National First Ladies' Library
Eli Whitney: A Top Ten Inventor?
Students conduct research and present their findings in a persuasive manner. Then they work in groups to enhance the development of cooperative work skills. Students also present their findings through persuasive skills in writing and/or...
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Electric Circuits
Students explore energy by completing an electricity worksheet. In this conductors instructional activity, students define the energy related vocabulary terms circuit, electronics, conductor and semi-conductor before examining computer...
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Word Structure
Students infer the meanings of unfamiliar words using context clues and knowledge of prefixes and suffixes. They identify vocabulary words as nouns or adjectives using context clues and suffixes. In addition, they decide the meaning of a...
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Tools of the Historian: Primary vs. Secondary Sources
Students identify the difference between primary and secondary sources. They discuss the importance of evaluating all sources they might use. They read primary and secondary sources that relate to the colonial period.
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Sending Messages, Then and Now
Students analyze how patriots created ways to communicate during the Revolutionary War. After reading about and discussing ways patriots communicated, students create a chart analyzing the way messages are sent today with the way...
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6 Poisson Distributions
Students explore the concept of poison distributions. In this poison distribution lesson, students construct poison distributions by surveying the number of cars that pass a point in a specific amount of time. Students find poison...
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Theory of Codes
Students explore the concept of code theory. In this code theory lesson plan, students discuss noise, error correction, Hamming distance, parity check matrices, and cyclic codes. Students develop these concepts through practice and...
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Summertime -- Camping Memory Game
Students discuss the items needed to camp outside. They identify objects in a backpack and tell what the item could be used for. They hide the objects throughout the room and they are to find them.
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Inside Information
Students research and write reports about inventions and inventors. They develop graphic organizers to organize their information, and create reports on the impact of inventors and inventions.
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Genetic Engineering
Learners are introduced to the concept of genetic engineering. In groups, they participate in a variety of experiments, in which they analyze the effect of chemicals on different substances. Using the internet, they research gossypol,...
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Tt is for Tiger
In this literacy activity, learners look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections and help with spelling.
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Composite Functions
Students create a poster to explain composite functions. For this composite function worksheet, students explore linear equations and functions. They complete a worksheet and use manipulatives to complete problems.
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Passive Voice
In this passive voice worksheet, students put the words in brackets in the correct passive form. Students are given 25 sentences to practice the skill.
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Hispanic World - South America Field Trip
Students research a South American Spanish speaking country, analyze and organize the information that they collect and present their findings to the class.
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The International Monetary Fund, The World Bank, and the World Trade Organization: A Help or Hindrance to Developing Countries?
Eleventh graders study the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization. They collaborate in small groups to research and explore perspectives of each group, identify objectives of each group and key arguments...
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Let's Fix It! #3
In this literacy worksheet students find the words that are used in the process of making repairs and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Activity: Estimate Time
In this estimating time review worksheet, students practice their estimation skills as they estimate how many times they can do 3 activities in 1 minute. Students check their work and then identify things that take them 30 seconds, 5...
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911 for Kids
For this emergency response worksheet, students read about the proper use of 911 in emergency situations. They answer 10 yes or no questions based on the short reading and their comprehension of emergency response.
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ESOL Personal Information
Students view different vocabulary cards with personal information words. They match pairs of cards with personal information vocabulary. They complete an information form and read their information to the class.
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Lines and Shapes
First graders identify different kinds of lines found in common shapes. They discover ways in which an artist utilizes lines in a painting.
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Informational Questioning
High schoolers practice writing basic questions to gain information. Working as a class, they identify questions they would ask to gain information about locations, time, and events. After writing their questions, they practice asking...
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Social Action Project-Phone Calls
Young scholars investigate how to make a professional telephone call. In this communications lesson, students choose an organization to volunteer at and place a call to the organization to ask questions. Young scholars discuss the phone...
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Public Telephones in Venezuela
High schoolers discuss ways to make phone calls and the advantages and disadvantages to using a phone card rather than using coins. They examine Venezuelan phone cards and demonstrate how to use a pay phone in Venezuela.
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Just The Fax
Students discover how a fax machine works including: how a light sensor works, how light is reflected and how signals move across telephone lines. A "bingo" type game is played where students simulate the work of a fax machine to create...