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Bean Project (Activity in Response to the Book Jack and the Beanstalk)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this literature and science worksheet, students respond to the book Jack and the Beanstalk by planting their own beanstalk. Students gather the 5 necessary tools and follow the 5 directions for planting a bean seed in a pot.
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Peas in a Pod: Genetics

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Can peas have grandparents? Learn about inherited traits and heredity with a set of activities focused on Mendelian genetics. As your class learns about the process of passing traits along in Punnett squares, they take on the role of...
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Handout
Aurora City School District

Do Not Try to Kid a Kidder: The Art of Persuasion

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The power to convince others of your argument lies in your knowledge of rhetoric! A thorough packet covers the basics of persuasion, including logical appeals and fallacies, and applies strategies to letters to the editor,...
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Separate is Not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Brown vs. Board of Education was a landmark case, but what other cases were influenced by its decision? By researching 1 of 14 civil rights legislative events, scholars follow this court case through recent events. Keeping in mind 6...
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US Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered Species

For Students 6th - 12th
This handout goes along with the slide show linked at the top of the of the resource. Depending on the computer availability in your school, this could be a WebQuest in which learners go through the slide show at their own pace, or you...
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PBS

The Yo-Yo Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What do yo-yos and pennies have to do with linear equations? Learn about writing and solving linear equations while considering the Yo-Yo Problem and Penny Pattern Exploration from the High School Math Project. Learners utilize algebra...
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Access Ramp

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Just about every public building that your students are familiar with has an access ramp which complies with ADA requirements. As it turns out, designing such a ramp is an excellent activity to incorporate slope, the Pythagorean Theorem,...
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Baylor College

Tools of Magnification

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Life science learners need to be able to use a microscope. With this comprehensive resource, they first experience how lenses and magnification work, and then get familiar with using a compound microscope. Tremendous background...
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Task: Grain Storage

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Farming is full of mathematics, and it provides numerous real-world examples for young mathematicians to study. Here, we look at a cylinder-shaped storage silo that has one flat side. Given certain dimensions, students need to determine...
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Activity
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Task: Miniature Golf

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
"Fore!" All right, no one really yells this out in miniature golf, but this well-defined activity will have your charges using lots of numbers in their unique design of a miniature golf hole. Included in the activity criteria is the...
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Intensities in the Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Everyone learns and experiences life differently. A set of lessons about character intensities encourages middle and high schoolers to analyze themselves, their peers, and characters from a book based on the five listed intensities:...
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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Utopia/Dystopia: The American Dream

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
America was founded by dreamers, and the American dream still resonates in our country today. Track the American dream from its Puritan beginnings to its optimistic descendants with a instructional activity that focuses on speeches by...
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Working with Rates of Change

For Students 8th - 12th
For this calculus worksheet, students problem solve 8 word problems involving rates of change in association with high school students. Students work out each problem and give a short explanation of each answer.
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Class Puzzle

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this class project worksheet, students are given a piece of a puzzle to label and decorate with markers, glitter and glue. Students connect their piece of the puzzle with their classmates to create a wall puzzle for decoration.
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Interactive
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Understanding Community Environment

For Students 7th - 8th
In this understanding community environment worksheet, students, after exploring 5 parts of a study unit (link provided), choose a project (make a video, book, game, plan a garden or nature map, collect data, write a rap or crossword...
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Interactive
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Images as Messages

For Students 4th - 10th
Your class watches a video about Chris Jordan, a talented photographer and activist who tries to get an environmental message out by his work. As a cross-curricular project, have your class imitate his style of art with an object that...
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4-H Cat Activity Page

For Students 5th - 8th
As part of a unit on animals, this would be an interesting activity for upper elementary and middle school students. The 40 question activity could be linked to a research activity on animals or pets.
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Primary History Primary History Extension activity - Alfred the Great

For Students 6th - 10th
In this primary history worksheet, students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects based on Alfred the Great of England to complete.
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Primary History Extension Activity - Invasion and Settlement

For Students 5th - 9th
In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study Anglo-Saxon invasion and settlement of England. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.
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Primary History Extension Activity: Greeks at War

For Students 5th - 10th
In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study the life of Greek soldiers. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.
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Organizer
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Primary History Ancient Greeks Extension Activity: Arts and Theatre

For Students 5th - 10th
In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study the arts and theatre of ancient Greeks. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete
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Organizer
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Primary History Romans Extension Activity: The Roman Army

For Students 5th - 10th
In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study the ancient Roman army. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.
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Organizer
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Primary History Romans Extension Activity: Families and Children

For Students 6th - 10th
In this primary history instructional activity, students sharpen their research skills as they study the ancient Rome's families and children. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.
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Organizer
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Primary History Children of Victorian Britain Extension Activity: An Introduction

For Students 6th - 10th
In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study Victorian Britain. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.

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