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Who is Rube Goldberg?
Fifth graders practice technology skills while searching online for information about inventor, Rube Goldberg. They discuss Rube Goldberg's use of simple machines, and write journal entries about their findings.
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My Community
Students engage in a activity about the community in order to find out what different things go on within it on a daily basis. They conduct field research and look up information in order to answer some key questions addressed.
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Toboggan Science
Learners conduct toboggan time trials to investigate the variables that have the greatest effect on toboggan speed. In small groups, they develop a hypothesis to test and perform three trials on the toboggan run for each variable.
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Where in the World is Tacky the Penguin?
First graders complete activities related to they story they are reading in class. Through art and measurement activities, 1st graders relate a story from the "Tacky the Penguin Series" to everyday objects and ideas they encounter.
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Production Consumption Worksheet
In this environment worksheet, students answer the 12 questions related to the concepts of manufacturing and consumption of real products.
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Diversity of Arthropods
In this arthropods worksheet, learners will review the characteristics of the different types of arthropods including spiders, ticks, crustaceans, millipedes, and insects. Students will also understand the difference between complete and...
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The Dirt We Depend On- Characteristics of Dirt Reading Comprehension Worksheet
In this reading comprehension activity, learners read a selection about dirt and soil characteristics. They answer 10 matching questions and 5 multiple choice questions based on the information given in the non-fiction article.
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Working for Water
Students examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats lesson plan students view a video and plan a school restoration project.
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Self Portraits
Students study themselves in a mirror paying close attention to every attribute on their face. For this self portrait lesson students create a self portrait the same way as Rembrandt has done many times. Students also ask themselves a...
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Plants and Animals of Great Bay Animals and Plants of the Estuary
Students participate in a webquest about the plants and animals that inhabit an estuary. They role play as environmentalists researching this habitat and present the results of their research in a creative way.
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Fossils
Fifth graders create a fossil using an impression made with a shell pressed into clay and filled with plaster of Paris and a mold made out of dough and impressed with a shell. They also will receive a paragraph which contains four...
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Science: Leaf Study
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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Color - Interior Design
Students review the principle elements of design along with the sequence of colors on the color wheel. In groups, they assign a feeling or mood to each color and share it with the class. To end the lesson, they use the internet to...
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Physics on the Playground
Young scholars investigate friction on a playground slide. In this force and energy instructional activity, students will predict, plan, and implement a scientific investigation to the problem; What materials will allow me to slide the...
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The Great Grizzly
Students view video on grizzly bear. In this research lesson students create a list of questions about grizzlies and create a life size poster of an adult grizzly.
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Exploring 'Wild' Places With GIS
Learners explore "wild" places. In this technology lesson students use ArcGIS Explorer to investigate wild places near them in their neighborhood. Learners view the landscape from both above and the ground.
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Sand Art Creation
Young scholars create a model of a geological land-form. In this art lesson, students will create a model of a land-form using sand.
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Examining newspapers
Students compare and contrast tabloid and broadsheet papers. In this journalism lesson, students examine how techniques and form differs from one type of publication to the other. The culminating activity is for students to take what...
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Chihauhan Desert Journaling Activity
Middle schoolers explore U.S. geography by completing an observational activity with classmates. In this New Mexico lesson, students research the Chihuahuan Desert by visiting several Internet sites. Middle schoolers write the data...
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In the Wild
Third graders examine the concept of ecology and how animals are suited to their habitats. In this animal adaptation instructional activity, 3rd graders identify a variety of plants and animal species that live in a Beech forest.Students...
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Caveman Tag
Young scholars practice fleeing and dodging skills, spatial awareness, some experience with normal tag games.
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The Emerald Necklace: Boston's Green Connection
This lesson could be used in U.S. history, social studies, and geography courses in units on urban expansion in the late 19th century or city planning.
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The Science of Hurricanes
Learners are introduced to the science of hurricanes in an effort to highlight how forces change the speed and direction of motion.
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