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Pooling Common Knowledge
Fifth graders examine Native American cultures. In this diversity instructional activity, 5th graders prepare oral reports based on the research they conduct regarding Native American clothing, holidays, and sports.
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Should We Hunt the Largest Animals on the Planet?
Students discover details about whaling. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students research selected websites to locate information about commercial whaling and its implications.
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Mind Teasers
In this food worksheet, students keep a record of food amounts and calculate calories in different problems. Students complete 3 problems.
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Innovative Warm-ups
Students participate in a variety of warm-up activities in their physical education class. They shake, bend and stretch.
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Reading Challenge
In this math word problem worksheet, students use division to determine the page number Kelly was reading before she gave it to Andrew. Students also complete a challenge question and a graph for the reading challenge word problem.
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Acting on the Farm
Second graders are assigned reading and acting parts by drawing out pieces of paper with an animal. They find their group by making the sound of the animal once everyone has drawn a paper. They then read and choose parts within their...
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Colorful Triangles
Students make colorful triangles known as Sierpinski's Carpet, using colored pencils and paper.
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Insects
Students, through books, videos, and readings, explore characteristics of insects. In groups, they choose an insect to research. Students discover their insect's diet, how they move, and where they live. Afterwards, they use the facts...
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Slithering Silly Snake
Students practice letter recognition for the /s/ sound in both lower and upper case formats. They listen as the book, "Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp," by Carol Shields is read to them and then they complete a worksheet containing...
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Students listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin. They create words using the cluster ump.
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Advertisements
Student teams role-play advertising agencies competing for a contract. Winning team completes all tasks, spending the least money. Tasks include naming agency, creating a slogan, inventing a product and advertisement.
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Advertisements
Learners create their own business and product, and must also create a 30 second advertisement to promote their product.
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News Interviews of Historical Figures During the Indian Wars
Students examine the lives of important historical figures. Using primary source documents, they develop a list of questions to ask the figure if they were still alive. In groups, they discover information about the other historical...
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Applied Skills Assessment
In this skills worksheet, 4th graders answer 48 questions from the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress in Language Arts and Mathematics.
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Achieve at School
In this social studies worksheet, students learn the importance and benefits of school achievement. Students read the information about goal planning, good attitude and hard work. Students write personal answers to 8 questions about...
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Exaggerations
In this exaggerations worksheet, students read several examples of exaggerations. Students are given 13 exaggerating words to use in a sentence. Two examples are given.
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Basic Geometry Ideas and Angle Measurement
Seventh graders explore the concept of basic geometry. In this basic geometry instructional activity, 7th graders identify the correct picture for a given vocabulary word such as midpoint, line, ray, or parallel lines. Students discuss...
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Puzzle Race
Students cooperatively complete a puzzle. For this lesson on working with a group, students must work together with their classmates to assemble a puzzle. The first group to complete their puzzle wins.
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Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Really Big and Small Numbers
Find a quick, concise explanation of the names of large numbers all listed in a table. Other interesting tidbits of information about the names of larger numbers are also included. Names of decimals numbers are also included at the end...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Metric Numbers
The system of metric numbers is explained with numbers from the infinitesimally small to unfathomably large. Charts listing the numbers by powers of ten make the system easier to understand.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Small Are We in the Scale of the Universe?
In 1995, scientists pointed the Hubble Telescope at an area of the sky near the Big Dipper. The location was apparently empty, and the whole endeavor was risky- what, if anything, was going to show up? But what came back was nothing...