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Political Cartoons and Dr. Seuss

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study political cartoons by Dr. Seuss. They create their own political cartoons on a current event.
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Connecting Ideas Using Coordinating

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students recognize and use coordinating junctions. They also explore subordinating conjunctions.
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Unite These States

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the historical events and people associated with the 13 colonies. The geographic locations of the 13 colonies and ultimately, of all 50 states are investigated.
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How Safe Is Your Backyard?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the safety of soil and water locally and communicate via the Internet with students in different locales sharing information. They research the Internet using its multimedia capabilities and collate the data...
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Fraction Clocks

For Teachers 1st
First graders use a clock to practice telling time and using fractions. They review the different parts of the clock and play a game using time. They help each other with telling time.
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Council Grove: Site of the Hellgate Treaty

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Native Americans and the migration of non native people to Montana. They investigate and interpret maps for information such as location of Indian reservations, transportation routes and important communities.
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The Executive Branch

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the executive branch of the Michigan government through online research and by answering questions. They discover the difference between the legislative and executive branches through class discussion.
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Geography for Life: Using Five Skills

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students use the five skills of geography to reflect on a favorite learning activity. They consider if the activity had all five skills and if it didn't what could have been done to include those that weren't in it. The five skills are...
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Homer's Odyssey:The Original Incredible Journey

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study Greek culture, particularly as it relates to Homer's Odyssey. They examine how human activities shape the earth's surface and identify forces that influence a culture's beliefs and traditions. They determine that...
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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify and analyze map symbols and map grids by completing various worksheets and creating their own map using these skills. Students identify and analyze what latitude and longitude are on a map to play a game of...
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Sequencing Activities In A Procedure

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the importance of following instructions without procrastination. They explore careers where following instructions can make a difference between life and death. Students identify important details in written...
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Planets in Our Solar System

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the various planets, stars and moons in our solar system. Using photographs, they place the planets into the correct order from the sun. In groups, they research one planet, create a fact sheet and make...
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Letter Writing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write to themselves or to known audiences, share news, explore new ideas, and record notes. They identify that holidays are days that people set aside to recognize a person or event that has made a great impression....
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The Desert Biome

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a visual presentation of the characteristics of a biome. Working in small groups, students use traditional and online resources to gather data concerning biomes. Students use their information to create a bulletin board...
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Learning Your Chosen Mode Of Transportation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson plan that is intended for them to practice riding the bus. They are guided through each step in the classroom and some may need to be taken on a field trip to practice riding the bus one time. Students...
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Energy in Living Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are asked: Is our life's purpose over when it's over? What happens to our bodies? They analyze the flow of energy through living systems. Students compare the metabolism of autotrophs with that of heterotrophs. They...
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Safety in the Biology laboratory

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review safety in the biology laboratory. They summarize the rules and safety procedures by completing several activities such as practice questions, taking notes andbecoming familiar with the location of safety equipment.
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History of Theory of Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students infer evolutionary relationships by comparing the physiological data or description. They write what they think would happen if a brown bear in the woods had an offspring that was white. Would this help the baby bear in its...
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Scientific Method

For Students 6th - 7th
In this Scientific Method worksheet, students identify controls and variables given hypothetical situations taking place in Bikini Bottom. Students draw conclusions form the information they gathered in the experiments.
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Expressions and Operations

For Students 9th
In this expressions and operations worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 10 different multiple choice problems that include various types of expressions. First, they determine the complete factorization of a given trinomial. Then,...
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Relations and Functions

For Students 8th - 10th
In this relations and functions worksheet, students answer 5 multiple choice questions that involve finding domain and range and function notation.
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Analysis of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine primary resources to analyze pictures and documents related to the Pontysyllte Aqueduct (built by Thomas Telford) in Britain. In this critical-thinking activity, students answer questions based on primary source...
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Number and Operations- Using Gift Certificates

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students apply number and operation skills to learn how to spend a gift certificate. For this mathematical reasoning lesson, students use base 10 blocks as money and calculate how much money they have.
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Classifying Animals - Farm and Pets

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore the concept of classification. In this classification lesson plan, students collaborate in order to classify animals as pets or farm animals.