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Mosquitos

For Students 4th - 8th
In this mosquitos worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about mosquitos. Students answer 5 questions about mosquitos.
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Mixing Primary and Secondary Colors

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create their own color wheel by mixing colors of Playdoh. Each child names the primary and secondary colors.
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Candy Dish Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore natural selection. They explore the concepts of adaptations, and the way which random factors affect the survival of individuals and populations.
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Walk That Line

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, practice outdoors with communication skills, leadership, trust, respect and creativity.
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Cell Cookies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, create a plant or animal cell out of cookies, frosting, and candy pieces.
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The Pledge of Allegiance

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the history of the Pledge of Allegiance. They investigate the First Amendment concept of separation of Church and state using Internet resources.
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Trees at Work... Just Look!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils investigate the significance of trees. They collect magazine pictures of animals that live in trees, list products that are made from trees, collect twigs and create an item using the sticks, and bring in and discuss food from trees.
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Foul Food in the Middle Ages

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Medieval Ages food worksheet, learners learn about the details behind the diets of both peasants and nobles during Medieval Times and fill out a chart based on their reading.
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Smarty Plants

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students examine plants and pollinators. In this plant biology activity, students read The Power of Pollinators and identify the parts of the plant and the pollinators. Students design their own imaginary plants.
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Preventing Forest Fires

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine how forest fires burn depending on the slope, tree density, and forest arrangement.  In this Environmental lesson, 11th graders observe and record different burn patterns.  Students analyze contemporary fires and...
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Native American Foods

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explore Native American foods.  In this middle school mathematics lesson, students research the types of foods Native Americans across the country typically ate.  Young scholars summarize a recipe in their own worlds. 
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Constructing Earthquake-Proof Buildings

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine different materials and design options that can affect the durability of a building.  In this investigative lesson students conduct several earthquake experiments. 
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Multiply 2-Digit Numbers by 1-Digit Numbers

For Students 4th - 5th
In this multiplication worksheet, students solve the problems by multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. Students use base ten blocks for help.
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Crying Baby

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars practice techniques and strategies with phonics, spelling and word recognition with the sounds of /a/. They read and work on this task with the book, "Cat Nap," and the tongue twister "Alice asked if Annie's active animals...
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Radical Raisins!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of buoyancy through experimentation. Given materials of various weights and composition, they drop them in club soda and determine which substances sink or float. Students discuss their results in terms of...
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Nutrition: Why do we need rice in our diet?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover what the Food Guide Pyramid represents. In this health lesson plan, 2nd graders experience the types of foods represented in each of the groups found in the pyramid. As part of this lesson plan, students discover...
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Tasters' Choice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils taste foods, some of which are familiar foods and some of which are uncommon foods. They compare and contrast the tastes and graph their likes and dislikes.
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Breaking News English: First Woman Swims Across the Atlantic

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read "First Woman Swims Across the Atlantic," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Uhhh...Did I Do That?

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars complete a variety of activities as they explore the letter u as it makes the short /u/ sound. They recite short /u/ tongue twisters and using Elkonin letter boxes, they spell words with the letter u. They also practice...
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Reintroduce /N/

For Teachers K
Students review the /n/ sound, following teacher modeling. In this phonics instructional activity, students select the letter w each time it appears in a set of 12 letters and practice saying its sound, remaining silent when another...
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Plant Dye Paints

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create original paintings using natural dye techniques used in the past in this Art lesson about paint colors. The lesson may be supplemented with information about pioneers, or ancient civilizations, and how paints were made...
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Minnesota-China Connections: Chinese Flavors

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners discuss the foods which are typical of a Chinese diet. They find recipes and observe and sample various Chinese foods. They record their opinions about what they taste and experience in a journal entry.
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Investigate the Role of Cholesterol from Cholesterol-rich Foods in the Human Body

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders assess fat content of different food samples. In this biology lesson, 8th graders create a flowchart showing the transport of cholesterol in the bloodstream. They perform tests for the presence of lipids on food samples.
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Harve and Ester's Tree Company

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine the role of trees in their lives. They identify products that come from trees and their uses. They are read a book about trees as well.