All Teenagers articles – Page 52
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A Field Trip to Examine an Ecosystem
This lesson plan focuses on a class project to examine a local ecosystem e.g. a park. It includes detailed teacher’s notes, an observation grid for students to complete when in the park and a useful language sheet to help them write a report based on their findings.
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Physics vocabulary
Show how to calculate the forces on an object on an inclined plane while demonstrating how physics terms such as ’magnetism’ and ’inertia’ are used in everyday language. A reference sheet provides a useful list of units of measurement and illustrates key physics machines and equations. Worksheet exercises test students’ ...
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ArticleBiology: An introduction
A short history of biology tracks the study of life through the ages, showing our fascination with the living world around us, from the ancient Egyptians to Charles Darwin’s theories and the study of DNA. The second reading text is a letter from a professor of biology, spelling out the ...
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Environment vocabulary
Students learn the vocabulary they need to discuss the effects of human activity on the world around us. A reference sheet illustrates terms such as ’endangered’, ’pollution’ and ’recycle’, while worksheet activities help students use the new vocabulary like native speakers. Among the exercises, students compare noun, adjective and verb ...
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Chemistry vocabulary
Students learn the vocabulary they need to discuss chemistry in English, including terms such as ‘atomic mass’, ‘isotope’, and ‘valency’, as well as the English names of more than 50 common elements, ions and compounds. The comprehensive reference sheet also illustrates the states of matter, including the verbs to describe ...
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Biology vocabulary
A comprehensive reference sheet illustrates key vocabulary for biological processes, cell and plant structure, and basic animal anatomy.
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World Trivia Quiz
How much do your students know about the modern and ancient world? Find out with this true/false quiz.
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The Romans
What did the ancient Romans eat? What games did Roman children play? How many people could attend chariot race? In this lesson plan, students learn about this ancient civilization and strengthen their vocabulary with words such as aqueduct, lavish and enable.
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Mysteries of lost worlds
In this group activity, students discuss the mysterious monuments of lost civilizations and speculate how and why they were built.
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Mayans and Incas
In this lesson plan, students work in pairs to read about two ancient civilizations and identify differences between the two.
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Christopher Columbus
In this lesson plan, a fun multiple-choice quiz tests students’ knowledge of Christopher Columbus. An information-gap reading activity gets them to check their answers to the quiz. Students then read an article on Columbus and correct the factual mistakes. A vocabulary activity asks students to focus on words such as ...
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Blackbeard the pirate
In this lesson plan, students read about Blackbeard and then ask a partner questions about him.
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Comparisons: Geography
Keith Kelly looks at examples of the language of comparison from the area of geography, covering grammatical patterns and structures, useful verbal phrases and specific prefixes.
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Reading: Bar codes
A worksheet by Katherine Stannett with reading and vocabulary activities on the topic of bar codes and how they work.
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The Terror of Blue John Gap: Part 2
Part 2 of this horror story continues with Hardcastle deciding to explore the caves at Blue John Gap. In this lesson, the students will: remember and retell the first part of the story; listen to the second part of the story and predict what might happen next; listen in detail ...
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ArticleFuture in the past: was going to
A matching activity for small groups that practises the use of was going to.
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The Secret Garden: Chapter 8
The audio and activities for the eighth chapter of this pre-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. Because she was busy working in the garden with Dickon, Mary arrived late to visit Colin …
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Caught in the act
In this lesson plan, students learn different vocabulary for sporting activities and revise the past continuous.
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The history of football hooliganism
A lesson plan about the long history of football hooliganism. Students can read about some of that history in this article on violent fans of the most popular game in the world.