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Space Exploration
Sixth graders identify and interpret the following: What is space?, Space Race, Living in space?, Man on the Moon, Astronaut training; students compare/contrast US and Russia space exploration. Students write a letter of application to...
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Mapping Your School Site
Students map a map of their school. For this school map lesson plan, students make a map of their school, record major features, and not wildlife on the school grounds.
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Interactions Among Living Things
Students role play predators and prey, classify organisms as predator or prey, and describe factors that affect population growth and size.
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Literary Bash
Young scholars create a Halloween party or event based on a piece of literature they're reading during the season. This allows the students to plan a celebration and discuss a unique title for their themed celebration along with...
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Colonial America
Students discover the history of Colonial America by creating a class presentation. In this U.S. History lesson, students utilize the Internet to research one of 20 topics in which they will create a PowerPoint or other type of...
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Quiz: Australian Animals
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on animals of Australia. Students will respond to nine true/false questions all pertaining to various animals which reside in Australia.
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Vocabulary Building
In this vocabulary worksheet, students answer definition and fill in the blank questions about various vocabulary words. Students complete this for 4 pages with 6 words each and 18 questions each.
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Circle of Friends
Students investigate the meaning of friendship and how to make friends. In this friendship lesson, students make Venn Diagrams showing the similarities and differences of characters in two stories. They discuss their own circle of friends.
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Lesson Two: Discover a purpose for keywords
Second graders research a topic in nature. For this research lesson, 2nd graders pick a nature topic and discuss the keywords needed to find more information about that topic. They fill their information out on a organizer.
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Football Vocabulary
In this football worksheet, students match football terms with their definitions. Students complete 20 matches total on this worksheet.
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Think Green
Students experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
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BUS: From Farm to Table (Ag)
High schoolers study about how the world's most important grains and how they are used. They design an ingredient list for the cereal box to be designed in the Marketing Lesson Option #1.
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Past Tense Fluency
Students review the past tense forms of verbs and answer have you ever questions. In this past tense lesson, students participate in activities to enable responding to questions about a trip.
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Vocabulary Challenge
Students participate in a vocabulary challenge in which they are to name objects with the chosen letter.
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Utah Indian Contributions
Fourth graders study the contributions from the Utah Indian tribes and present their finding either orally or in a PowerPoint.
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The Fairfax County Budget -- A Look At Spending
Middle schoolers brainstorm a list of items that should be a priority for the government to help its citizens. Using an out of date budget, they identify individual line items and the conflicts involved in making a budget work. They...
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Changing unhealthy eating habits
Learners identify the elements of a balanced diet, then compile a daily diet and exercise log to assess their lifestyles and improve them if applicable. They recognize and explain the importance of proper nutrition practices.
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A Look At Spending
Young scholars use an outdated budget to examine what the county spends its money on for its citizens. Using county information, they describe how the Board of Supervisors make budget decisions and how it can shape public policy. They...