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Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering (95)
Young thinkers identify the problems encountered in designing and building Going-to-the-Sun Road through Glacier National Park. They describe, introduce, and evaluate arguments for building roads to provide access to the park and other...
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Gotham Equinox
By looking at the direction of the parallel streets of New York and figuring which days the setting sun is directly visible along those lines, your class can calculate the degree and angle of the sun. A really nice lesson, giving a photo...
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Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana
Young scholars explore the background behind the building of the access roads to the National Park in Montana. The arguments for the building of these roads in wilderness regions and the environmental issues involved are examined.
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Ride the Road to Freedom
Second graders discover that people can connect the dots of the stars to make pictures in the sky and have been doing so for thousands of years. They understand that throughout the United States people worked together to plan an escape...
Teachnology
Shape (Or Concrete) Poems
Poetry comes in all shapes and sizes. Young writers pick a shape, select words and phrases that describe how the shape makes them feel, and create a shape poem. A raindrop example and step-by-step instructions give your budding poets a...
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A Hundred Bales of Hay
This lesson combines math, visual arts, and language arts activities that all focus on the making, and baling of hay. The activities can be adjusted to address different age ranges. Most of the activities focus on gaining...
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Facts and Myths about our Solar System
Sixth graders explore popular ideas about the Sun and Moon. In this space science lesson, 6th graders separate commonly accepted details about our solar system into facts and myths. Students research a particular idea and create comic...
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New York State English Language Arts Test" Listening Selection Grade 7
An article about Dr. Robert Metcalf's work to create solar cookers is the subject of an article used in 2010 on the New York State listening exam. Although no questions are included, the passage is ideal for such an exam and questions...
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Lesson on GPS
Students investigate global positioning systems. In this technology and mapping lesson plan, students view a PowerPoint presentation in which they identify the features of a GPS, state its uses, and follow steps to find a waypoint.
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Outdoor Survival
Which of the following can you survive without for the longest time: water, food, or a positive mental attitude? The answer may surprise you. Guide learners of all ages through games, activities, and discussions about surviving in the...
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Water Walks
In this Amazon Rainforest worksheet, students read a story about a girl named Faela who lives in the Amazon Rainforest. The story includes pictures, and there are 7 questions throughout the story that students are to answer as they read.
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English - "And then what?" Word Sequence
In this grammar worksheet, students read a selection on word sequence and circle 8 sequence words in a paragraph. Students use the sequences words to put 5 sentences in order and then write a story using as many sequence words as they can.
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Holey Clamshells
Students analyze data to make hypotheses and conclusions regarding the predator/prey relationship between moon snail and surf clams.
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Scales, Scutes, and Skins
Learners identify the various adaptations of reptiles and amphibians. After distinguishing between reptiles and amphibians, students discuss the ways in which their adaptations aid in their survival. They participate in a hands on...
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Hunt the Fact Monster: Hunt # 18
For this internet research worksheet, students search for facts via the Fact Monster website about Wilma Mankiller, Jute, Washington D.C. landmark, Steven Job and Stephen Wozniak, first commercial radio station, Typhoon, Kinds of...
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Outdoor Survival
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Written Document Analysis Worksheet
In this writing and reference worksheet, young scholars identify and name the physical qualities of a document of their choice. Then they identify three major things the author stated that are important and why they believe the document...
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What Weather When and Where?
Learners learn the difference between hard news and feature writing. They choose one of these news styles to write a compelling weather-related article based on interviews with local sources.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Test Book 2--Grade 7 (2010)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students listen to an article and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then compose an essay using details from the article and identify grammatical...
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The Suffix Family- The aw family
In this language arts worksheet, students create new words by using the appropriate suffixes from the three columns. This is done while attaching them to the root word.
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Cloze Exercise: Using Qualifiers
In this using qualifiers worksheet, students use either "much" or "little" or "many" or "few" to correctly complete sentences. Students use "much" and "little" for non-count nouns and "many" and "few" for count nouns.
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Sand Island Story Mapping
After reading Under the Blood-Red Sun, by Graham Salisbury, students use story mapping to create a visual representation of Hawaii. They include Pearl Harbor, Sand Island, and the Japanese relocation camp, where Tomikazu swims to visit...
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ESL Advanced Conversation-Quiz #4
In this ESL advanced conversation quiz worksheet, students complete sentences by filling in correct words or phrases, marked stressed syllables in words and take dictation sentences. [not given]
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Antonyms
In these opposite words worksheets, students read the definition and an example of antonyms. Students then complete the exercises by replacing the underlined words in the sentence with an antonym and rewriting the sentence.