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Curated OER

Construction of Food Chains and Tracing Energy Changes

For Teachers 5th - 9th
If you need a few basic activities for teaching food chains to your emerging ecologists, here they are. Three sheets of organism cards are included for learners to cut out and arrange according to trophic relationships. To make the most...
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Curated OER

Trophic Pyramids and Levels

For Teachers 7th - 9th
The bulk of this instructional activity involves the construction of both an aquatic and a terrestrial ecosystem in which to observe trophic relationships. Detailed directions are provided, as well as discussion questions, and assessment...
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Intervals! (Seconds) | Free Music Theory Worksheet (Digital Print)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music intervals worksheet, students learn the exact size of an interval by counting the number of notes from the first to the last. They write seconds up and down from the printed note in the treble and bass clef. Then, they...
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Intervals! (Thirds) | Free Music Theory Worksheet (Digital Print)

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this music worksheet, learners work with thirds as intervals in sheet music. They write thirds up and down before labeling the notes with their correct alphabet letter. They complete two examples.
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Intervals! (Fourth) | Free Music Theory Worksheet (Digital Print)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music intervals instructional activity, students write fourths and name the two notes in their correct alphabetical order. Students name fourteen notes.
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Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Intervals! (Fifth) | Free Music Theory Worksheet (Digital Print)

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this music intervals worksheet, students study the music notes in fifths. Students write the fifth notes up and down in the treble and bass clef. Students label the two notes with the correct alphabet letter.
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Unit Plan
New York City Department of Education

Geography and Early Peoples of the Western Hemisphere

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Young historians discover the early people of the western hemisphere. The unit explores how the land changed, how it was used and homes of early Americans such as Incas, Mayans, Inuits, Aztecs, and Pueblos. Individuals also examine these...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Sixth Grade Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Study some of the most prominent poets and works of poetry in history with a language arts poetry unit. From Virgil to Shakespeare to Dickinson to Angelou, the resources present biographies and examples of poetic elements to the sixth...
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Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Chrysanthemum

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore language arts by reading a story with their class. In this beginner vocabulary lesson, students read the book Chrysanthemum and discuss the vocabulary used in the story. Young scholars participate in a word play...
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Curated OER

PLANT LIFE CYCLES

For Teachers K - 5th
Student learns about the life cycle of plants by watching a time-lapse video. This activity provides students with further evidence that all living things grow and change as they progress through their life cycle. Student conducts a...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

A Changing Society: Industrialization and Urbanization

For Teachers 6th
Students participate in activities that teach them about the Gilded Age of industrialization and urbanization. In this social changing lesson plan, students answer questions, watch videos, have discussions, read texts, and more to teach...
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Curated OER

Bottle Top Sentences

For Teachers K
Students practice language. In this vocabulary expansion instructional activity, students match words on a sentence strip. They work independently to recognize and correlate words in a sentence to individual words out of sequence. This...
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Curated OER

Binaural Hearing in Humans

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
In this creative science activity from Scientific American, students learn more about hearing with two ears and make a hands-on exploration of how sound is located. Excellent web link resources are also provided.
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Curated OER

Pizzaz!...Story Boxes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students tell stories, using an oral, free-flow method. The stories can then be literally transcribed or a retold version/interpretation of them can be written down after the telling. High-beginner ESL level. A terrific speaking skills...
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Curated OER

How Do I know That a Book Is Just Right for Me to Read?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students choose a book for reading. In this language arts lesson, students take steps to evaluate a book for free reading. Students make a list of words found in the book that they are unfamiliar with.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Exploring Key Ideas and Details in Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in activities to differentiate fiction from nonfiction.  In this fiction lesson, 3rd graders describe the elements of a fiction story.  Students compare and contrast fiction and non fiction elements. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Kids Yoga Stories

Valentine's Day - LOVE

For Teachers K - 3rd
Open your heart with a refreshing yoga session designed for Valentine's Day. With visual cues of hearts and other festive decorations, participants begin a series of yoga poses designed to open their heart chakras and to reflect on the...
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Smithsonian Institution

The Sounds of an Island: Jamaican Music for the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Introduce young explorers to the music and history of Jamaican culture through game songs and dances. As a bonus, class members get to play simple songs transcribed for the recorder.
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Center for History and New Media

The Impact of the Jim Crow Era on Education, 1877–1930s

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Even though American slaves were officially emancipated in 1865, the effects of slavery perpetuated throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Middle and high schoolers learn about the ways that discrimination and the Jim Crow laws...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

+2: Adding by 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this add by 2 worksheet, students fill in blank squares in number sequences, adding by 2, 6 sequences total. Answers included on page 2. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

ARTHUR'S COMPUTER DISASTER-WORD WORK

For Students 4th - 6th
In this word work worksheet about "Arthur's Computer Disaster," students are given 5 activities which involve vocabulary words from the story (word search, crossword puzzle, sequencing, alphabetizing and sentence completion).
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Curated OER

Who's Inside the Mitten?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils read "The Mitten", by Jan Brett. They discuss vocabulary presented in the story and sequence significant plot events. They make masks to represent several of the characters and act out the story.
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Curated OER

Strength

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in static and dynamic activities to develop muscle strength and balance. Free weights are used to work on shoulder, bicep, and tricep muscles. Locomotor skills of hopping, jumping, leaping, skipping, and galloping...
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Curated OER

Molecular Evidence for Evolutionary Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare the amino acid sequences in cytochrome-c for a variety of organisms and use this information to infer evolutionary relationships. Students investigate the role of homeobox genes and what this indicates about the...