agnus Dei--Rutter and Faure Requiems
Twelfth graders complete a music listening log while listening to and discussing Faure Requiem and Rutter Requiem. They complete a two to three page essay comparing the Agnus Dei movements by Faure and Rutter.
Curated OER
Relative Size: Big and Little
Students work with big and little objects by placing objects in order small to large, and by completing a worksheet.
Curated OER
Entry-Level Job Interviewing
Students discover specific information to remember when preparing for an interview and create a presentation based on the information
Curated OER
Sense-Ability
Students use comparisons, graphing, patterning, and sorting, and develop language skills as they explore the five senses.
Curated OER
Creative Writing Using Internet (Wagner)
Learners use telecommunications, such as e-mail, to explore and compare their town and themselves with students from other cities, countries and cultures. They write about what they have learned, and discuss this with other learners.
Cengage Learning
Themes, Perspectives and Issues/edwin Arlington Robinson
In depth site including comparisons, contrasts, form, style and artistic conventions. Great research site!
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) (B. 1934)
A Georgetown professor's perspective on teaching Momaday's work, focusing on "Rainy Mountain." Offers insights on form/style/artistic conventions, and major themes/personal issues/historical perspectives.
Other
Preterito Imperfecto
A detailed look at the conditions of when to use the preterite versus the imperfect. Outstanding explanations, even though some may prove too detailed for many high school students. Excellent examples compare the use of the preterite and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Grammar Basics: Metaphors
This tutorial focuses on metaphors using a PowerPoint presentation which offers definitions, examples, and various types of metaphors, as well as, similes for comparison. It provides two YouTube videos: the first includes popular songs...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Analogy
This slideshow focuses on analogy including defining it, discussing its purpose, and providing two literary examples. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc
University of South Florida
Fcat: Bubbles: Teacher Notes
Young scholars collect data to determine what happens to the sizes of bubbles when glycerin is added to dish detergent. They will practice their measuring skills and have fun at the same time.