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Look At Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students observe, measure and sort leaves.  For this leaf lesson students divide into groups and observe the different kinds of leaves. 
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Sky 2: Shadows

For Teachers K - 2nd
students will explore making shadows and tracking the movement of an object over the course of a day to look for patterns. It is best to couple this shadow activity with reading the book, Bear Shadow, and making a map of Bear's...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the liquid and solid states of water. In this water states lesson, students complete three experiments to study water as it cycles from a liquid state to a solid state and back. Students finish with a Venn Diagram...
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Fall finger tree

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this fall tree worksheet, students cut and paste the leaf and apple shapes onto a tree made from their fingers. Students have 6 shapes to cut out.
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The Mighty Oak

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate types of trees. In this forestry lesson, students read the book The Mighty Oak and act out the story with a partner. Students discuss the types of trees in the book and plant an oak tree on school grounds.
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Growing Plants

For Teachers K - 7th
Students grow plants and track their growth over time. For this growing plants lesson, students plant seedlings and chart their growth in a data analysis activity.
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Sky 2: Shadows

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore space science by participating in a shadow experiment. In this sky observation lesson, students identify how the sun creates different sized shadows by moving across the horizon. Students utilize yard sticks, markers,...
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Three Clouds Activity

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners explore how clouds are produced through three different age-appropriate hands-on experiments.
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How Does Climate Affect Plant Growth?

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare plant samples obtained from two different sites to explore how climate affects plants.
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Calendar Art

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students assemble and decorate a calendar. This is a lesson to be used at the beginning of each month to make a calendar for the month. Math concepts for this lesson consist of each student writing numbers on the calendar.
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Treetures

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify the different forests of the world and some of the characteristics that differentiate them. They explore old magazines, calendars and photos and fill out a scavenger hunt worksheet.
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Quilts: Patterns of Our Past Leading Us Into Our Future

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine the history of quilt making. They explore the pattern, designs, and color schemes of the quilt. Students read stories about quilting. They create a story to further develop into a story quilt. Additional cross...
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Climate

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore climate and weather conditions. Using the Internet, and other activities, students examine climate maps and the factors that affect climate. They examine how climate affects clothes, shelter, food, transportation,...
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Publishing With Photos!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written. 
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Are You an Animal Safety Sleuth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this animal safety lesson, students brain-storm ways to be kind and safe with animals throughout the year.  Students create a Kind Calendar for Animals in art class and distribute copies to other classes in the school. grocery stores,...
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Get Your Skates On

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students enjoy winter activities. In this field trip opportunities instructional activity, students may visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Bocketts Farm, Clapham Common, or the Dinosaur Museum online or in-person.
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We're Going On A Leaf Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners read the story We're Going on a Leaf Hunt and read companion stories, make leaves, work with rhyming and word families, and more. In this reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.
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The Weather

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students, by incorporating art and science, make the connection between weather and how it affects our everyday lives.
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Art and Science: Weather

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine how weather affects daily life. They draw pictures of themselves wearing clothing appropriate for four different weather conditions. They display their drawings each day according to the weather conditions.
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Taking In The Heat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils discover that different textured materials can absorb more heat than others. Students work with thermometers, clocks, and graphs.
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Grizzly Habitat

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils find areas on playground where they would live if they were a grizzly bear, share their reasons for their choice, talk about habitat areas, and choose their sites again, based upon new information.
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The Woods and Pond

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in hands-on activities to explore their natural surroundings. They recognize that ponds and woods are ecosystems and compare differences between the two. They identify trees by their bark and leaves.
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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Math: Collecting and Analyzing Date

For Teachers K - 7th
Children count how many of an activity they can do in a row, such as ball tossing and record the date and count. Children track over a period of time and graph results.

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