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Animals: Here and Now

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Discuss and identify natural habitats of animals commonly found in zoos. The class constructs and displays small "zoo like" models to show a chosen animal habitat. They write a short story or diary about an animal or pet of their choice....
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Basic Division Problems

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this division instructional activity, students solve 21 division facts with numbers below 16. Many problems on this page are repeated.
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Million Dollar Gift

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
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Free Printables: Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this place value worksheet, students cut out the 10 arrows on the page, each of which contains a number between 0 and 9 and then three 0s after that number. The students then insert a decimal in the right spot to make the correct...
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Regrouping With Remediation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete multiplication, addition, and subtraction problems that all contain regrouping. In this regrouping lesson plan, 4th graders complete worksheets not provided.
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Habitat Is Home

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept and components of a habitat. They discuss the key components of a habitat and describe how certain factors can cause disturbances in a habitat and change its population. Activities are leveled for...
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Basic Crypto Systems

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners try to solve codes mathematically. The use of a code needs a key. Students try to decipher a code with a mathematical key. This requires focus and higher order thinking skills like analysis.
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Asian Studies Unit Korea

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners conduct research about different Asian countries. The research is done in order to compare and contrast the different land areas and cultures. Students complete a writing assessment related to it.
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Daily Activity Duffel Bags

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students in the first and second grade classroom takes home the D.A.D. bag. They look inside the bag and there is equipment designed for use with other family members. Students look inside a first grade bag and it contains short jump...
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Finding Pi

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a hands-on activity with popcorn and a calculator in order to determine pi.
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Water and Me

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students name the ways in which they use water every day and create a counting book using the ways in which they use water to illustrate it. The measure and graph the amount of water they use when they wash their hands.
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GREETINGS AND LEAVE TAKINGS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students respond with memorized answers to questions that use familiar language. They ask basic memorized questions and imitate sounds and words with age- and stage- appropriate pronunciation. They Use the appropriate interpersonal...
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Decision Day

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners participate in a role play activity that emphasizes the theory behind the Electoral College. They form small groups of different sizes in order to present a candidate for class president. Finally, they use a map to determine the...
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Speedy Readers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners read orally to increase their reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They listen to the teacher model expressive and fluent reading. They then practice reading orally with a partner. The partner times their reading with...
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Sum It Up to Learn the Most!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they follow six given steps in summarizing a written passage. Then they read a passage independently and follow the same steps in summarizing the...
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Transparency

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover proper use of quotation marks. They examine conversations between characters in comics and magazines. In pairs, 8th graders punctuate sentences correctly. They create a story, with dialogue, involving people in a...
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Speed Trap

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils conceptually explore motion graphing by producing motion at different speeds and directions. They experience the lab and then graph the motion of the truck at various speeds and directions. The procedures of velocity are discussed...
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Boy Scout Badge: Small-Boat Smalling

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Boy Scout Badge activity worksheet, learners complete a form of required information in order to obtain the small boat sailing badge.
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The addition and subtraction of decimals is a relatively simple process. The most important thing to remember is to have all of the decimal points lined up. This presentation gives that strategy, plus some others to use when performing...
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Mean, Median, and Mode

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Statistics are more than just numbers—they can give you important information about a set of data. Pupils learn how to find the mean, median, and mode of a data set. They also find the next score to reach a desired mean.
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Creating a Family - Arthropods

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders make model and write essay of a new family pf arthropods using known data.
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Where Is It?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice their writing skills for describing place and location using prepositions. They find hidden objects and report to a recorder the exact directions for finding that object. Recorders write the directions.
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Reactivities of the Group 7 Elements (The Halogens)

For Students 9th - 12th
During this lab activity, chemists discover the reactivities of chlorine, bromine, and iodine as examples of the halogens. They use a displacement reaction as a test by adding other compounds and observing for a color change. The lab...
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Preparation of Crystalline Derivatives of Aldehydes and Ketones

For Students 9th - 12th
Chemistry explorers prepare a crystalline derivative and find its melting point. Once they discover the melting point, they are able to identify whether or not the substance is pure, and whether it is an aldehyde or ketone. This is an...