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Word Family Arrows
Young scholars identify correct word families. In this word families educational game, students practice matching words to the correct word family.
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The Littlest Matryoshka
Students listen to the story The Littlest Matryoshka and sequence the story. In this sequencing lesson plan, students sequence the story and also make little dolls based on the story and write stories about them.
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Bringing Up Birdy
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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Estimating the Live Mass of Dinosaurs
Students estimate the live mass of dinosaurs. Using dinosaur and modern animal models, students use simple displacement methods to calculate the volume of the models. They calculate the masses of each model. Students compare the...
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My Favorite Thing to Do
Students realize that a paragraph is a short piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Every story, essay, article, or book is like a patchwork quilt made of little paragraphs stitched together
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Talking About Teasing and Bullying
Students discover how it feels to be bullied and teased. They work together in pairs to write about experiences and use drawings to show their feelings.
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Using Parallax to Determine Distances
Young scholars examine the concept of parallax. They determine a method to calculate the distance of objects from their data, participate in a demonstration, and describe how our eyes use parallax to determine the distance of objects.
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Express Yourself: Make Art From Your Ideas
Students analyze and discuss various sculptures by the artist Andrea Arroyo. They discuss ways artists use symbols to express abstract ideas, design and create a plasticine plaque, and write a journal response.
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We are all Responsible
Students desribe the interdependence between humans and nature and positive behavior with regards to natural resources. They demonstrate respectful attitudes and behaviors with regards to the environment. Students gain knowledge of...
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Free Printables: Handwriting 2
In this drawing worksheet, students copy a number of shapes and then practice drawing the shape in the box provided at the bottom of the worksheet.
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Free Printables: Handwriting 1
In this tracing worksheet, students practice tracing a specific shape or line a number of times on the page. They do not practice writing it on their own.
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Action at Plate Boundaries
Students diagram the spreading of the ocean floor. In this earth science lesson plan, students read an article on plate boundaries of the ocean. Students are expected to diagram the oceanic convergent boundary, and give a written...
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Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom
Learners read a recipe of beef jerky and explore the process. In this agriculture recipe lesson, students read the process and recipe for creating beef jerky. Learners also read a history of the American Plains Indians and their use of...
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Better Lesson: Multiplying With Fractions
Sixth graders will use their understanding of multiplying fractions and apply it to dividing fractions which is a key component in common core. Included in this lesson are a closing activity, a link to a website for area models, and a...
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Teach Engineering: Boom Construction
Student teams design their own booms (bridges) and engage in a friendly competition with other teams to test their designs. Each team strives to design a boom that is light, can hold a certain amount of weight, and is affordable to...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: It's All Connected
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson uses students' knowledge of graph theory (networks) to introduce two measures of centrality (how connected a particular node is to the entire network), known as degree centrality...
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Alex: What's That Coin?
This Five E's AMSTI lesson prompts young scholars to pay close attention to the details on each of the four U.S. coins as they learn the coin names. Students watch a video clip about the differences in the coins, sort real coins by...