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Lesson Plan
Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
September 17 is recognized in the United States as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. The purpose of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is to commemorate the creation and signing of the supreme law of the land and to honor and...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mammals Get Their Chance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, animations of an asteroid hitting Earth are used to illustrate this widely accepted theory of dinosaur extinction and the resulting conditions that favored mammals.
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Colorful Creatures

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For animals, bright, flashy coloration can serve as a warning or as an invitation. Either way, colorful skin, feathers, and scales yell, "Notice me!" This collection of images shows examples of some of the world's most colorful creatures.
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Professional Doc
LD Online

Ld Online: Your Child's Iep: Practical and Legal Guidance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A complete and extensive parent guide to the IEP process, laws and regulations, and components of an IEP. The article provides pages of information on IEP's, and serves as an excellent reference for parents.
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Professional Doc
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Measurement: An Elementary Resource List

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
University of Regina senior education mathematics students compiled this this in-depth resource list for elementary and middle school grades. The resources are categorized according to: supporting program materials, print resources,...
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Handout
University of Iowa

University of Iowa Library: Famous People of Iowa

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find famous people hailing from Iowa. Search by name, date or topic of fame.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Guitar Jingle: Discovering the Locations of Harmonics

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this music science fair project, students will discover the locations of harmonics on an acoustic guitar and relate them to guitar string lengths.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: All About Lizards Lesson Plan

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the diversity of lizards in terms of characteristics, behavior, and habitat. Activities feature five species of lizards and their special body structures needed for survival.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: The Music in Poetry

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Smithsonian in the Classroom presents The Music in Poetry. Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package for exploring the rhythms in poetry. Includes background information, lesson extensions, student handouts, examples of...
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Online Course
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing Across the Curriculum

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Designed by groups of Nevada teachers, this collection of modules and lesson plans is continually growing. Find suggestions for incorporating good writing practices in non-language arts areas of the curriculum from history to science.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Lesson Plan: Black Wings: American Pioneer Aviators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With this resource, teachers can select the most appropriate academic level and download a lesson plan that contains images, Word documents and PDF resources for teaching about the history of black Americans in aviation. Excellent...
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With this leasson plan, students will learn about prominent African American artist William H. Johnson and his influence both on the history of art and black American culture. Select a link for the desired grade level version of this...
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Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Why Is an Apple Like a Suitcase? [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A mini-unit on fruits and seeds for younger students. Students will learn that fruit is like a suitcase for seeds, and that together they help plants to reproduce. Includes ELL suggestions, extension activities, and worksheets.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Cinderella V.1 [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of the fairy tale, Cinderella V.1, is provided on this script. Nine character roles are needed in this performance.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Retold by James Marshall [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater adaptation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is provided on this script. Ten character roles are needed in this performance.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Brain: Communication

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How does information from different parts of the body reach the brain? For this lesson students discover that their brains receive and act on information from inside and outside the body, and that the senses gather and process different...
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Developing an Object or Tool

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In the following lesson plan students sequence the steps involved in producing an object (tree to chair, mud to brick, etc.). They also learn that tools and objects are designed to perform functions or solve problems.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Mister Rogers Show & Tell

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a pre-k or early elementary activity. Students are given directions on how to make an egg carton car, and then practice activities with it that exercise self control.
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Website
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department (Iad)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Incredible Art Department website started in 1994 and has grown into a huge site with a wealth of resources on teaching art, student research, careers in art, art history, games, links to art galleries and museums around the world,...
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Website
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Kid Friendly Art Activities and Games!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A massive collection of art games, puzzles, and activities.
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Website
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Thanksgiving Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discusses the history of Thanksgiving, food traditions, Thanksgiving art and artists, lesson suggestions from teachers, and presents links to Thanksgiving resources.
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Unit Plan
University of California

Q Files: Misconceptions About Science

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Many students have misconceptions about what science is and how it works. This module explains and corrects some of the most common misconceptions that students are likely having trouble with.
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Unit Plan
Other

Science4 Us: Living/nonliving

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the similarities and differences between living and nonliving things and learn four characteristics that all living things share (they have needs, they are made up of parts, they respond to change, they reproduce)....
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Unit Plan
Other

Science4 Us: Materials

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students use a dichotomous key to sort materials into natural and man-made and sort further using the adjectives rough and smooth; this activity builds both science and language skills as students classify materials and build deeper...