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Honu Survivor The Green Sea Turtle Experience

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Discuss prior knowledge of the green sea turtle. Students play a game where they are divided into two teams, predators and baby turtles. They receive "name" tags to tell which animal they are. The goal of the baby turtle is to get to the...
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ARTICLES- To Use or Not To Use, That is the Question!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this articles practice activity, students examine the list of rules for using articles and then respond to 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Growing Clean Air Neck Pet

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners complete a germination activity to explore plants. In this plant science lesson, students create a neck pet that contains germinated seed to learn about the needs of plants. Learners grow the seed inside their plant pet necklace.
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Pronoun and Narrative Perspective Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this pronouns and perspectives worksheet, students the case and point of view of bolded pronouns in sentences.
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Wind and Air Pressure

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students make an anemometer, barometer, and wind catcher to see how wind and air pressure are related. In this wind lesson plan, students use these tools to measure the wind speed.
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Soil Preparation for Autumn and Winter

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine how and why soil needs to be prepared for the fall and winter seasons. In this agriculture instructional activity, students determine how to use gardening tools safely. They show how to work with compost material and...
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Whale Migration - The Long Journey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Marine biology learners examine right whale sighting data from the WhaleNet website. They plot the data on a map and write down the number of adults and calves spotted. Questions accompany the data analysis activity, making this a...
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Fourth Grade Science Concepts Practice

For Students 4th
In this grade 4 science worksheet, 4th graders complete 25 multiple choice questions covering a variety of 4th grade science concepts. An answer key is included.
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United States History Pretest

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Have your U.S. history class engage in pre-assessment activities at the beginning of the school year. They activate prior knowledge to answer questions. They also use information about particular topics to fill in a graphic organizer....
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Hurricanes: An Environmental Concern

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones are the same type of storm, but their names change based on where they happen. Scholars use a computer simulation to learn about hurricanes. Then they hypothesize ideas to prevent hurricanes...
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Activity
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Ideas for Making Class Books

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
I like to make enough class books throughout the year so that at the end of the school year, each child gets one book to keep. Here are a few easy ones. For every field trip we take, we make a class book.
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A Sea Turtle Experience

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students observe live green sea turtles and use their imagination to form questions about the animals. They present these questions to their teacher. Students then complete the activity sheets highlighting sea turtle biology and...
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ESL Open Cloze Worksheet- English Grammar

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL open cloze worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences. They use words related to English grammar, vocabulary words, to fill each blank.
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Weather and Water in Ghana

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research the rainy and dry season to investigate Africa's weather. In this African weather lesson, students use the given websites to research the rainy and dry seasons of Ghana in Africa. Students then read stories about life...
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 9 - Exercise 4a

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills learning exercise, high schoolers answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Coaxing Flower Bulbs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars complete an experiment for coaxing flower bulbs into growth. In this flower growth lesson plan, students research various types of flower bulbs that may be used to complete a coaxing experiment. Young scholars then...
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Experience This!

For Teachers 1st
What would you do if you had to go to school all day every day? Tillie tackles this problem in Sharon Creech’s A Fine, Fine School. After a discussion of how Tillie got the principal to change his ways, brainstorm with your class...
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PPT
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What is a Noun? & When To Capitalize Nouns

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Nouns are the focus of this language arts PowerPoint. Pupils will see that there are five categories of nouns: person, place, thing, idea, quality. The last two are not usually taught, but they are legitimate categories. When to...
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Handout
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Prepositions of Time

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
On, at, in, since, for, during, within... what do all of these words have in common? They are prepositions and they are all prepositions that are included on this hand-out. This handout breaks down prepositions used when talking about...
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Weather Verbs

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary activity, students examine a list of 8 weather related words and then complete 8 fill in the blank sentences with the correct form of each word provided.
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The Big Wet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a research project. For this climate lesson, students learn about the climate "tropical wet and dry" found in Australia. Students work in groups to research aspects of this climate and then create a class presentation.
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Cloze Instruction And Herringbone Technique

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students sort out important information and create a visual framework for reviewing in the future. They organize a large quantity of information thus helping with learning and remembering details, cause and effect, comparison and...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Great Expectations

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the Obama presidency and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Back to School, Mathematically Speaking

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Reduce "math anxiety" by listening to students' math stories.