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Snapshot Autobiography

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners write an autobiography. In this autobiographical writing lesson, students discuss the important events in their life and write about them on a worksheet. Learners illustrate each event in their autobiography.
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Curated OER

Prop Stories

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils observe and demonstrate pantomime and improvisation. They define and discuss improvisation and pantomime, then in small groups discuss and brainstorm ideas using a bag of props. Students then create and present a scene using the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Truman and MacArthur

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners discuss and fill out a chart on how President Truman fired General MacArthur. In this Truman and MacArthur lesson plan, students study telegrams, letters, and other documents, and fill in a chart about supporting or not...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hawaii: Art and Its People

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the cultural history of Hawaii and experience the visual art of printmaking, papermaking and sculpture as incorporated into the ancient Hawaiian art of Petroglyphs, Kapa, and Woodcarving.
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It's Sugar Time!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review the Food Pyramid. They examine several breakfast cereal labels and determine how much sugar is in each. They discuss these amounts and whether or not they are surprised by the results. They discuss the amount of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dissecting Owl Pellets

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars examine owl pellets and what their diet consisted of, specifically rodents. This furthers their understanding of simple food chains as well as bone structure and identification.
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Ladybugs in the Garden

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders estimate the size a population (ecosystems) Students make a chart from information collected then create a graph (line or bar) from this information. Students do a lesson where they observed, examine, and record data...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Base 10 Rounding

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars build two, three, and four digit numbers using base ten blocks and round those numbers. In this rounding numbers lesson, students work in pairs and build numbers using base ten blocks.
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Curated OER

Balance or Tilt?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders solve two-step equations.
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Curated OER

Animals In Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners make list of all animals they have seen in their backyards, neighborhoods, and around school in past week, graph animals using computer spreadsheet program, and compare graphs through email with students in another class.
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Interactive
Curated OER

ESL: Collocations

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL collocations worksheet, students complete 20 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct collocations from 5 possible answers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where, Oh Where, Did The Manatee Go?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become researchers, looking for the factors that affect the manatee's environment in south Florida.
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Curated OER

Paper Pulp Painting

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students draw an animal on a white piece of paper and add a background of leaves or flowers. They color the drawings and rip up construction paper that is the same color as the colors they chose for their drawings. They turn the...
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Other

Research Project Guide: A Handbook for Teachers and Students

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This resource provides guided research teaching units for all levels of learners.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Mixing Light to Make Colors

For Students 3rd - 8th
You know how to make new colors by mixing paint or crayons. For example, you get green by mixing yellow and blue, or orange by mixing red and yellow. With paint, blue, yellow, and red are primary colors, which you can use to make other...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Getting Critical Over Colloids

For Students 3rd - 5th
What is a colloid? If you have made Oobleck out of corn starch and water, then you know that a colloid is a mixture that acts like a solid and a liquid at the same time. This activity helps you determine the critical factors that...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: To This Day Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever been bullied? Do you know someone who has been bullied? Are you a bully? Find out how bullying touches us all and get involved so that you can help stop bullying in your community and around the world. [7:36]
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Other

It Gets Better Project: A Community for All Sexual Identities

For Students 9th - 10th
Surviving the teenage years is extremely difficult, but dealing with sexual identity makes it excruciatingly harder. Welcome to the "It Gets Better Project," a safe place created specifically for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Baking Soda Substitute for Baking Powder in a Recipe?

For Students 9th - 10th
There's nothing quite like the smell of fresh-baked muffins for breakfast on a Saturday morning. If you're into baking, you might want to try this insightful project that lets you witness the chemistry behind making muffins. You'll get...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Spinning Your Wheels: Pinwheel Sensitivity

For Students 3rd - 5th
So you've just heard the "Happy Birthday" song and now it's time to blow out the candles. If you are sitting far away from the candles, you know you'll have to blow harder to get them all out than if you were sitting closer. In this...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Science of Making Cheese!

For Students 6th - 8th
Oooey gooey cheese - yum. Who doesn't like a slice of warm pizza straight from the oven? There's nothing quite like a slice of pizza and a glass of milk, so what makes pizza so great? The cheese. But did you know that making cheese is...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Copper Foil Snails?

For Students 6th - 8th
If you have a garden, you probably know about snails (or their shell-less relatives, slugs). You may even be looking for a good way to keep them from getting into your garden and eating up the results of all your hard work. Here's a...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Drag Racing in the Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
It's fun to go swimming. To feel the power of your body as you launch yourself into the water. But did you know that swimming isn't just about skill and athleticism? The human body consists of skin, contours, and curves. How the water...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Heavy Metals and Aquatic Environments

For Students 3rd - 8th
You might know that lead can be toxic, and that you can get lead poisoning from eating or inhaling old paint dust. Lead is called a heavy metal, and there are other sources of heavy metals that can be toxic, too. Silver, copper, mercury,...