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Christmas Present Simple Present Continuous Mimes

For Students 7th - 11th
For this performing acts worksheet, students, working with a partner, choose one of twenty-eight actions to mime for their partner and see if they can say the sentence of what their partner is doing.
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A Is For America

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students listen to the story A Is For America and make predictions before reading and recall details after reading. In this America lesson, students listen to this story and learn important facts about America.
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Geological Pyrotechnics

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will be amazed at the wonders of volcanoes and learn about their characteristics as they build these models.
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Independence Day Alphabetizing Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Independence Day worksheet, students alphabetize 7 terms pertaining to the Fourth of July. Some begin with the same letter; all are multiple words. Example: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party.
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Oxidation and Combustion: Chemical Reactions in Fire

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners study oxidation and define vocabulary pertinent to it.  In this oxidation instructional activity students make predictions and create experiments
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George Washington Lives! On the Internet! - Thematic Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study all about George Washington: Farmer, Soldier, and First President of the United States of America on the internet.
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Designing a Robot and Microsoft PowerPoints

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discover the uses and main characteristics of robots then design a robot that performs a task that people do not want to do. Colored drawings of their robot are created including labels of the parts and explanations of...
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Adverbs of Frequency Xmas Traditions

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar learning exercise, students, working as a team, fill in twenty-two blanks with missing adverbs to make each phrase or sentence grammatically correct.
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Modifying Adjective and Adverbs Exercise

For Students 6th - 7th
In this modifiers worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 24 sentences by choosing the correct adjective or adverb modifier: far, just about, nearly, or slightly.
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The Role of Fire in Healthy Prairie, Brush and Forest Lands

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast wildfires and prescribed fires. For this earth science lesson, students conduct a series of experiment to explore fire characteristics. They describe favorable conditions to start a...
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Forensic Detectives: Chemistry at Work

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the different careers associated with chemistry and see how it is used everyday.  In this forensic lesson students research a chemistry related career and write a presentation to give to the class.
Organizer
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Public Goods and Common Resources

For Students 9th - 12th
In this economics worksheet, learners respond to 3 short answer questions and complete a graphic organizer about public goods and common resources.
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Careers in Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a video about careers in chemistry. In this Chemistry lesson plan, students will research chemistry careers and chose one to do further research on.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission: Fireworks Information Center

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find an infographic showing firworks injuries, data about injuries by types of fireworks, age, and gender of user. Safety tips about using fireworks give good, common sense recommendations aobut the use of fireworks.
Article
PBS

Pbs Nova: Pyrotechnically Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet chemistry professor Dr. John Conkling in this interview from the NOVA Web site and learn why fireworks are his passion.
Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 1 6 14: Happy 2014!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article presents multiple video clips of some of the most spectacular fireworks displays celebrating the New Year from around the world.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Nova: Kaboom! Pyrotechnics: It's Elemental

For Students 9th - 10th
Describe The Periodic Table of Elements, identify the elements that make a firework work and examine the contribution of each element to the total fireworks effect.
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CNN

Cnn: No Fireworks, No Flames

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN coorespondent Morris Burrett critiques the debate outcome between Clinton and Bush and also analyzes comments from both candidates.