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American Chemical Society

Temperature and the Rate of a Chemical Reaction

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Putting glow sticks in the freezer makes them last longer, but why is that? Lesson focuses on how temperature impacts the rate of a chemical reaction. It begins with a teacher demonstration, then scholars design their own experiments...
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Carolina K-12

Are You a Democrat or a Republican? Are You Really?

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Have new or soon-to-be voters examine different political parties and their platforms as they figure out which one aligns most with their beliefs. After taking a few online quizzes, learners split into pairs to discuss and then in larger...
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Columbus City Schools

Get Your Organisms Organized

For Teachers 6th Standards
From large to small, show your class how to organize them all! Included within the guide is everything you need to take their knowledge of classification from the cellular to the species level. The worksheets focus on building vocabulary...
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Interactive
PBS

NOVA Evolution Lab Game

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Many scholars study phylogenetic trees without understanding how they are made. Through an online game, young scientists use the given data to create phylogenetic trees of increasing complexity. They rely on the trees they create to...
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Middle Years (Part 1)

For Students 5th - 7th
Learn more about Honest Abe with an informative passage that details his life chronologically. As learners read sections of the text, they answer multiple choice questions that draw on their ability to recall details from the passage.
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Unit 9: The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller

For Teachers 5th Standards
A novel study examines The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller. Fifth graders participate in daily readings, discussions, and assignments following an "ask, explore, imagine, observe, and understand" routine. A final performance...
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Curated OER

Green Leaves

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, after having conducted one experiment three times, record their observations results in a chart. They predict what hidden colors they believe that a leaf holds. Students record their predictions in their science note books...
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Curated OER

THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN

For Teachers All
Dance gives children an opportunity to express creativity through free flowing movements developed in the mind of the child. Creating these dance movements involves discovery and exploration using different parts of the body in personal...
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Curated OER

GREETINGS AND LEAVE TAKINGS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students respond with memorized answers to questions that use familiar language. They ask basic memorized questions and imitate sounds and words with age- and stage- appropriate pronunciation. They Use the appropriate interpersonal...
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Curated OER

Isolation of Synthetic Chemicals from Plant Leaves

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students isolate and identify a dye, which represents a synthetic pesticide, from plants.
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Curated OER

Haiku Leaves

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create their own Haiku poem about something they saw on a trip outdoors. They write it on a handmade leaf which is used to create an autumn display in the classroom.
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Curated OER

What We Leave Behind

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars analyze primary source documents from the 1830's. They examine how records, memoirs and artifacts preserve history and discuss what should be placed in a time capsule for future generations.
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Curated OER

Glaciers Leave Their Imprint

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners study various types of glaciers and the landforms they create. Working in pairs, they research a type of glacial landform and construct a calendar page illustrating and describing it. The pages be compiled to create a class...
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Curated OER

Leaving Home

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explain the importance of larval dispersal and retention to populations. They collect data on organisms and examine it.
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Curated OER

Fall Puzzle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this fall setting worksheet, students locate five fall terms going in a variety of different directions in a word search puzzle.
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Curated OER

The Seasons

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine the ways in which deciduous trees lose their leaves by investigating fallen leaves and how the weather changes throughout the seasons. They obtain knowledge about why and what causes the weather to change...
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Curated OER

Seeds and Trees Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate various tree leaves and use a dichotomous key to classify the leaves. For this leaf classification lesson, students study various types of leaves and their Genus. Students record observations for each Genus.
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Curated OER

Do Caterpillars Eat More As They Get Bigger?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners observe caterpillar behavior and the amount of milkweed leaves the caterpillars eat each day. They collect data regarding the caterpillar's size and anything else they see. They look for patterns in caterpillar eating habits and...
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Curated OER

Signs of Autumn

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study photosynthesis and explore how chlorophyll is important to leaves and why leaves change colors in the fall.
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Curated OER

Creating a Leaf Collection and Classroom Herbarium

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students categorize leaves they collect from trees outdoors by consulting a variety of sources. They discuss how the form of a leaf reflects its adaptation to its environment.
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Curated OER

Identifying Organisms

For Students 8th - 9th
In this organisms worksheet, students explain why scientists use common names to identify organisms and why scientific names are important. Then they describe the characteristics of the bark of a Betula alleghaniensis and how many pairs...
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Curated OER

Identifying Wyoming Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify trees based from their leaves. In this leaf lesson plan, students use The Rocky Mountain Tree Finder by Tom Watts in order to identify tree leaves. They look for leaf shapes, veins, and structure.
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Curated OER

Science: Leaf Study

For Teachers 1st
First graders go on a leaf-hunting expedition around the schoolyard. They determine from which trees they fell using identification cards. Students read several books about leaves and apply their artistic skills by using the collected...
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Curated OER

Seasons

For Teachers K
Students explore the four seasons. In this seasons lesson plan, students create a class tree. Students make leaves for the tree for each of the seasons. Students mark their paper into fourths and draw a picture of the seasons.

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