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Know Your Presidents
Students research and are able to identify the presidents placing them in chronological order.
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President Notebook
High schoolers make presidential notebooks which they add to throughout the year. They arrange information about each president into an informational chapter.
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Making Choices
Fifth graders identify their personal interests and behavioral choices. They explore how these choices affect school and family situations. Consequences of their choices are examined.
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Characteristics of Living Things: What Makes Them Tick
Students list the characteristics of living things and give specific examples of living things exhibiting these characteristics. They bring in examples of living things.
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It's A Jungle Out There!
Students report on an animal according to its appearance, habitat, and characteristics.
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Arkansas Regions As They Relate To Slave Population
Fifth graders evaluate how the characteristics of Arkansas' regions affect the slave population.
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Nunavut, Our Communities
Students research the Online Atlas of Canada to locate the communities of Nunavut. Students examine the geographic area and characteristics of the communities.
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Predators & Prey
Students discuss what predators and prey are. Students participate in a playground game aimed at simulating predators and prey.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 3, Lesson 14: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Learners explore characteristics of symmetry, write a definition, and locate the line of symmetry on a shape.
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Fukuwarai
Students name characteristics shared with other people and those that vary from one person to another.
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Gunfighters of the Old West
Students identify, through specific character traits, several of the major gunfighters of the Old West. They create a new composite character from preexisting and famous persons and their own imagination.
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Who's in the Bag?
Students express personal characteristics with items from home. They introduce themselves to one another.
INTERNET Red 2000
All About Spain: Travel and Tourism
An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pourquoi Stories
This video segment from Jakers! features a storyteller who tells a Pourquoi story about Anansi, the spider, a popular character in African folklore.
Other
North Dakota State University: Managing the Risks
An in-depth look at the risks of using anhydrous ammonia as an agricultural fertilizer. Provides plenty of safety and equipment information, as well as exposure, transport, and storage guidelines.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Animals
This resource describes the most popular animals at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Each profile gives background about a specific animal, and more information about the species.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Animals
Through video clips. informational text, interactive activities, and assessment opportunities, students study and learn about the classification of animals.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Diversity
An online course with interactive activities and learning exercises give students the opportunity to look at the tree of life and to determine how and why scientists believe each domain, species, and everything in between have such...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Animals
This unit focuses on the unique structure and function of both invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Students review their understanding of animal diversity, and take a closer look at the various organ systems found in the animal kingdom.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Given descriptions, scenarios, or illustrations, students will distinguish between the compressibility, structure, shape, and volume of solids, liquids, and gases.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Rock Hounds at Heart
This activity engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to William Steig's book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Students will discuss this book and then will investigate different rocks and their properties.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Human Genetics Project: Is the Dominant Trait Most Prevalent?
Human-Genetics: A Worldwide Search for the Dominant Trait allows you to collect data and share your results with students around the world. Register your class, complete the student survey, participate in discussion boards, and interact...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Gila Monster
This video segment from Outdoor Nevada looks at the Gila monster's behavior, habitat, and unique adaptive characteristics. [3:55]
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Nature Files
Resources to accompany a 16-episode science series created to help young minds better understand how plants and animals interact with their environment. A fantastic resource for elementary science teachers that includes state standards...