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How to Create a Virtual Field Trip for Students

By Karen Hamilton Silvestri

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Creating a virtual field trip for your students is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom. The virtual field trip takes students on an Internet search of various sites that pertain to the subject you are teaching. The virtual ... more »

How to Excite and Motivate Kids to Learn New Vocabulary

By FredMarmorstein

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Memorizing a list of words is about as exciting as watching the creation of applesauce. The ability to excite and motivate children about vocabulary often exceeds the human limitations of parents and teachers. If only Hannah Montana could sing ... more »

How to Get a Girlfriend in 8th Grade

By eHow Education Editor

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Middle school relationships may not last a long time, but they can still be an exciting and fun learning experience that you'll remember for a lifetime. If you're in eighth grade and looking for a girlfriend, there are some key things to keep in ... more »

How to Get Children to Help with Household Chores

By Shenison

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Teaching kids to help out around the house is an important step to teaching them responsibility. Not only will you be getting some help with the household chores but your child will get a feeling of accomplishment and belonging... more »

How to improve memory

By knarf

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Why would I want to improve my memory? Better grades, save time by avoiding double trips to pickup forgotten items, and even make more money at work by not forgetting tasks and to-dos... more »

How to improve your memory

By knarf

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Why would I want to improve my memory? Better grades, save time by avoiding double trips to pickup forgotten items, and even make more money at work by not forgetting tasks and to-dos... more »

How to Keep Your Child Interested in Math

By favefive

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Not every child is a math lover. Oftentimes we hear them grumbling over their math work, some of them even proclaiming it is the bane of their existence! Yet, math is something they need to learn and pass in school if they want to graduate. Here ... more »

How to Make Handmade Vocabulary Flash Cards

By eHow Education Editor

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Memorization is an important part of learning new vocabulary words. By making your own vocabulary flash cards you increase your level of interactivity with new words which helps make the memorization process easier. Also, if you choose to color ... more »

How to prepare for cheerleading or dance team tryouts

By NewOrleansGirl

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What should you do to get in shape? What will the judges look for? Do you have what it takes to make it through tryouts? Calm down!!!! Take a deep breath, now read on. Tryouts aren't meant to make your life miserable! Tryouts serve many ... more »

How to Prepare for Public Speaking

By Cougar1002

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I have seen multiple surveys that rank the fear of public speaking higher than the fear of death. I used to be a very shy person and was petrified of speaking in public. As I got older, I had to do it however in college and later my career. In ... more »

How to remember the differences between latitude and longitude.

By mentor68

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Latitude and longitude each start with the same letters, but go different directions. Remembering a few things will help keep them strait... more »

How to Steal From a Middle School

By jesusinfrance

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this is how to steal stuff from Middle Schools (im not sure about elementary or High School) like Pencils, Staplers, Tape, and anything else. and it can be easy sometimes, and very hard sometimes, depending on how many people are in the room... more »

How to Teach Children Humane Education

By Melissa Maroff

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Animals share our world—and the best time to learn to treat animals kindly and coexist with them—is when you’re young. Here are some important things for both parents and teachers to include in humane education... more »

How to Teach Middle School Students

By eHow Education Editor

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Middle school students are an interesting breed. Not yet grown up enough to make all their own decisions, but not young enough to depend entirely on parents and teachers, middle schoolers present an interesting challenge. Educators that can find ... more »

How to Teach Sentence Variety

By Brian Thompson

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Your students have written essays, but their sentence structure could use some more variety. This activity will help them realize the same thing... more »

How to Teach Teenagers Film Making

By Kurt Schwengel

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I have been teaching film making to teens and tweens for several years, and now I would like to share some tips with you. Kids love making movies, but they need direction--they will make the same mistakes over and over without proper instruction... more »

How to Teach the Present Continuous Tense

By acohen843

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This article explains how to teach the present continuous tense (also called the present progressive tense). It also explains the difference between that tense and the simple present tense... more »

How to Understand The Stock Market Crash of 1929

By martygit

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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was the most disastrous single economic event in American history. It didn't cause The Great Depression, but it played a role in its development. Several factors contributed to the crash... more »

How to Use a Thesaurus

By eHow Education Editor

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A thesaurus helps you avoid repetition in your writing and helps you find a word for an idea you have in mind. You can use it to increase your vocabulary as the typical thesaurus has synonyms for more than 100,000 words... more »

How to Volunteer in a Grade School Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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Over my ten-year teaching career I have become very dependent on my classroom volunteers. Volunteering in your elementary schooler’s classroom can be a good way to be a part of his or her learning process. All you need is some preparation, spare ... more »

How to Work a Combination Lock

By bradjoe96

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For children just leaving elementary school, they should know how to use a combination lock. I remember I had quite a lot of trouble with my lock. Hopefully, this will help her/him... more »

How to Write a Persuasive Essay Outline

By JPaint25

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It can be difficult to write a persuasive essay without a good outline. The outline helps you organize your argument and identify the opposing argument. Follow these tips to write a persuasive essay outline successfully... more »

How to Write Complex Sentences

By Karen Hamilton Silvestri

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A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause cannot stand alone. We form a complex sentence when we connect an independent clause to a dependent clause to make one complete sentence. Read ... more »

How to Write Poetry in the Diamonte Style

By NicoleAZ

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Here is a simple formula for writing poetry in the diamonte style... more »

How to Become a Secondary School Teacher

By eHow Careers & Work Editor

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High school and junior high school teachers give stability, discipline, direction and knowledge to adolescents from a variety of backgrounds. A real passion for your area of expertise is essential if you want to help shape young lives and ... more »

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