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Playing Pinata at a Party

For Teachers 1st - 6th
What is a Pinata and why is every body hitting it with a stick? Prepare your Autistic child for a common birthday activity that may be slightly over-stimulating. This printable book explains what a pinata is and how it is used at a...
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Count the Raindrops

For Students 1st - 6th
Build basic counting skills with this great resource. The instructions say to print, laminate, and cut out the cloud pages and raindrops, then attach Velcro to the back of each raindrop to make a re-usable game. Your special needs or...
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Add and Subtract

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Like the cubs in A Fair Bear to Share, your 2nd grade class will practice adding and subtracting double-digit numbers by grouping, regrouping, and sorting a collection of objects. This requires many resources, but it is well worth the...
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Lesson 1

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students understand the meaning of natural resources. They distinguish between renewable and non-renewable natural resources. To help students identify natural resources as either non-renewable or renewable. To stimulate student thinking...
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Raw Materials

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners participate in a nature hike and record the natural resources observed. They compare traditional and modern versions of everyday use items, and create graphic organizers that demonstrate the interconnectedness of resources.
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What Is Sustainability

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the concept of how people are dependent upon natural resources and how they can apply them to be maximized in usefulness. The students are encouraged to develop an appreciation for the environment. They conduct a...
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Looking at Landforms-Based on the Washington Quarter Reverse

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use a Washington State Quarter to examine different landforms and discuss natural resources. After a class discussion on the items found on a Washington State quarter, students brainstorm a list of natural resources found in...
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What is This Toy Truck Made Of?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how many resources are used to make objects. This exploration should lead to the discovery that everything is made from a natural resource after listing all the raw materials needed to produce it.
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Taxonomy

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students work together to identify groups of endangered animals. Using a pamphlet, they group the pictures according to specific criteria and cut the pictures out and color them. They place the animals in the correct habitat and share...
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Drawing on Kenaf

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore kenaf, a tree-free paper. In this environmental issues lesson, students draw pictures following a presentation about the origin and "eco-friendly" nature of kenaf.
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Identifying Key Words, Synonyms, and Key Phrases

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify key words, synonyms, and key phrases from their previously written research questions. They utilize the key words, synonyms, and key phrases to search resources for answers to the research questions.
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The Goat in the Rug

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify producers, resources and goods. In this economics instructional activity, students read the book The Goat in the Rug and define producers, resources, and intermediate goods. Students construct a rug which depicts the...
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Splish Splash: Daily Use of Water

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students assess their daily use of water and write stories about how water is used in their lives and communities. Students read about water usage in Ghana and Kenya and compare and contrast water usage and resources between the countries.
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Incorporating Artifacts and Guest Speakers into Curriculum Planning

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Artifacts and guest speakers are enriching and exciting for your students.
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The Environment and the Community

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students observe their environment and come up with ways to protect it. In this environment lesson plan, students discuss pollution and ways to prevent it. Then they create a poster with drawings that show a goal to reduce pollution and...
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People making a difference

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils identify resources that all humans need and compare needs and wants. In this needs and wants lesson plan, students discuss with their teacher situations in which people need or want items and how some people don't have the...
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Introduction to Economics

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of unlimited wants and limited resources. They participate in an activity using money to purchase goods and services. Students evaluate benefits and costs resulting from personal...
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All Wrapped Up

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore packaging. In this cross-curriculum lesson, students bring in samples of food packaging and identify the packaging as natural or manufactured.
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The Community of Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a parachute activity. In this physical education lesson plan, students use teamwork to lift a parachute and keep soft balls on top of it. Students demonstrate how working together can accomplish a goal.
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Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars observe and describe ways water is used in their homes and communities. They determine the source of their water. Students determine ways they can save and protect their water.
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Clock Diagram

For Students 1st - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students use the created resources for further progress towards knowledge. The sheet is a teacher's guide for creating student resources.
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Graphic Organizers

For Students 1st - 12th
For this literacy worksheet, students use the created resources for further progress towards knowledge. The sheet is a teacher's guide for creating student resources.
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Groundhog Day in Punsxutawney, PA

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the history of this tradition, examine Phil's predictions for the last 100 years.
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BIGGER AND BIGGER: (We Live in a family, a neighborhood, a city, and the United States)

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners discover that they are part of bigger and bigger groups. They begin with families and work up to belonging to North America as they initiate a study of the whole country.

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