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Acid Mine Drainage

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners use cabbage, backing soda, cobblestones, and more to test the acid in the water. In this acid mine damage lesson plan, students complete 13 experiments to test and treat acid.
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Percents, Decimals, and Fractions

For Students 9th
In this Algebra I activity, 9th graders convert percentages to decimals and fractions. The one page interactive activity contains ten problems. Answers and a hint are provided. 
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Life's Greatest Pleasures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the meaning of what makes life pleasurable.  In this social awareness lesson, students read an article that states things that people might enjoy doing for pleasure, then complete numerous activities to reinforce what...
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Nouns Search

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this nouns worksheet, students read ten sentences and underline the nouns in alphabetical order in each sentence. Students study the first one done for them.
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Antonyms

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing words with opposite meanings worksheet, students read descriptive phrases in one column and match their antonyms in the second column. Students match 12 answers.
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Using a Thesaurus

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to use a thesaurus to replace words they already know. Students read 20 sentences and replace the underlined word with a new word found in the thesaurus.
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The Lake Trip

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this pollution and animals worksheet, students read and discuss a short story on one families trip to a lake and their encounters with pollution and Eastern Blackbirds. Students then answer 6 short answer questions referring back to...
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Spanish Phrase Picture Dictionary

For Teachers K - 5th
Students illustrate Spanish phrases. In this Spanish language development instructional activity, students work in pairs to illustrate phrases, then copy the phrase in Spanish and English. The class uses the illustrations to create a...
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Story Stretching: Tall Tales in North America

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to tall tales. In this introductory tall tales unit, students explore the tall tales of Casey Jones and Johnny Appleseed. This unit includes many interdisciplinary lessons including graphing skills and geography.
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The Díne (Navajo) Native American Tribe

For Teachers K
Students participate in a variety of activities to become familiar with the Navajo Indians. In this Díne (Navajo) Native American tribe lesson, students understand where the Navajo tribe lived and find them on a map. Students discuss the...
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Multiply Fractions with Fractions

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Math worksheet, students multiply fractions and write their answer in simplest form. Students are given 9 problems to practice the skill.
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Simplify expressions and Combine Like Terms

For Students 7th - 10th
Learners will use the distributive property to simply expressions by removing parentheses from the expression. Like terms will then be combined to completely simplify the expression.
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Factoring Trinomials

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online math instructional activity, students factor a series of trinomials given specific equations. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers and to get "hints" should they run into difficulties.
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Le Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Le Père Goriot. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, high schoolers respond to 10 multiple choice questions about Sparks's The Notebook. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Advertisement Storyboard

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a storyboard for an advertisement. In this advertisement lesson plan, students view different advertisement techniques and how to storyboard before they create an advertisement storyboard for a product.
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"Twilight" Music Provides Link Between Past And Present

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Music appreciation lessons can use modern phenomena like "Twilight" to motivate students.
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An Exercise in Kindness

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Although this resource is not a traditional lesson plan, it does explain an activity for creating a safe and supportive environment while teaching young learners the importance of being kind to one another. Start bt reading the...
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Humans Leave Bob Bat Homeless!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
For this science worksheet, students read an "interview" with a bat who has been displaced from his home in the rainforest. Using a word bank, students fill in 20 missing words from the script. Students then answer 10 questions about...
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Quotation Marks

For Students 10th - 12th
Seeing multiple quotation mark mishaps in your class? Show them how to use quotation marks properly with this handout. While this is not an interactive worksheet, it could act as a reference sheet for writers as they compose and edit...
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The Sea Wolf

For Students 7th - 8th
After reading the 1904 psychological adventure The Sea Wolf, have pupils take this short quiz to test their reading comprehension, or take specific questions from the quiz and create a more comprehensive assessment.
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Cathy Cassidy Wordsearch

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this Cathy Cassidy worksheet, students read 14 words that pertain to the books and characters in the Cathy Cassidy books. Students locate these words in a word search puzzle.
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Molly the Hero

For Teachers K - 1st
While the purpose of this presentation is unclear, it could be used as a reading activity. With a series of slides, it describes an experience in which Molly the Hero, a stuffed bear, encounters a friend at the park. The resource could...
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Four Corners Locomotion

For Teachers K - 5th
A simple P.E. activity will get young athletes running, jumping, hopping, skipping, and crabwalking! These locomotor movement exercises are a great way to build up aerobic endurance. Your students will ask you to play this game again and...