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Worksheet
Kids Can Have Fun

Cut and Paste Alligator

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Who knew an alligator could have so many different looks? For this activity, youngsters choose a set of eyes out of eight choices and cut and paste them onto an alligator. They color their creatures after the eyes have been attached.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Surprise!: Challenge Activities (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of challenge activities. The surprise comes from the information your scholars will discover when researching topics such as alligators and crocodiles, living in other countries, becoming a...
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Activity
Jumpstarting Journeys

Vowel Digraph Activities for au and aw

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
It can be awfully hard teaching young children how to read, but this phonics resource will make the job a little easier. Focusing on the au and aw vowel digraphs, this collection of engaging activities teaches beginning readers how to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter A Alligator Theme

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter A. They trace the letter A on a worksheet, paint the letter A, create an apple print painting, cut out and glue magazine pictures of things starting with the letter A, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alligators

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the characteristics of alligators. In this animal science lesson, students sing a song to identify the parts of an alligator. Students draw a picture of their own alligator.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Learning Network: Alligators Everywhere Fill-In

For Students 4th - 10th
Meant to be used with the article, "In Florida, the Natives Are Restless" (included here), this is a great source of high-interest, nonfiction reading. A fill in the blank vocabulary activity and an activity focusing on reading...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alligator Printable Puzzle

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of literacy based activities related to a Letter A Alligator puzzle. They listen to an alligator book, discuss basic animal facts about alligators, simulate the movements and sounds an alligator makes, and...
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Lesson Plan
August House

Go to Sleep, Gecko

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Use this multidisciplinary lesson to delve into these subjects: English language arts, math, science, drama, and character education. After reading, discussing, and making interpretations about Go To Sleep, Gecko!: A Balinese Folktale by...
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Activity
Lakeshore Learning

Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
A hands-on activity brings the alphabet to life in your kindergarten! Fill tubs with items that begin with the same letter or end with the same sound, and let kids make the connections between the items. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reptiles Vocabulary Multiple Choice Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reptiles vocabulary activity, students complete a ten question multiple choice activity pertaining to reptiles. Students read the questions and choose the correct answer from four choices.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comprehension Instructional Routine: Sequence of Events in Text

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
If you're looking for a detailed instructional activity on event sequencing from informational text, you've found it. There is an entire script for you to draw from as you explore order of events and sequence words. Scaffolding is key...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aa is for Alligators

For Teachers Pre-K
Students listen to books about alligators. In this alligators reading lesson, students recognize the letter A, in upper and lower case. Students color, or cut and color, based on skill level a picture of an alligator. Students discuss...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alligator

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils create a model of an alligator out of clay using both artwork and research to guide their finished work.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

A For Alligator

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing letter "Aa" words worksheet, students unscramble a word, choose multiple choice answers about alligators, create words from "alligators are reptiles", and complete a word search. Students answer 4 activities.
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Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Making a Battery

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Don't be shocked when your class has a blast making their own batteries! Science scholars examine a dry cell battery, then design and construct a wet cell battery. The activity guides them through the parts of a battery, the variables...
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Activity
PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: Music

For Parents K Standards
Music is the focus of the reading adventure pack. After reading, pupils complete hands-on activities. Scholars use household items to make shakers and cymbals. They listen to eclectic music by turning on the radio, borrowing music from...
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Activity
It's About Time

Adaptations

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Congratulations! You exist, thanks to the wonders of biology and adaptations. The focus of the lesson explains many adaptations of plants and animals and how the environment has influenced the process. A hands-on activity demonstrates...
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Wild feral hogs and an alligator wrestler are just two interesting aspects of Kathi Appelt's novel The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp. Using the novel study, scholars search the text for examples of the eight parts of speech....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stunts & Tumbling Unit

For Teachers K
Students, through play and use of a Hyperstudio Stack, identify animals and the way they walk, and then imitate their movements through a game. They gain motor skills through stunts and tumbling activities. This is mainly for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alligator Craft Paper Bag Puppet

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students make paper bag puppets. They use the puppets as a story teller and reader. Students use the puppets to ask questions during and after reading. They assemble their own puppet. Students use the puppets to introduce new themes,...
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Activity
Teach Engineering

Force on a Current Carrying Wire

For Teachers 10th - 12th
What do electrical currents have to do with an MRI? Using a simple wire setup and a magnet, class members explore forces used in an MRI by investigating the magnetic force acting on a wire carrying a current. 
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Lab Resource
Colorado State University

How Can You Demonstrate the Different Efficiencies of Different Light Bulbs?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Need a bright idea for an engaging lab? Watch your class light up as they explore the difference in efficiency between incandescent and LED bulbs! The resource makes use of simple materials and encourages learners to infer what's...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Croc or Gator?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study the similarities and differences between crocodiles and alligators using online information. They develop a Venn diagram based on their research.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Make Words Using the Letters in the Word " Alligator"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this spelling and science worksheet, students read a short description of an alligator before using the letters in its name to make as many words as possible. They are encouraged to make at least 18 words which they can check with...