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Predators and Prey
Students explain how the food chain works. They contrast predators with prey and describe their function in nature. Students discuss how the food chain aids in keeping nature balanced. In small groups, they play a game that simulates the...
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Plotting Points
Eighth graders practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. As a class, they create and label the parts of a graph. Given ordered pairs, they plot the points, connect them to reveal a particular shape, and find the area of the shape.
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"Ode to the Bluebonnet"
Fourth graders create an acrostic poem using the word "bluebonnet" They brainstorm adjectives and descriptive phrases for the bluebonnet and its habitat. They read The Legend of the Bluebonnet, by Tomie de Paola. students integrate...
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Birds, Bees and Butterflies
Learners complete a variety of activities surrounding science, music and art. In this nature and animals lesson plan, students sing songs, color a picture of make a butterfly, listen and dance to music, make a butterfly, recite...
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Archaeology For Kids Quiz 85
In this archaeology for kids quiz 85 instructional activity, student interactively answer 12 multiple choice questions about honoring the dead in ancient cultures, as part of an online magazine.
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Drills "Passive Voice"
In this verbs online interactive activity, students determine the voice and tense to 9 verb phrases. Students choose the multiple choice passive tense verbs to make 6 sentences passive. Students formulate 6 sentences with passive...
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Technology Rich Native American Unit
Student groups retell stories from Iroquois storytellers. They role-play Iroquois women, men and children and explain their roles. They read "Knots on a Counting Rope" and make up their own stories. They create timelines. They visit a...
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Verbs
In this verbs review worksheet, students color 9 action pictures and then fills in the blanks in 9 sentences with the appropriate verbs. Students then write 7 original sentences.
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Identify Adjectives and Adverbs
In this adjective/adverb learning exercise, students circle adjectives and underline adverbs in 10 sentences.
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What's My Capital?
Students participate in a game about state capitals. They use two piles of cards, one with the capital name and the other with the state name and they match them. They can work together or alone in this instructional activity.
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Vegetable Twister
Young scholars review vegetables and their nutrient values and production. In this vegetable production worksheet, students read information about the nutrients in vegetables and how they are grown. Young scholars participate in a game...
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Compound Nouns
In this compound nouns worksheet, students choose the correct words from the compound nouns and use the clues for help. Students complete 25 exercises.
Captain Planet Foundation
Which Plant Is Which?
Learn about dichotomous keys, plant identification, and how to care for the planet with a lesson that includes several hands-on and innovative activities. Kids go on a plant scavenger hunt and classify the plants that they find...
Walt Disney Company
Disaster Preparedness Activity Book
Join the American Red Cross as well as Mickey and friends as they help to prepare young scholars for natural disasters. After reading brief informational passages about earthquakes, floods, fires, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes,...
Calvin Crest Outdoor School
Survival
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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Metamorphosis Magic
Young scholars play rock-paper-scissors and create a play to demonstrate the butterfly life cycle. In this butterfly life cycle lesson plan, students also plant a butterfly garden with plants that attract butterflies.
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Summer Activities: The Wonders of Nature!
Students examine the world of nature. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop observation skills as they bird-watch and make rainbows, experimentation skills as they explore seeds and carrots, prediction skills as they...
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Group Initiatives
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...
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Magnetic Discovery Bottle
Students examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data. In this magnet instructional activity students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets.
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Popping Up Bluebonnets!
students make 3-d bluebonnets Using popcorn and powder paint. They students create a field of bluebonnets on a bulletin board or wall space with their hand-made bluebonnets. students color leaves and stem of the bluebonnet outline with a...
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Synonyms
In this synonyms worksheet, students read 9 sentences and note the highlighted word. Student underline the synonym of that word.
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Plant Activities: To Dye For
Students use natural plant dyes to color their clothing as they did in the past.
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Think Green
Students experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Science Labelling Game
In a series of five interactive science games, students first study labeled diagrams to learn the names of the Earth's layers, of a flower's parts, of a fish's anatomy, of the human respiratory system, and of layers of the atmosphere....