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Students use the PhET Fractions: Intro simulation to develop fraction sense by exploring proper fractions, improper fractions, mixed numbers, and number lines. Through guided investigation and collaborative activities, students discover relationships among fractions and represent fractions using visual models and number lines.

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Students investigate how substances move into and out of cells using the PhET interactive activity Traffic Control: How Cells Manage Molecular Movement. Through exploration, students learn how cell membranes regulate movement, compare passive and active transport, and explain the roles of diffusion and osmosis in maintaining homeostasis. Students work collaboratively to manipulate the simulation, collect observations, and share findings with classmates.

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In this fun, award-winning activity, students take on the role of "history detectives" to investigate what really happened at the famous 1621 celebration. Along the way, they will read a letter written by an eyewitness to the event, learn about Wampanoag traditions of giving thanks, and visit Pilgrim Mary Allerton’s home.

As you work through this guide, you and your students will use the skills of historians to peel away the layers of myth and misconception surrounding The First Thanksgiving and discover what might really have happened during the fall of 1621. Along the way, you and your students will explore the differences between history and the past, and challenge your own ideas about history. Be prepared; what you discover may surprise you!

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In this activity, students use primary sources to answer the question of whether Pocahontas saved John Smith’s life.

Screenshot of the Reading Like a Historian lesson on Pocahontas

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents modified for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. U.S. History consists of the following Units:

• Unit 1: Introduction
• Unit 2: Colonial
• Unit 3: Revolution and Early America
• Unit 4: Expansion/Slavery
• Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction
• Unit 6: The Gilded Age
• Unit 7: American Imperialism
• Unit 8: Progressivism
• Unit 9: World War I and the 1920s
• Unit 10: New Deal and World War II
• Unit 11: Cold War
• Unit 12: Cold War Culture/Civil Rights
• Unit 13: Late 1900s and Early 2000s