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Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Air [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students work in small groups to examine stomata on a leaf's upper and lower surfaces. They then conduct an experiment to test whether plants can survive without air, learning about transpiration in the process.
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Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Abiotic Factors [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students explore plant communities and observe different types of soil and weather conditions in an attempt to determine cause and effect relationships. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web...
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Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Soil [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students conduct an experiment to test whether plants need soil in order to grow.
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Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Light [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students conduct an experiment in small groups to test whether plants need light or not.
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George W. Bush Presidential Library: Teaching Primary and Secondary Sources
This comprehensive lesson plan provides a fact sheet, reusable worksheets, source scenarios, and assessments.
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Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Biotic Factors [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students explore plant communities and observe and classify different types of vegetation. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web links, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.
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Huntington Library: Learning From Leaves: From Observation to Inference [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students explore plants from three different ecosystems and make inferences about plant structures and their environments. Includes discussion questions, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.
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Huntington Library: Mini Ecosystems [Pdf]
A lesson activity where students create a terrarium inside a plastic bottle using a Venus Flytrap and other plants. They then observe growth and changes over time.
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Huntington Library: Coming to California [Pdf]
Detailed lesson plan that uses primary sources to help students learn about the people of California from pre-Columbian times to the Mexican rancho periods.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Recognizing Letters of the Alphabet
This lesson plan reviews the alphabet with very young learners and introduces the concept of shelving in the library. The lesson plan incorporates software, reading, and games to address individual learning modes of the students.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Why Is an Apple Like a Suitcase? [Pdf]
A mini-unit on fruits and seeds for younger students. Students will learn that fruit is like a suitcase for seeds, and that together they help plants to reproduce. Includes ELL suggestions, extension activities, and worksheets.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Experiments in Tea Dyeing [Pdf]
An investigation for younger students to learn how plants were used in the past to dye cloth. Students will dye pieces of fabric using different types of teas and compare the results. Worksheets are included.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Seeing Seeds [Pdf]
An exploration for younger students into the diversity of seeds and what is inside a seed. Includes extension activities.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Garden Vocabulary: Haiku [Pdf]
A mini-unit on haiku where students learn about and write haiku inspired by Japanese gardens. This activity is intended to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but this is not essential.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Elements of a Japanese Garden [Pdf]
A multi-faceted activity where students learn about the elements of a Japanese garden, then construct a peepshow book that demonstrates their understanding of foreground, middle ground, and background to represent a Japanese garden....
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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: Investigation: Pollen Collection [Pdf]
After learning about what pollen is, its health effects, as well as how it benefits humans, students take part in a lab activity. For this, they collect schoolyard pollen on slides, stain it, and then examine it under a microscope.
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Loc: 1900 America: Primary Sources and Epic Poetry
To better understand the United States at the end of the nineteenth century, this interdisciplinary lesson plan integrates analyzing historical primary resources with literary analysis. Students work in groups and express themselves...
Library of Congress
Loc: The Titanic: Shifting Responses to Its Sinking
In 1912, popular media headlined the sinking of the world's largest luxury passenger ocean liner while on its maiden voyage. Newspapers captivated the world's attention with stories from survivors and about victims who did not survive....
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Huntington Library: Learning From Leaves: A Look at Leaf Color [Pdf]
Lesson plan that takes students through an experiment to test the effects of light levels and temperature on the color of leaves.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Natural Disasters in the United States
During the course of this lesson, the students will research various forms of natural disasters that occur in the United States and what someone should do in the event of that disaster. The teacher and library media specialist will...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Twentieth Century Resumes
Students will use the Alabama Virtual Library and other reference materials available in the library to create a resume for a twentieth century historical figure from United States history, science, or literature. The lesson is designed...
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Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Water [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students work in small groups to conduct an experiment with two cacti to test whether plants need water.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fishing for Facts!
This instructional activity will involve a visit to the Library Media Center to research different sea creatures. Using an encyclopedia, students will find two facts about their sea creature. Using the Internet, students will work in...