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ESL Vocabulary: Vehicles
In this ESL vehicles vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures that depict different modes of transportation. Students match these to the words that name them.
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Ann Arbor Growth & Immigration
Third graders describe some of the factors that brought early settlers to Ann Arbor. They read Narrative-A Trip from Utica, New York, to Ingham County, Michigan in 1838. As an added challenge, 3rd graders can use maps to track Silas...
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May the Force Be With You: Thrust
Force the plane through the air. The lesson introduces the force on an airplane that makes it go forward. Pupils learn how Newton's laws of motion apply to flight in the eighth segment of a 22-part unit on flight.
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Morning Activity
First graders show appropriate ASL hand signs to answer questions for the morning meeting. They show the day of the week, the weather, and mode of transportation to school using signs. They copy the sign of the day and use name cards to...
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Changes in the Community: Diversity of Learners Adaptation
Young scholars determine the rate of travel through Ohio based on mode of transportation: walking, horse bak riding, railroad, and car. They are asked to write a sentence explaining how they would determine how long each trip takes....
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Urban and Rural Communities
Students discuss similarities and differences of urban and rural communities. For this urban and rural communities lesson, students compare urban and rural communities using a Venn Diagram. Students examine maps of each type of...
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Frontal Impact Safety Challenge
Students create a vehicle that can withstand frontal impact. In this vehicle building lesson, students design a vehicle from paper, card stock, a rubber band, and a dowel rod. This vehicle must protect a raw egg when it is smashed from...
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World Music Tour
In this music worksheet, students identify and describe what world music is and where it comes from. They also create words that start with "uni" meaning one. Finally, students practice reading and drawing the notes on the sheet.
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Town Growth and Immigration
Fourth graders describe how Michigan has changed and stayed the same over time. They explain reasons why people settled/settle in Michigan, then explain the role of geography on the settlement of Michigan.
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Overland Trails To The West
Consider the political, physical, and geographical factors that led to and marked the Westward Expansion. Learners will track the various routes developed during the 1800's. They create a first person journal describing what they see,...
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Earth Day-Conservation Walk/Ride
Students explore the relationship between conservation of our resources and the use of other modes of transportation (walking, biking and roller blading). They show respect for their environment by picking up garbage in the area. They...
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Heritage: For Some Must Push and Some Must Pull
Students discuss modes of transportation of pioneers, listen to one of the handcart stories, build model handcart out of paper, and sing 'The Handcart Song.'
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How Long Would It Take To Travel To the Stars?
Students consider the amount of time that it would take to get to the star, Sirius using various modes of transportation, some practical and some whimsical. The practicality of physically going to another star system is explored in this...
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Mystery Tours – Plan Your Tour
Everyone loves a vacation and a set of three activities has groups planning a tour of the U.K. using given distance, time, and price data. They solve a variety of problems related to the trip and produce a report on the success of the trip.
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Adventure to Alaska
Students use their imagination and research skills to create a virtual tour of the "Land of the Midnight Sun." They are told that Alaska is the largest state in the United States. Students gather information about Alaska to help them...
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Graph It
First graders collect classroom data (such as mode of transportation used to get to school) and prepare a pictograph to interpret the information.
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Cool It! Comprehension - Chart 2
In these reading comprehension worksheets, learners read chart 2 about how people contribute to climate change and then complete a quiz, list energy sources and modes of transport. Students answer several comprehension questions about...
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Leaving on A Jet Plane
Young scholars create an airplane by listening to directions. They also to measure the pieces for the airplane and compare and contrast their test flights.
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Anatomy of a Virus
This PowerPoint summarizes details about the virus from the structure and reproduction methods to the different modes of infection. Various viral diseases of animals and plants, viroids, prions and genetic origins of viruses are discussed.
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Speed Trap
Young scholars explore the usefulness of algebraic skill development as they make decisions based on their ability to accurately estimate the speed of moving vehicles. The life and death possibilities place an interesting"spin" on this...
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Mechanical Monsters
Students experiment try to build a Lego car. In this physical science lesson students present and demonstrate the vehicle that they constructed.
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Pupils explore transportation and transportation related jobs as they improve their vocabulary.
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Nuclear Power
Students take on the role of members of a concerned citizens group and discuss the transportation of spent-fuel rods from a local nuclear power plant and the safety issues that surround the power plant. Students work in groups to write...
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Anti-Railroad Propaganda Poster -- The Growth of Regionalism, 1800 - 1860
Young scholars research the anti-railroad movement of the mid-19th century. They review propaganda from the period and consider various points of view. They develop role-plays and write essays using their research.