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ESOL Personal Information
Students observe examples of personal information and the reading and answering of related questions. They practice listening to personal questions and giving the appropriate response.
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ESOL School Map Identification
Students review a school map and identify areas along with vocabulary words. They label a map as a class then create corresponding flash cards and practice new vocabulary flash cards in pairs.
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Music And The Related Arts / Fiesta
Second graders investigate the concept of a celebration through the experience of music and culturally relevant conversation. They have a class discussion about thankfulness and tie it the tradition of celebration. Then students listen...
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Understanding the Effects of Salt on Ice
Students explore the concept of freezing point in an experiment that shows why salt is effective at clearing ice from roadways in the winter. In small groups, they compare the process of making homemade ice cream in plastic bags with and...
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Plate Tectonics And Convection Currents
Students observe the currents that occur through convection in water and relate them to the currents in molten rock in the Earth's mantle. They set up a convection current in a cake pan of water using a bag of ice on one end and an...
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Can You Find It?
Fourth graders discover how to do an Internet search. They reviewi traditional rescources used to find answers in the classroom and are introduced to electronic sources. They discuss terminology for navigating the Internet using the...
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Create a Weather Newscast
Fourth graders explore, research and study how to make and give a weather newscast. They assess a variety of weather terms, research skills on the Web and develop an oral presentation on a weather newscast to present to their classmates.
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Chip Challenge School Registration Form
In this registration worksheet, information is collected on the school and classes participating in the Chip Challenge. Teachers are provided with Chip Pal responsibilities.
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A Foreign Change
In this Language Arts worksheet, students write a response about living in a foreign country. Students answer three questions in their writing.
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Slimy cells
Students study the parts of a cell. In this chemistry lesson students complete an activity in which they make as much slime as they want.
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Protein Factory
Students examine protein synthesis and how DNA is transcribed. In this investigative lesson students play a role in the messenger RNA when it creates nucleotides.
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Idioms Beginning with Z
In this idiom worksheet, students answer 3 multiple choice questions about idioms beginning with z. Students may click on an "answer" button for immediate feedback. Worksheet is labeled as an ESL activity, but is not exclusive.
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Short Vowel "I"
For this short vowels worksheet, students identify the picture in each example and bracket the short 'i' sound for the 5 examples.
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Force and Motion
In this force and motion worksheet, students read six paragraphs with numbered sentences about force and the laws of motion and answer one question.
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Count the Differences
Young scholars determine the degree of polynomials. In this determining the degree of polynomials lesson, students find the difference between consecutive y-values. Young scholars find the degree of a linear, quadratic, and...
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Making Fudge: Measuring Weight
Fourth graders measure the ingredients for a fudge recipe. In this measurement lesson, 4th graders practice measuring out the ingredients for a recipe to make fudge. Later, students get to enjoy the fudge they made.
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Rainbow in a Baggie
Students create rainbows in a bag. In this art activity, students create rainbows using cornstarch, water, sugar and food coloring.
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How's the Weather?
Young scholars explore earth science by researching the Internet. In this weather pattern lesson, students utilize the website weather.com to analyze the weather in different geographic locations. Young scholars view charts and graphs...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Building a Zip Line
For this interactive, students plan, create, and test a zip line that will transport a hard-boiled egg without breaking it. They will make improvements on their design based on data about its performance. A motion sensor is required in...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Zip Line
Your job is to design and build a ping-pong carrier and send it down a zip line in 4 seconds or less. Are you up to the task?
Other
Usps: Zip Code Lookup
This search provided by the United States Postal Service will help you determine what zip code is associated with what city and vice versa.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Zip Line (Pdf) [Pdf]
Hands-on challenge to design and build a ping-pong ball carrier that can go from the top of a zip line string to the bottom in four seconds or less. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, test, and redesign...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Tech Savvy Tips and Tricks: Working With Zip Files
Learn how zip files work for storage and transmission of files.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Nancy Poydar: Zip Zip Homework
A video of the book "Zip Zip Homework", written by Nancy Poydar. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.