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Can Plants Be Grown in Space?
Young scholars investigate finding a solution to growing plants in space. They define key vocabulary terms, conduct an experiment growing plants, explore various websites, and participate in a live video conference with NASA regarding...
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Translucent, Transparent and Opaque Objects
Young scholars examine different objects. In this appearance instructional activity, students watch a video about translucent, transparent and opaque objects. Young scholars work in pairs to examine a bag of objects and then discuss...
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Write Persuasively (Grades 3-5)
Students practice persuasive writing. In this writing lesson plan, students understand that there are different ways to write. Students build a list of words that can be used for persuasion. Students develop statements to use for...
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Where is Everybody?#135
Pupils examine the human uses of school spaces through a variety of activities. They draw the playground during recess and not during recess. They determine how many people use each room at different times before graphing the...
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Graph It
First graders collect classroom data (such as mode of transportation used to get to school) and prepare a pictograph to interpret the information.
ESL Kid Stuff
Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs
"What did you do yesterday?" Language learners engage in carefully scaffolded activities that review past tense regular verbs, that introduce new vocabulary words, and that permit practice of using the past tense of irregular verbs.
Safe Routes to School
Pollution & Evolution
Bring together a study of two major scientific topics with a lesson on the relationship between pollution and evolution. With the help of a PowerPoint presentation, hands-on activity. and class demonstration young scientists learn how...
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Sports Helmets and Impact Testing of Polymers
Students examine the importance of good quality safety gear. In this investigative lesson plan, students will tests various polymers, collect data, and analyze the data to determine which polymer is best for safety helmets. They will...
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Paraphrasing
In this paraphrasing worksheet students are tasked to paraphrase five short passages. Students write their paraphrase and can then self check against sample answers.
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Prepositional Phrases
A thorough grammar activity on prepositional phrases first reviews the definitions and examples of prepositional phrases, adjective phrases, and adverb phrases, before prompting students to apply their knowledge to several different...
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"Taming the Bicycle"
Eighth graders discuss invention of bicycle and early obstacles to riding, listen to and discuss short story "Taming the Bicycle" by Mark Twain, define vocabulary words from story, and create and present humorous "how to" project to...
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Yikes! An Interjection!
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about using interjections in sentence writing. They then use what they learned to answer 9 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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Forces
In this forces worksheet, students read about force and acceleration. They complete a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast balanced and unbalanced forces, they answer questions about a diagram of a tug-a-war and the forces acting on each...
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Math and Money
Middle schoolers explore personal finance. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate banking, income tax, and the cost of living. The lesson includes two bonus lessons on graphing their personal spending habits and...
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Floor Sculptures
Students explore visual arts by completing a recycling activity. For this botany science lesson, students examine the natural layout of plants in a garden environment. Students utilize wire, wood and other arts and craft materials to...
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Past Simple English Exercises
In this past simple verb tense online learning exercise, students unscramble verbs and place the past simple form in each of 20 sentences. They match 8 sentences to the clip art pictures and write the sentence number in the box. They...
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Get-together, Meeting and Reunion Exercise
In this recognizing vocabulary usage in context activity, students read the meanings of get-together, meeting, and reunion and use them to fill in the blanks in sentences. Students write 12 answers.
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Teenage Stress
Students fill out a stress questionnaire. Students assess their stress levels over the last 12 months. Students explain how it occurs and ways to dealing with it on a spreadsheet.
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Rivers Through Time
Students read or have the book A River Ran Wild read to them. They discuss and reflect on the messages presented in the book. Students use their listening comprehension skills to draw conclusions. Students articulate several examples of...
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Simple Machines
Students explore the concepts of force and effort by observing simple machines. In this physics lesson, students attempt to sharpen a pencil without any help, bite into an orange with their lips curled over their teeth, and other...
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Nouns and Verbs 2
In this nouns and verbs review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they identify all of the nouns and verbs in 20 sentences. Students also respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Daily Routine
In this daily routine worksheet, students look at the pictures of the daily routine and choose the correct sentence to match it. Students complete 8 multiple choice questions.
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Chalkboard Challenge
In this PowerPoint, students compete in a quiz show game similar to Jeopardy in which they generate questions to match science facts in a number of categories. Science concepts covered include plants, animals, and matter. Due to the vast...
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Adjectives: Finding Adjectives in Sentences
In this grammar worksheet, students read the definition of adjectives at the top of the page. They find the adjective in each of 12 sentences, and print the word on the blank line next to the sentence.