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Places in a Town - Spot the Odd One Out
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match each place with a word list and decide which word in the list is the odd one out. Students complete 10 exercises.
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Scrapbook of Freedom
Third graders examine what it was like for a child traveling in the Underground Railroad.
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Pottery Analysis
Students study how archaeologists analyze artifacts to answer questions about past cultures. They explain why pottery is important to archaeologists and how they use classification to answer their research questions.
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Making Paper
Fourth graders investigate the paper usage in their classroom and in other countries by using estimation, counting, and measurement skills. They make paper from recycled paper.
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Making Paper
Pupils make paper from recycled paper. The student estimates, counts, and measures he amount of paper consumed in a classroom daily. They discover that if we use too much paper, it fills up landfills. Some activities they are doing...
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Technological Developments
First graders discuss household tasks, and identify differences between how things are done now, and how they were done when their parents and grandparents were little. Students then predict how tasks will change in future, and visit...
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Did or Made
In this did or made worksheet, students complete sentences using did or made. Students answer ten multiple choice questions.
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Verbs and Rooms in the House
In this ESL rooms in the house vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 14 phrases that describe an activity that takes place inside a house. Students categorize each phrase by putting it under the names of 6 rooms in a house.
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About Sheep
Students study sheep ranching practices and wool gathering. In this agriculture instructional activity, students discuss sheep ranching and construct a sheep book of information and pictures. Students color diagrams and fill in 3 blanks.
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Life at the Pond
Students identify the bugs collected from the pond. In this biology instructional activity, students observe the living and nonliving organisms in the pond environment. They write a reflection about why nature is important and must be...
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Breaking News English: Hawaii Hit by Great Plastic Garbage Patch
In this English worksheet, students read "Hawaii Hit by Great Plastic Garbage Patch," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 2 graphic organizer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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ESL-Past Simple
In this ESL past simple instructional activity, students complete 3 exercises in which they fill in blanks with the correct past simple form of given verbs.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Washing Machines
The Canada Science and Technology Museum tells the story of the evolution of the washing machine. Starting from the laborious laundry procedure of washing clothes by hand, learn how laundry was first mechanized. Then, came the...
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Co Op America's Real Money: Solving the Diaper Dilemma
Here's a look at the pros and cons of disposable diaper use as opposed to the use of cloth diapers, either washed at home or by a diaper service. Landfill space is just one of the issues in this well-reasoned article.
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History Undressed: Cleaning in a Medieval Castle
Describes the jobs that the staff of a medieval castle had in keeping it clean, and what they used to perform their tasks.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Spin Right 'Round With This Simple Electric Motor
If you put on clothes that were washed in a washing machine, rode in a car, ate food from a fridge, warmed up lunch in a microwave, or played a video game, you used an electric motor. Try this science fair project and you'll learn how to...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Leaky Clues to Dam Design: How Reservoir Height Affects Hydroel
It's hard to believe that the same water that you use every day to quench your thirst, cook with, bathe in, swim in, and wash your clothes and dishes, is capable of another trick-it can make electricity. Electricity can be generated...
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Chemistry Science Fair Ideas
A descriptive list of chemistry-oriented ideas that answer such questions as: Have you ever wondered what happens inside of an egg when it is hardboiled? How do products like Bounce act to soften clothes after they are washed and dried?...