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Common Commas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write a sentence using three objects that they have in front of them. They identify where to place commas in their word series sentence, and read them outloud to the class.
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Harriet Tubman: Recognizing the Human Agency

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the contributions of Harriet Tubman to the history of Canada. They read a handout, complete a handout in small groups, and write a speech evaluating how Harriet Tubman changed history.
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Portable Sundial

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners work together to identify the accuracy of sundials. They track the position of the sun and create a shadow plot. They discover the difference between real time and clock time.
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Solving Using the Quadratic Formula Worksheet

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Algebra worksheet, students solve 20 equations using the quadratic formula. They can self correct their work by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
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Play or Film Review

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students review the elements for a successful play review. For this play review lesson, students work in groups to complete peer responses, a consensus activity, and tally activity. Students write a play review. A Peer Review Sheet is...
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The Politics of Gender in The House on Mango Street

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read and discuss the book, The House On Mango Street. They debate the concept of marriage, discuss the characters, and analyze key concepts of the book.
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The Nervous System

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders perform a variety of activities to explore the human nervous system--making posters, charts, presentations, etc. All activities are extremely well designed and planned for clear assessment.
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Fitness Four Square

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play the common game of Four Square while incorporating fitness into the activity. They participate a variety of exercises that work on strength and flexibility.
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Telephone Skills: Role Plays

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students engage in a meaningful role play. ESL students develop their telephone skills by participating in a variety of role play scenarios which are imbedded in this plan.
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Language Arts: Novel Guides

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss the Revolution and consider the causes of the war, the attitudes of the colonists, and the position of the British. Then students explore American involvement in wars since the country's inception.
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Designing Future Houses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss houses of the future and imagine future house designs. They create a floor plan, architectural drawing, and write a short description about their future house.
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Extreme Acceleration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the concept of acceleration. They determine the acceleration rate of a roller-blader and graph the results.
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Jazz-Age Intrigue

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read The Great Gatsby and explain the jazz age. They use jazz age terms to create their own short story, scene, or letter.
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Get the Picture?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students show reflection, translation and rotation of a simple coordinate graph picture which they have created.
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Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify word parts, such as prefixes, suffixes, and root words by cutting and pasting. After a lecture/demo, 6th graders utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan to gain practice working with these parts of speech.
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A Fun Way to Learn Math History!

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders, in groups, search for and locate resources on a chosen famous mathematician. Enough information needs to be gathered to examine the mathematician's life and his/her contributions to the field of mathematics.
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Ribbit-Ouch!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the anatomy of a frog using a virtual dissection tool in order to study the structures and organ as they relate to other animals.
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Earthball Throw

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice and assess the overhand throw of students. They overhand throw balls at the earthball and make it roll across another side of the square, all while keeping the ball from rolling across their own line.
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How to Buy a Computer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the purchase of a specific computer hardware with specific components without going over a budget. The use of computer catalogues, tables, and spreadsheets support the search.
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Superheroes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in groups, brainstorm what they know about superheroes. They examine their powers and how they became a superhero. They read handouts and answer questions to test for comprehension.
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Edible Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students determine what part of a plant they are eating when they eat different fruits and vegetables, and make collages of fruit and vegetable pictures that are flowers, fruits, leaves, roots, seeds, seed pods, stems and tubers.
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Fair Trade

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the story of Philip Knight and Nike as they examine the issue of free trade. They role play characters from Thailand as they examine workers issues.
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U2

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the cover of a compact disc from U2 and describe what they see. They match words in English with other languages. They discover the meanings of words they do not know from the songs.
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No Sleep

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students explore vocabulary connected to sleep. They participate in a sleep questionnaire, ask and answer questions for the questionnaire, read an article, answer discussion questions, and identify sleep vocabulary from the article.