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Hermit Crab Races
Students predict the speeds of humans and hermit crabs and investigate their predictions using ratios and formulas. AppleWorks is used for this lesson, which includes a data worksheet.
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Pulse Rates
Students answer the question, "How will the intensity of exercise effect your heart rate?", using physical workouts and AppleWorks, or similar spreadsheet program. This instructional activity can conclude with the creation of a graph of...
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Healthy Tips Podcast
Students create a health-based podcast for peers using prior knowledge, internet research, and KWL charts. This lesson is adaptable for different health topics and age levels.
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Now, That's a Bright Idea!
Young scholars explore the role that electricity plays in their daily lives, both in school and at home. They conduct research on energy usage in various rooms of the school and in their homes and create posters, graphs, and analyses of...
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Foreign Language Dictionary Unit
Eighth graders create a Spanish or French language dictionary using online resources. They decide on a theme for their dictionary. They complete the template sheet by adding a word for each letter of the alphabet and inserting graphics...
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Presidential Campaigning
Eighth graders participate in a simulated presidential campaign by conducting research on the Internet. They define a party platform, run a campaign and write and deliver speeches in teams. Students can then act as the electoral college...
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International Email Connections
Pupils are matched with international students and communicate through email. They concentrate on sentence structure, spelling, details, and composition in their communication.
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Friends, Romans, Countrymen...
Students research various facets of the Ancient Roman Empire including art and history. They write a research driven paper documenting the facet of the Roman Empire they have chosen.
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A Journey To Africa: Art And Artifacts
Students create a multimedia presentation based on a piece of African Art. They use the art piece to demonstrate the culture and ceremonies of the area in which it was produced. They research facts for a Power Point, write a poem...
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Read (or Scroll) All About It!
Students compare written headlines found in print and online news sources while using The New York Times. They conduct research with the top stories from the newspaper and have discussion that involves critical thinking skills.
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The Games Divided
In these Olympic history worksheets, students read about the ancient Olympic games and the modern games. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the past and present Olympic games.
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Effective Letter Writing
Students explore letter writing. In this persuasive writing lesson plan, students write a letter to a local organization based on a topic of their choice. Students employ the correct letter writing procedure as outlined in...
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Listening Selection, Grade 3
In this 3rd grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students listen to a fictional story that as their instructor reads it aloud 2 times. No questions accompany the worksheet,
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test--Grade 8 (2009)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read passages and write an essay responding to the selection. Students use a graphic organizer to plan their essay.
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Abbreviated Electron Configurations
Test your electron-configuration skills in this animated exercise. Practice writing the abbreviated configurations for some of the common elements on the periodic table.
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Complete Electron Configurations Help
This section from the online textbook "An Introduction to Chemistry", provides some helpful hints to writing complete electron configurations. Three ways to predict the order of filling electron orbitals are given.
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Complete Electron Configuration
Test your knowledge of common atoms and their corresponding electron configurations. In this interactive exercise, you will find out how much you really know about the orbitals of electrons.
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Multi Electron Atoms: Audio Book
This audio book, narrated by author Mark Bishop, describes how to write regular and abbreviated electron configurations, and how to draw orbital diagrams. Also find links to animations, tutorials, power points, and chapter maps about...
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Modern Atomic Theory [Pdf]
The modern atomic theory chapter from "An Introduction to Chemistry", describes electrons, electron orbitals, and how to draw orbital diagrams. Many pictures and examples help to explain the information. Also find a detailed chapter...
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Nuclear Chemistry: Audio Book
Learn about nuclear energy as you listen to the audio book describing nuclear chemistry. View maps, examples, graphs, and pictures describing everything from electrons to beta emissions and more.
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Reading Online: Publishing Student Work on the Internet
Explore this online article by Rachel Karchmer discussing the advantages of publishing student work on the web.
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Abbreviated Electron Configurations Help
This section from the online textbook "An Introduction to Chemistry" provides helpful hints to writing abbreviated electron configurations. Also learn how to look up the atom's outer shell electrons.
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Elements With Unexpected Electron Configurations
This section of the online textbook "An Introduction to Chemistry", shows the unexpected electron configurations of six elements. A chart compares their predicted configurations with their actual configurations. Also find links to...
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Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structure: Power Point [Pdf]
This power point covers the molecular structure chapter from "An Introduction to Chemistry". It reviews the main ideas and shows many examples of covalent bonding from valence electrons. Also includes detailed steps to drawing lewis dot...