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The Bus Route
Patterns are extremely helpful when solving a puzzle. Young scholars attempt to find times a bus will pass each stop. They identify a pattern in the known stop times to identify the solutions.
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Throw and Catch Tennis
Learners practicewith a racket, to learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in different spots .
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Comprehension Questions for The Treasure Hunt
In this comprehension questions for The Treasure Hunt worksheet, students answer 10 comprehension questions after reading the book by Bill Cosby.
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Tin Can Telephone
Students make telephones. For this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their own tin can telephones.
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People Bingo
Students get to know one another by asking questions. When they find someone who can do it, they write their name on the card. Then play Bingo.
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Line and Shape Game
Students play the "space-breaker" game, in which they are required to create a picture using shapes or lines called out to them) to reinforce the concept of geometric shape and line.
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The Air Up There
Students observe the weather over a period of two weeks. They gather local weather data and calculate the mean and average figures from the data. They prepare a graph with their observations.
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Weather in Your City
Students observe weather conditions of a particular city. Multiple intelligences are explored within this lesson. They locate their particular city on a United States map. Each student writes about their discoveries in his/her journal...
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School Safety Tips for the Fall Season
You can review safety strategies with a seasonal twist.
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Plants 'n' Bugs
Second graders experiment to find if pollinators have color preferences. In this plant and bug lesson, 2nd graders gather information about how flowers pollinate. Students participate in a pollination experiment using the scientific...
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Weather "Whys" : Introduction to Weather
Students discuss weather forecasts and different types of weather. For this weather lesson, students observe the weather and learn a weather song. They listen to a story and see weather measurement tools.
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Sentence Twister
Fifth graders complete a game to practice sentence writing. In this sentence writing activity, 5th graders use a Twister game format to practice creating making complete sentences from run-on sentences and fragmented sentences.
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Swim Like a Whale or Fish?
Young scholars recognize the difference between whales and fish by categorizing them according to their method of swimming. They synthesize this information by simulating the swimming patterns of whales and fish and comparing it to their...
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People Bingo
Students get to know one another. They move around the room asking classmates questions that are on the card and making up a Bingo card. They find somebody that answers a question on their card and writes their name in that square.
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Measurment (Elementary, Mathematics)
Students break into pairs/groups and go outside to find as many things as they can that are EXACTLY 1 inch.
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Line and Shape Game
High schoolers create a picture of an actual scene or overlap the called out lines or shapes into a space-breaker. If someone calls out a line or shape a student had not planned to use in the art, they have to figure out some way to use...
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Balloon Rocket
In this friction investigation worksheet, students follow the directions to construct a balloon rocket. Students use a string lubricated with soap and a drinking straw with a balloon. This is a page from the UK.
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Sock it to it!
Students place socks on their feet and hands and spray shaving cream on the floor. In this performing art lesson, students slide on the floor having fun in the shaving cream.
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Treetures
Young scholars identify the different forests of the world and some of the characteristics that differentiate them. They explore old magazines, calendars and photos and fill out a scavenger hunt worksheet.
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Weather
First graders explore weather. They distinguish between different types of weather and choose their favorite type of weather. Students draw a picture of their favorite type of weather. They draw a picture of what they could do in their...
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ACE Expert English Homework- July 19, 2006
In this ESL instructional activity, students complete exercises on five pages. All the English questions pertain to weather and tourism in the students' home countries.
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Weather Conditions
High schoolers list and name various kinds of weather conditions occurring in their city. Using the newspaper as a resource, students answer questions relating to written weather reports. This lesson is intended for high schoolers...
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Calendar & Weather Book
Second graders track weather patterns through the school year. They take daily readings and record them in a weather book.
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Scholastic: Where Do Rainy Days Come From?
Find out more about rainy days when you check out this resource, which features hands-on interactive activities, experiments, fun facts, and more.