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Safety wtih Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students analyze animal feelings. In this personal health lesson, students examine the body language hints and sounds that dogs use to express their emotions.
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How Big is the Sun? Exploring the Size and Scale of the Sun, Earth and Moon

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the relative sizes of the Sun, Earth and Moon as they make an impressive large-scale model for classroom use throughout the unit.
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Weathervanes in the Wind

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students investigate wind and weather by creating a weathervane.  In this environment instructional activity, students identify the purpose of a weathervane and observe weathervanes in action on their campus.  Students create a...
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What's "Out" There?

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the five outer planets. In this space science lesson, 1st graders read the book Our Solar System and identify the five outer planets. Students create a booklet and write about outer planets.
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Parts of a Plant Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils, after reading about the parts of a plant, identify each part and describe its function.
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Plants and Animals Depend Upon One Another

For Teachers 1st
First graders study plants and animals and how they depend on one another. They also study that plants give energy to animals and provide oxygen needed for life. Finally, 1st graders give examples of the roles plants and animals play...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine how water changes state, from a liquid to a solid.  In this water lesson students study the water cycle and how temperature and pressure effect it. 
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners observe what happens to water as it goes from a solid to a liquid.  In this exploratory lesson students gain an understanding for the water cycle while working in groups observing what happens to water as it changes state. 
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Beach Vocabulary Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this beach words worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 22 words to spell terms pertaining to fun at the beach. There is a word bank.
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Beach Vocabulary Word Jumble

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this beach vocabulary worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell 20 words pertaining to the beach. There is a word box.
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Arbor Day Alphabetical Order

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Arbor Day alphabetizing instructional activity, learners read 16 words in a word box that pertain to trees. Students put these words in alphabetical order.
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Animal Habitats

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Students create clay animal characters...
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Regions: Meet the Experts Presentation

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners gather information and create a web site on prairies and plains using a variety of resources, including the internet.
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Adaptable Animals

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils examine the types of adaptations that animals use to survive. They research the animals and report their findings to the class.
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From Caterpillar to Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read and discuss the book about the butterfly and create their own butterflies using liquid watercolors and pipe cleaners. They then create a butterfly development book, included in the lesson, and color the pictures using...
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Rubber Gardens

For Teachers K - 8th
Students recycle discarded automobile tires and create gardening sites for limited space areas.
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Polar Animals Writing Practice

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this polar animals writing learning exercise, students complete sentence starters that use polar animals, then write several sentences to continue their "story." A reference website for additional resources is given.
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What Do Salt Trucks Do?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars predict what will happen to ice when salt is put on it. They make observations and discuss what actually happened to the ice. They relate their experiment to the salt trucks they see on the street.
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Life on a Farm

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students take a field trip to a farm or observe pictures of farms and animals in the classroom. They paint a mural of a farm setting with animals. They practice phonetic skills with farm stories and songs. They explain how milk becomes...
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Michigan Quarter Reverse: A Coin Out of Water

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the Michigan quarter reverse and differentiate between bodies of water. On copies of the quarter reverse, they color the land green and the water blue. After observing photos of water bodies, they complete a worksheet...
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Happy the Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the ways in which people's actions affect fish. They discuss pollutants that are in the water. Students define the terms chemicals, cooling pond, and pollutant. They create a book about Happy the Fish.
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Moon WebQuest

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research basic information about the moon and identify the phases and order of the phases of the moon. They conduct Internet research, complete a moon WebQuest, and write a magazine article about the moon using their...
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Earth Day-Alphabetical Order

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Earth Day instructional activity, students alphabetize a set of 16 related words, found in a word box at the bottom of the page. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Earth Day-Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Earth Day activity, students unscramble 20 words related to Earth Day found in a word box at the bottom of the page. Worksheet has links to additional activities.

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