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Snowflakes
Students read "The Snowy Day," by Ezra Jack Keats and construct snowflakes to decorate the classroom walls. They examine how snowflakes are formed and study new vocabulary words.
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Outdoor Observation
Young scholars use observation materials to record what they find outdoors. In this senses lesson plan, students use their five senses to observe things outside. They use a clipboard, pencil, crayons, magnifying glass, and their senses...
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Business Ownership
Students should identify and define the three basic forms of private business ownership.
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Threatened, Endangered & Extinct Lesson Plan
Pupils examine the basic needs of living organisms. In this science lesson, students study ecosystems and discover that organisms have basic needs that must be met.
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Shadows
Students conduct an experiment. In this shadows lesson plan, students record the height of a meter stick. Students then cast shadows and record their length. Students compare the length of the shadow with the actual height of the meter...
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French Cheese
Students discover how cheese in France is made. Using the internet, they read articles about the importance of cheese in the French culture. They identify the various French cheeses and locate the areas in France that manufacture...
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Eye Spy a Pattern
Fifth graders identify patterns by understanding how things work together.
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Dating Sedimentary Strata
Students investigate how the age of sedimentary strata is determined. In this sedimentary strata lesson, students work through problems that show that geological history covers millions of years. They distinguish between relative and...
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Aquatic Life
Students explore aquatic life. In this science instructional activity, students visit an aquatic ecosystem and collect animals found there. Students create a food chain for the aquatic ecosystem.
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Food For Keeps
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of food preservation. They use the internet to conduct research, specifically the methods of processing the students' favorite foods. They are introduced to the project using realia like beef...
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Handprint Ghosts
Students create handprint ghosts using construction paper, paints, crayons, paper plates, and paper towels in this Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. An ideal craft activity for the classroom before the Halloween holiday.
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Very Hungry Caterpillar
Students read "the Very Hungry Caerpiller" by Eric Carle and create their own caterpillers using the same art techniques found in the book in this excellent early elementary lesson plan. Included with the lesson plan is a vocabulary list...
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Our Solar System
Students analyze the theories of the formation of the universe and solar system. Students analyze planetary motion and the physical laws that explain that motion: Rotation, Revolution, Apparent diurnal motions of the stars, sun, and...
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How Is The Weather?
Studemts explore the purpose of this activity is to make a prediction of the weather in Australia based on prior knowledge. They use technology to help determine if the prediction is correct. Learners will discuss the difference between...
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How Is The Weather?
Learners engage in the purpose of this activity is to make a prediction of the weather in Australia based on prior knowledge. To use technology to help determine if the prediction is correct. Students will discussthe difference between...
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Shamrock Puppy
Students create small "Shamrock Puppies" using colored construction paper, crayons, and glue in this pre-Kindergarten lesson celebrating St. Patrick's Day. The lesson includes a resource link where printable patterns can be found.
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Finding Errors
Students explore editing, proofreading and correcting their writing. They discuss the various editing marks. Students practice proofreading, editing and correcting sentences they have written.
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Surveying During a Basketball Game
Tenth graders conduct a survey at a high school basketball game. They compile and present the data as histograms or bar graphs.
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Beeswax Flower Candle
Students create "Beeswax flower candles" in this early-elementary classroom Art lesson. Materials needed include foam pieces, straw, a glue gun, clay pots, beeswax, and popsicle sticks. This activity is ideal for the students to create...
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Hurricanes Are They Coming to Your Neighborhood?
Students study weather systems, hurricanes and tropical storms. They predict landfall of hurricanes and tropical storms.
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Toilet Paper Tube Snowman
Learners create "toilet paper tube" snowmen using toilet paper rolls, paints, pipecleaners, construtcion paper, wiggly eyes, and markers in this winter-time activity. The lesson is intended for the early elementary classroom.
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Tracking the Salt Front
Students manipulate Hudson River salt front data from October 2004 -
September 2005 to locate the high and low points of the salt front for each month, They determine the range for each month, determine the modal range for each month,...