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NOAA

I Didn’t Do It…Did I?: Make Your Own Greenhouse Effect

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
How do greenhouse gases affect the climate on Earth?  Pupils explore the concept by first building their own apparatuses to model the greenhouse effect. Then, they record data to measure temperature change and determine that the amount...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Do You Need What I Need?

For Teachers 3rd
Student identify the basic human needs. In this life science lesson, 3rd graders compare the needs of plants, animals and humans. They apply what they have learned by playing a survival team game.
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Lesson Plan
Steven's Institute of Technology

How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
What to do, bunnies are getting into the garden and eating all the carrots! After reading the story Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! the class works together to design a device that will keep those bunnies out of the garden. They get together in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's the Frequency, Roy G. Biv?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Introduce starting space scientists to the electromagnetic spectrum, expecially the portion of visible light. Teach them about wavelength and frequesncy. Then give them a roll of adding machine tape and a manila folder to make a...
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Writing
Curated OER

Following Instructions

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Get scholars thinking about the scientific process with this fun experiment they can do at home. Learners practice reading directions as they underline each instruction in a procedural paragraph. They create a flow chart and record what...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Setting Details in Of Mice and Men

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
After completing John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, groups are assigned a chapter to reread. Members list major conflicts and events and quote setting details. They then make observations about how the setting prepares the reader for the...
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Unit Plan
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Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Volcanoes!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Give young geologists an up close and personal look at volcanoes with a series of hands-on earth science lessons. Whether they are investigating the properties of igneous rocks, building their own volcanoes, or making fudge to model the...
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Growing Bean Plants (Grade 2)

For Students 2nd Standards
After planting a bean seed in a jar, young scientists observe the growth patterns over several days. As the bean becomes a sprout, and the sprout becomes a plant, partners measure and plot the data. They notice patterns, practice...
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NOAA

Climate Is Our Friend…Isn’t It?: Make an Extinction Polyhedron

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Climate affects populations in different ways. Scholars research extinct organisms and mass extinctions in part three of the 10-installment Discover Your Changing World series. They create graphic organizers, then fill in the information...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Radiation Budget

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the radiation budget and the launching of the Budget Satellite. They role-play as designers of the satellite and construct one with a power source, instruments, and sensors. they explain how their satellite functions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Paper Clay Fish Sculpture

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Why not get creative and use paper clay to create colorful fish sculptures? All the steps needed to complete this activity are included. Your class will sculpt beautiful fish while exploring color, shape, and creative thinking. Use these...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with P

For Students 10th - 11th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the choices which all start with the letter "p."
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Ocean

For Teachers 3rd
Plant and animal life of the ocean is the focus of this science lesson plan. Young scientists sort a variety of seashells and explore why many sea animals have shells. They examine the shells, write journal entries highlighting the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The right place to live

For Students 2nd - 5th
How do various plants survive in different environments? They adapt! Kids determine which plant traits make them perfect for their specific environment. They consider three plants and can even complete a plant experiment. Note: Intended...
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PPT
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Punctuation: Periods. Commas,

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Color-coded slides model for viewers the various uses of the comma and the period. The rule is presented and followed by several examples. Consider extending the lesson with a practice exercise.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Forest Ecosystem

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars take a field trip and explore a temperate rainforest. In this rainforest lesson plan, students discuss many items they see on their journey and experiment with different tree leaves.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

HW Unit 10:7-Light

For Students 9th - 12th
In this light worksheet, students answer twenty six questions about sound and light and how they both travel. They also answer questions about different types of waves in the electromagnetic spectrum such as radio waves, visible light,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Going into the Great North

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars observe and investigate the areas included in the Great North. In this geography lesson, students observe a documentary based on the Great North. Later the young scholars will draw and identify countries within the arctic...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patricia Polacco, Author and Illustrator

For Teachers K - 5th
Students conduct Internet research about the studenT author and illustrator Patricia Polacco. They compose letters to Ms. Polacco and, after revising and editing their work, send them in the mail.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Walk in the Forest

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore interrelationships among plants and animals.  Students listen to Where to, Little Wombat? by Charles Fuge, and contribute words and phrases for a classroom animal and plant survival chart. Students take a walk in a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Trip Around the Sun

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the relationship between the tilt of the Earth's axis and the seasons. For this earth science lesson, 6th graders sing the song "Why Do We Have Seasons" and use simulate the Earth's tilt by using their bodies.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Little Seed House

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a story. In this seeds lesson, 1st graders read The Tiny Seed and make their own seed house. Students write down their observations and complete a worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
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All That Corn

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students observe and record data.  In this plant growth lesson, students plant and grow corn.  Students observe the growth of their corn and record their data.  Students read corn recipes and select their favorite four recipes to write...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pizza Garden

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students get involved in growing veggies so they may start eating them more!