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Ecology - Ecosystem
Third graders research ecosystems, the work of ecologists, John Muir's contribution to the environment and an endangered species of their choice. They read books, participate in discussions, and write reports.
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Values and Composition
Students examine and analyze the values of gray and the composition in photographs by Ansel Adams. They discuss elements of art, draw shapes and lines, complete a tone rectangle, and create a still life drawing.
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Educated Action
Students review what they already know about birds. Using the internet, they discover major issues involved with birds in Illinois. In groups, they determine what they can do to help them and contact a local agency.
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Living in a Healthy Environment: The Pleasures of Life
Students describe their home environment and how to keep it healthy. They discuss way in which they can make their environment healthy.
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Give a Little Respect
Students recognize the importance of helping the environment. In this improving the environment lesson, students create a task that will improve the environment. student make decisions about how to share the work to get the job done....
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Subject-Verb Agreement - LEE & ELL
For this ELL grammar worksheet, students enhance their understanding of subject and verb agreement by choosing the best verb form to complete each sentence.
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Indoor Air: What's the Matter?
Young scholars investigate the variety and amount of particulate matter in the air. They locate the general sources of pollution for a specific area and develop some suggestions for improving air quality.
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Verb Review 1 and 2 (Mixed Including Passive)
In this verb review worksheet, students conjugate the verbs in parenthesis to make the paragraphs grammatically correct. There are 17 blanks to fill in with the proper verb forms.
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Verb Review 1 (Mixed Including Passive)
In this verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 17 sentences by changing the form of the verb to the passive. There are no examples.
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Art Is More Than Just a Pretty Picture
Students create unique art piece from litter. In this visual art lesson, students learn the importance of recycling and create a unique art piece. Students construct collages.
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I'm a Philanthropist!
Students study the meaning of philanthropy. In this philanthropy lesson, students are introduced to the concept of philanthropy and name and illustrate a philanthropic act they could perform.
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These Lakes are Great
Learners examine the Great Lakes Basin and water conservation. In this Great Lakes and water lesson plan, students study the location of the lakes before reading the book, The River Ran Wild. They discuss the associated vocabulary and in...
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Verb Review 1 (Mixed Including Passive)
For this verb review worksheet, students fill in the 17 blanks in 2 paragraphs with the appropriate forms of the verbs listed in parentheses.
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Revision is Part of the Writing Process: Peer Workshops
Twelfth graders go through the peer editing process by reading each other's work and talking about it. They realize revision is part of the process of writing poetry.
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Flying High With Hot Air Balloons!
Sixth graders demonstrate an understanding of a narrative story by listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. They create two visual products that reflect the understanding of events, vocabulary, and characters.
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Indoor Air: What's the Matter?
Students develop a greater awareness of the variety and amount of particulate matter in the air. They try to locate general sources of pollution for a specific area and develop some suggestions for improving air quality.
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Box Yourself In
Young scholars create a poem based on the teacher example provided. Students utilize the poem within their box construction which is something that will hold meaning and portray the student the best.
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Verb Review: Mixed Including Passive
In this verb review worksheet, students complete fill in blanks in 2 paragraph with an appropriate form of a given verb, including passive form.
Other
Australian Maritime Safety Authority: Experiment to Clean Up an Oil Spill
For this activity, students conduct an experiment to investigate how difficult it is to clean up an oil spill. There is a comprehensive list of observation questions for students to respond to.
Read Works
Read Works: A Clean Park
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Tyler who realized that he needed to pitch-in and help keep the park clean. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Big Brother Daniel
This early reading module is an extension of PBS Kids' series, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Four e-books share read-aloud stories that feature Daniel Tiger: Big Brother Daniel, Neighborhood Clean Up, Daniel's Babysitter, and Something...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Making Progress [Pdf]
"Making Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students clearing the trash from a vacant lot near the school and planting a garden to beautify the neighborhood and show they care. It is followed by constructed-response...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Making Progress [Pdf]
"Making Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students clearing the trash from a vacant lot near the school and planting a garden to beautify the neighborhood and show they care. It is followed by constructed-response...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environment
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...