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Watersheds: The San Francisco Bay Watershed
Sixth graders make a model of a watershed. In this geography lesson, 6th graders view a shaded relief map of California and locate landmarks. Students examine the San Francisco Bay Watershed by following the journey of water through the...
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Introduction to the Amazon Rainforest
Students decorate the hallways and their classrooms to represent different layers of the rainforest. In this Amazon rainforest lesson, students watch a slide show presentation to discover the Amazon rain forest of South America. ...
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Space: Our Star, the Sun, and Its Friends, the Planets
Students examine the solar system. In this space lesson, students identify the order of the planets and their relative size to the sun. Students create a scale model of our solar system using a variety of household objects.
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Investigation - Staci's New Car
Sixth graders solve math combination problems. In this combination problem solving lesson, 6th graders participate in a teacher led session in which they use tree diagrams and organized lists to determine all of the possible combinations...
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What is the Rocky shoreline?
Second graders access prior knowledge of the rocky shoreline. In this rocky shoreline lesson, 2nd graders create questions about the rocky shoreline. Students define vocabulary related to the rocky shoreline. Students become familiar...
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Family Heritage Cookbook
Students compare favorite family recipes. In this cultural diversity instructional activity, students interview family members and record favorite recipes. Students examine cultural diversity through favorite foods.
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Outline It!
Fourth graders investigate how outlining can aid in comprehending text. In this reading comprehension lesson, 4th graders outline an article they read in groups of two. Students take turns reading the article, identifying the main idea,...
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Egg-citing Easter Art Activities
Easter art projects can be used to teach students about a variety of cultural art forms.
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Let's Go to the Zoo!
Make going to the zoo a great learning experience for your students with these engaging lesson plans.
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Dealing with Differences
Students list at least ten things they have a hard time doing. After reading and discussing Be Good to Eddie Lee, Students, in cooperative groups, write at least six ways people can assist people with disabilities.
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Deserts
Students do various activities to explain where the United States' desert region lies in relationship to the state in which they live, become familiar with plants and animals in the Sonoran desert, and make a story map of Roadrunner...
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Dark Voices From Unmarked Graves
Students read The Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa. They view video from Roots by Alex Haley on the capture of Kunta Kinte and reenact household slavery as practiced by the Igbo people. The make a list of major differences...
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Sequential Curriculum for Advanced Writing Workshop
Twelfth graders engage in a ten-month long elective course focusing on college board review and an advanced writing workshop. Both course components focus on thinking and reasoning skills. Various approaches include sentence combining,...
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"Lions and Tigers and Bears-Oh MY!"
Students explore the characteristics of an animal. What do all animals need to live and can what we expect to accomplish by studying about animals. They keep a science journal daily.
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Curds and Whey
In this chemical reaction worksheet, students investigate the reaction that makes curds and whey. They mix milk and vinegar and run it through cheesecloth to collect the solid. Students make observations, read about curds and whey, and...
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Empires of Early Africa
Ninth graders examine the Nile's role in the birth and growth of Egyptian civilization. For this World History lesson, 9th graders explore how archaeologists have learned about life in Ancient cities. Students present a report on their...
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Tiffany's Cookies
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about Tiffany's Cookies, answer questions about the reading, and design a cookie package. Students answer 6 questions.
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What Kind of Fish Are You?
In this personality worksheet, students read situations and answer multiple choice questions to see what they would do in that situation. Students complete 10 problems and see what kind of fish they are in the end.
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Aerobics/Dance Project
Students, in groups, create original dances or aerobics routines.
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State Economy Chart
Fifth graders research and record statistics on the economy of an assigned state. They create a spreadsheet in Excel to report the data and a 3D Pie graph using the Chart Wizard in Excel to represent their states' data.
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Reading and Responding -- Lesson 15
Fourth graders work independently or in a small group to (1) read a poem, (2) identify unfamiliar words, (3) connect text to real-life situations, and (4) respond to poetry. Reading passage, comprehension questions, and teacher script...
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Magnetism
Second graders conduct a variety of inquiry based learning activities. In this magnetism lesson plan, 2nd graders explore magnets with a partner, they learn the terms attract and repel, examine the poles of a magnet, and complete other...
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Farm Animal Stick Puppets
Students summarize a children's book relating to farm animals. They act out the events of the book with stick puppets they create. Students experience the concepts of dialogue and role play.
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Paper Mosaics
Third graders read the story "Pompeii...Buried Alive." They locate Italy on a world map and define the term artifact. Students conduct an artifact dig on the playground. Students study the characteristics of mosaics and their...