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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: The Riddle Quest Print Out Activity: Who's Hat

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this activity, students match types of hats to the people who would wear them.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: The Mammal Marathon Print Out Activity: License Plates Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 4th
This activity asks students to read, decipher, and write the meaning of vanity license plates.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Stand Up Crocodile

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This activity offers a template and directions for students to make a stand-up crocodile.
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Other

Imagin on Fun and Games: Create a Crane [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow these simple directions for making a three-dimensional crane out of paper.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Five Hungry Crocodiles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this interactive story readers help feed five hungry crocodiles by selecting the stated color fish.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Paper Bag Monkey Puppet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students can use this template to make a paper bag monkey puppet.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: El Nino Pudding!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resource provides a fun project on El Nino. "You have probably heard people blame "El Nino" for everything from bad weather to lost homework. Now we are going to "blame El Nino" for inspiring a delicious and colorful dessert."
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: Make Star Cookies

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on stars and cookies. "Make these yummy star cookies with genuine star-colored centers you can see through." Plus, learn interesting facts about...
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NASA

Nasa: Testing a New Spacecraft Material

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is a site from NASA that provides an activity where "You have invented a new material to use for the fuel tanks on the spacecraft. But before you send your new material into the harsh environment of space, you must test it on Earth...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Measurement Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart begins focusing on measurement and continues on to following directions, rhyming, alphabet cheer and Big Books.
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Activity
Can Teach

Can Teach Student Activity: A Variety of Bug Catchers

For Students 3rd - 6th
This web site presents four different sets of directions for how to make bug catchers. Teachers could use these to direct students, or students can follow the directions on their own.
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Activity
Can Teach

Can Teach Lesson Plan: A Variety of Bird Feeders

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students and teachers are given 5 different ways to make bird feeders.
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Unit Plan
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Ncrel Anticipation: Reaction Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A model of a quick survey to give students to help them activate their prior knowledge of subject matter. Alter this survey to suit your particular subject.
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Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Follow Directions and Draw

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan young scholars will practice and understand the importance of giving and listening to clear and concise directions. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.
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Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Follow Directions and Draw (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Have your students practice writing directions, then listening to and comprehend those directions with this lesson plan.
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Lesson Plan
Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University: Ag in the Classroom: Lessons: How Germs Spread [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Ready-to-print PDF explaining how germs are spread, listing common contagions, and explaining the world-wide problems that can be caused by contagious diseases.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Following Directions

For Teachers 2nd - 7th Standards
Through this lesson plan, students demonstrate their understanding of the importance of following directions.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Three Country Critters Print Out Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
The Three Country Critters are lost in the woods. Help them find their way to the log house, but watch out for the dangerous villains.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Little Red Hightops Print Out Activity: Sports Match

For Students 1st - 2nd
Match the sports equipment to the correct object.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Storyplace: Dottie Dalmatian

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, students connect to numbered dots to create a picture of Dottie Dalmatian.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Duck Water Scoop

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Make a duck water scoop using a plastic milk carton, permanent markers, and the instructions.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Color Concentration Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This activity provides templates and directions for making color concentration cards to be used in playing a color-match concentration game.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Paper Plate Fish

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this activity students follow directions to create a paper plate fish.
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Reversible Gorilla Stick Puppet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This activity allows students to create reversible gorilla stick puppets using the template and directions provided.