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Wave Interference
Why did the waves get into a fight? They were tired of each other's interference. Scholars observe the wave patterns from dripping water, sound waves, and light waves. They vary the spacing, build barriers, and increase the number of...
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Diffusion Across a Permeable Membrane
Oxygen and carbon dioxide freely cross cell membranes. The simulation demonstrates the diffusion of these across a permeable membrane. To create a great visual for users, it graphs the balance of molecules as it changes throughout the...
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Aquapores
Aquapores allow water to travel through cell membranes while keeping other molecules out. The animation offers an up-close look at these parts of the cell membrane. It explores multiple vantage points and shows the importance of these...
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Diffusion and Temperature
Diffusion rates change with differences in temperature. See it happen through a simulation that allows scholars to explore the rates of diffusion at five different temperatures. It also allows young scientists to trace the movement of a...
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Diffusion of a Drop
Trying to learn through diffusion rather than simply studying the material rarely works for scholars. This simulation helps make learning diffusion fun. Pupils add a drop of dye to water and observe the diffusion as the molecules bounce...
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The Imperfect
Students practice the concept of the other past tense, the imperfect via the provided worksheet and the suggested web site.
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Globalization Vocabulary Exercise
In this globalization vocabulary worksheet, students are required to determine the meaning of vocabulary used in a discussion about globalization.
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Anne Carson
Students read poetry and a biography of poet Anne Carson as part of a creative writing instructional activity. In this poetry analysis instructional activity, students read about the poet, read her poetry, and analyze a photograph to...
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Subject and Verb Agreement: Using Literature
Students inspect the essential rules for subject and verb agreement. They read two excerpts from the novel, The Golden Ass, and identify and correct the errors.
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DNA and RNA Exercises
In this protein synthesis worksheet, students answer 14 short answer questions about the process of making proteins from DNA.
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Prepositions: From and Of
In this preposition worksheet, 5th graders focus on the usage of "from" and "of." Students complete 34 fill in the blank questions writing the correct preposition where appropriate.
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Gerund or Infinitive after the Verb: Exercise 1
In this gerund and infinitive practice learning exercise, students fill in the blanks in 15 sentences with the correct forms of gerunds or infinitives. Students also respond to 4 short answer questions regarding gerunds and infinitives.
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Crime Vocabulary Exercise
In this English vocabulary skills instructional activity, students respond to 12 multiple choice and 6 fill in the blank questions regarding words related to crime.
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"To Be Or Not To Be" And the VT
Using the online Visual Thesaurus, nascent actors work in groups to analyze and interpret Hamlet's "To Be Or Not To Be" monologue. Individuals then craft a contemporary version of this famous speech and present their adaptation to the...
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Shh...It's a Secret!
Students explore codes, decode secret messages, and create codes of their own to use with their friends. They examine the use of gestures, letters, symbols and numbers in codes.
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???The Hell of Mirrors??? by Edogawa Rampo
Students read and analyze the story "The Hell of Mirrors," by Edogawa Rampo. They watch a video excerpt, answer discussion questions, construct a periscope, complete handouts, define key vocabulary terms, take a quiz, and write a book...
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Compare and Contrast the French Cinderella with Other Cultural Versions
Students first compare and contrast the traditional French Cinderella with Cinderella stories from around the world as well as the opera synopsis. Students write their own Cinderella stories, personalizing them with aspects from their...
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What is Manga?
Students research graphic novels. In this manga lesson, students work in small groups as the read graphic novels in literature circle format.
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Lonely Fish
Students read the book The Rainbow Fish. In this citizenship lesson plan, students discuss how the characters in the story resolved conflicts. Students create a rainbow fish from foil and cotton.
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Simulation: Norse Scratchings
Students discover the meaning of a Norse runic message as they study a Vikings unit. For this Norse alphabet lesson, students decode a runic message as a part of a study about Vikings. Students earn the letters to decode the message as...
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Most Common Idioms
In this most common idioms worksheet, students match idioms with their meanings, then fill in blanks with idioms to complete sentences.
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In and On Exercise
In this in and on worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with either the word in or on. Students fill in 21 sentences and fill in a chart with 21 in and on words.
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The Phrasal Verbs of To Break Exercise
In this "to break" exercise, students fill in the blanks with the phrases of "to break". Students fill in the blanks for 10 sentences with the phrases of "to break".
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Phrasal Verbs of To Get
In this "to get" worksheet, students match the phrasal verb with its meaning and fill in the blanks to sentences. Students match 5 words and fill in 10 sentences.