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Dinosaur Eggs
Learners hunt for dinosaur eggs that the teacher has made and hidden on the playground. students open the eggs to find the dinosaur inside and experience archeology first hand.
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Meet Molly, An American Girl
Students examine saving and spending decisions in 1944 through the eyes of Molly, a nine-year-old growing up during World War II. The lesson uses Meet Molly, An American Girl, by Valerie Tripp.
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Beneficial Bug Scavenger Hunt
Students identify several beneficial insects and spiders, including predators and pollinators. They search an outdoor environment and record numbers and types of beneficial insects and spiders that they discover.
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Genes-R-Us: or, Real Genetics For Real Students
Students explore genetics and genetic counseling. They research information on human genetic disorders. Students simulate developing a complete counseling service to assist the community.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Speculating
In this present and future modals of possibility worksheet, students choose the appropriate 6 words from the word bank to complete 6 sentences and rewrite 6 sentences using must, could, might, may, can, and can't.
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How To Care for a Finished Quilt
Students determine how to care for a quilt. They work in pairs to create a report and present it to the class. They identify bed covers and pillows and discover quilts are expensive and time consuming to make. They also take notes on...
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Hatshepsut's Temples and Obelisks
Third graders create Hatshepsut's Temples and Obelisks using a variety of materials.
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MOSAICS
This instructional activity will teach the students about how Mosaics are made and how they have been used in the past history and in modern times. Students will construct their own paper mosaics.
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Book Education, Work and Play in One Building
Students gain an understanding as to how the development of different institutions can differ and evolve with time. This lesson plan focuses on the development of Gary, Indiana's schools in the early 1900's.
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Noah's Ark, Revisited
Fourth graders do a visual presentation for a specific endangered species.
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Italy: Festa del Grillo
Students examine the traditions of the Festa del Grillo in Italy and its relationship to the culture of Italy. After being shown examples, they create their own cricket out of materials found in the classroom. Using 3D, they decorate a...
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Zen Gardens [Pdf]
A lesson where students learn about Zen garden design and the symbolism used, then work in small groups to create a miniature Zen garden. This activity is intended to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but can be...
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Learning From Leaves: Adaptation [Pdf]
A scavenger hunt where students find and study examples of leaf adaptations for different environments. This activity is designed to be used on a visit to botanical gardens or greenhouse but could be adapted and used with specimens in...
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Seasonal Scroll Painting [Pdf]
An activity where learners learn about the art of Japanese scroll painting, and create their own scroll painting to reflect the seasonal changes in a garden. This is designed to be in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but...
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Stone Lanterns [Pdf]
A study of the stone lanterns that can be found in Japanese gardens. Students will learn about their history and symbolism, and create lanterns of their own out of clay. This is designed to be in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese...
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Printing [Pdf]
An activity where learners learn about the koi, an important symbol in Japanese culture, and create a gyotaku fish printing. This is designed to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden but can be easily adapted.
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Creating a School Garden
Use this comprehensive site to create a garden at your school. Topics include: school gardening at a glance, cost estimate worksheet, design: using student ideas, and more.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Monet's Garden by the Sea
A great lesson plan using oil pastels where the student looks at Monet's "Garden at Saint-Adresse," and then creates their own composition focusing on foreground, middleground and background.
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Design a Garden
Landscape architecture and design take a lot of planning and preparation. Give it your best shot and design a garden of your own.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Based on the book Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming. Students must use the engineering design process to plan and build a barrier that will keep hungry bunnies out of a garden.
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Institute of Texan Cultures: Teaching Outside the Classroom: Growing Texas [Pdf]
A activity unit on developing a classroom garden in Texas. Students must prepare a plan by analyzing the climate and which crops are best suited to their locale, how much sun their garden will get, which plants grow well together, and...
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Unesco: Japan: Hiraizumi Temples, Gardens, Archaeological Sites
Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land comprises five sites, including the sacred Mount Kinkeisan. It features vestiges of government offices dating from the 11th and 12th centuries when...
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Unesco: India: Red Fort Complex
The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad - the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the...
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Unesco: Germany: Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. The property consists of six housing estates that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive...