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Taste

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students collect data to be used in selecting the class favorite taste. They predict which among the common flavors such as salty, sweet, sour, or bitter is preferred.
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Sizing Up Servings

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students learn the definition of a suggested serving size and re-define their daily food intake in terms of these recommended amounts.
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Camouflage

For Teachers K
Students observe first hand what it is like to be the prey and what he or she must do to blend in and make themselves less noticeable. They participate in a variety of hands-on activities which help them explain how insects hide...
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Teaching fractions & ratios with M&Ms

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students collect data using M&Ms, fill in charts, and write ratios and fractions for each color M&M.
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Fair is Fair

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in two unfair activities to explain the concept of fairness. Then they role-play different scenarios demonstrating the idea of fairness. They discuss reasons to make rules and complete a web chart on fairness.
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Fraction Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice identifying common fractions using various manipulatives. They visit a visual fractions website and complete an activity. In the final activity, students create real-life problems.
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Circle Up Your M&Ms

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders estimate how many M&Ms are in a pre-counted bag. They determine how many colored M&Ms are in a bag, then decide which of the two, bar graph or circle graph (in this case, circle graph) would be best to show te results.
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Coordinate Crunch

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners identify plots on a graph while playing a game on a large coordinate grid and then on smaller grids.
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Bilinguilism and Spanglish: A Way of Speaking, a Way of Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare the differences between bilingualism and registers of discourse. They investigate how economic, historical and interpersonal relationships affect language and relationships.
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Distribution of Goods

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students study the concept of scarcity and that it requires people to make choices when trying to satisfy their unlimited wants. Groups are given bags of items and must distribute the items in the bag in a way that is acceptable to...
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Adjective Riddles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a riddle using adjectives to describe an unknown edible substance to their classmates.
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Scoot for Money

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students rotate through a group of centers counting the coins that are in a cup placed at each spot. After completing the entire circuit, papers are graded as a whole class and each student gets to spend the money in their cup at a class...
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Natural Resources Trick-or-Treat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore that some resources are finite. They are able to deelop an understanding of commodities-some resources are worth more than others so companies choose to spend more money to find them. Students realize that some...
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The Life of Milton Hershey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the life and business success of Milton Hershey. They conduct an interview with a local entrepreneur, define key vocabulary terms, develop a list of jobs they can do to earn money, read a biography of Milton...
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The Rising Cost of Health Care: Is there an explanation?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore rising health care costs and the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility. They participate in an activity that demonstrates the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility. Students read the may 27, 2005 Economic Letter and...
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DEMONSTRATING AN EPIDEMIC

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experience a small scale "epidemic," demonstrating the ease with which disease organisms are spread, and enables the student to determine the originator of the "epidemic." They transfer live bacteria by hand contact, then...
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Human Body Systems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the systems that comprise the human body. In this human physiology lesson, students create a model of the human body and research a disease from a particular system. Students will then choose to either interview a person...
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Reading Comprehension/Valentine's Day

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students learn facts about Valentine's Day by reading a one page story. Students then answer 6 questions.
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Spelling Level 1: Unit 1

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing learning exercise, students practice writing and spelling eight key terms, fill in the missing letters, write the words and complete a spelling word search.
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Problem Solving: Story Problems

For Students 3rd
In this problem solving learning exercise, 3rd graders will read and solve 6 story problems about time, money, and numbers of objects. Students must use logic, addition and subtraction skills.
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Halloween Grammar

For Students 5th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, students read 12 sentences about Halloween, and underline the subject once and the predicate twice. Students also write their own sentence and identify the subject and predicate.
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Delicious Diagrams

For Students K - 1st
In this math worksheet, students cut out pictures of twelve different cakes. Students use the pictures to complete four venn diagrams- half of them that compare two characteristics and the other that compare three.
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Circle the Verb

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar activity, students circle the appropriate verb in parentheses that makes twenty-five sentences grammatically correct.
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Avoiding Double Negatives

For Students 3rd - 5th
What double negatives are, and how to avoid using them, is the focus of this language arts worksheet. After a review of what double negatives are, students address 15 problems that have to do with double negatives.

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