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French and Indian War

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine why major tribes were involved in the French and Indian War. They write a short paragraph about the causes and answer an essay question based on text and Internet research, citing sources. They research text...
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A Ticket to Japan

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover similarities and differences in the lifestyles and geography of Utah and Japan. They use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast daily life and geography in Utah with daily life and geography in Japan. They make...
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Classifying Conundrum

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify plant characteristics from different environments and communicate that information in different ways. They use a simple scheme to classify Utah plants and animals and make observations and record them in a...
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Fossil Inferences

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use their knowledge about fossils to arrange fossil pictures in sequence from oldest to youngest. They explain how fossils can be used to make inferences about past life, climate, geology, and environments and discover...
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Erosion: Slip Sliding Away

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the causes of erosion. Through several demonstrations including one using sugar cubes and warm water, they observe the effects of erosion. In groups, 4th graders conduct similar experiments and record their...
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Spanish 1 Chapter 3

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the pronouns ir, estar, ser, tener, querer, poder, and jugar. They do a word scramble using 8 words from chapter, and clues needed to be in the Spanish sentences. Students design concept poster from using 10 vocabulary...
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Invention/Innovation/Creative Thinking/Opportunities/Ideas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, while examining inventions and innovators, identify, differentiate and discuss five Canadian inventors/innovations. After applying creative thinking strategies to a promotional piece, students brainstorm patents.
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Managing Medical Conditions

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate more about a medical condition that is of interest to them and write what they have learned about that condition, using the information as a personal resource or to share with others. They record information they...
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Party Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson about finding information from the grocery store to put into data that can be measured. The data is found in advertisements and food labels. They plan the cost of a party when using the unit cost of various...
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EUREKA!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars gather information and complete a personal medical history form. They use this to aid in future medical experiences that they may have in their field of study. .Students write their medical histories to prepare for...
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Picture This

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students create a descriptive paragraph conveying ideas utilizing a personal photograph as a prompt for their writing. This concept includes the writers emotions, personal issues, education, art and photography. They share insights to...
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Population Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson that is about the concept of measuring the statistical data of a population taken from a census. The data is interpreted and recorded looking for trends in subjects like world economy and job opportunities.
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Regions of the United States

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars present a travelogue, an alternate format to preparing their writing, of a specific U.S. geographic region that includes the aspects of population, climate, landforms, economics, culture, famous people and places and...
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Scientific Method

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students conduct an experiment and complete a chart demonstrating some of the basic properties and components of water via the scientific method. They encompass strategies such as questioning, making predictions, comparing/contrasting...
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Bringing Justice Home ~First Steps toward Community Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore activities that might some day bring "justice for all" to their communities. They assess how justice is a day-to-day, life or death matter that faces their communities. Interviews are conducted to explain how justice is...
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Social Studies: Public Service to a Better Image

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in a program entitled "Strategies for Success," examine ways to change public perception of their school. In this project-based lesson, they explore local social and environmental issues, develop a conflict resolution...
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Its All In The Delivery

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of different words and how they are used in specific texts. They develop scripts based upon readings and then design props and costumes to act out the new text. Students read to one another using the...
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Suffix City

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, learners create new words with the appointed suffixes and filling in the new one with magnetic or written letters.
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Subtract in Vertical Form Practice 3.7

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this subtracting in vertical form worksheet, students complete subtraction facts using pictures, solve differences, and choose the correct multiple choice answer. Students solve ten differences.
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The Magic School Bus Holiday Special

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students learn the importance of recycling as they explore how things can be reused or recycled again and again.
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Archaeology: Digging in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore how an archaeologist works and makes discoveries. In this archaeology lesson, students participate in a simulation in which they excavate broken pottery. Students use measurement, geometry, and observation skills during...
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Merry Christmas!

For Students 3rd - 12th
In this Christmas activity worksheet, students use the 40 clues to identify the words needed to complete the Christmas crossword puzzle.
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Do It Write

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate types of communities. For this communities lesson, students read the book The Country Mouse and City Mouse and identify the characteristics of the city and country. Students participate in a pen-pal program with a...
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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...