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Going into the Great North
Students observe and investigate the areas included in the Great North. In this geography lesson, students observe a documentary based on the Great North. Later the students will draw and identify countries within the arctic circle and...
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Hurricane
Students learn about and track hurricanes. For this natural disasters lesson, students discuss hurricane formation and research the impact/effects of hurricanes in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students use a hurricane tracking map to...
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A Yuccy Situation
Students examine the concept of nuclear waste storage. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students research Yucca Mountain in order to compare and contrast opposing views regarding the nuclear waste site there. Students compose a letter...
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Spying on Spiders
Students investigate spiders. In this spiders lesson plan, students create a habitat for a spider with a jar, twigs, and dirt. Students observe the behavior of the spider and record how they spend their days.
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Mammal Facts and Myths
Young scholars write a report. In this mammals lesson, students learn about various mammals such as whales, beavers, bats and echidnas. Young scholars make a diagram, write a report, brainstorm a list of myths and make a model animal.
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Endangered Species... It's Not Too Late
Students choose an endangered species to research and report on. In this endangered species lesson, students complete a worksheet to gather information about their endangered animal and then use to write a book about the animal and...
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Create a New Animal
Students understand what physical adaptations are and how they help an animal to survive. In this adaptations lesson plan, students research four animals and then make an original animal that has adaptations to make them survive.
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Digital Cloud Riddle Book
Students examine clouds. In this technology skill lesson, students identify different cloud types, observe and photograph clouds in nature, and print and write a riddle about the objects they see in the clouds.
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We're Going on an Animal Safari!
Students take viewers on an animal safari. In this technology lesson, students research animals one would see on an African safari. Students collaborate to create a storyboard and use Flip Video Cameras to create a virtual safari. The...
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Plant Life in Action
Sixth graders examine various habitats and record the living creatures they found. In this biodiversity lesson, 6th graders complete a worksheet recording their observations. Students draw conclusions about the climate and its...
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Cloud Types and Formation of Clouds
Students observe and photograph clouds. In this cloud lesson, students make a cloud scrapbook by photographing and completing a worksheet describing the clouds. Students record other sky events such as rainbows.
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Cord Blood Banking and Transplantation
Students explore stem cells. In this stem cell lesson plan, students research print and Internet sources regarding types of stem cells and their attributes. Students discuss their research findings participate in a debate about cord...
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Oil and its Everyday Uses
Explore the properties of oil through an experiment. They use the scientific process to investigate oil, participate in experiments, watch videos,and use information from the internet to determine how oil has changed our...
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Splish, Splash Poetry
Students write weather shape poems and sing weather related songs. In this creative writing lesson, students read the book, It's Raining, It's Pouring and list weather words they heard in the story. Students use the writing process to...
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Trout Cookies
Students explore the external anatomy of a fish. For this anatomy and adaptations lesson, students look at an image of a trout and identify its various external features including fins, eyes, spots, parr marks and lateral line. Students...
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Are You an Ant?
Students investigate different insects in their backyard. For this insect lesson, students read the book Are You and Ant? and apply the reading to their backyards. Students create a list of animals that begin with the the letter A an...
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Insect Travel Brochure
Students explore the concept of insects and their habitats. In this insect habitat lesson, students create travel brochures for particular insects. Students must include habitat, producers, and consumers with in the vacation...
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Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail
Second graders explore Australian folktales. In this folktales activity, 2nd graders gain knowledge about Australia and it's animals by reading books and discussion. Students find the adjectives in the book and write what they describe....
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Cherokee Leaf Printing
Young scholars investigate their local creeks and forests and practice identifying trees. For this ecology identification lesson, learners utilize a pad and pencil while on a field trip near their school and describe their trip...
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Shark Food
Students create a linking chain to demonstrate the food chain. In this food chain lesson plan, students use the Internet to research sharks, including what they eat, and create a chain link with a picture of a shark. They...
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Lesson 1 - What Are Fossils?
Students define and research fossils. In this fossil lesson, students access teacher assigned Internet sites to examine images of fossils. They determine the definition of a fossil and find out how fossils are formed. They also define a...
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What Do We Learn From Fossils?
Students investigate what a fossil is and how it came to be. In this fossil lesson, students examine pictures of skeletons and identify characteristics that can and cannot be determined by a fossil. Students complete diagrams...
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Pond-life Safari
Students determine the living and non-living parts of pond life. For this pond life lesson, students examine the plants, animals, and insects that live in ponds. They look through a variety of print media, cut out pictures, and arrange...
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Making Big Cats' Web Pages
Students investigate the lives of big cats by creating a website. In this web design lesson, students examine web authoring software in pairs as they read books on big cats. Students share their web page creations with the...