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Playground Changes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop both writing and artistic skills as they document changes in their school environment. They observe how the environment of their school playground changes throughout the year by drawing and describing plants, animals,...
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Easter Fun

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Easter fun activity learning exercise, learners use the 12 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate fun physical activities that can be done year round.  For this physical education lesson, students read the story Big News! Straight From the Heart, and list the activities written about in the story....
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Apples

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this create a story instructional activity, students fill in the blanks with a verb, noun, adjective, person, or season to complete the story. The story is about apples and helps the students with their writing skills.
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San Francisco Symphony

Beethoven's Sixth Symphony and the Expression of Feeling through the Arts

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Here is an activity used originally to finish off a unit on country life and nature. It requires learners to have a basic understanding of harvest, rural life, and autumn. They'll use what they know to construct dance movements showing...
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Cloze Passage: The Sun

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Use this Cloze activity in your science lesson or reading unit. Second graders read two paragraphs about the sun and seasons, and fill in eleven missing vocabulary words. This activity contains an answer key. 
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Scarecrow

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students incorporate paper crafting techniques combined with sticks. They use burlap and buttons to give themselves plenty of room for self expression when creating these not so scary scarecrows. They line the finished scarecrows on...
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Measuring Using Leaves

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore geometry by using non-standard measuring methods. In this length estimation lesson, students complete a worksheet in which different objects in their classroom are measured by three different sized leaves. Students draw...
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Coin-a-copia: A Thanksgiving Glyph Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore glyphs that are pictorial representations of data. Students collect and display data about themselves and a variety of other topics. Students practice using a legend to analyze and interpret data.
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Exploring the Night Sky: Fall/Winter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explain how moon phases occur. They explain three ways that the night sky has been used through history. Students locate some of the constellations in the night sky. They discuss stories and myths surrounding stars.
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Three Clouds Activity

For Teachers K - 8th
Students explore how clouds are produced through three different age-appropriate hands-on experiments.
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Mother Nature Has Her Say

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students use their creative writing skills to develop interview questions for Mother Nature. Using writing, they respond to the questions another student developed and use the internet to research any topic they need more information on....
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What is a Noun? & When To Capitalize Nouns

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Nouns are the focus of this language arts PowerPoint. Pupils will see that there are five categories of nouns: person, place, thing, idea, quality. The last two are not usually taught, but they are legitimate categories. When to...
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ESOL Environment and the World

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine vocabulary cards with pictures of each season and weather terms. They answer a series of questions regarding the weather using the correct vocabulary. They use magazines and newspapers to find pictures and activities...
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Staying Healthy Year Round

For Teachers K
Students are read a variety of books and observe the weather in the different seasons. In groups, they compare and contrast the type of activities people are doing. They also discuss how they adapt to the changes in seasons by the...
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The Water Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students act like the changes in the four seasons by moving like water in each season.
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Lewis and Clark In Columbia River Country Native Foods

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils complete an online activity by following a series of prompts to determine seasonal foods that could be found in the Columbia basin during the Lewis and Clark expedition. They draw a seasonal round that shows a colorful...
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Wet Weather, Wet Climate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the differences between weather and climate in this long-term lesson plan introduction. They create rain gauges and practice reading rainfall measurements, view a website showing the cloud cover in their location and...
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In the Pilot's Seat

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine a review of several of the new television series launching in the Fall 1999 season and interpret how a critic discusses the notion of 'repurposing' old shows. They work in small groups to create basic character sketches...
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WebQuest Solar System Colonization Project 2000

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a WebQuest to study the names and locations of the planets in the solar system. They investigate the causes of the seasons and the distance between the planets using astronomical units. They use technology to...
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Solar Isolation Changes and the Sunspot Cycle

For Students 8th - 10th
In this sunspot cycle and solar irradiation worksheet, students use 2 graphs of daily total solar irradiance and sunspot activity to solve 3 problems. They find the average solar irradiance during a given time, they determine the...
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Nature Oriented Kindness Projects

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete various nature activities where they work together to create a butterfly garden, plant flowers, learn about nature survival, and more. In this nature lesson plan, students work together in groups and display kindness...
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Look At Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students collect, observe, sort, and measure leaves. In this leaf activity, students take a walk to collect leaves. They bring the leaves back into the classroom to observe, sort, and measure them. They visit a website to learn more...
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Haiku

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write haiku poems on leaf paper.