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Night Sounds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen and discuss the sounds they heard at night. They write a class poem about those sounds at night. They keep a chart on their desk for ideas. The poem is read aloud to the class when it is finished.
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Squanto's Science Lesson

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners explore Squanto's contribution to the settlers. They plant seeds and follow instructions for water and fertilization. Students keep a record of the growth of the seeds. They write a paragraph that tells what they learned from...
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Good News and Bad News: Income and Taxes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 1040, citing particular line items that are pertinent to an artist acting as an entrepreneur. They explore various sources of income and the importance of keeping accurate income records.
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Temperature Changes: Atmosphere & Ocean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils observe temperature differences of water and air in sunlight and darkness. They determine that the sun warms the Earth's surface, which controls global currents and climate, keeping the earth habitable. They discover water and air...
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Mystery of the Poisoned Panther Picnic

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify how and where bacteria grows. For this health education lesson, students watch the video "Mystery of the Poisoned Panther Picnic" and identify the rules for keeping food fresh. Students complete the included transparency.
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What Will Rust?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss if they have ever seen anything that has rusted. They place metal objects into the cup and then add just enough water to cover the bottom of the container. They complete information on their data sheets and record as...
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A Number a Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Summary: This activity is designed to help young scholars understand: The concept of number and its relationship to the calendar What a calendar is and how it can be used to keep track of time One-to-one correspondence and sequencing...
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Goal Setting

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of setting goals, then set goals, and keep a record of their achievements. They read books about goal-setters and listen to a guest speaker.
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What Food Is It?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students close their eyes and taste foods without using the sense of sight to identify the foods. They record what they think the food is that they tasted.
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Conducting and Analyzing Local Studies

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students carry out the class weather study: recording, organizing and discussing data daily and keeping track of this work in their journals. They look for patterns and relationships in data, link these with what they know and with...
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River Planning

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use a model to conduct an experiment involving dam construction. Based on their observations, they draw conclusions about social, economic, and and environmental issues and make a decision concerning dam location. As a group,...
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Light and Shadows

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students observe and record the apperacne of shadows and how their position and shpae changes during the course of the day. Students measure and record the length oof a partner's shadow at different intervals during the day. In pairs,...
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Cha-Ching!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students play the Pinky's Create a Card game for practice. Students create a class store where they experiment in the roles as vendor and consumer. Students use play money to buy and sell various products, while keeping track of spending...
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How Does Your Plant Grow?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students measure and record their height in centimeters on a graph. By integrating math and science, students collect data and apply graphing skills to the experiences they are having growing plants. Finally, students identify how to...
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Collect the Weather Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the weather. In this weather spreadsheet instructional activity, students keep track of weather patterns as they use instruments and resources to chart the data the collect in spreadsheet form.
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Weather Observation Journal

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars research weather patterns. In this weather lesson, students read Chester Noongwook's Rules of Weather Observation and keep a weather journal for one month. Young scholars observe the weather patterns throughout the month.
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The Middle Ages

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss the Middle Ages. In this social science lesson, students role-play that they are medieval lords, knights, and ladies who keep diaries. Students write what they would have put in their diaries and decorate their diaries.
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Changing Matter

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders conduct an experiment.  In this changing matter lesson plan, 5th graders receive a cup of crystals, record their observations, add water to the crystals and record new observations. Students then discuss the differences...
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Mind Teasers

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this food worksheet, students keep a record of food amounts and calculate calories in different problems. Students complete 3 problems.
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Badminton Partner Singles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are allowed time for badminton singles play when space is limited and to keep everyone actively engaged in the game during play.
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Windowsill Gardening-Starting the Garden

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this gardening worksheet, students choose 5 plants from a given list to include in their windowsill garden then read about how to start the garden and answer questions related to keeping it healthy.
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Soccer Passing Challenge (with Digi-walker pedometers)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice soccer dribbling and passing skills using the inside of the foot while recording with a pedometer.
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Night Sounds

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, children will discuss the different sounds they hear at night, sounds that they don't usually hear during the day. Then they will write and record a poem about these night sounds.
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Diaries and Memoirs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze how personal diaries and memoirs record actual events, compare and contrast diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust, and engage in journal or diary writing as a way to explore one's own feelings and self.