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Hopping For Candy
Students explore recipes online for different types of candy, and simulate process of making candy to explain how candy makers rely on varied temperatures and basic chemistry to produce perfect sweets.
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Watching Wheatstacks
Young scholars explore basic shapes in Monet's paintings Wheatstacks, Snow Effect and Morning. They study about light and shadows through reading and experimenting with three-dimensional models and flashlights.
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Make Mine Turkey
Young scholars compare foods available for the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving with contemporary Thanksgiving foods. After reading information about the first Thanksgiving, pupils create a menu and compute the cost of a turkey dinner, using...
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Climatographs
In this climatographs worksheet, young scholars are given 3 sets of data of the rainfall and temperature for 3 different biomes. Students identify the types of biome for each and answer questions about each. They make 2 graphs to compare...
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Solar Isolation Changes and the Sunspot Cycle
In this sunspot cycle and solar irradiation worksheet, learners use 2 graphs of daily total solar irradiance and sunspot activity to solve 3 problems. They find the average solar irradiance during a given time, they determine the...
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G'Day Mate
Students understand that Australia is the smallest continent, locate it on a map and sing about the continents. In this Australia lesson, students listen to facts about Australia and complete a book about information they have learned.
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Quality of Rice
Sixth graders research how farmers irrigate, harvest, and keep high standards of rice. In this farming instructional activity, 6th graders discover how rice, wheat and soy beans are farmed. Students make a chart showing the similiarities...
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Learners identify patterns in the stars. For this constellation lesson, students simulate constellations using black canisters and patterns. Learners discuss the points on the constellations and how to draw imaginary lines to see the...
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The Climate Change Skeptic's Argument: Natural Solar Cycles or Human Activity?
Teachers explore patterns in sunspots and total solar irradiance to understand the counterpoint to the human effect of global warming. In this professional development tool, teachers work through a lesson on the sun's natural patterns to...
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How Often Is it Rainy in July?
Students answer questions related to the calendar and the weather. In this past tense and adverbs of frequency instructional activity, students use past tense verbs and adverbs of frequency to answer questions about the weather and the...
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Stem-and-Leaf Plots
In this stem-and-leaf plots worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 9 various types of problems. First, they determine the mean, median, and mode of the stem-and-leaf plot shown. Then, students summarize the similarities and...
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SAT Grid Practice Test 12
In this SAT practice test, students solve various problems dealing with percent, area of polygons, rates, functions, and distance. This one page on-line worksheet contains ten multi-step problems.
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Number facts
In this number facts activity, students determine the number associated with each of the twenty-five facts provided. Students then need to determine how the answers are related to each other. Answers are provided at the end of the...
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Christmas Dinner at Aunt Junie May's House
In this food choices worksheet, learners read situations about being at a Christmas dinner and answer short answer questions about making good food choices. Students complete 6 problems.
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Thanksgiving Activity
Thanksgiving food doesn't have to be unhealthy! Learners read five situations about specific foods, ingredient substitutions, and ways to maintain healthy blood levels with a handy holiday worksheet.
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Measuring Pots
Students use an activity sheet to construct analogies about possible function of ancient or historic ceramics and compute circumference from a section of a circle as they study measuring pots.
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Kalahari Explorations
Learners research the area of the Kalahari Desert. They use the online and print resources and evaluate the information they find. They present their information to the class.
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The Fall of Fujimori
Students view a film about the fall of Peru's president. They develop possible solutions for governments to follow when dealing with terrorism. They work together to research civil liberty limitations put in place during war. They...
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Soil Erosion
Young scholars examine how erosion is affected by the composition of the soil and the slope of the land. They look at plant roots, rocks and land slope as experimental factors. They complete the associated worksheets before discussing...
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Physics -- 24
Students record all of the instances of physics and science they are involved with in a full day. As a class, they complete a KWL chart on physics and read a story about Murphy's Law and the character's experiences. Individually, they...
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Gullah People of the Sea Islands
Students examine the history and culture of the Gullah people. They study the geography, impact of industrialization and effects of tourism on the people of Gullah. They view films, use a large map of West Africa,. Students will listen...
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Joyeux Noel From France
In this French Christmas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a page long story about holiday customs in France. This is written in the form of a letter from a French child. The students then answer 5 questions about the story...
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Earth's Place in Space
In this Earth worksheet, students review how the revolution, rotation, and tilt of the Earth effects the Earth. This worksheet has 4 matching and 3 short answer questions.