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What Makes a Rocket Shoot Upward Into the Air?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils collect data of balloons of different sizes to see which one travels the furthest when shot into the air to represent a rocket. In this rocket lesson plan, students write about which balloon traveled the furthest and why.
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Bicycle Safety

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
learn the meanings of various signs for pedestrians, cyclists, and in-line skaters.
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Caps for Sale!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
If you can find the book Caps for Sale in the target foreign language, this is a great activity to accompany it! After reading and modeling the story, the teacher models a dialogue that would take place between a salesman and a...
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What are Prefixes and Suffixes?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore prefixes and suffixes. In this word analysis and technology instructional activity, students define and identify prefixes and suffixes as they participate in an interactive series of SMART Board activities.
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Water in Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars discover the horrible situation of water shortages that many people face by completing Peace Corps activities.  In this global health instructional activity, students analyze and discuss photographs of people in...
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Hide and Seek Vocabulary!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice word recognition and vocabulary building. They find word cards in the classroom. Then they practice reading the words and using them in sentences. Additional practice is gained by writing the words and using them...
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Using a Multiplication Table to Divide

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners solve division problems. For this multiplication and division lesson, pupils practice using a multiplication table to find a missing factor in a multiplication sentence. They use the same strategy to find a missing quotient in...
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Splish-Splash: Daily Use of Water

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners explore the daily use of water in Kenya and Ghana. In this Peace Corps activity, students compare similarities and differences between water use by people in Kenya and Ghana and their own communities as...
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Lesson Plan for "Little Red Riding Hood"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Grow young performers with storytelling. Elementary schoolers listen to the story "Little Red Riding Hood" by Mike Lockett, highlighting dialogue as they listen, and then act out the story. This is based on a story told by Mike Lockett...
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Math Really Does Connect to the Real World

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners listen to parent speakers who discuss how they use math in their professional or personal lives. They take notes and write business form thank you letters.
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Finding Perimeter and Area

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Geometers find the perimeter and area of rectangles. They discuss the definitions and characteristics of rectangles and squares. In groups, they use yarn to discover the perimeter of squares and rectangles. They count cubes to explore...
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Point of View

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A picture is used to begin considering point of view. Then, have kids role play included scenes which all involve some type of conflict where the character's have very different perspective. Discussions ensue each role play, with kids...
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Write Letters to Commemorate 9/11

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students commemorate 9/11 by writing letters to fire, police, or emergency medical personnel in local communities or to the service men and women who fight terrorism overseas in this activity. The idea is to show appreciation to those...
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Ready, Set, Go for Good Health: My Future--Setting Goals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recall significant personal life events and identify future goals
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Let's Shop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders add and subtract decimals, using concrete objects and story problems. Note: The Concentration Cards and Homework assignment link at the bottom of the plan doesn't work.
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Infection Wars

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students observe blood cells under a microscope and make drawings of their observations. They write and act out a short play starring blood cells, antibodies and bacteria to demonstrate fighting infection.
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Transferring Rhythmic Patterns From Music to Movement

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify and demonstrate movement elements in relation to musical notation. They clap to rhythms, beat on drums, match musical notes to speech patterns and use the rhythms of the their names to create a dance.
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Discovering Art-Huntington Gallery Shape

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars study geometric, naturalistic, and abstract shapes. They discuss how various shapes are used in art. They study The Young Fortune Teller by Joshua Reynolds to find various shapes.
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Word of the Day

For Teachers K - 12th
Students practice using their new vocabulary word by creating an original iMovie project based on that word.
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Where Does Al the Waste Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a sanitary mini-landfill and an open mini-dump. Over a thirty day period, they compare the two methods and determine landfills are envorinmentally safer. They observe a demonstration of burning waste. They create...
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Highway of Words

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
The punctuation police are here! Dress up as a police officer, and teach your young learners the importance of using correct punctuation. Two poorly written paragraphs are presented to the learners, and they have to correct the errors in...
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Movement

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students experiment and explore a variety of instruments and movements. They play rhythms on instruments, spell words using their bodies, act out the movements of a song, role-play machine parts as a group, pantomime an activity, and...
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The Triple Beam Balance

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore mass measurement. They complete a diagram of a triple beam balance. Students explore using the triple beam balance to determine the mass of an object. They discuss procedures for using the triple beam balance.
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Dinosaur Database

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice using a database to find information related to dinosaurs. Using the data, they make informational cards to use while developing a timeline that shows when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. They answer comprehension...

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