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Phonics Test #24: (Watching In the Wild)
In this phonics worksheet, students analyze the underlined letters in a word at the beginning of each row. From three choices, students find another word that has the same sound. Students circle the word. There are ten questions on the...
Oleh Yudin
iCrosss
Did you know that a soccer ball is very similar to a truncated icosahedron? Both have 32 faces, but while a truncated icosahedron is made up solely of flat hexagons, a traditional soccer ball has 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons, each curved...
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Space Science: Zodiac Track
Students create posters of the constellations using glow-in-the-dark glue and black paper. They hang their posters around the room starting with Aries and moving through all the signs. Students create a jingle or acronym to help them...
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Observing The Sky
In this space science instructional activity, learners find the words that are related to the observations made of constellations and other related puzzles.
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Illustrate the Constellations
Students research ancient Greek heroes immortalized in constellations. They choose three constellations in either the summer or winter sky to illustrate and reinforce their understanding of the northern constellations.
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The Internal Density and Mass of the Sun
In this sun worksheet, students read about calculating the internal density and mass of the sun. Students use a given formula for the internal density of the sun's gases which students use to solve four mathematical problems.
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People's Republic of China Flag
In this People's Republic of China flag worksheet, students read about the flag, its symbolism and its history, then color it according to directions.
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Draw Shapes on the Grid: Independent Practice 2
In this drawing worksheet, students draw shapes on a coordinate plane at the specified location. They interpret a given ordered pair and then draw a star, circle, triangle, or square as directed. This one-page worksheet contains two...
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Shapes Worksheet 2
In this identifying shapes worksheet, students trace the star, circle, square, triangle, oval and hexagon shapes and words and then color them. Students complete six activities.
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Shapes Worksheet 1
In this recognizing shapes worksheet, students trace and color a star, circle, square, triangle, oval, and hexagon. Students trace and color six figures.
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Parallax
Students discover how astronomers used the diameter of the Earth's orbit around the Sun as a baseline for estimating the distance of some stars, and the meaning of "Parsec" and "light year."
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Sing that Tune
Students sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star without accompaniment, and maintain the tonal center.
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Mother Activity
In this mother worksheet, students trace the word "mother," count pictures of mothers and write the sum, color stars that have the letter m inside, and circle given items in pictures.
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Ellipses And Kepler's First Law
Learners explain that planets actually orbit the center of gravity of the solar system, and that distant planets may be detected by motions of their central star around the centers of gravity of their planetary systems.
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Noun Openers
In this noun learning exercise, students read the sentences and then circle the noun that best completes each one. Students then read the second set of sentences that use the nouns as sentence openers.
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Water Cycle Walk
Fifth graders explore the water cycle. Students walk in a circle as a song plays. When the song stops, 5th graders answer questions about the picture on which they are standing. In groups, students draw pictures of the water cycle.
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Astronomy: Picture Time
Young scholars investigate how to tell time by observing the placement of objects in the sky. Researching on the Internet, they locate the time for sunrise and sunset, the time the full moon rises, and the difference between clock and...
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Basic Shapes
In this ESL worksheet, students write the correct word under 15 shapes. The shapes include a star, triangle, plus sign, rectangle, hearth, circle, and hexagon.
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Counting 1-6
In this counting 1-6 learning exercise, students count the pictures in each of 5 lines and circle the proper number below the pictures. They see small black line pictures of items such as trucks, stars, and hearts.
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Color My Shapes
In this shape coloring instructional activity, students recognize the shapes oval, star, and circle. Students use the color key to color in the shapes for the butterfly image.
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Observing Mars in the Night Sky
Students compare and contrast the orbits of Earth and Mars, locate the planet Mars, and diagram its retrograde motion.
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Math All Around Us
Young scholars identify real world problems from given story problems. In this story problem lesson, students find places, events or items in the school environment that can be used to create story problems. Young scholars take a picture...
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Pease Porridge
Practice using different ways to express a single pattern. The class uses concrete, pictorial, and numerical modes to represent patterns found in a simple rhyme. They will move their bodies, use body percussion, draw, and use numbers to...
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Galileo: Revealing the Universe
To gain an understanding of the significance of Galileo Galilei's revolutionary ideas, class members watch the short video "Stargazing Before Galileo," and conduct a close reading of Galileo's Sidereal Messsenger. They then compare...