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Cleaning Up

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate how to be a philanthropist. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the story The Wartville Wizard and discuss ways to become a philanthropist. Students participate in a good deed by volunteering to clean up trash.
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U.S. Geography- The Northeast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the geography of the Northeast states. In this map skills lesson, students are shown a map of the Northeast states and identify the state names and borders. Students construct individual maps of the Northeast using...
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Junk Mail Airmail

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how to make a contribution to end the junk mail problem.  In this junk mail lesson students collect junk mail, identify the resources used and construct junk mail airplanes. 
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What Are Endangered Species?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concepts of endangered and extinct animals. In this animal protection instructional activity, students discuss and define the words endangered, extinct, and habitat. Students share why they think it is important to...
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Music Activity at Family Math Night

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars work with a family member in placing all of the music notes on a staff board. They try to match the rhythm on the rhythm board and show their completed song to the teacher.
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Cereal Box Blocks and More!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners sort and categorize different types of boxes and cartons. In this sorting lesson, students designate areas of the room to put different sizes, styles, or colors of boxes. They help their teacher count and graph the different...
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Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete a data sheet. In this Earth composition lesson, students learn what happens when the Earth's plates push against each other. They watch a teacher demonstration and complete a data sheet.
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Carving Mountains

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore geography by participating in an illustration activity. In this land-form lesson, students define vocabulary terms associated with glaciers and forests. Students utilize pens, cardboard and pottery clay to draw and...
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Money Matters

For Teachers K - 1st
Students count, record, and calculate money. They save, as well as to explain the value of jobs and working hard.
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The Rock Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the rock cycle of different types of rock. They arrange cut-outs of the parts of the rock cycle in the correct order and then draw the rock cycle or research different types of rocks.
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Playing the Cardboard Dulcimer

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create cardboard dulcimers. They discover that sound is produced by vibrating strings and analyze the pitch produced by changing the sizes and length of the strings of the instrument. They also discuss the history of the...
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Earth Day - Bursting Beans

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners fill jars with dried beans and water, cover the jars, and wait to see what happens in this excellent Science experiment ideal for Earth Day (April 22nd). Emphasis is placed on discovering the reactions of seeds to water.
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Product Design and Production in the Global Economy

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the design, manufacture and consumption of personal audio devices and cellular products. They examine the related issues, choices, and consequences in the global economy for such purchases. They research...
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Pollution

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate pollution. They discuss pollution and its effects. They create a Venn diagram of pollution and people polluting. They create a landfill and predict what will occur over a week's time. They create two air...
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Create a Community Tree Tour

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students study tree identification. In this tree identification instructional activity, students design and assemble a tree tour booklet describing 5 trees found in their community. The booklet should feature common and Latin names of...
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Passive Voice

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this passive voice worksheet, students fill in the blanks to the sentences with the verbs given in the passive voice. Students complete 3 passages.
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Art and Influence of Theatre

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students examine an 18th century drawing and produce a skit based on the drawing. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the story depicted in a drawing and create a skit inspired the scene. Students research the 18th century...
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Environment" The Mining Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the world of mining and explain its importance in daily life. After describing how companies search for mineral deposits, they examine the environmental consequences of mining as well as the positive aspects. The...
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Domestic Water Supply Case Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers follow the cycle of a raindrop from its source into the water supply for their houses and then back to the environment. They draw and, properly label and explain a diagram of a water treatment plant and a sewage treatment...
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Cling On's

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars define the term static electricity and how to it.  For this electricity lesson students design and implement an experiment to show how static electricity affects their daily lives. 
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Models of Succession

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a model city in order to understand the effects human habitats have on the environment.  For this environment lesson, students examine the effects human habitats have on the environment.  Students create a model...
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Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a water filter according to given criteria. I this chemistry instructional activity, students evaluate the importance of water in their lives. They develop a book or brochure on the water treatment process.
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Sustainable Agriculture

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students perform an experiment to find out if plants grow best when grown in soil with no fertilizer, with chemical fertilizers, or with compost that they have made themselves. Students discover how agriculture practices can benefit the...
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One Person's Trash: Breaking it down

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research how trash is disposed of and make an edible landfill. In this trash lesson plan, students research proper trash disposal, and discuss how trash affects the community. Then they make an edible landfill.