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If Peter Pan Can Fly, Why Can't I?
Students redesign a human, using data in research, so that s/he can fly. In this flying lesson, students examine the characteristics and adaptations of groups of animals that can fly. Using this research, students work cooperatively to...
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The Five Senses: How They Relate to our World
Students explore the five senses and the significance of each sense. In this five senses and diversity lesson, students listen to You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear by Joanna Cole and take a walk observing opportunities to use all...
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Amphibians
In this amphibian worksheet, students will review the characteristics of the class Amphibia, including frogs and toads, salamanders, and caecilians. This worksheet has 3 short answer questions, 5 matching questions, 6 multiple choice,...
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Gender Roles
Students explore psychology by answering gender study questions. For this sexuality lesson, students discuss the stereotypes often referred to men and woman and what the truth is about their characteristics and abilities. Students...
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Freshwater Habitats
Young scholars take samples from local freshwater sources and examine them for macroinvertebrate life. They take samples from both shallow and deep freshwater environments, measure temperatures, and classify organisms found in their...
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When in Rome...
Students discuss Roman social classes and create a graphic organizer illustrating each social class and its characteristics. They dress in costumes representative of their social classes as part of a Rome Day experience.
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It's Alive!! Or, Is It?
In this cell activity, students complete 5 word scrambles and 8 true-false questions about the characteristics of living organisms and compounds found within cells.
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Understanding Science Vocabulary and Categorization
Students analyze scientific vocabulary words. In this life science vocabulary lesson plan, students complete a worksheet using VisualThesaurus as they evaluate words related to plants and animals and how the words are used.
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It's The States of Matter
Students investigate the properties of solids, liquids and gases. In this states of matter lesson plan, students observe dry ice and its characteristics. They calculate the density of dry ice and observe the sublimation of the dry ice...
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Barn Owls and Owl Pellet Dissection
Students explore birds of prey and food chains. In this ecosystems and birds of prey cross curriculum science and literacy lesson, students brainstorm characteristics of birds after viewing photographs. Students view a video and document...
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The Rainforest
Students learn the characteristics of the rainforest. In this rainforest instructional activity, students read stories about the rainforest and discuss them. Students work in groups to brainstorm all the facts they know about the...
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What Qualities Does a Hero Have?
Study the characteristics of real-life heroes in your history or language arts lesson. After reading about the soldiers of World War I, kids write autobiographies from their future elderly selves, and reflect on their acts of heroism yet...
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Teaching Selected Poems from Jim Wayne Miller's the Brier Poems
Students explore the basic elements of poetry through Appalachian life poetry. In this poetry lesson plan, students read seven poems from Jim Wayne Miller's the Brier Poems and complete poetry analysis activities for each poem.
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The Blues . Writing . Biographies/Profiles . The Soul of a Man
This lesson, focused on profile writing and its unique characteristics, considers the profiles developed in the film The Soul of a Man while also asking students to consider other profiles they are familiar with and to write some of...
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Listen Up! Swinging with some Big Band Music
Middle schoolers read about the music and life of Glenn Miller. They listen to Miller's "Jeep Jockey Jump" and analyze the piece for instrumentation, formal structure and stylistic characteristics.
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Echinoderms
For this echinoderm worksheet, students will explore the characteristics of echinoderms including their body structures and larval stages. Then students will match the five classes of echinoderms to their descriptions. This worksheet has...
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Lake Tahoe Then and Now
Students investigate the differences in Lake Tahoe from the past to the present. In this geography lesson, students read the book Washoe Seasons of Life and identify the descriptions of the land and lake. Students create a Venn diagram...
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Penguin Worksheet
In this animal science worksheet, students answer fifteen questions about penguins. The questions included true or false and fill in the blanks. Students will need prior knowledge about penguins to complete this worksheet. The questions...
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Naming New Species
Students explore science of taxonomy and the Five Kingdoms of life,
categorize organisms into Kingdoms, and create multi-media presentations illustrating knowledge of a Kingdom. They collect data and related pictures on the Internet,...
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Viruses and Bacteria
In this viruses and bacteria worksheet, learners will read information comparing the characteristics of bacteria and viruses. Then students will match 8 statements as either describing a virus or a bacteria.
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A Tale of a Whale: And Why It Can Be Told
Young scholars examine the characteristics of particular whales. In this whale characteristics lesson, students discover the methods scientists use to track whales and attempt to match the unique pattern of callosities themselves. A role...
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The Importance of Tropisms
Middle schoolers investigate plant tropisms using the scientific method. In this life science activity, students learn about tropisms and test the response of corn seedlings to gravity. Response questions, extensions, and an adaptation...
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Deep Gardens
Students investigate the differences and similarities between shallow-water and deep-sea coral reefs. In this coral reef lesson, students research and compare the characteristics of reefs. Students describe various lifeforms in coral...
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GANDHI'S INDIA
Students describe key events in the life of Gandhi. They determine why knowledge of geography is necessary to understand the history of the people in a place or region. They write a summary of how the events in Gandhi's life,...