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Life Cycle of a Butterfly
In this activity on the life cycle of the butterfly, students look at 4 pictures representing the life cycle stages, and choose words from a word box that match each picture. Students then number the pictures in the correct order of life...
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Parts of a Tree
Students identify four parts of trees. In this plant biology instructional activity, students read the book Trees and conduct Internet research to identify the parts of the tree. Students take notes from each website and complete an...
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Focus on Friction
The students learn about friction and forces through direct instruction and an investigation. They use measurement skills, observation skills, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on data collected during the investigation. Students...
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Jalapeno Bagels
Students read the story Jalapeno Bagels and then write a summary about it. In this summary lesson plan, students retell the story as if someone else has not read the story.
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Blindfolded Building
Young scholars build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.
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Bats: Fact and Fiction
Students describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and...
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The Easter Celebration
Students read a short story about Easter. They recognize and point to pictures of the key words (egg, chicken, rabbit, basket, flower). They make an Easter basket and count how many chickens can fit inside. They also practice identifying...
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Life in a Cup
Third graders make and maintain a mini terrarium. They keep a daily journal of what happens in their terrarium and record daily observations and measurements.
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Pumpkin Writing Paper
In this writing worksheet, learners use the blank lined paper with a colorful pumpkin border for any kind of writing: reports, poetry, stories or letters.
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Introduction to Plates, Axles, and Gears
Students are introduced to the function and design of the following Lego pieces: beams, bricks, plates, axles, tires, hubs and bushings. They then work with a partner to build something using only these pieces.
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Engineering: Introduction to Legos
Young scholars identify and examine various Lego building materials. They discover how to measure Lego blocks and cut out and paste pictures of the Legos on the Engineer's Parts List sheet.
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Electrical motors
Students investigate and experiement with a 9-volt motor. They will use the connecting wire and battery pack to discover fans.
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Away You Go
Pupils build Lego cars which have two different types of tire surfaces. They roll them down ramps that have both rough and smooth surfaces to determine how friction affects the car as it rolls.
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Lumos Learning: Parcc Sample Questions & Practice Tests for Grades 3 8
This site provides free PARCC questions and practice tests for Math and ELA that are aligned with Common Core.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Semi Circles and Quarter Circles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video defines a semi-circle and a quarter-circle and answers a question determining which object is a semi-circle. The video is followed by a series of practice...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Calculate and Compare Capacities With Illustrations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students examine pictures showing the capacities of different containers and answer questions about them. An accompanying video demonstrates...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting Lengths in Meters
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students must solve subtraction questions involving units of length in meters. A video shows how to solve a sample problem. [0:46] A set of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting Lengths in Centimeters
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students must solve subtraction questions involving units of length in centimeters. A video shows how to solve a sample problem. [0:29] A set...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Challenging Problems About Capacity in Liters Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are presented with word problems involving metric capacity that they must read carefully in order to answer the questions. An...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Selecting the Correct Addition Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This video describes how to find the addition problem that does fit for the solution given in the question. The video is followed by a series of practice questions...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Selecting the Correct Addition Sentence Sums to 100
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This video describes how to find the addition problem that does fit for the solution given in the question. The video is followed by a series of practice questions...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Selecting the Incorrect Addition Sentence Sums to 100
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This video describes how to find the addition problem that does not fit for the solution given in the question. The video is followed by a series of practice...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Selecting the Incorrect Subtraction Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This video describes how to find the subtraction problem that does not fit for the solution given in the question. The video is followed by a series of practice...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Selecting the Correct Subtraction Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This video describes how to find the subtraction problem that does fit for the solution given in the question. The video is followed by a series of practice...