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Blue Planet: Seasonal Seas
Young scholars study and research marine invertebrates. In this marine lesson students create an illustrated report and help complete a class exhibit.
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Yemen Cargo Bombs Foiled
Students explore an international terror alert originating in Yemen. In this lesson, students read an article that explains a terror alert in Britain, then complete several activities that reinforce the reading, including a...
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The Shape of Things
Sixth graders read and discuss information regarding the shape and attributes of an eggshell. In this shape of things lesson, 6th graders gather relevant information that pertains to the incubation and formation of an eggshell. ...
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Second graders explore biology. In this life cycle instructional activity, 2nd graders act out the stages a caterpillar goes through to become a butterfly. They spend days prior to this instructional activity observing caterpillars they...
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American Bald Eagle
In this American bald eagle learning exercise, students match ten facts about American bald eagles with their definitions and put five facts in sequential order.
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Topic Booklets: The Seaside
In this ESL seaside worksheet, students assemble the booklet and read about things and people they may see at the seaside. Students then respond to 5 fill in the blank questions, 2 short answer questions, and 4 matching questions...
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The Important Thing
First graders create time capsules with "The Important Thing About Me" picture and information.
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Checkerboard
Students explore the game of checkers and the folk art that has been used to create checkerboards. They create their own checkerboards that reflect current culture.
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Arctic Centers for Kindergarten
Students gain a better understanding of the Arctic, its biology as well as the inhabitants. They then perform activities necessary to develop motor skills, listening and cognitive skills.
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Wet Chalk Drawing
Students create original works of art using chalk, tempera paints, and paper in this art activity for elementary and middle level classrooms. The lesson includes ideas for displaying or mounting finished works of chalk art in the...
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Clay Pot Santa And Mrs. Claus
Young scholars create clay replicas of Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in this early-elementary Art lesson for the holiday season. Directions are included for both Mrs. Claus and Santa. The lesson also includes links for more art activities...
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #4
In this grammar worksheet, students read the passage and then answer the questions about errors in the passage. There are 8 questions to answer.
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Who Lives in the Sea? A class book (Elementary, Science)
Students, assigned an alphabet letter, do research on a sea animal whose name begins with that assigned alphabet. All of the assignments then be turned into a class book.
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Masks
Students examine how weather masks were used and design their own. For this weather mask lesson, students look at examples of weather masks before planning one of their own. They sketch the mask on the associated template and build it...
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Masks
Students create weather masks. In this social studies lesson, students discover the history behind the weather masks used by Native American cultures and then create their own.
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"Julie of the Wolves"
Fifth graders research life in Alaska and compare life there to their lives in this lesson. They read "Julie of the Wolves." They research through the novel and other reference books facts about the Alaskan climate and geography. They...
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Going My Way?
Students, in groups, study how a magnet works and how people use the Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves.
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Variations for Survival
Fifth graders examine two related organisms that live in different environments and compare how the physical characteristics of each organism provided it with survival advantages unique to its own environment.
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Ecology
Young scholars identify and describe three states of water. They predict how water will change states.
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The Shape of Things
Students study the natural incubation of hens and the important characteristics of the egg shell. They perform experiments to test the strength of the dome shape of an egg and prove that an eggshell has pores to allow air to pass. ...
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Carry Your Own Load Toad!
Students explore how to spell words with the vowel digraph /oa/. They read and spell words containing the oa digraph. Students read Toad Makes a Road. They clap their hands when they hear the /O/ sound in the story. Students practice...
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Minimize Perimeter
Learners use the graph and equation of a perimeter function to find characteristics that minimizes the perimeter of a rectangle. They comprehend that in business situations, such as packaging and city planning, minimizing perimeter is an...
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How Creepy!
Students observe and measure a model of slow down slope movement. In this graphing lesson students collect, record, and organize data that apply to models.
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Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights
Eleventh graders analyze primary sources. In this US History lesson plan, 11th graders interpret written information. Students evaluate arguments and draw conclusions. Students develop and defend a position.