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Unit Plan
Roald Dahl

The BFG Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
A 55-page unit examines the novel, The BFG, by Roald Dahl. Six lessons pay close attention to friendship, dreams, and believing themes while analyzing interesting characters, writing creative vocabulary, smilies, metaphors, an exciting...
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Sequoyah

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Test scholars' comprehension with a 10-question interactive. Learners read a short informative text about Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith, who invented the language Cherokee Syllabary, then answer fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice...
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Butterfly

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An interactive challenges scholars to read a short informational text about butterflies then answer eight questions. A progress report appears after the last question.
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Activity
Tramline

Virtual Field Trip: Temperate Forest Biome

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Travel with your students on a Virtual Field Trip to learn about Temperate Forest Biomes. You will also discover many informative and interactive websites.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Perimeter (Elementary)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson students will practice finding the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes with right angles and the appropriate units for measuring perimeter.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Area Explorations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson students will practice finding the area of irregular shapes with right angles and understand that there are different methods for calculating area.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fire: Modeling Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity students will understand probability and chance and understand the results of probability and chance in real life situations.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Santiago and Morris

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from WILD TV, Santiago, a troubled youth, and Linda, a motor vehicle accident victim, discuss how Morris, a therapy dog, has helped them.
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Lesson Plan
Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Defining Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Online lesson plan for facilitating student exploration of culture and how culture shapes the individual.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Writing Lesson: Season Mandala

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students will learn about the season through decriptive words and phrases incorporated in two different books, Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons. They...
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Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Who Will Probably Come to the Party?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students use tree diagrams to find possible outcomes and make predictions for probability story problems.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: A Little Excitement [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Marc Harshman's book, A Little Excitement, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Double Trouble in Walla Walla [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Andrew Clements' children's book, Double Trouble in Walla Walla, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this performance that is filled with nonsense words.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

For Teachers 1st - 5th
A reader's theater script for Carmen Agra Deedy's version of a Cuban folktale, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity. While mostly written in English, Spanish...
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Activity
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Function Builder: Basics

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive simulation that teaches about functions, transformations, and ordered pairs while identifying patterns through art history. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and includes handouts, lesson plans, and...
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Activity
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Make a Ten

For Students 3rd - 5th
An interactive simulation that teaches about place value, addition, and subtraction by adding, breaking apart, and combining numbers by making tens and focusing on place value. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Triangle Pop Up Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try this triangle pop-up greeting card! Amaze your friends with your talent and creativity!
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Hack a Greeting Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Transform an old musical greeting card into a surprise for your friend.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Glow Sticks

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your electrical skills! Can you make a working glow stick with a nine-volt battery and a strand of lights?
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Build a Better Lunchbox

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow the directions to build a lunchbox that will keep a frozen treat from melting.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Balloon Joust

For Students 3rd - 8th
Prepare your balloons, using barbeque skewers and straws, for a balloon joust with your friends.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Air Cannon

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make your air cannon using simple items like a paper cup, a plastic bag, and pom poms; then see how far you can shoot the pom poms.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Unpoppable Balloon

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you run a stick through a balloon without popping it? See if you can make this un-poppable ballon?
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Unit Plan
European Union

Environment for Young Europeans: Air

For Students 3rd - 8th
Part of a larger site on the environment in general, the site concentrates on air, air pollution, and climate change. From the European Union.