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Connecting the Dots? Geometry and Architecture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the connection between geometry and architecture. In this geometry and architecture lesson, students view a video which details a geometry class design project. Pupils then use the Internet in a scavenger hunt to find...
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Personal / Group Magazine

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete the magazine template in the Macmillan "Writer's Journal" available through the basic skills department using word processing, spreadsheet, graphic, and electronic resource (i.e.-Internet) skills
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New York Mammal Wordsearch

For Students 3rd
In this mammals instructional activity, 3rd graders search for 34 mammal names in a wordsearch. Each mammal name is hidden within the puzzle.
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I Scream for Ice Cream!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Young scholars perform an experiment. In this combinations activity, students complete an experiment where they find out how many ice cream cone combinations they can make with 5 different flavors of ice cream and 4 types of cones. They...
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The Ice Cream Shop

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read books about ice cream and plan an ice cream sundae party for the class. They research ingredients and determine how much the party cost each student. They hold a mock opening for an ice cream store and have their party.
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Experimenting with Yeast Metabolism

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders determine the rate of respiration by yeast and which sugars can be used as a food source by yeast using a CO2 gas sensor and computer software. This lesson is for an honors Biology class.
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Open Your Eyes To Art!

For Teachers K - 4th
Students help create a colorful bulletin board for classroom art displays in this short instructional activity for the early elementary classroom. The instructional activity, which can use a variety of items, includes product ideas and...
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Vietnam: A Divided Nation

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine events leading up to and during the Vietnam War. They research assigned topics utilizing interviews, Powerpoint presentations, timelines, and collages in their presentations.
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Shh, Do Not Wake the Baby!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They use letterbox manipulatives to spell 'sh' words and identify /sh/ words as they read a story. They 'fish' for 'sh' words to practice writing at...
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Our Country, Our Community, Our Jobs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze jobs that are of interest to them. They create graphic organizers explaining how jobs affect the world in which they live with at least five supporting details. They, in groups, make presentations to the class.
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Fickled Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore which fractions are made real in our world. They also show the relationship of cross multiplication and equivalent fractions To reinforce fraction skills.
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The Home Front - "Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do Or Do Without!"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine documents that explore U.S. government advertisements from the WWII era that encouraged people to grow victory gardens, recycle and conserve resources as part of the war effort. They discuss propaganda and design their...
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World War II: America on the Home Front

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders gain a sense of historical time and historical perspective as they study the massive campaign that the U.S. government launched to convince Americans to conserve, participate, and sacrifice. They study cencorship, and...
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Having Fun with Primary Sources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze primary sources to determine the effects of the Great Depression on American society. They evaluate how government expanded during this time period because of New Deal legislation.
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Ewww, That's Gross

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the /ew/ digraph in written and spoken words by reading and spelling words with ew=/oo/. They say a tongue twister emphasizing words with the /ew/ digraph. They then listen to the story "Shoe Man" and identify the...
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Writing the Position Paper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write position papers on a form of alternative energy production. They use several class periods to develop and write their paper and them participate in an extensive peer review session.
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Solving Systems of Equations

For Students 9th
In this systems of equations worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 19 different problems. First, they solve each of the given equations. Then, students set the equations up in standard form and enter the coefficients of x and y. They...
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Challenging Thermodynamics Problems

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this thermodynamics worksheet, students apply Hess's Law and review internal energy theory and heat capacity theory. Students use Boltzmann formula to calculate entropy and calculate the change in free energy. This worksheet has 12...
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Adopt A Twig

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore leafless twigs and identify leaf buds.  In this forest resources lesson students complete a lab activity that shows them how to identify tree and leaf identification. 
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Words with Silent Letters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize that some words have silent letters. In this spelling lesson, 3rd graders write words with silent letters dictated by the teacher. Students work in groups to arrange the words by their silent letters.
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Digraphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a word study activity to increase vocabulary and spelling accuracy. In this digraphs lesson, 6th graders understand how the letter "h" changes and initial sound. Students complete a crossword using digraphs...
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Math Vocabulary

For Students 6th
In this math vocabulary worksheet, 6th graders match twenty-three math vocabulary words from column A to the definitions in column B.
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Angles and Parallel Lines Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
For this geometry worksheet, students identify missing angles and sides. They identify angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal. There are 7 questions with an answer key.
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My Spacecraft and Cassini

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover solutions to the problems that NASA used in a previous lesson plan. They write a paper comparing and contrasting their spacecraft idea to the one that was actually used to go to Saturn. They also discover Saturn's moons.