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Website
University of Alberta

Atlas of Alberta Railways: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

For Students 3rd - 8th
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the founding and development of The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The site also provides primary source resources in the the form of photographs, excerpts,...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lesson Plan: Tony's Tiger Bites

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students are given a marshmallow cereal bar recipe and are challenged to make equivalent fractions while following directions.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Lenore Look's children's book, Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Native American Dolls [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine dolls from the online collections at the Smithsonian and connect them with the correct cultures. Includes lots of background information about Native American clothing and how the way each cultural group dresses reflects...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Using international folklore as subject matter, lead your students in a unit to research literary forms and foreign countries. There is a printout available for instruction and assessment.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Bio Bags Linking Literature and Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five 30-40 minute lessons that ask students to create BioBags, a kind of literature autobiography. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Qa Rs + Tables = Successful Comprehension of Math Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that explain how to use the question-answer relationship (QAR) strategy to make word problems easier to understand. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson has a new approach to vocabulary building where students generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! Class Book of Picturesque Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for five lessons about haiku using "One Leaf Rides the Wind" by Celeste Davidson Mannis as an introduction and model. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Can You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four 40-minute lessons that teach persuasive writing to elementary students. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the...
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: One of Pluto's Tiny Moons Finally Revealed

For Students 2nd - 5th
A look at an image of one of Pluto's many moons.
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Interactive
Other

Wonderville: Rebuilding Wetlands

For Students 4th - 5th
An activity where students can learn the basics about wetlands and reclamation. In this interactive module, students can visit five sections to gain knowledge, complete a virtual lab, take an assessment, and solve a challenge. Give...
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Ice, Ice, Maybe: Fast Estimation With Basic Number Calculations

For Students 4th - 7th
Practice your arithmetic skills as you estimate the answer to questions involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Includes whole numbers, fractions, and percents. As you answer questions, you guide penguins across an...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Government and Citizens

For Teachers 4th
A learning module on state government. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn how an elementary class was responsible for...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Industrialization

For Teachers 4th
A learning module on the Industrial Revolution in America that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include how manufacturing...
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Website
Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society: India: Pictures of the Past

For Students 3rd - 6th
View photographs and quotes about India's turbulent history, particularly Partition.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Dogs Copy Each Other's Emotions

For Students 2nd - 5th
Read about the ways in which dogs express basic empathy and engage in social bonding.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Nhmu: Birds Will Be Birds

For Teachers 4th
Analyze the physical characteristics of 12 different birds and consider how this enables them to survive in their individual habitats.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Finding Factors

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Activities are designed to give students practice in finding the factors of whole numbers.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life in a Native Kentucky Village

For Students 3rd - 8th
The scenes in this rollover interactive depict typical village life of Native American Indians of the Mississippian culture. The village was occupied from 1100 AD until about 1350 AD.
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Lesson Plan
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Teacher Resources: Air, Air, Everywhere Teacher's Activity Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This teaching guide includes 10 hands-on activities to teach about air quality and the importance of keeping our air clean. Young scholars will complete activities that include simple sensory experiments to discover the characteristics...
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Handout
McGill University

Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Boreal Shield

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Boreal Shield runs from Alberta to Newfoundland. This is a brief, concise description of the location, climate, geology and flora and fauna. It includes a collection of images of the landscape as well as those of animals and birds...
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Handout
McGill University

Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Pacific Maritime

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Pacific Maritime ecozone lies along the British Columbia coast and it's border with Alaska. This is a brief, concise description of the location, climate, geology and flora and fauna. It includes a collection of images of the...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Exercise in Writing Concise Sentences

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Practice rewriting each of these twelve sentences in a more clear and concise manner. Check each sentence against the answer provided to see how well they match up.