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Modern Olympic Beginnings Mini-Lesson — PowerPoint Slideshow

Give students a general introduction to the beginnings of the modern Olympic Games with these PowerPoint slides. Visit…

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Social Studies and History

Ancient Greece

Olympic Games

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Characteristics of Mammals Mini-Lesson

Use this slideshow to introduce students to some of the defining characteristics of mammals.

Biological Classification

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Ancient Egypt: The Age of the Pharaohs Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

Introduce the defining characteristics of ancient Egypt, including pharaohs and pyramids, with these PowerPoint…

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Social Studies and History

Ancient History

Ancient Egypt

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Instant Expert: Oceans

Become an instant expert on oceans. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to reinforce key…

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Science

Biology

Fish

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ACTIVITIES

Making Invisible Ink

Teach your pupils about chemical compounds with this printable science activity. Pupils write messages using various…

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Science

Science Projects

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Spelling Using Think, Pair, Share

Present this lesson plan for the Think, Pair, Share strategy to help students practice spelling and writing words with…

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Spelling

Language Arts and Writing

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How to Blow Up a Balloon with a Glass Bottle

Inspire your pupils with this printable science activity about air temperature and the expansion of molecules. Pupils…

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Science Projects

Science

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Appalachian Riddle Song

Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on "The Riddle Song" to show the pentatonic scale and…

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Music

Multicultural Music

Music National Content Standard 1

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Discover a Pond Food Web

Students learn about the diversity of animal life in a pond and the interdependence of pond organisms.

Subjects

Animals (Zoology)

Biology

Science

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

KWL Chart - Sound, Heat, and Light

Introduce your students to a KWL chart that is a graphic organizer for recording what students Know, Want to know, and…

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Science

Physics

Sound (Acoustics)

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BOOK GUIDES

Sign of the Beaver

Sign of the Beaver, written by Elizabeth George, is a timeless story about a boy in eighteenth-century Maine helped to…

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Reading and Literature

Fiction

Native-American History (American Indians)

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Book Report Activities

Assign or suggest creative ways for students to convey their knowledge of a book they read with this resource. Using…

Subjects:

Reading

Language Arts and Writing

Reading and Literature

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Achieving a Goal

Learn how to identify goals, and list steps necessary to achieve them.

Subjects:

Reading Comprehension

Reading

Reading and Literature

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A Good Play Poetry Pack

In this poetry activity, students identify the characters in the poem, the setting, and the main events; and predict…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Reading

Poetry

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ASSESSMENT

Multimedia Rubric

This multimedia rubric will allow you to evaluate students' projects for content clarity and legibility. Use this…

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Visual Arts

Graphic Arts

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WORKSHEETS

Adverbs

Students learn about adverbs through a series of jokes and riddles in this grammar lesson and activity. Included in this…

Subjects:

Language Arts and Writing

Grammar

Parts of Speech

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Inaugural Poetry

Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is…

Subjects

Reading Comprehension

Literature

Poetry

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ACTIVITIES

Flower Pollination

Students discover how flowers get a little help from birds and insects to transfer pollen between them to form seeds and…

Subjects

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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How Can You Make a Cloud?

Use this activity to help your students understand some of the many variables that must be taken into account in a study…

Subjects

Science

Earth Science

Weather

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The Underground Railroad

Students take a "cyber-journey" through the Underground Railroad: the path to freedom for slaves in the 1850s. This is…

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Social Studies and History

African-American History

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Building a Weather Vane

Build a weather vane and show students how to use it to determine wind direction.

Subjects:

Weather

Earth Science

Science

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REFERENCE

Influencing Others in Our World

Students will study the lives of individuals, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, who have positively…

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Social Studies and History

American History/U.S. History

African-American History

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Plants of the Rain Forest

Present this lesson plan to increase students' awareness of some of the important types of plants found in the rain…

Subjects

Science

Habitats and Ecosystems

Rainforests

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MAPS

Chart Columbus's Voyages

Students plot the course of Columbus's various expeditions on a map of the world.

Subjects

Social Studies and History

Map

Australia and New Zealand

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