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Seeing The Good In Others

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Showing gratitude is an intentional act and it's the glue in relationships. That's the big idea in a lesson for tween and teens. Scholars leave post-it thank you notes on other's character strength posters that acknowledge those strengths.
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Terrific Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Engage in a shady activity to practice measurement techniques. Classes venture outside to collect measurements of various trees, using different strategies to measure the height, trunk circumference, width, and crown size. Then they...
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In What Direction Do Seeds Grow?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students predict and examine the direction seeds grow and thereby explore the effects gravity has on seeds and plants. They perform this inquiry in-class by keeping track of how beans grow.
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Youth Groups

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the impact and effects of race identity during adolescence by discussing their perceptions of race and by conducting an obersavation-based study of the ways in which students choose to group themselves in their school.
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Kitchen Garbage: Starting Sweet Potato Vines

For Students 4th - 6th
For this sweet potato worksheet, students follow directions on how to grow a sweet potato and answer short answer questions. Students answer 2 short answer questions.
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Don't Wait, Just Propagate

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the process of growing plants from seed. In this propagation lesson, students examine methods of propagation and determine how to rapidly propagate plant species. Students listen to a lecture informing them on the topic...
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Apple: Seed to Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars grow seeds of an apple and learn about Johnny Appleseed. In this apples lesson plan, students map Johnny Appleseed's travels, learn how he got his name, compare different Johnny Appleseed books, and grow apple seeds...
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The Way a Tree Works

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore nature by conducting botany experiments. For this plant life lesson, students define the necessary resources for a plant to thrive on our planet while defining scientific vocabulary terms. Students utilize different...
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Nutrition: How important is rice to the world?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders point out places on a map that grow rice around the world. In this rice growing lesson plan, 4th graders read about the importance of rice and use a map to see where it comes from.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree

For Teachers K
Students review all of the alphabet letters once they are taught. They are involved in growing their class tree and then take an interactive part in putting their letter on the tree when it is their turn.
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Vegetable Soup: A Reverse Recipe

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars cook up a healthy soup. In this early childhood food and cooking instructional activity, students gain knowledge about healthy diets, identify a variety of fruits and vegetable, and identify the connection between food...
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Fun Crystal Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a variety of activities to learn about crystals. In this crystals lesson plan, students paint with a crystal solution, pan for crystals, grow crystals, and more.
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Bringing Up Birdy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore biology by creating diagrams of animal life cycles. In this baby bird lesson, students view video clips of birds being born from incubation to flying on their own. Students utilize the Internet to research birds and...
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Are Chickens Really "Chicken"?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about chickens. They state the characteristics of chickens and examine how growing up on a farm and being in the wild is different for the chickens.
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A Bird's Eye View of the Caribbean: Art, Folklore, and Music

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the Caribbean in terms of its music, art, and folklore. As a class, they listen to a folktale and discuss the difference between telling a story and reading a story. In groups, they write their own folktale and share...
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American Dragon: Jake Long

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars, after viewing the film "American Dragon," by Jake Long, explore and analyze the importance of legends and the unique cultures others grow up in. They stress the need for having a good self-esteem and assess how to work...
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Where There's Smoke

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students view photographs to help them see how people live in rural Nepal. In groups, they imagine what it would be like to grow up in this type of community with little food and identify the problems associated with the Nepalise homes....
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Talking Careers with Junie B.

For Students K - 2nd
In this Junie B. Jones activity worksheet, learners examine a word puzzle and find the 8 listed careers in the word search. Students also draw a picture of the job they would like to have when they grow up.
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All Mixed Up

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this alphabetizing worksheet students are given three to four words they must arrange in alphabetical order. In this self-checking worksheet, students will have written a phrase if they have the correct answer. There are 18 problems...
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Investigating Bean Pods and How They Grow

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe and create a record of seed growth over time. After planting a seed, 3rd graders record their observations of the seed's growth over a three week period. Upon conclusion of the experiment, they write a paragraph...
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GROWING PLANTS UNIT

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners predict outcomes of scientific experiment,.conduct a scientific experiment with control groups, and plant seeds to observe, measure, and compare growth across groups. They gather, record, analyze, and share data with other...
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Growing Old

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a simulation in which they experience problems elderly people face on a daily basis.
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A Growing Success

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a multimedia presentation as a culmination of a plant unit.  In this hyperstudio lesson,  students research from assigned sites and create a Hyperstudio stack.  Students write a cinquain. 
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Getting Up the Nerve

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the basics of the nervous system through an interactive program. They discover how the brain is linked to muscle movement. They can test cells through the interactive program to see how it reacts to different stimuli.

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