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Lessons for Atlatl Users with Some Experience-Grade 5

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders throw darts, collecting data for distance traveled. In this data analysis lesson, 5th graders throw a dart using an atlatl. They calculate the speed for each throw and determine the best dart length for distance throws.
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Stream Study

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the characteristics of a stream habitat. In this life science lesson, students use sieves, nets, and jars to collect aquatic organisms. Students also measure the temperature of the stream and calculate the speed of the...
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One Room Schoolhouse

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study pictures and artifacts of the one-room schoolhouse. For this compare and contrast lesson,students list similarities and differences in schools of today and one-room schoolhouses. Then students use this analysis to write a...
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Can Girls Be Plumbers?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover stereotypes in modern society.  In this gender role lesson, students create a display of "school workers" and identify  jobs as either male or female.  The students discuss their choices and overcome these stereotypes.
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Save the Earth: It's Everyone's Home!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate how to make earth-smart choices. In this environmental awareness activity, students listen to a short lecture on environmentally friendly products. Students invent an environmentally friendly product and complete an...
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From Mashed to Riches

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars discuss the uses of a potato. In this food group instructional activity, students identify the five food groups and which one the potato belongs to. They create potato printing, compare different kinds of potatoes, grow a...
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Have a Ball with Bernoulli II

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the work of Daniel Bernoulli through experiment and background information.  In this Bernoulli lesson, 3rd graders participate in air pressure experiments. Students record their observations of the effects of air...
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Balloons: Math with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the history of hot air balloons by watching one ascent.  In this physics lesson, students utilize a Montgolfier Hot Air Balloon from an earlier lesson and record the temperature, rate of ascent and the volume.  Students...
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Symmetry and Symbols

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners identify symmetrical and congruent elements in folk art. In this art and geometry instructional activity, students examine pictures of Masonic Plaque in the Form of a Royal Arch Tracing Board for evidence of congruent and...
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Sorting Out Homophones in Roald Dahl's

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of homophones.  In this homophone lesson plan, students use a selection from the book Matilda to review homophones.  Students use a web to identify homophones. 
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Third Grade Social Studies

For Teachers 3rd
In this social studies worksheet, 3rd graders complete multiple choice questions on the Pilgrims, government, economics, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
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Why is The Sky Blue?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore why the sky is blue. In this light lesson plan, students conduct an experiment using water, flashlights, and milk to test why the sky is blue. Students view a PowerPoint, take notes on their results and draw conclusions.
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The Numbers Tell the Story

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students demonstrate how to gather and interpret statistical data. In this data analysis lesson, students search for statistics on the health effects of smoking and place the information into charts. Students create these charts online...
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What Do We Learn From Fossils?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate what a fossil is and how it came to be.  For this fossil lesson, students examine pictures of skeletons and identify characteristics that can and cannot be determined by a fossil.  Students complete diagrams of a...
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Everyone Has Interesting Stuff Teaching With Objects in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students determine what objects tell about a person. In this historical object lesson, students share an object that they feel tells a lot about themselves. They pass the object around a class circle, while others comment on what they...
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Building an Underwater Habitat

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate underwater habitats. In this underwater habitat lesson, students study Aquarius and design their own underwater habitat that can sustain life. Students work in groups and present their habitats to the class. Students...
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Cold and Flus

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the difference between viral and bacterial illnesses. In this health instructional activity, students learn the symptoms of each and  examine ways to prevent spreading virusus and bacteria.
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Pizza for Everyone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Pizza is the inspiration for the cross-curricular lesson detailed here. Start out with a poem about pizza and move into a discussion about balanced eating. To close the language arts portion of the lesson, ask your pupils to write...
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Importance of Rice

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the importance of rice in our world. In this rice farming lesson, 3rd graders discover how much rice we use on a daily basis. Students also discover myths from other cultures about rice. Students color code a map of...
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Designing an Underwater Habitat for Humans

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students consider the limitations of deep water oceanography and design an underwater habitat to support scientists while they complete long term studies under the ocean. For this engineering lesson, students are introduced to the...
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The "Pick-Your-Favorite-Bat" Report

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners research one of the bats listed in the lesson plan. In this research lesson plan, students write a report using Microsoft Word and draw a picture that can be shared.
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That's A "GIRLS" Job!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the traditional roles of men and women at home and in the working world.  In this gender instructional activity, students observe someone who holds a job usually thought to be held by one gender.  Students direct their...
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine healthy eating habits by identifying the food pyramid.  In this personal health lesson, 3rd graders discuss their own eating habits and how there should be a variety of foods in all diets.  Students research an...
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A Science Trail: Worms

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore worms in multiple ways. For this lesson on worms, 3rd graders search for worms in their natural environment, record data on worms, and dissect worms.

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