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Plant Reproduction

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the way a plant can reproduce from roots, stems, and leaves instead of the more familiar way of flowers, fruits, and seeds. In groups of four, 5th graders pick a plant group. Each group then writes a report,...
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Symmetry in Shapes and Everyday Objects

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover lines of symmetry for shapes and everyday objects. For this lines of symmetry lesson, 5th graders use a butterfly outline to find lines of symmetry. Students analyze everyday objects for symmetry and use...
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Taxonomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the complexity of organism classifications based on certain criteria.  For this classifying organisms lesson students study taxonomy and gather information and leaves to do their own experiment on classification. 
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Investigation Xylem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate how water travels up the stem of vascular plants by using food coloring to stain the xylem of a number of different plants. They know the function of leaves, stems, and root at the end of the experiment.
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Consonant or Vowel

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover what the teacher has revealed about them after leaving the room for a few minutes. A scenario is set up to which if the question ends with a vowel they answer "yes" or if it ends with a consonant they answer "no." After...
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Popping Up Bluebonnets!

For Teachers K - 2nd
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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Fibonacci Numbers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. Through the use of Fibonacci numbers in flowers, leaves, fruits, vegetables, pine cones, and other forms of nature; students explore how Fibonacci numbers occur in nature. Then they...
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Plant It!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students watch a video on the parts of plants and their uses. They then observe a live plant and on a worksheet label the four main parts of the flower (flower, leaves, rooms, and stem).
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Lesson Plan on Refugees

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the issue of "human rights" and discuss world events/situations in which human rights are in question. They determine their own needs and wants and simulate the experience of being a refugee having to leave their home. ...
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Heat Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students define thermal equilibrium. They distinguish between internal energy and heat. Students describe how the quantity of heat that enters or leaves a substance is measured.
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VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create and write context sentences leaving a blank for each vocabulary word. Exchange papers with a classmate to fill in the blanks or use vocabulary cards to show answers. Students research the Isle of Wight in books on Great...
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Photosynthesis: Light-dependent and Calvin cycle

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students recognize the concepts of the light-dependent and the Calvin cycles. They draw diagrams of the light-dependent reaction and the Calvin cycle. In addition, they investigate the effects of light on carbohydrate content in leaves.
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Spring Potted Plants

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify and interpret plant growth as well as gain graphing skills and other important knowledge related to potting plants. They take a regular milk jug and cut off the top, leaving the handle and the rest intact. Then,...
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Using Descriptive Words

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders focus on how descriptive words help them see, feel, and hear a story better. They listen to a read aloud of Angela Johnson's, "The Leaving Morning," while giving a thumbs up signal each time they hear a "sense or how"...
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Roots of the World

For Teachers K - 5th
Students recognize consist stems, trunks, leaves, and roots. They compare different types of roots by observing and comparing photographs. Aterwards, they observe the growth of a lima bean plant and document changes in root and shoot...
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Cell Transport

For Students 9th
In this biology worksheet, 9th graders describe what osmosis is and how it explains the fact tat a watery syrup forms when you put sugar on strawberries. Then they describe how proteins made by ribosomes leave the cell. Students also...
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Photosynthesis and Respiration

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this photosynthesis and respiration worksheet, students will explore the function of the stomata on plant leaves Students will write the photosynthesis equation and label a diagram showing the movement of water, carbon dioxide, and...
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Mazes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this mazes worksheet, learners figure out how to best help a killer whale who wants to leave the aquarium and go back to the sea. Students, through a maze, help him escape.
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Fragments

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite any of the twelve sentences that are fragments and leave the lines blank if the sentences are correct as is.
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ESL Talking About Future Plans Questioning Worksheet

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL use of future verb tenses worksheet, students use proper verb forms to make plans for a week's worth of evenings leaving two evenings free. They plan two evenings for another student, who fills in plans for them.
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Simplifying Radical Expressions

For Students 9th
In this radical expressions worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 28 different problems that include simplifying various expressions. They simplify each expression shown. Students leave each in radical form and use absolute value...
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Simplifying Radical Expressions

For Students 9th
In this radical expressions worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 20 different problems that include simplifying various radical expressions. First, they define rationalizing the denominator. Then, students simplify and leave each in...
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The Shape of Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the diversity among homes in the world. In this diversity lesson, students share the story "Connected to Everything" which features the story of a family that was forced to leave their land and move to a reservation....
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How Air Moves In and Out of the Lung

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gain an understanding of the respiratory system. In this biology lesson plan, students demonstrate how air enters and leaves the lungs, and explore the relationship between breathing rate and exercise.

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