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The Sign of the Beaver

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book "The Sign of the Beaver". As a class, they identify the problems in the story and predicting what they think is going to happen next. Individually, they examine the cause and effect relationships and...
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FACS: Family Dynamics (Family)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the family unit through a PowerPoint presentation, worksheets, group activities, and by creating a limerick. They examine attributes and issues related to family life.
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The Fight - Oral Fluency Practice

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review the format of a statement, question and exclamatory sentences. After being read a poem twice, they discuss the concept of fluency when it comes to reading them. As a class, they read a different poem with each...
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Digging Into the Past

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study fossils and how they are charted. For this fossil lesson plan, 5th graders research the excavation process of discovering fossils, and view fossils. They then do a hands on activity that involves plastic fossils that...
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Nonprofit Organizations in Our Community: Interviewing Representatives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students interview representatives from nonprofit organizations. In this philanthropy lesson, students prepare questions for a representative from a nonprofit organization. After conducting the interview, they are to prepare a short...
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Wax Museum

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders put their research skills to work. In this Revolutionary War lesson, 6th graders research a famous figure from that era. Students use the information gathered to prepare for a wax museum experience.
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Grammar, Vocabulary, and Idioms

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this complete the sentences worksheet, students choose the appropriate word or words to go in the blank. Students complete this for 10 sentences.
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Watt Power

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discuss the concept of power and the meaning of watts.  In this experimental lesson plan students divide into groups, record data and calculate the results. 
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Youth and Old Age

For Students 4th - 5th
In this generation reading activity worksheet, learners read the dialogues in pairs as an activity about youth and old age. Students may complete related activities for the worksheet.
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Adjectives: Understand and Identify

For Students 4th - 6th
In this adjective instructional activity, students read about adjectives and their uses, then underline all adjectives in each of 18 sentences.
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Advertising Leaflets

For Students 5th - 6th
In this advertising leaflets worksheet, students explore and analyze how to recognize persuasive language and visual features in five leaflets. Students also fill out an advertising leaflet chart.
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Biome Exchange - Send the "Stuff" Not The Kids

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students exchange ecological information with students from different geographic biomes. They box up the "unique ecologically significant features" of their area, send the box to another class in another area and then receive a similar...
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Dateline: El Niño

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore El Nino and take the role of a reporter gathering the facts for a news story. Reports are presented orally, like a newscast, written or in whatever form the teacher prefers.
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Sharing Information

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students collaborate with another classroom via the Internet to share data, questions, results, and check the validity of their testing procedures.
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News Comparison

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze how news is presented in U.S. newspapers from different parts of the country. They develop and sharpen their critical awareness of news media.
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The Hunter-Dunbar Expedition of 1804-1805

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the origins of the Hunter-Dunbar Expedition and why it was so important. They map George Hunter and William Dunbar's expedition route on the Ouachita River and examine excerpts of George Hunter's journal.
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Paddlefish Panorama Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz activity, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about the Paddlefish. Page has a link to answers.
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The Lives of Sharks-Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about sharks. Page has a link to answers.
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Mustangs Quiz

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online quiz worksheet, learners answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about wild Mustangs. Page has a link to answers.
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Fruity Counters

For Teachers K
Students classify objects that are similar by one attribute. They explain what a pattern is and how to make a pattern using objects.
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Fruit Dessert

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a fruit lab applying the preparation guidelines in preserving the nutrients, color, flavor and texture of the apples and preventing them from oxidizing.
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A Childhood View of the Great Depression in Arkansas

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the causes for the Great Depression of 1929 and see the effects of the depression, the Great Flood, and the drought in Arkansas through the eyes of a child.
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Science: Down Home Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
pupils participate in hands-on activities to discover the different types of fossils. Using teacher-provided materials, they make models of cast and trace fossils. After writing essays describing how traces are formed, students plan a...
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Shrink to Fit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review the characteristics of living and non-living organisms. After viewing a transparency of a forest scene, they complete a worksheet to identify what would be needed to make a small model of the forest having the same...