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Minerals and You

For Teachers K - 12th
Students study how mineral are used in everything around us-- from cereal to satellites. After informing the students about minerals they will discuss the ones that are in the area of the students.
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Analyzing Reasonableness

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this analyzing reasonableness activity, students solve 6 word problems pertaining to a recipe for cereal snack mix. The problems include basic fractions.
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Meanings of everyday words and symbols

For Teachers K
Students find the meanings of everyday words and symbols. In this symbol lesson, students are broken up into 3 groups: below, at and above grade level. They use cereal boxes, pizza boxes, and granola bar boxes in order to read labels,...
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Box O' Love

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a Valentines Day poem using an empty cereal box as their canvas.  In this poetry lesson, students create their poems using rhyming words and create sentences. 
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Honey Bunches of Oats

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore a variety of crops that are used in our food products utalizing a box of the cereal, Honey "Bunches of Oates." Percentages of each of the three different kinds of flakes present are calculated.
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Introduction To the Classification of Organisms

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss how scientists classify organisms. In pairs, they analyze and label "specimens" of breakfast cereals in order to classify them into the correct group. They create a dichotomous key for several species of animals.
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Don't Worm Your Way Out of This One!

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners study different aspects of worms along with the process of vermicomposting by participating in a class experiment to study the time it takes for breakfast cereal to be eaten by worms.
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Quick Breads, Pancake/Waffle Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the bread, cereal, grain food group on the Food Guide Pyramid. They test recipes for quick breads which are high in carbohydrates and determine the purpose of each of the ingredients in pancakes or waffles.
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Cheerios- Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders measure surface area and perimeter using estimation. They complete a variety of measurement activities using Cheerios breakfast cereal.
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Using Children's Literature to Teach Writing: Perfect Pancakes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are read the book "Perfect Pancakes". They write a paper about how to make a bowl of cereal. They state the items they need and the steps involved. They write each part of the paper in different colors to help distinguish them.
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Character Education - Tolerance "The Big Orange Splot"

For Teachers K
Pupils explore the character trait of tolerance. They listen to the story, The Big Orange Splot, discuss the concept of tolerance, and create a house out of a cereal box and other craft materials.
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The One-Hundredth Day of School

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use their fine motor skills to create a pattern of one-hundred fruit cereal O's using the concept of counting by tens in order to create a one-hundredth day of school necklace.
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Leveled Problem Solving Circumference of a Circle

For Students 6th
In this geometry worksheet, 6th graders solve 6 word problems in which they find the circumference of items that are circles. They find the circumference of items such as a basketball hoop, a cereal bowl, and a circular frame.
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Lucky Charms Sort

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students make a bar graph.  In this sorting and counting lesson, students use the Lucky Charms cereal to sort the marshmallows into separte cups, count how many marshmallows are in each cup and make a bar graph to compare the numbers.
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Importance of Rice

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the importance of rice in our world. In this rice farming lesson, 3rd graders discover how much rice we use on a daily basis. Students also discover myths from other cultures about rice. Students color code a map of...
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How is Rice Harvested?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders look at how rice is harvested. In this rice harvesting lesson plan, 2nd graders learn vocabulary associated with rice harvesting. They read or listen to a study guide before making Squishy Rice Balls from balloons and rice.
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Rainbow Fish Graphing

For Teachers K
Students graph different colors of rainbow fish scales after participating in a shared reading of The Rainbow Fish. They answer questions based on the graph. They practice making graphs independently using colored cereal circles.
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What Do You Like for Breakfast?-- Class Bar Graph

For Students 3rd
In this math worksheet, 3rd graders collaborate as a class to complete a bar graph showing what everyone prefers for breakfast. Students choose from pop tart/ breakfast bar, cereal, pancakes/waffles, or eggs. Students record the class...
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St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms Sort Bar Graph

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this elementary data collection and graphing instructional activity, learners paste the correct cereal pieces to match the words at the bottom of the bar graph. They count the items and fill in the graph in this St. Patrick's Day...
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The Letter C: Letter Homework

For Students K - 1st
In this letter/phonics activity, students draw, label and color 5 things that begin with C, practice writing the upper and lower case letter, and have an optional challenge activity to count the number of cereal boxes on the shelf at the...
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Let's Make Subtraction Movies!

For Teachers 1st
First graders make subtraction movies. In this subtraction lesson, 1st graders review subtraction facts and subtraction sentences. Students work in groups to create subtraction sentences using cereal or marshmallows. Students then film...
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Make a Pinhole Camera

For Teachers 7th - 12th
With a little light and a lot of time, you can create some amazing images. This NASA-related task instructs pupils to build a pinhole camera. The lesson provides suggestions for different pictures to try with the pinhole camera...
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Survival of the Fittest

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore plant needs and growth. In this plant science activity, students use a cereal box to complete a plant growth graph activity.
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Growing Seeds Indoors: Seeds for Breakfast

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this gardening worksheet, students answer a set of questions about seeds eaten form breakfast in cereals, 10 questions total.

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