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Sunset Silhouettes

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create "SUNSET SILHOUETTES" using primary colors, black construction paper, and glue in this elementary-level Art lesson. The lesson extension included with this lesson involves creating a nativity scene and might be...
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Tracking the Wild Ones

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students apply mathematic skills to discover the extent of the concern for endangered species. Students analyze graphs and look for trends in graphed results of endangered species on a global level.
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Exploring the Night Sky: Fall/Winter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils explain how moon phases occur. They explain three ways that the night sky has been used through history. Students locate some of the constellations in the night sky. They discuss stories and myths surrounding stars.
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Sentence Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore and study what they already know about grammar and sentence structure to reinforce their mastery of assessing the eight parts of speech. They match a set of colored word cards with their correct part of speech and create...
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What Time is it?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils participate in three centers focused on developing time-telling skills. In this time lesson, students create their own paper plate clock face, play "Time Concentration" using times on the hour and half hour, as well as, practice...
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Understanding Chinese Culture Through Reading

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine the Chinese culture. They discuss the Chinese zodiac, identify their animal on the zodiac, listen to a Chinese folktale, and write an essay reflection on the Chinese zodiac or Chinese culture.
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Home Run Wall of Fitness

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars exercise on a regular basis outside of the school setting. They discover the FIT principle (Frequency, Intensity,and Time) and build on to the number of days as well as the amount of time they exercise. They exercise at...
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Follow Spring's Journey North Recording Highlights of the Season

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Young scholars scan headlines on the Journey North News Updates each day to track the changes that spring brings as it comes to different areas of the United States.
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Exploring the BES Website

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how to access the school website and individual teacher websites.
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Celebrate You

For Teachers 1st
First graders locate place of birth on a map. They identify their birthdays and place a graphing square with their birthday written on it under the corresponding month. They compare birthdays on the graph. They read "P.B. Bear's Birthday...
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Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars work together to create mobiles with different polygons. They research the polygon and list its characteristics. They may present to the class if they chose to.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Time and Money

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, while reviewing an extensive list of vocabulary terms, explore how to convert dates to numeric form with correct pronunciation. In pairs, after modeling of examples, they convert several dates to numbers.
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The Cycle of Restoration

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils describe what is meant by restoration cycle. In groups, they create a poster to show the cycle of restoration work. After presenting their poster, they discuss the actions that can be done for each season. To end the lesson, they...
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Stargazing Astronomy: A Ceiling Full of Stars

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Pupils make an observe a planetarium using a can with nail holes, black paper and a flashlight.
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DASH Sunrise and Sunset/ Seasons Chart

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders rotate as the person to enter the information of sunrise and sunset into a spreadsheet. The teacher also demonstrates how to convert the spreadsheet into a chart.
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Let's Think About... Change

For Teachers K
Pupils observe various examples of "change." They mix paint to cereate new colors, eat bread and then toasted bread, and match baby pictures with pictures of how the same people look in the present. Finally, they watch a bouquet of...
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Changing the Water in the Aquarium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the importance and how to change the water in an aquarium. As a class, they review the types of impurities that are found in water and discuss how to keep the tank as clean as possible. They develop a water change...
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What Is A Dinosaur?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students use the question of "What is a dinosaur?" in order to establish the context for a class investigation. They use a variety of resources in order to gather information. Students compare and contrast the similarities or differences...
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Musical Addition

For Teachers K
Students place objects on their storyboards to show the equations that they are given. They draw and color objects to show the equations. Students listen to and sing addition songs.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendar Math Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This website offers plenty of links for activities around the topic of calendar math using estimation, measurement, and computations.
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Class Flow: First Grade Math Calendar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a calendar activity that takes place each morning. The students are introduced to a variety of standards. The students continue to build on their learning and the calendar becomes a...
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Cosmic Calendar [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An activity where learners create a timeline of the history of the Universe, beginning with the Big Bang almost 14 billion years ago, but compress it into one year. Younger students must be able to order events, while older learners need...
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El Education: Calendar of Forest Park

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This calendar was created by 1st grade students in Springfield, Massachusetts, as part of their "Parks as a Neighborhood Resource" Learning Expedition. Students investigated a neighborhood resource while also learning about the function...
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Randall Davis

Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Calendars and Dates

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has a self-scoring listening vocabulary exercise for English language learners that focuses on months, days, and years.