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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

Exit tickets are a form of assessment that are often used informally to assess how well students grasped a lesson, what ...

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Geography Activities for Middle School

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Geography Activities for Middle School

Help students explore the world and develop their geography knowledge with this packet of geography activities for middl...

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Test Prep Strategies and Practice for Students

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Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

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Animal Communication

Most animals (including people) use “body language” as well as sound and smell in order to communicate with one anot...

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Animal Vocabulary

Although these words sound scientific, they are commonly used to describe animal families or behavior.

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President Classification of Animals

The inventor of modern scientific classification was Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) a Swedish botanist who classified and ...

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Animal Fathers

Most animals never even see their parents! Many never meet their fathers and some never meet their mothers, either.

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Disease-Carrying Animals

Animals can carry diseases that are harmful to people. Here is a list of animals and the diseases they may carry.

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Speed of Animals

Most of the following measurements are for maximum speeds over approximate quarter-mile distances.

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