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How Deep Do They Dive
Students calculate and graph the diving depths of various types of whales. They cut out and glue whale pictures on a worksheet to represent the diving depths for five whales, and discuss how people use graphs to communicate.
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Sound Waves
Using a karaoke machine, a guitar, and other devices, learners explore the way sound waves travel. Using this hands on approach, learners can get a better understanding of wavelength, frequency, and more.
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Toilet Paper
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a 4-paragraph article titled "Toilet Paper" and respond to 8 multiple choice questions and 7 short answer questions.
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Adaptation Worksheet
Adaptation or acclimation? Young ecologists determine which is being exemplified in twenty questions. When teaching about adaptations, make sure to talk about acclimation, a short-term learned response to a change in the surroundings....
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Exercise 2
Getting tired of seeing dangling or misplaced modifiers in your students' writing? Use this grammar activity to reinforce the importance of careful reading and editing. Young writers find the sentence that has no misplaced or dangling...
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Parentheses and Brackets
Practice using parentheses and brackets with your class using this handout and short exercise. This could also be used as a reference sheet, since it lists several different proper ways to use parentheses and brackets, with examples of...
Jefferson Township Schools
Major Gods: Names, Roles, & Symbols
From Aphrodite to Zeus, here you'll find a PowerPoint presentation identifying basic information about 15 Greek gods and goddesses.
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Fearsome Creatures 1
In this wild animals worksheet, students fill in the blanks or choose the correct words to sentences about wild animals. Students complete 47 blanks.
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Letter Pronunciation- "ph" Sound
In this "ph" words worksheet, students analyze 4 words in a group that contain the letters "ph". Students circle the word that best describes the picture and then use that word in a sentence.
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Species Charades
Students identify endangered species. For this endangered species lesson, the teacher leads a discussion about endangered species, then the class plays a game of charades to pantomime animal behavior.
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Internet Field Trip: Simple Machines
Learners research simple machines. In this physics lesson, students participate in a WebQuest to gain knowledge about simple machines. WebQuest activities and worksheets are included in this lesson.
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Evolution Crossword
In this evolution crossword worksheet, 7th graders complete a crossword puzzle about evolution. Students read the definitions to fill in the puzzle with evolution terms.
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What's In The Bottom of the Ocean?
Second graders explore the ocean. In this science activity, 2nd graders define vocabulary and color pictures of animals that live in the ocean. Students complete a word search about ocean life.
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Who Lives in the Sea? A class book (Elementary, Science)
Young scholars, assigned an alphabet letter, do research on a sea animal whose name begins with that assigned alphabet. All of the assignments then be turned into a class book.
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Ocean Market
Students identify some consumer goods that come from the ocean.
They classify these items into groups, identify their source, and calculate the cost of buying such goods.
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Letter from San Diego - Proofreading for Missing Commas and Capital Letters
In this language arts activity, 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 illustrate...
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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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Ever and Never Exercise
In this grammar skills worksheet, students respond to 21 fill in the blank and short answer questions regarding the use of the words "ever" and "never".
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Mammals - Habitat/diversity Learning Cycle Lesson Plan
Ninth graders explore the characteristics and diversity of mammals, including key adaptations.
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Is That a Whale?
Pupils research the characteristics and examples of the two main types of whales. They work in groups to study the habitats of each type of whale before developing a slideshow presentation of the information.
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Species Charades
Students are introduced to a unit on endangered species. They study the diversity of endangered animals through a game of charades. After the game, students will discuss the animals that were acted out and why some of them are endangered.
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Adverbs
Third graders identify the function of adverbs and use them in sentences. They discuss how adverbs answer when, how, how often, and where, and identify the nouns, articles, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs in sentences. Students then act...
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Do/Does Review
In this grammar review, students fill in the blanks in the sentences with either the word "do" or the word "does". There are 10 questions to complete on this worksheet.
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Alphabetization
This worksheet explains to ELL learners how to alphabetize in the English language and then gives learners an opportunity to practice this skill by putting 5 different lists in alphabetical order. This could be used as a practice...