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Pilgrims and Puritans

For Teachers 11th - 12th
With graphic organizers galore, learners will follow the changes of church and state in early colonial America. They look at the differences between the pilgrims and the puritans in terms of beliefs and life ways. Myths and...
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Owl Collage

For Teachers K - 2nd
What fun! Use a simple owl template to create a fun art project with youngsters. Find feather outlines and a finished example in the materials section, and let kids get creative as they decorate their own owls. 
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Cooking Up Chicken

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Although designed for career education classes by the Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan, the information contained in this 46-page booklet is appropriate for cooking classes and individual chicken consumers. Everything you wanted to...
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British Council

The Christmas Truce

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Imagine calling a truce in the middle of a war, singing Christmas carols with the enemy, exchanging gifts, and playing a game of football. Such a thing actually happened. Class members listen the stories of soldiers who experienced...
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Making Serial Dilutions

For Students 9th - 12th
There's no need to water down the resource. A tutorial takes learners through the process of creating dilutions for any solution. Specifically, it focuses on serial dilutions with successive factors of 10.
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Slash Trash! Reducing, Reusing and Recycling Our Way to Zero Waste

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
The other "Three Rs" are covered in this lesson: reduce, reuse, and recycle. Over four weeks, conservationists collect data about waste in their own homes. They combine their findings with those of other young scholars in order to...
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Divide Money

For Students 4th - 5th
In this dividing money instructional activity, students solve 5 word problems in which sums of money are divided by single divisors. Students answer in dollars and cents.
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Causes and Effects

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate one family's volunteer tourism experience and the international volunteer organizations to create a community guide to helping those in need around the world.
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Ellis Island Tapestry

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars participate in a simulation activity. They explore Ellis Island and experiences that immigrants in the late 1800's had on their way to the United States. The role play includes questioning by inspectors, a manifest list,...
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How Do You Measure Up

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of heart rate and how it is effected by environmental stresses like exercise. They conduct research readings and evaluate the data to form a hypothesis to initiate class discussion about the information.
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Place Value

For Students 7th - 8th
In this place value worksheet, students solve and complete 25 various types of problems. First, they use the concept of rounding to answer the questions described. Then, students use each number once to find the largest and smallest...
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Presenting the Geologic Timescale

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students model the geologic timescale using distance as a metaphor for time. They write a summary of a major event or fossil organism. and station themselves and their summaries along a path within a gymnasium, and present their...
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Pound A Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in various poem-related lessons to learn how they can make a difference in the lives of people they don't know. In this poetry lesson, students discover that this pound a poem competition is about raising money for...
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Verbs Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this action verbs worksheet, students underline the action verbs in the sentences given. Students complete 15 problems total on this worksheet.
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Lines and Angles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore Geometry with Twizzlers Candy, pipe cleaners, paper, pencils, and protractors. They manipulate these items to create different angles introduced by the teacher.
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Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students demonstrate their understanding of the traditions surrounding Rosh Hashanah (food, shofar, "casting off").
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Using Visual Art to Create Scenes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review scene structure and the elements beginning, middle and end. They view a piece of art to stimulate an idea for a improvised scene. Students work in small groups, create and then perform their scenes for the rest of the...
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Forced Marriages VS. Arranged Marriages

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners create a role play about forced marriages versus arranged marriages. They record or script their role play and decide on the most important line they said in the role play.
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Press Release

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write and publish a press release. In this news writing lesson, 7th graders analyze press releases from various online sources. Students write a press release about a major event in their school.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

For Students 10th - 11th
In this C.S. Lewis worksheet, learners define six vocabulary words from /. Students can define eighteen extra credit vocabulary words. Learners answer five comprehension questions.
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Problem-Solving Decision: Explain Your Answer - Reteach

For Students 3rd
In this problem solving instructional activity, 3rd graders solve 3 word problems in which they add or subtract with three digit numbers. They write an explanation of how they solved the problem.
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Cindy and Linda Selling Lemonade

For Students 4th - 5th
In this graphing worksheet, students read a graph, complete a chart about the information, and answer questions. There are fifteen questions in all.
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Spend, Save, Invest or Donate

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. In this personal finance lesson, students consider economic choices and why people donate to causes. Learners investigate the processes of borrowing money and investing money in the lesson as...
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Google Foundation May Invest in For-Profit Firms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. In this philanthropy activity, students read an article about Google and its philanthropic endeavors. Learners discuss companies that they believe would benefit from a charitable investment...