Curated OER
The Water Cycle
Learners study the water cycle. In this water cycle activity, students examine how the water cycle works, what its functions are, and how to diagram it.
Curated OER
Shape Walk
Students take a field trip to a local park or beach to collect objects. They practice counting the objects and put them into categories according to type of shape like a cone, cylinder, etc... As an extension to the instructional...
Curated OER
Rice Wreaths
Students create rice and glue holiday wreaths in this Art lesson ideal for the 1st or 2nd grade. The lesson can be adapted for older or younger students and includes an ingredient list and step-by-step directions for siccessful...
Curated OER
What's In A Name?
Students analyze themselves as members of the community. They choose a name to describe themselves and explain why they choose the name they did. They identify activities they perform in and out of school to help the community.
Curated OER
Bonkers About Beads
Students explore written communication of different cultures, practice identifying letters of the alphabet, and recognize and create patterns with beaded letters.
Curated OER
Preparation -- The Right Way to Help and FOrm for Poetic Reflection
Students prepare for their service learning project by listening to a representative from the Lake Michigan Federation. They volunteer their time to clean up the coast line. They reflect on the event by writing a poem about their...
Curated OER
The Web Of Life - Overlapping Food Chains
Young scholars perform an activity in which they discover what happens when food chains overlap in an ecosystem and discover the three components of a food web.
Curated OER
Critters of the Water
Students examine different organisms in various marine habitats. They identify any adaptations that have allowed the organisms to survive. They develop an imaginary organism and describe its life cycle.
Curated OER
Where Canada Began
Third graders discuss the term "Birthplace of Confederation" in context to the beginnings of Canada. In groups, they create a list of the rights and responsibilities of citizens and identify examples of those who made contributions to...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Activities: Make Recycled Paper
Step-by-step instructions, with photos, of how to make recycled paper.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Science Rockers: Recycling Paper
Easy recycling experiment through which recycle newspaper, by turning the used paper into pulp and then back to paper.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Alternative Sources for Paper Fiber
If you're interested in arts and crafts, you might like this project. It uses several alternative, renewable sources of fiber to make paper, and compares the resulting papers for strength and writing quality.
Other
Recyclezone: Activity Zone: Pulp Fiction: How to Make Recycled Paper
Step-by-step instructions on how to make paper by recycling newsprint, cardboard, and other such materials.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Make Your Own Recycled Paper
Students will learn about how paper is made. Working together, students will make their own paper. This activity introduces students to recycling; what it is, its importance, and how it affects their lives.
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Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Recycling: Old Made New [Pdf]
Students will observe the physical properties of items through an activity where they sort objects for recycling. This lesson plan also includes a recycle papermaking process.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Make a Starburst Wrapper Chain
This how-to guide describes the process of making chains from candy wrappers.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Wrap It Up for Chanukah
Creative ideas for making unique and personalized packages for Hanukkah presents.
Read Works
Read Works: Earth Helpers
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about working together to make the Earth a better place. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Trash to Treasure!
Student teams use the engineering design process to create a useful product of their choice out of recyclable items and "trash." The class is given a "landfill" of reusable items, such as aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, juice boxes,...
Planet Pals
Planet Pals: Dryer Lint Crafts
A planet-friendly site for children and educators. This area covers recycling dryer lint to create crafts like papier mache, lint clay and lint paper.
Other
State of Michigan: Mi Kids
Kids don't have to be residents of Michigan to enjoy this site! There is lots of information as well as fun activities contained in six sub-categories: Yikes! Central (safety), sightseeing, way back when, you.gov, our backyard, and map it.
Other
Mi Kids
Kids don't have to be residents of Michigan to enjoy this site! There is lots of information as well as fun activities contained in six sub-categories: Yikes! Central (safety), sightseeing, way back when, you.gov, our backyard, and map it.