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Worksheet 5 - Vectors & Physics
In this vectors worksheet, students determine the amount of work it takes to move objects, they determine if vectors are parallel or orthogonal and identify the displacement direction and the force direction. This one-page worksheet...
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Expressing Our Thoughts Through Poetry
Young scholars create a poem on about spring. They read final version of their poem chorally. They write reflections of their experience in creating the poem.
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Analyzing Persuasion
A reading of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech launches a study of rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, allusion, metaphor, simile, personification, connotative language and parallel structure. Class members then...
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The Young Gymnast
Second graders compare and contrast gymnastics in 1859, 1900 and today. Students contrast differences in gymnastics for boys and girls today. Students pretend that they are interviewing a famous gymnast and write up their interview....
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Help Me Learn About the Holocaust
Young readers select a book from a provided list to use as the basis for an intensive class study of Holocaust novels. After completing their novels, groups create a multimedia presentation highlighting the elements of literature...
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One-digit Division
Young mathematicians read the book, The Doorbell Rang. They examine the necessity of division in everyday life, such as cooking and sharing. They use paper cookies to construct equivalent sets.
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Radio Program #7: The Impact of Early Radio
Students examine and interpret the experiences of persons who lived in the early days of radio. identify the technology, program content, and social aspects of early radio listeners. They interview parents for their experiences. Students...
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Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Ratios
In this ratios activity, 11th graders solve and complete 8 various types of problems. First, they read each problems and draw a sketch for each. Then, students write a trigonometric ratio for each problem and round any decimal answers to...
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Dancing Opposites (Size)
Students create movements that illustrate opposites. In this opposites lesson, students discuss what opposites do for writing and relate to dance. Students make movements based on their opposites.
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Fabulous Fractals
Students view a video to discover how patterns in nature relate to math. They explore the concept of exponential growth by observing and creating fractals. They solve and design word problems.
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Literary Elements: Storytelling Techniques
Students think about what makes a story interesting to read or hear. What kinds of details make a story come to life? How can a storyteller create a feeling of excitement or suspense? What kinds of characters do students like? If anyone...
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The Ocean Floor and Shore Zones
Make textbook reading more engaging using this reading activities activity, through which scholars review major features found on the ocean floor and the processes that formed these features. They complete 11 terms in a crossword puzzle,...
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Worksheet 8 - Vectors
For this vector worksheet, students find the area of a parallelogram spanned by vectors, they give the geometric and algebraic definitions of the dot product and describe a sequence of vectors. This one-page worksheet contains six...
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Worksheet 7 - Derivative
In this derivative worksheet, students derive the equation of a plane containing given points. This one-page worksheet contains eight multi-step problems.
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Count on Me
Fourth graders use inductive reasoning to find algebraic patterns in geometric figures. They use technology (i.e., calculators, computers) and manipulatives to discover number patterns involving geometric concepts. They solve concrete...
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Graph It
Elementary and middle schoolers engage in a lesson of graphing in quadrant I of the coordinate plain. They use the graph to create shapes and symbols. While using a graphing calculator, they locate the points on the coordinate plane. In...
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Declaration of Independence
High schoolers analyze a copy of the Declaration of Independence to discover how it was adopted, approved, and signed. The tone and style of the document are analyzed for intention through an exploration its the language and vocabulary.
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Of Mice and Men
Eighth graders successfully create a newspaper that reflects the Great Depression Era using texts and clues from the literary work Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Something Permanent by Cynthia Rylant and Walker Evans.
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President Bush's Decision Points: Torture & the Rule of Law
Learners explore terrorist interrogation issues. In this human rights lesson, students read articles and documents related to torture in terrorist investigations. Learners respond to discussion questions regarding the articles. Students...
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Local Government: Caring for Your Community
Seventh graders investigate the role of local governments. In this government lesson plan, 7th graders examine historical photographs and determine what services are being performed in the photographs. Students research how the...
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Find Someone Who........
Fifth graders identify, describe, and classify lines, line segments, rays, and angles. When given a diagram of a line, they classify the line as perpendicular, parallel, intersecting, vertical, horizontal, and/or diagonal.
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The Shark Callers
Students engage in a layered curriculum do some of the following: Analysis of Andy and Kaleku's lives. Include their lives, family, culture, traditions, and the parallelism in each other's lives.
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Plotting A Hurricane Using latitude and Longitude
Students explore map and plotting skills by tracing the movement s of hurricanes through the Earth's systems. a hurricane map is developed from daily media reports.
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“House by the Railroad”: A Painting and a Poem for the Common Core
Introduce your class to ekphrastic poetry with an exercise that asks them to examine Edward Hooper's painting House by the Railroad and Edward Hirsch's poem "Edward Hopper and the House By the Railroad." After a close reading...