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Hop To It!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore grasshoppers. In this grasshoppers instructional activity, students measure the jumping distance of live grasshoppers. Students then record the jumping distance of people in their group. Students record the...
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Illustrated Children's Books

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create their own illustrated book. In this illustration activity, students review books given the Caldecott award. They create their own illustrations for a book and digitally scan them to a computer to make their pages. 
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Creativity and the Power of Flowers

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Imaginations bloom when student art is focused on flowers.
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Seasonal Science: Spring Life Science Activities

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Spring into science with these great lesson ideas involving butterflies.
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Caterpillars To Butterflies

For Teachers K
Students gain an appreciation of nature by teaching them about the life cycle of the butterfly. They set up a terrarium so they can observe the changes a caterpillar goes through.
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Paper Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the various techniques that studenT book illustrators utilize such as paper collage, die-cut pages, and object stencils for relief printing.
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Paste Paper

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Young scholars watch the teacher demonstrate the process of making paste paper. They create their own wheat paste papers following the example of the teacher. Students make several pieces of paste paper, and use them to make collages.
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Butterfly and Caterpillar

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and create their own "Very Hungry Caterpillar" book to learn the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Papa Please Get the Moon For Me

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this listening comprehension activity, learners watch a video titled Papa Please Get the Moon For Me and fill in the blanks to a paragraph about the video. Students complete 13 blanks total.
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The Very Busy Spider

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars describe what they believe a spider looks like and listen to a story about spiders. They make their own spider and spider web. They share their creation with the class to finish the lesson.
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"Bees and Ants"

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a variety of activities related to bees and ants.
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A Whale of a Tale

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read "A Very Hungry Caterpillar" and discuss factual information in the book. They research whales and use information to write a narrative story. They take their stories through the writing process.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Sequencing Lesson

For Teachers K
Students listen to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and summarize to story to demonstrate comprehension. They review the days of the week and create their own book.
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Color My World

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine colors and describe how colors contribute to the way a person may feel after listening to several books. Students also survey class for favorite colors and graph results, as well as discover how different colors are made...
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Egg Carton Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create "egg carton caterpillars" using egg cartons, glue, and basic art supplies in this excellent Art, Science, and Language Arts lesson on caterpillars and butterflies. The caterpillars are displayed for two weeks and then...
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Taking Care of Nature (Religious)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how they can help care for the earth. In this environmental protection lesson, students discuss how God created the earth and what will happen if they fail to care for the earth properly. Students grow their own...
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What's in the Water?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine how pollutants can affect ocean animals. In this pollution activity, students read a story about the ocean floor, think about what would happen to the plants and animals if the ocean became dirty or polluted, and...
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Story Quilts-For the Classroom

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a classroom story quilt. In this literacy lesson, students recall events from a text and illustrate their favorite part of the story on a quilt piece. The quilt is sewn together to form a classroom quilt.
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Today is Monday Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice the days of the week. In this week lesson, students listen to the story "Today is Monday" and discuss what food matches with each day of the week. The students put food cards out to match the story and draw these on a...
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KWL Chart: Living and Non Living

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this KWL chart worksheet, students fill in this graphic organizer about living and non-living things. Students complete 3 sections in the chart.
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Time To Celebrate

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read the book The Secret Birthday Message and review how the boy had to follow directions in order to find his present. In this following directions lesson plan, students list the set of directions and then write their own...
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Independent Investigation

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students classify objects. In this math lesson, students sort and classify objects based on their characteristics. Students identify characteristics of objects.
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Harvest Happenings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the history of agriculture and develop a personal connection to agriculture. Students investigate how farming practices have evolved through the years and create poetry relating to harvest.
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Spiders and Their Body Parts

For Teachers K
Students gain an understanding of the different parts of spiders by observing and drawing a spider. They utilize technology in order to gain a better understanding of spiders and their body parts.

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