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Be a Whale

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the body shape, behavior and history of gray whales by creating origami whale hats. Students role-play whale behavior as they listen to a story.
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Teamwork And Productivity

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students engage in a creative project of constructing different things using origami paper. The objective is for them to construct something that is identified and useful at the same time. They use guided questions to go through the...
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Chinese, Japanese and Korean Numbers and Luck!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore numbers in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. They discuss numbers and practice writing and speaking numbers 1-10 in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. As they create a chart of the three countries' numbers, they...
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Production and Costs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the concept of productivity and participate in an activity in which they test their own productivity in making Origami cups. Teams determine how to improve productivity and then discuss factors that influence...
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Haiku

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the Japanese literature, music and art. Pupils discuss the culture of Japan. While listening to Japanese music, they write and illustrate a Haiku. Students are given the opportunity to create origami.
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Natural Selection I

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders list the steps of Darwin's natural selection. They demonstrate the process of natural selection in a predation activity. Students create paper origami frogs to race across the floor and analyze the differences in the...
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Magpies across the milky way

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners make origami birds after studying about Asian legends and culture. In this Asian legends lesson plan, students also learn about Asian art, constellations, and the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Geometry Word Search

For Students 4th - 6th
In this word search worksheet, students find 32 hidden clues in a puzzle; all terms are used in origami and geometry and can be found vertically, horizontally, backwards or diagonally.
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"For The Birds" [part II]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students examine how Chinese and Japanese artists used different kinds of birds as representations of ideas that were important in both cultures and create their own birds using the technique of origami.
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Ribbit! Ribbit!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils research a frog's life cycle and habitat using books, the Internet and lecture. Students make origami frogs, write letters to Toad from Arnold Lobel's "Frog and Toad" and participate in a simulated camouflage activity.
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Teamwork and Productivity: Building a Better "What's It"

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students produce products and calculate their group's profit or loss.  In this productivity lesson, students work as a team to produce products at specific specifications for a pretend company.  At the end of the time limit, they compute...
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Area of Tangram Pieces

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Mathematicians calculate the area of a tangram piece without using formulas. They use a geometry journal to record activities during this lesson. They make a set of tangrams and use them to compute area. They use what they discover to...
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Silk Dragons - Activity 1

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate and discuss Japanese art and culture through an online video and a KWL chart. This lesson is an introduction to Japanese art with two supplemental lessons provided for further activities.
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Middle-East Reflections

For Teachers K - 12th
Practice symmetry and patterns with this Mid-Eastern art project. Your class will create beautiful, reflective mosaics that will brighten up the classroom! A list of necessary materials is included.
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Towers and Turrets

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
A lesson on architecture will help young artists consider perspective. Your class will use water colors to paint towers and turrets. You can connect this art lesson to famous buildings like the Taj Majal in India, Saint Basil's Cathedral...
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Narrow It Down

For Teachers K - 4th
Ever played 20 Questions? A similar game helps young learners practice asking and answering yes-or-no questions. Spread out several objects, preferably all similar with slight variations (buttons or coins would work well). A leader...
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Tanabata: Japan's Star Festival

For Teachers 1st - 5th
The Star Festival or Tanbata, is a holiday celebrated in Japan every year. People make tanzakus out of paper and hang them on the trees. Pupils will learn about this culturally significant holiday while creating tanzakus of their own....
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Colors

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
You can sing a rainbow with a fun set of color-themed activities. Kids learn a song, match colors to objects, and jump up and down as they practice their color recognition.
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Sundials!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Time to learn about sundials. Scholars see how to build sundials after learning about Earth's rotation and its relation to time. The unit describes several different types of possible sundials, so choose the one that fits your needs — or...
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Sun Safe Summer Activity Pack

For Students K - 5th Standards
Eight activities make up a packet all about sun safety. Scholars mix and match how animals stay sun safe, dress paper dolls in appropriate summer clothing, make a cootie catcher, solve word puzzles, grow sunflowers, examine pictures,...
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Cut - Stretch - Fold

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work on determining the area of a tangram piece without using a formula by working with geoboards, graph paper, and tangram pieces. After completing the activity, they apply their experience to determining a formula for finding...
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Kirigami: The Ancient Art of Paper Cutting

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars perform inquiry into the ancient art of Kirigami. The research provides a context for the lesson and how it is related to History. Students also appreciate the art for the sake of its contribution to culture.
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Teamwork and Productivity Building a Better "What's It"

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners follow directions and detailed specifications to create a product. They work as part of a team on a common goal/projections and calculate profit (loss) and compute fractions
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I Don't Ever Want to Smoke!

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars investigate the negative health effects of smoking. They listen to the book "Dog Breath" by Dav Pilkey, watch and discuss a PBS Mr. Roger's video clip, and create a list with their families of activities they like to do...

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