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Animal Fact or Fiction?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Read and discuss the article "Welcome to Cicadaville (Enter at Your Own Risk)" to gain a better understanding around the confusion regarding cicadas and locust swarms. In groups your young analysts research statements about animals to...
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Lesson Plan
Bully Free Systems

Bully Free Lesson Plans—Ninth Grade

For Students 9th
"Bullying and Prejudice" and "Do You Cyber Bully," two lessons from a complete Bully Free program, serve as samples of the approach used in a unit designed to bring awareness to and to combat bullying. Each lesson asks class members to...
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How Do You Read Your News?

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Words carry baggage. Class members are asked to consider the weight of words in an exercise that contrasts the word choices in two versions of the same event. Consider following the exercise with an activity in which pairs craft positive...
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Charles Dickens Activity Worksheets Chapters 1-12

For Students 7th - 8th
In these Charles Dickens worksheets, students complete several different activities that cover chapters one through twelve of the text.
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Worksheet
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Breaking News English: Production of Biofuels Set to Rise

For Students 7th - 8th
In this ESL worksheet, students read or listen to an article about the production of biofuels. Students complete all or some of the 100 activities available here including discussion, listening, vocabulary and comprehension.
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Prairie Dog Prognosis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discuss the transmission of diseases from exotic pets to humans. They research different aspects of particular zoonotic diseases from the perspectives of the animal vector, the parasite, the infected human, and the carrier human.
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If You Don't Believe Me, Look It Up!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students learn about bats.  In this bats and comprehension lesson, students read Stellaluna and share what they know about bats.  Students complete a learning log and Internet bat research worksheet.
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"The Popcorn Book" by Tomie dePaola

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils read "The Popcorn Book" by Tomie dePaola and complete a variety of comprehension exercises. They discuss the text, identify facts presented in the book and the evidence supporting those facts and fill in the blanks of a worksheet.
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Bones and Muscles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to bones as the body's means of support and protection. They research bone facts and conduct an experiment with chicken bones. They identify and observe involuntary muscles at work.