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Decimals for Lower Elementary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate decimal operations, including addition and subtraction. They participate in interactive games, story problems, and math mysteries.
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Murders in the Rue Morgue

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders view half of the video, Murders in the rue Morgue, and predict who is the killer. They evaluate the differences between fact, opinion and assumoption, and they apply inductive reasoning skills to solve other mystery tales.
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Wildlife Animal Skulls

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students observe skulls of wild animals and determine their characteristics for survival. They evaluate the skuylls to discover the diets, and if the animals were predators or prey. They complete worksheets on mystery skulls.
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Analyzing Artifacts Using Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders apply Blooms Taxonomy to analyze a collection of artifacts. They define and discuss the nature of artifacts and work in groups to complete handouts. Students analyze an object (stone pipe) on a mystery artifact analysis...
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How Many More on a Graph?

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify a number that is one more or one less than a number up to one hundred and identify a mystery number. They also create a class graph that illustrates how many children are in each family, and answer questions about...
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With Detective Fiction in the Urban Classroom

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students listen to a verbal explanation of the function of deductive reasoning and problem solving. They read one of Donald Sobol's 'Two-Minute Mysteries' and complete a worksheet requiring them to write out the information which is...
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Wolves: DNA Pawprinting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore and research the most widely distributed terrestrial carnivore, the wolf. They critique the true mystery of this animal and then form an opinion about this creature. The restriction-site analysis of mitochondrial DNA is...
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Researching Plant Life

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the process of photosynthesis. Given websites about plant life, 4th graders retrieve and record accurate information about the parts of the plant and photosynthesis. Students solve a "Plant Life Mystery" from...
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Solid, Liquid, Gas!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students determine the properties of the solids, liquids, and gases, and how they can recognize those properties by observing a teacher demonstration. Next, they experiment with at mystery matter that looks like a liquid but that takes...
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Foods and Nutrition

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study nutrition, healthy choices for food, and ways to prepare food. They review the Food Guide Pyramid and play Nutriend Tic Tac Know to select healthy foods. As a group they make pretzels, Mystery Muffins, soda, and play the...
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Writing with Writers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars identify unique characteristics of different writing genres such as biography, folktales and mysteries. They create original piece of writing using the writing process and then post their original writing online. They...
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In Search of Dracula: History and Imagination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils evaluate sources, understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources as well as recognize between reliable and unreliable information. They access Internet sources and investigate mystery stories and supernatural...
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The Sport of Kings: Horse Racing in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the history of horse racing. They discuss their experiences with horse racing and conduct Internet research. They select a topic related to the history of horse racing, write and present a report, and read and summarize a...
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Mathematics Problem Solving

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students solve 4 riddles in which students guess the number. Students read clues and perform the necessary operations to figure out the mystery number.
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Number Detective

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students read 12 clues for a mystery number. Students find the unknown number for each statement. Example: This number increased by four is ten (six).
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What Number Am I?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number riddles worksheet, students read 6 word puzzles that will give students clues to determine the mystery number. Students write the number on the line.
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Phase Diagram Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical phases diagram instructional activity, students use a diagram to answer 6 questions about the three different phases-solids, liquids and gases. The diagram is of a mystery compound referred to as "X".
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Fingerprint Patterns

For Students 7th - 9th
In this fingerprint pattern worksheet, students use lead pencils and paper to create prints of their fingers. They find their fingerprint patterns and compare them to their peers. They also identify a "mystery" print.
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"The Box"

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this story completion worksheet, students read the beginning of a story about a mystery box and then finish the story on the lines provided.
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"The Padlocked Chest"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing scenario worksheet, students read a short introduction to a story about a padlocked chest and then finish the mystery of the story on the lines provided.
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Telling Tales About Textiles

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students analyze the different types of textiles, processes for creating cloth, and inventions utilized to manufacture industrial goods. In this Telling Tales About Textiles lesson plan, students weave on a card loom to create their own...
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Playing Historical Detective: Great Grandmother's Dress and Other Clues to the Life and Times of Annie Steel

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students draw conclusions about an mystery person based on documents and artifacts provided. In this drawing conclusions instructional activity, students become detectives by reading and analyzing evidence provided. This instructional...
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Connect the Dots

For Students K - 2nd
In this connect the dots worksheet, students use their counting skills to connect the 36 dots in order to reveal a mystery picture.
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Where in the World Is Mrs. Waffenschmidt? #2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this geography skills worksheet, young scholars read a paragraph about a mystery country, paying attention to the clues given. Young scholars respond to 1 short answer question regarding the country.

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