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Treacherous Trash
Middle schoolers recognize the harmful effects people have on the environment. In this environmental lesson, students simulate water pollution clean-up by using tangled objects and untangling them in a cooperative group. Middle schoolers...
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For Creative Minds: What Makes an Animal a Mammal?
Students read about categories of mammals and their features. Students then construct a marine animal, using given print outs in the lesson. Students then create adaptations for their mammal, using a web site reference for guidance.
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Reintroduce -wh
Students explore phonetics by participating in a letter combination activity with their class. In this word sound lesson, students identify the sound "wh" and discuss words where the sound is utilized. Students practice repeating words...
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"Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger" Vocabulary
In this vocabulary worksheet, students use a word bank from Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger to complete a set of 10 questions/activities.
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Antarctica I
Students explore exploring and expiditions then simlate their own on campus. They divide into small "expedition groups." Have each team report back to the class about their expeditions, using written, oral, or videotaped presentations.
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Ocean Zones
Students create a mural showing ocean zones and the diversity of ocean life. They use reference books to create a list of plants and animals that would live in each zone.
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Homophones Word List
In this homophones activity, students analyze 100 pairs of common homophones. This list may be used in many ways: spelling, sorting, word games or sentence writing.
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Manatee Facts
In this math and science worksheet, learners learn facts about the manatee by reading information on one page. Students answer 5 math word problems using the data they have read.
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Washington: Crossword Puzzle
In this United States history activity, students use the 15 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to Washington.
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Time - Space - Measurement
In this time, space, and measurement worksheet, students use their math knowledge to respond to 17 short answer questions pertaining to time, space, and measurement.
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In Arctic Waters
In this reading comprehension and following directions worksheet, students read facts about Arctic waters, the Inuit, Arctic animal adaptations, polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhal, Beluga whales and create a mix-and-match animal...
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Linnaeus' Latin Lingo
Students use Latin and Greek words to figure out species names for whales.
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Letter from San Diego - Proofreading for Missing Commas and Capital Letters
For this language arts worksheet, students read a letter that is missing commas and capital letters. They write in the missing commas, and circle all of the letters that should be capitalized. They see graphics on the page that...
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Measuring Angles
In this measuring angles worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which angles are measured with a protractor and labeled with: acute, obtuse, right.
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Impersonal Pronouns: It and There
In this impersonal pronouns worksheet, students complete the text by typing "there is", "there are", "it is" or "it's" in the paragraph.
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Social Studies: Treaty Comparisons of Indigenous People
Students assess the Treaty of Waitangi and compare it to various Native American treaties. After discussing the legal issues of the treaties, they role-play as groups representing a nation-state and indigenous people who negotiate a...
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Echo Location
Students participate in a role-playing activity that demonstrates how whales use sound as an adaptation to their environment.
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Teach and Learn: Journalism
Young scholars read and discuss keypoints of the article, "Iceland to start hunting whales." They write in the style of newspaper reporters and order the information so that it tells the story from beginning to end with relevant detail
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Lesson Plan on Migration
Fourth graders diagram written and oral directions of a Native American, European Viking, Right Whale or Humpback Whale migration route, the student diagram all directions only in the sequence given, with arrows indicating direction of...
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What's Your Adaptation?
Second graders gather information about the physical traits an animal has which help it survive in its environment. Using collected data, 2nd graders draw illustrations with adaptation features labeled.
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Website Scavenger Hunt
High schoolers use the internet to complete a species scavenger hunt. In groups, they answer questions given to them about sea lions, rockfish and killer whales. As a class, they identify any questions they have and discuss the role...
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Ocean Animals vs. Humans
Students use critical thinking skills to solve word problems using ratios that allow them to compare humans to ocean animals.
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Adventure To the Unknown----Shark Beneath the Reef
Students use the internet to access background information for their slide presentation based on the story- Shark Beneath the Reef.
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Vocabulary Building - Brainstorming
Learners learn new vocabulary words in ways that are fun and enriching. They brainstorm lists of words to be used in sentences, stories, or conversations.