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The Origins of Heraldry
Students design a personal coat of arms which depicts themselves and explain their shields to the class in an informal presentation.
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Persuasive Speech
Tenth graders participate in a lesson that is focused on the concept of writing persuasive speechs. They conduct research from a variety of sources in order to gather information to write well informed speeches.
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Clothing Color Wheel
Students are introduced to the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. Individually, they are to create a color wheel with all three levels of colors in a creative way. To end the lesson, they present their wheel to the class and...
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Animal Classifications
Third graders work in small groups to investigate how to sort a variety of items into groups and subgroups. They work on a class chart based on the activity which show how the items are classified based on commonalities. Upon completion...
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Math Lesson Plan: Handprint Counting by 5's
A handprint worksheet is provided to help youngsters practice skip counting by 5s. As a follow up, you could have little ones gather into groups to skip count their own fingers by fives.
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I'll Take One!
Fourth graders collectively create a product, slogan, and advertisements for different types of media. They define different types of appeals such as bandwagon, emotional, glittering generalities, snob appeal, plain-folks appeal,...
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Families and Neighborhoods
Learners explore the concepts of family and community. In this diversity activity, students read Bear About Town and then design and build their own classroom neighborhood homes out of individual shoeboxes.
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Avalanche!
Students build a model representing a snow-covered mountain out of flour, sugar, and potato flakes. Then they use the model to recreate an avalanche.
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Wind Effects on Model Building: Lab for Deflection and Moment of Inertia
Students investigate the relationship between shape of object and moment of inertia. In this physics lesson, students collect data from the experiment and use spreadsheet to graph them. They discuss how load affects deflection.
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Helping Occupations
Second graders discuss careers that help students and write these in their handout.
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Using the Variation Approach
Students explore and explain geometrical applications, and how to apply these applications to real life.
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The Japanese Tea Ceremony
Pupils participate in a research project that is focused upon the subject of The Japanese Tea Ceremony. They find the information and present the findings in writng. On day 3 of this lesson students have their own tea ceremonies.
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Tell Me All About It!!
Students discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they follow five steps in finding and highlighting important information, while deleting information that is not needed. Using the...
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New Year Celebrations in Korea
Students investigate the New Year's holiday looking at the American tradition in comparison to Korea. This helps to point out the qualities of the holiday for those who live in Korea.
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Adapting to those strange American ways!
Young scholars edit video tapes of two German immigrants according to the slant: How did you adapt to the strange American ways after immigrating to the Omaha area? Students work in groups to name ten problems immigrants might encounter...
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More about Arteries, Veins and Capillaries
Pupils list and describe the purpose/function of blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries). They explain how blood flows through the body, and the role of physical activity and how it strengthens the heart.
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Just One Is Right! (Common Idioms)
For this idioms worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and read the first half of sentences about them. students read the 4 choices of common idioms and select the one that best completes the sentence. Example: Before exams students...
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Present Continuous Review
In this ESL present continuous verb tense worksheet, students first analyze the 7 pictures that depict people doing things. Students use the 3 provided words and write a sentence about what each person is doing in the picture.
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Homework Worksheet- ESL Commands
In this ESL command form vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and select the proper command for the picture shown. There are 4 choices for each.
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ESL: Use To and Used To
In this ESL grammar instructional activity, students read 8 sentences and choose between "use to" or "used to." There are no directions on this page and no examples.
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Water Quality Monitoring of Natural Water
Students create their own monitoring program for natural water. They collect samples from an appropriate sampling site. They perform chemical and biological analyses of their samples. They present their information to the class.
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Water Quality Monitoring of Natural Water
Students set up their own monitoring system. They collect samples from an appropriate sampling site. They analyze data and determine the water quality. They present their information to the class and draw a conclusion.
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Social Studies: Westville Through the Years
Students research the history of Westville, Connecticut by investigating three main areas of study. They begin with the town's early history, examine its industrial era, and conclude with its influence in the arts. The lesson includes...
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Using The Calculator
First graders explore a calculator and practice using its basic functions. Students use the calculator to check math problems they complete. They will use a colored crayon to correct wrong answers.