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A Rainbow Under the Sea: How Do Animals Survive in the Ocean?
Second graders, with adult help, create a PowerPoint presentation on a selected ocean animal.
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Social Studies: Grab Day at the Pueblo
Pupils develop a cultural understanding of "Grab Day." Using magazines, they clip out pictures to make collages of items thrown down to people on this day. Students label the items in their collages.
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The Compost Bucket
Students recognize that plants and soils have a close relationship. They view a photo essay on the common practice and natural process of composting. Afterwards, they observe the process of plant decay over the course of several days.
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African Safari
Sixth graders gain an appreciation for the different cultures that inhabit the Earth by focusing on the people of Africa
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Precipitation
Students write their own newspaper article about a weather story using newspapers and a weather records worksheet.
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Deconstructing, Decomposition and Compost
Young scholars create and tend to an outdoor compost pile. They research about decomposition and composting. They create two activities for their peers to complete.
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Early Native Americans
Students create a scrapbook illustrating the culture of Native Americans that settled in the Kickapoo Valley. Working in groups, students choose a topic related to the Kickapoo Valley Indians. Using traditional and technological...
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Diseases Are Real
Eleventh graders research industries that contribute to sanitation and pollution problems. They investigate the direct result of unhygienic practices including disease outbreaks or specific illnesses. They create a Power Point...
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Blowing in the Wind
Pupils identify and interpret maps, graphs, charts, tables and political cartoons. Students identify what a compass rose is and review its meaning in relation to standard directions. Pupils design their own weathervanes. Students pencil...
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Windsor Opposes Waste - WOW!
Students participate in paper recycling. They are taught to environmental awareness of recycling and its importance in their future. Students discuss and identify the problems of how they can minimize waste. They brainstorm suggestions...
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Primary Sources
Students write personal facts on a photograph of themselves to create a Primary Source. They then define Primary Source and list examples as a class of places where they could find primary sources. They also discuss the importance of...
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Smithsonian Institution: North American Indian Photography of Edward Curtis
A collection of 22 historical photographs showing Native Americans taken by renowned photographer Edward Curtis. The images show how Native Americans lived and dressed in scenes such as a wedding party, a ritual dance, gathering food, etc.
EL Education
El Education: Give Bees a Chance
This book was created by 6th grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School as part of a learning expedition on bees and beekeeping. They investigated the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) - a local and national threat to bees,...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Tricky Pics
Test your awareness of truth and illusion in visual images by viewing these six tricky photos. This resource demonstrates that you can't always believe what you see. To help you learn how to discriminate between real and fake, the...
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Native American Indian Art
This site provides illustrations and descriptions of Native American art and painting. Visual sampling of many Native American artists.