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Build a battery holder

For Students 4th - 8th
In this battery holder worksheet, students follow directions on how to use a toilet paper tube, foil, wires, and more to build a battery holder. Students follow 8 sets of directions.
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Hang a Million

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students hang 200 sheets of paper, each with 5000 X's, around the classroom.When completed, this gives them a concrete example of 1,000,000 which is useful in getting a feel for the lengths of time involved in evolution.
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Eggshell Mosaic

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students break up eggshells and draw a picture on a piece of paper. In this art lesson, students put glue on the design and sprinkle bits of the eggshells on the glue.
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Stamp It!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore environmental issues through art. In this stamp lesson, students use preconsumer waste paper and colored pencils to create rubber stamp designs. This is an environmentally safe lesson.
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Painted String Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students dip string in black paint. In this art lesson, students take a piece of construction paper and fold it in half putting the string on one side of paper making a design with string making lots of circle shapes. Students fold the...
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Build a book

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this build a book worksheet, students follow directions on how to build a book. Students use markers, tape, paper, and follow 12 directions.
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What is Good Writing

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students identify the qualities of good writing. For this writing lesson, students use the 6+1 Traits of Writing and use a rubric to discuss samples of writing on the overhead. Students discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each...
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Fall Tree

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students make a tree. In this art lesson, students draw and color a tree trunk on the bottom third of a piece of paper and sponge paint the top half using red, orange and brown paint one at a time in a circular pattern.
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Shimmering Shamrocks

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students make shamrocks. In this art lesson, students draw a large shamrock onto a peice of paper and fill the shamrock with glue. Students sprinkle green glitter on the glue shaking off the excess glitter that does not stick.
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Creating Craters

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this making craters worksheet, students make craters using paper, sand, golf balls and other materials. Students follow 4 sets of directions and answer 3 short answer questions.
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The Shape of Sand

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this sand lesson plan, student experiment with clay, paper plates, sticks, and more to see how high sand can stack above the clay. Learners answer 7 questions.
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Mother's Day Handprint

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make a Mother's Day flower out of one's hand print. In this art lesson, students paint the palm of one of their hands with red keeping the fingers and thumb together pressing the hand onto the top half of a...
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The Square-Patio Company

For Students 10th
In this designing a square patio worksheet, 10th graders solve 5 different word problems related to designing this patio. First, they use quadrille paper to make a few models such as a patio of side 1 foot. Then, students describe their...
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Paper Chromatography K-12 Experiment

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study chromatography and how they can distinguish between the different pigments in a color.  In this chromatography lesson students separate a mixture of dyes in soluble ink then record the colors they see. 
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Piecing it Together: Adding & Subtracting Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators. They "fish" for and solve a number of fraction problems requiring adding, subtracting, finding equivalent fractions, and using mixed numbers.
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Rock, Paper, Scissors - Dominant and Recessive Traits from Parent to Offspring

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders understand the meaning of dominant and recessive. In this dominant and recessive traits lesson, 5th graders participate in a game and record results on a chart. Students relate experiment to genes. Students describe plants...
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Sequencing a "How-to" Piece

For Students 3rd - 4th
In his sequencing worksheet, learners write a "how to" article telling how to eat a cookie. In this essay worksheet, students write 3-5 sentences.
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Designing a 2-liter Pop Bottle Piece to be Used for Water Rockets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners design and create water rockets using recycled materials. In this technology lesson, students measure and sketch their project design before drawing them using SolidWorks. They construct the bottle as accurately as possible.
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Pieces of Me

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore themselves and their community. In this writing lesson, 8th graders brainstorm ideas about their childhood, middle years, family, and future goals.  Students write an autobiographical sketch about...
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Group Writing

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Two heads are better than one, especially during the writing process. Sometimes, scholars benefit from participating in group writing assignments, as one of the handouts in a series on specific writing assignments outlines. The process...
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Dancing Paper: Static Charge, Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use glass, plastic, paper and various other materials to investigate the properties of static charge and develop scientific inquiry skills.
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Faux Rice Paper Holiday Cards

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate the history of the uses of rice paper. They learn to use controlled brush pressure and work within a border that they create. Students use many materials to create a functional piece of artwork.
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Using Foundation Piecing to Create Quilt Blocks

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students create a log cabin pattern quilt block inspired by an antique silk quilt in the Shelburne Museum. They choose a color scheme and practice the basic technique of foundation piecing. After they complete a quilt block they remove...
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Animals, Piece by Piece

For Teachers K
Students receive teacher prepared puzzles of animals. They try to name the animal by looking at only one piece. Students work in groups to assemble the puzzle pieces and name the animal. They draw their own pictures of the animals in...