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Christmas Complete The Paragraph Puzzle
In this Christmas complete the paragraph puzzle worksheet, students write in six missing words from the word list at the bottom of the page to complete the paragraph, with more puzzles and answers available online.
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A Review of Lessons and Options
Students participate in a number of activities that reinforce the knowledge they have learned from previous units over waste management.
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Carving Mountains
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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Learning to Give
Students learn what it means to give generously. In this giving lesson, students give examples of when they have given of themselves. Students complete a service project where they create a gift for preschoolers with whom they can share.
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Mother's Day Craft
Students create a flower pot for their mom on mother's day. They use pictures found in magazines to create a collage on the flower pot. They are to follow instructions to complete this lesson.
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Hands That Touch The Heart
Students create Valentine's Day hearts in this variation of a classic activity for the early-elementary classroom. The "hands that touch the heart" is a great gift that can be given to family, friends, or fellow students. A materials...
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Production Consumption Worksheet
In this environment instructional activity, students answer the 12 questions related to the concepts of manufacturing and consumption of real products.
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Gingerbread Map
Second graders read the book Gingerbread Baby, identify local features and cardinal directions on a map, and then construct their own map. In this mapping lesson plan, 2nd graders construct their own map in groups based on where the baby...
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Sorting
Students practice sorting books. In this sorting lesson, students play the Flood Game on the PBS web site. With knowledge of the sorting system used by libraries, students sort small numbers of books using categories devised by their...
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Evergreen's Green Team Energy Audit
Students investigate the ways energy is used at their school and how it can be changed. In this energy lesson, students participate in a service project related to energy. Students record and calculate changes that saved energy and...
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Materials and Manufacturing
Students explore materials used in manufacturing. In this science instructional activity, students investigate the suitability of building materials. Students read The Three Little Pigs and discuss the building materials used in the story.
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Branching Art From Nature
Young scholars construct an art piece from nature. In this visual art instructional activity, students use objects from the environment (petals, leaves, and stones) to create a unique art piece.
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Fun Photosynthesis
Second graders, using large colored poster board, explore photosynthesis and its effect on the food chain and survival of organisms.
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Painters as Musicians-CD Cover Design
Students create CD cover art to project the image of the artist or what those artists might sing about.
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Transgenic Salmon
Learners research the various aspects of transgenic salmon. In stakeholder groups, they create posters intended to sway voters for or against the creation of transgenic salmon. They also write an individual position paper on the subject.
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Pop Up Card
Students design and create pop-up greeting cards for a special occasion in this art lesson for Kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. The lesson includes resource links for pop-up "arm" ideas and can be accomplished in one day.
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Reusing Winter Waste
Students use waste materials to build a snowman decoration. In this reusing lesson, students create a new object out of disposable items left over from the holidays. Students discuss ways of cutting down waste. Students understand how...
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God's Creation
Second graders explore religion by analyzing the state of the country. In this American creation lesson, 2nd graders read that God created the world and therefore the United States and all of the beautiful things within the country....
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Paint a Wet-Into-Wet Watercolor
Students demonstrate the technique of painting wet-into-wet. In this painting lesson, students create colors to paint with by mixing two or more colors together. Students use water color to create various images.
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Worksheet 10: Vocabulary Review
In this vocabulary and reading skills worksheet, students complete 12 sentences by selecting the appropriate words and phrases from the word bank to do so.
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It's a Wrap!
Students read about the importance of packaging foods and related items properly and reducing waste. In this packaging lesson plan, students read the background information about packaging and bring a variety of packaging materials to...
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Flower Power
Students create flowery napkin rings, paint umbrellas, paint flowers, and create "butter-flowers" in this four-day lesson all about Springtime. The activities in this lesson could be accomplished over four days, used separately, or...