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America Attacked: 9/11
For this America Attacked: 9/11 worksheet, high schoolers read the book America Attacked: 9/11 and complete fact and opinion, character detail, and short answer question activities. Students complete 26 questions.
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Secret 'Lives'
Students read an online article in preparation for researching a period in history and interviewing someone who lived during that time. They investigate how they have participated in history.
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In The Quest For Sustainable Stuff
In this environment worksheet, students read nine pages about recycling and focus upon how products can be produced to help save the environment.
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Adjective Clauses Quiz: Who, Whom or Which
In this adjective clauses learning exercise, students complete a 20 question quiz. Students fill in the blanks in sentences with "who" or "whom" or "which".
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Tattoos
Students study the law surrounding tattoos. They look at the advantages and disadvantages of permanent tattoos and temporary tattoos. Finally, students invent the perfect tattoo for anyone who is under 18. They create a poster or...
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High School Drawing and Painting
High schoolers combine multiple unrelated images into single composition with subtle message or theme They become familiar with pen and ink techniques inspired by illustrator, Edward Gorey. They create a visual language for texture and...
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Self-Esteem/Class Pride
Students examine and reflect on their own unique talents. They discuss their talents and what they do well, write each talent on five strips of paper, and create a class paper chain of talents.
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Composting
Young scholars discover the concept of decomposition. They examine how it makes the soil more fertile and how it helps plants. They put a compost bin in their backyard and record their observations.
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Creating a Reading Community in Your Classroom
Students evaluate and reflect upon the books that they are reading, and recommend favorite books to other readers in the class. They also write book reviews to reflect their attitudes about the books they read, and nominate books they...
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TRANSPORTATION- A view into the future
Students research various modes of transportation in order to comprehend the current trends and challenges that face the Colorado area. They take the information and convert it into a presentation.
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Economy's Stuck, but Business is Booming at Therapists' Offices
High schoolers explore the concept of the economy and mental health. In this economy and mental health lesson, students read an article about how the mental health community is booming due to the poor economy. High schoolers discuss ways...
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Victorian Celebrations
Fifth graders investigate the Victorian era by participating in Victorian style activities. In this World History lesson, 5th graders read about the traditions and customs of men and woman from the Victorian era and how the...
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Activity #7 Recycling of Newsprint
Students illustrate the paper recycling process. They collect and weigh all the newspapers that come to their house in a week's time. Pupils multiply this number by all the weeks in a yeat and again by an estimate of the number of...
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Compound Nouns
In these compound nouns worksheets, students read the sentences and then circle the compound noun within each sentence. Students complete 30 sentences.
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Passive in Context
In this tense worksheet, students read the sentences or phrases and choose which tense they are written in. Students complete 10 problems total.
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Bacteria
Students study food borne illnesses and what foods are more likely to carry them. In this investigative lesson students examine harmful bacteria.
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Enrichment Project
Students create enrichment activities for Geoboards, Napier Rods, and Bean Sticks. This includes annotated links to problem solving Internet Sites.
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The Crusty Fossils
Students identify some of the different species of crabs and tell how they adapt themselves to their environment. They discuss the evolution and stages of development of the crabs. They identify the Phylum Arthropoda and the Class...
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People Bingo
Students get to know one another by asking questions. When they find someone who can do it, they write their name on the card. Then play Bingo.
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Track the Meteor Storm Online!: Leonid Meteor Showers, Astronomy
Students are guided through an online series of readings and questions to explore the Leonid Meteor Showers and related topics. Modifications are provided for teaching this lesson to k-4, 5-8, and 9-12 students.
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Endangered Species
Fourth graders investigate endangered species to discover reasons for the extinction. Resources are examined to determine preventive measures for the endangerment. The unit contains four lessons.
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Hand-scapes
Students draw hands from life. They combine realistic hand drawing in fantasy "scape". They utilize elements of design demonstrating composition and value shading.
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Brush Lake State Park Indian Education For All Lesson Plan
Students, after exploring several secondary historical sources, compare/contrast their local history of the Brush Lake area, by viewing their own individual local histories. They assess contemporary cultures of the white homesteaders and...
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The Old North Trail
Students engage in a lesson to find information about the old trails of North America that were used by Native Americans. Specifically, they conduct research to find the history of The Old North Trail. The teacher shares several theories...