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A Healthy Start To Every Day
Pupils discuss the importance of having a healthy breakfast to begin their day. Students develop a cause and effect relationship between breakfast and their overall well being. They work cooperatively to plan balanced breakfast menus.
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Venomous Marine Animals
Students name and describe six venomous marine animals. After participating in an activity, they define new vocabulary words. In groups, they complete worksheets to use while researching a specific venomous animal of their choice. ...
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What Kind Of Mammal Is It?
Students describe the characteristics of a mammal. They also differentiate between a companion and a wild animal. The lesson has an assessment included in it. They have a discussion to tap prior knowledge about what a mammal is.
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Students observe and identify the changes that occur in the life cycle of a butterfly. They view photos of each stage of the life cycle, create an art project of the butterfly cycle, and illustrate a book titled "The Life of a Butterfly."
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Remembering Reptiles
Learners will learn to use outlines as a comprehension strategy. Summarization is the most important comprehension strategy, and should be taught to maturing readers. During this lesson learners use the story of a reptile to practice...
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Brine Shrimp Anatomy
Third graders investigate the anatomy of the brine shrimp. They construct a model of the shrimp to demonstrate the anatomical parts of the shrimp. Students research the different factors that contribute to shrimp survival. Then they...
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Migration Woes
Students are able to describe the reproductive cycle of the gopher frog. They are able to describe the impacts of habitat loss and degradtion on gopher frog populations. Students are explained that many factors limit the survival of...
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The Role of Profits in the Economy
Middle schoolers discuss the role of profits in an economy. As a class, they explain why profits are an incentive and practice calculating profit and loss. They discover what a firm in capitalism must do to earn profits and explain the...
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Population Density In Fish
Students investigate how a population of fish multiplies in an ecosystem and the kinds of things that must be done to maintain a healthy population balance with other organisms that live there. They conduct an experiment to test the...
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Impact of Exotic Species on Lake Ecology
Students examine the effect of foreign species on various habitats. In groups, they identify the population dynamics of the zebra mussel. They calculate averages and graph data from Seneca Lake in New York. They develop hypothesis...
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Butterfly Scavenger Hunt
Learners, after brainstorming and discussing butterflies, answer a variety of key questions involving butterflies by participating in a butterfly scavenger hunt. They assess various butterfly facts, a butterfly's life cycle in detail and...
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Reflective Decoupage
Students decoupage a wooden item with pictures. In this visual arts lesson, students take pictures and use a computer program to print them out. This lesson includes all the steps needed to decoupage.
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The Heart Symbol
Students investigate the symbol of the heart and how it is used to represent the relationship of friendship. They look at samples of the heart set in different contexts in order to compare and contrast them. Students answer some key...
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What Makes A Bird A Bird?
Young scholars identify the characteristics of birds and explain how these characteristics are useful in their survival. They explain how both physical and environmental adaptations help birds survive and reproduce. Students create an...
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Meiosis, Gene Linkage and Maps
Students identify the structures that actually assort independently. They are taught how gene maps are produced. Students compare the processes of mitosis and meiosis. They are shown their (mitosis and meiosis) significane to sexual...
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Holy Moley!
In this chemistry worksheet, students calculate to find the molar mass of water. Then they identify how many moles of hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms they would have in a beaker. Students also write the chemical formula of cholesterol.
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Genetic Technology
In this genetic technology worksheet, students will answer 6 true or false statements and 4 short answer questions based on the mapping and sequencing of the human genome and the applications of the Human Genome Project.
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Speaking and Listening
In this ESL activity, students complete a survey by asking people in their class about what they eat and drink. For example, "Do you like fish?"
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National School Breakfast Week- March 3–7, 2008
For this nutrition worksheet, students complete 2 pages of activities associated with National School Breakfast Week. They complete a word search, participate in a creative writing contest, complete a word scramble, and crossword puzzle.
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Letter E Word Search
In this letter e instructional activity, students will focus on words beginning with the letter sound. Students will complete a word search and locate 8 words going across and down in the puzzle.
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Analogies
In this analogies activity, students complete seven analogies by choosing and writing the best word out of a choice of four to fill in each blank.
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Tales from Hans Anderson Activity Worksheets
In these Tales from Hans Anderson activity worksheets, students complete a series of reading comprehension questions to assess their understanding of the text.
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Past Time: Vocabulary Practice Worksheet 3
In this vocabulary practice worksheet, students choose the best word from 2 possible choices to complete each of 12 sentences. Despite the title, the sentences have little to do with past time.
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Countable and Uncountable Nouns 3
In this ESL countable and uncountable nouns instructional activity, students examine the list of 30 nouns and identify those that are uncountable nouns. Students may also write sentences using each of the words