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Curated OER

The Laughing Leaf

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate real-object writing. They discuss a leaf that has human attributes, and using a real leaf write a story about a leaf that tells them a joke, and create an illustration of themselves and their leaf.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Unity In Diversity

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss the meaning of diversity in the world. They practice how to act around others and appreciate the different types of people that exist. The lesson includes a section of vocabulary and the reading of a story to illustrate...
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Curated OER

Spirit of Enquiry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
The instructional activity includes guided questions to help students to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Desert Postcards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research characteristics of deserts. They present their findings in small groups to the class. Students utilize information learned about desert biomes, geography of the route of the Niger, and expeditions in their writing.
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Curated OER

Managing Distractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore and analyze different ways to work through various distractions while studying even in the quietest of areas. They practice concentrating on strategies that assist them in controlling the distractions in their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing with the Five Senses

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students collect data and record it on a bar graph. In this data graphing lesson plan, each small group of students is assigned to collect data on one of the five senses. They then practice a song that helps them remember the purpose of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Don't Say "Said," Say . . .

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word choice worksheet, students read the various alternatives for the word 'said.' Students then brainstorm alternatives for another over-used word.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Synonyms and Antonyms #9

For Students 4th - 5th
In this synonyms and antonyms activity, students choose the best synonym for the first 6 words and the best antonym for the next 6 words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocab. Quiz: Grade Two (Grade 2) Vocabulary List Two

For Students 2nd
In this second grade vocabulary worksheet, 2nd graders match the 15 terms in the left-hand column to the appropriate definitions in the right-hand column.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write a description of an animal.  In this descriptive writing lesson, students discuss ways to write to appeal to all five senses.  Students then describe an animal in a paragraph and pair up to guess the animal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mountain Pine Beetle

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Young scholars identify the different parts of a tree. In this biology lesson, students investigate how mountain pine beetles kill trees. They examine the beetles' anatomy using a microscope.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Expressing Likes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL likes, dislikes and indifferences worksheet, students read a set of  statements in each category and complete on of their own for each.
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Handout
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Smell and Taste Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual offers an interesting article that describes ways in which your sense of smell can be affected. Diagnosis and treatment for loss of smell are also discussed.
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Activity
PBS

Newton's Apple: Taste and Smell

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discusses the senses of smell and taste and describes their interconnectedness. Provides an activity to investigate the interactive nature of taste and smell.
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Handout
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Smelling and Tasting

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of smelling and tasting. Two senses of the human body.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Nose Knows Smell but How About Taste?

For Students 3rd - 8th
As if sniffles and clogged sinuses are bad enough, everything seems to taste bland and flavorless when we are sick. Gather up a few volunteers, hit the kitchen, and try this experiment to find out if there is really truth to the idea...
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

Nidcd: Smell Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the sense of smell and disorders associated with smell. The site provides information on what makes our sense of smell work, what smell disorders are, what causes these disorders, and whether these disorders may be...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taste and Smell Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 10-question quiz pertaining to taste and smell.
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Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Your Sense of Smell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dinner is cooking and boy does it smell good. Understand how our sense of smell works at this Exploratorium site.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Can You Taste It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Few people are aware of how crucial the sense of smell is to identifying foods, or the adaptive value of being able to identify a food as being familiar and therefore safe to eat. In this lesson and activity, students conduct an...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Taste and Smell

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Imagine you open a gallon of milk, and you suddenly smell a foul odor. Your sense of smell has informed you that the milk has spoiled. So you pour the spoiled milk...
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Taste a Smell Test

For Students 1st - 5th
Take the jellybean test to see how your sense of smell enhances taste.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.52 Taste and Smell

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand the human senses of taste and smell.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Taste Disorders and Their Causes

For Students 9th - 10th
This five-questions quiz pertaining to related to the passage "Taste Disorders and Their Causes."

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