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The Way Things Work

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore how things are designed, built and function. Students interpret the film The Swiss Family Robinson. Students discuss and analyze medieval technology and the amazing craftsmen and stoneworkers it took to build such...
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Swamp Thing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a build-it-yourself boat that runs on two small electric motors. Swamp Thing has an electronic brain that can be controlled and steered with a flashlight.
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One Thing Leads to Another

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders rediscover cause and effect situations using the story The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They gain an understanding of how one thing leads to another.
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Wild Things Are Here

For Teachers K
Students engage in a literature study for the book Where The Wild Things Are. The skill of prediction is practiced as they preview the story as a whole class. The teacher models reading fluency, pronunciation, and phonetic skills while...
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Elements Found in Living Things

For Students 9th - 12th
In this elements worksheet, students review the most common elements found in living things. Students color in two pictures with the percentages of the elements found in that living thing.
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WHY DO SOME THINGS FLOAT WHILE OTHERS SINK

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore how density can cause things to sink or float by experimenting with a jar, oil and corn syrup.
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Do the Right Thing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students define integrity and responsibility, then discuss the motto "Do the Right Thing." students participate in teacher-generated problems in small groups.
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Animals and Their Needs

For Teachers K
Students identify the characteristics of living things and examine objects to see if they are living. They identify the needs of living things, in particular of animals and animal babies. They discuss how to care for pets.
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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students complete essays reflecting themes in Things Fall Apart. They use Microsoft Word to revise, edit, and complete their essays. They complete their dialectical journals for Things Fall Apart.
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How Do Living Things Get Energy?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this living things worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in 1 main idea and 2 supporting details about how living things get energy.
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Things I Value in Aston Hall

For Students 4th - 6th
In this things that I value in Aston Hall worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing about or drawing things that they find valuable in each room of Ashton Hall. They choose the room that they value the most before...
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Things to Help Us Cross the Road

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this road safety learning exercise, students solve the clues to identify four things which help them cross the street. Students draw and label them in the provided boxes.
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"The Important Thing About" Main Idea Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this main idea worksheet, learners complete answers to 3 questions: The important thing about is______, it is true that_______, but the important thing is__________. Worksheet is designed to aid comprehension of text.
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DNA Extraction From Living Things

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students extract DNA from split peas. In this biology lesson, students hypothesize what DNA looks like and perform the experiment to verify their hypothesis. They explain the importance of DNA in living things.
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How Can You Study Things You Can’t See Like: Atoms?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners simulate how scientists studied things they can't see like atoms. In this chemistry lesson, students predict what is inside the numbered obsertainers. They design a way to investigate what's inside without opening it.
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The Needs of Living Things

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners watch video clips of animals and plants in their natural environment, to gather evidence that all living things have basic survival needs. Students draw pictures of real or imaginary pets eating, drinking, breathing, and taking...
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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students write a first draft of an essay reflecting their opinions of Things Fall Apart. They complete their circle diagrams, have them approved by the teacher, and write their essays. They write in their dialectical journals as they...
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Classifying Living Things Wordsearch

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to classifying living things. There are 24 biology terms located in the word search.
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How Do Living Things Form Communities?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this communities worksheet, students will write down 1 main idea about communities formed by living things. Then students will brainstorm 3 details to support their main idea. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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28 Things to Do in the Library

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this library activity instructional activity, students complete the 28 sentences with a word or phrase from the word bank that describe the things to do in the library.
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Going on a Living and Nonliving Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students distinguish between things that are living, things that were once-living, and things that are nonliving. They graph results and create a compare and contrast Venn Diagram. They read 'Living and Nonliving' by Angela Royston.
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It's Alive

For Teachers K
Students identify the differences between a nonliving and living thing. They describe what is needed for any living thing to survive. They create one page for the class book identifying why the object is a living thing.
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Nuclear Fleas

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders distinguish characteristics of living things and identify the importance of careful observation. They identify five things that are not alive, but display characteristics of life and list five things that are alive, but...
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Living vs. Nonliving

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the characteristics that distinguish living things from nonliving things. Students examine video clips and still photographs to gather evidence and develop criteria to decide if something is living or nonliving.

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