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Curated OER

Medieval African Kingdoms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the geography and political history of West Africa. They role-play as applicants to a company that transports customers to any historic time period. Working in teams, they create promotional products encouraging...
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Curated OER

Dream Big

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the success of privately built and flown space crafts by reading and discussing a news article. They develop adventure trip proposals to present to Sir Richard Branson. Students write essays reflecting on the...
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Curated OER

Travel Through Time with a Family Member

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students interview a family member. In this interviewing lesson plan, students choose a family member to interview and write about. Students create a PowerPoint about the person including a timeline, photographs, and a narrative about...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Traveling the Career Paths (Part 1)

For Teachers K
Pupils are quizzed by the counselor as a class asking them to match jobs with career paths. They discuss and analyze why there are so many different types of work out in the world. Puppets illustrate for the students various career paths...
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PPT
Curated OER

Vehicles That Travel on the Ground

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Ground vehicles are any mode of transportation that occurs on the ground. Cars, trucks, bikes, and vans are all depicted with colorful images and large easy-to-read print. This is a perfect way to kick off a preschool unit on...
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PPT
Curated OER

Seeds - How Do Seeds Travel?

For Teachers 1st
Here is a basic presentation on the most common ways that seeds are dispersed through the environment. Flying, popping, sticking, and carry and bury are the methods described in this five-slide PowerPoint. Use this as a complement to a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Transportation Crossword

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students solve a challenging crossword puzzle pertaining to travel and transportation. Note: There is a name at the top of the page "James Abela ELT" which may be an advertisement.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Lonely Planet Travel Guide in Fraud Scandal

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Lonely Planet Travel Guide in Fraud Scandal," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, 2 graphic organizer, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Celery

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a wonderful series of lesson plans that use celery to faciliate all sorts of learning. By the end of the lessons, youngsters should know how celery is grown, how celery is used in homes and restaurants, and they will understand...
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Lesson Plan
SeaWorld

Animal Migrations

For Teachers K - 3rd
Here is a fabulous set of activities for your young scientists. Each instructional activity contains map, hands-on, and game activities that will help the class understand why and how animals migrate from one place to another. First...
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Curated OER

Research for State Brochures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Ask your young researchers to create a state brochure by working together to research Alaska and then use facts they have learned from the novel Woodsong to create a travel brochure about Alaska. Pupils must include a bibliography and...
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Curated OER

John Smith’s Map of the Chesapeake Bay

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young geographers travel back through time with primary source and map analysis and envision Captain John Smith's arrival at the Chesapeake Bay. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Blood Highways

For Students 5th
Fifth graders read an informative paragraph about how blood travels through our bodies. Then, they fill in the missing letters for words that label things in the circulatory system. An answer key is provided on page two. An interesting,...
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PPT
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Curated OER

A Brief History of Women in America

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The story of women throughout American history is fascinating. Travel the path from domestic slave to the modern day with advocates such as Susan B. Anthony, the Grimké Sisters, and Gloria Steinem. A wonderful presentation that shows how...
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NASA

NASA

For Students 3rd - 12th
Everything you have ever wanted to know about our solar system, space exploration, and more can be found here. Be prepared to clear your schedule; you will be sucked into the app like a star into a black hole.
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Lesson Plan
California Academy of Science

Kinesthetic Astronomy: The Meaning of a Year

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
How many times have you traveled around the sun? Aspiring astronomers grasp what a year is and they differentiate between orbit and rotation by walking around the sun right within your classroom. Place a lamp in the center of the room to...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Sound

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Listen in as Mia and Sam expound on sound. It is caused by vibrations and travels in waves. It has the qualities of pitch, frequency, and volume. This hip animation displays a graph to depict the frequency and amplitude of sound waves....
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Light

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Let there be light in your classroom with a video that explains that light travels in waves, the electromagnetic spectrum contains seven colors, and the color of an object depends on which light waves it reflects and absorbs. With...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! The Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Expose your class to the steps of the nitrogen cycle with this short clip. Colorful computer imagery and animation explain how nitrogen travels from the atmosphere as a gas into plants and soil, where bacteria convert it into nitrates....
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Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Convert Units of Time

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
How many seconds are in a minute? Or rather, how many seconds are in eight minutes? This problem is worked out through a series of animated steps and explained by a friendly young lady's voice. Your time travelers will appreciate this...
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Discovery Education

Submarines and Aircraft Carriers: The Science of Nuclear Power

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
As physics masters view this presentation, they learn how nuclear power is used in submarines. They use Google Maps to plot a course through the ocean and calculate the time required for surfacing and traveling. They learn about fission,...
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Activity
Exploratorium

Diffraction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Kindle knowledge of how light travels by using this activity in your physical science curriculum. By setting up a candle flame or flashlight bulb and viewing it through a slit, observers of light see evidence of its wave characteristic....
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Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program

Dinosaurs Before Dark

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Young readers travel back to the time of the dinosaurs in this literature unit based on the story Dinosaurs Before Dark. Intended for use with upper-elementary special education students, this resource provides reading comprehension,...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Voyagers: Challenge Activities (Theme 5)

For Teachers 3rd
Young voyagers face the challenge of the wide dark sea, travel with Yunmi and Halmoni, and even get trapped by the ice as they explore the reading selections offered in these enrichment activities designed for the Houghton Mifflin...

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