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ABC and 1-2-3 Farming

For Teachers K - 1st
Students demonstrate how to alphabetize animal names. In this word study lesson, students identify animals that live on the farm and conduct a favorite farm animal survey. Students order animal pictures in alphabetical order.
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Patterns and Pentominoes

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students solve pentomino puzzles.  In this problem solving instructional activity, students discuss how pentomino puzzles play into the plot of Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett and practice solving a pentomino puzzle on their own....
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Beef or Dairy?

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Guernsey, Jersey, Holstein. Brangus, Charoloais, Herford. Here’s a truly cross-curricular resource that combines language arts, science, math, and visual arts activities as class members learn to distinguish between beef and dairy...
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A Lovely Captive

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct a habitat which allows them to observe the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. They place a plate on the bottom of the cylinder to serve as a landing platform. They use the cage for keeping adult...
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Marc Chagall / Magic Realism

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Surrealistic painters like Marc Chagall and Wendy Rouse show viewers an expansive world in a small area. Young artists have a opportunity to create their own surrealistic paintings in response to a study of works by Chagall and Rouse.
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Peek-a-boo Bags

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners create peek-a-boo bags.
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Fluorescence

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Here are some instructions for leading learners through a hands-on activity for investigating ultraviolet radiation. First, introduce them to light and refraction. Then introduce them to the electromagnetic spectrum. Finally, give...
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Color Twist Game

For Teachers K - 4th
Create your own version of Twister with this step-by-step lesson plan. Materials include canvas, acrylics, poster board, compass, and foam paint brushes. This is a fun art project that will also provide lots of activity and laughs!
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Color Combinations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop a basic understanding of how color is perceived by the eye. They utilize the technique Seurat used to paint A Sunday on La Grande Jatte to create their own paintings.
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #3

For Teachers K
Students explore the meaning of unique and special. They study about why a birthday is significant. They investigate how families celebrate birthdays in different ways and they reflect on why growing up is a good thing.
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Punctuation Exercise

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Are you looking for a way to practice tricky punctuation? Use this learning exercise as a homework assignment or warm-up activity. Young grammarians are given 20 sentences to punctuate using semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks,...
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Find the Minerals

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read "A Minerals Story" while circling the words in the story that represent minerals. They find the words amber, gold, Feldspar, Galena, Copper, tin, gold, silver, iron, Quartz.
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Fleece As White As Snow

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Class members develop and expand knowledge of words and word meanings to increase vocabulary. They learn these terms based on having a wool day. Pupils wear or bring something in made of wool. They gain knowledge of what a wool symbol...
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Techno Letters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the alphabet by completing a computer activity. For this letter identification lesson, students utilize Kid Pix to create artwork based upon each letter of the alphabet. Students utilize drawings, type and animation to...
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Personal Resources

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study taking care of themselves and their possessions. They develop a positive approach to life and a mature sense of self-worth and value. They discuss the importance of confidentiality in a class when sharing personal...
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Explore the Elements of Art

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars recognize elements of art such as texture, shape line and color.  In this elements of art lesson, students create a still life picture with oil pastel or crayons.  Young scholars define elements of art vocabulary. Students...
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Keith Haring And Aboriginal Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the art of Keith Haring and examine how it relates to Aboriginal art. In this fundamentals of art lesson, students examine the fundamental elements of art, such as, line, symmetry, contrast, balance, color tints, and...
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Q-tip® Pointillism

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create paintings in the style of art known as pointillism.
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Sorting and Analyzing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore sorting and graphing. In this math lesson, students create and analyze a class bar graph about their birthday months. They then estimate and sort candies to make and analyze their own bar graph.
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Pieces of Peace

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the artwork of Keith Haring and create an original artwork in his style. In this symbiotics instructional activity, watch a video about the artwork of Keith Haring and  create an artwork to deliver a message.
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Exploration of Light

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe the video, Exploring Light and Color. They access a website to create their own light show. They conduct lab experiments to investigate refraction, reflection,and other light-related topics.
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Pointillism Landscapes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works of art, use watercolors to create effects of light, color, and shadow, consider what ideas are important and what ideas they want to visually communicate, and paint their own...
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Life Means Water Environment

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate pH levels in bodies of water and experiment with acid/base reactions. In this water and pH lesson, students observe changes in pH levels of a sample solution and observe a Bronsted-Lowry reaction. Students...
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Learning About Artists

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore various artists and practice creating their style of painting. In this art history lesson, students discover various artists, such as Van Gogh and Michelangelo, and painting style each utilizes. Students paint a picture...

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