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Wildflower Beautification Project

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners, in cooperative groups, design and create a wildflower garden for the community. They write letters to property owners requesting use of their land and then write invitations to their parents and to local, state, and federal...
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Community Action

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders decide how one uses resources within a particular bioregion.  In this decision making lesson, 5th graders consider the biodiversity and complexity of the ecosystem.  Students select a resource (water, paper, electricity)...
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Carrollton-A Study Skills Pictorial Activity Book

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders in teams select various areas of local craftwork they want to research. They are trained in photography and interviewing techniques, research the historical and current status of the craft, and interview and photograph...
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Shoplifting

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students demonstrate knowledge that shoplifting is a crime and choose a socially positive course of action.
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Get to Know Glass

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students learn about the properties of glass. In this making and molding glass lesson, students participate in an experiment where they will learn how glass is created and how it is shaped to create bottles and jars. Students also...
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Jr. Chef Club Making Brainy Breakfasts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars identify the benefits of eating a nutritious breakfast. In this nutrition lesson plan, students read food labels to identify foods that are low in sugar. Young scholars create a healthy breakfast by using eggs and low-fat...
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Splish, Splash, I was Takin' a Bath!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the causes of water pollution and its effects on the environment through the use of models and scientific investigation. In the accompanying activities, they investigate filtration and aeration processes as they are used...
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Let the Phone Get Them Talking! Using the Yellow Pages as a Teaching Resource

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students categorize information in the Yellow Pages. In this Let the Phone Book Get Them Talking! lesson, students find pictures in the Yellow Pages and thus gain a better understanding of how the book is organized. Students locate local...
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Best Practices of Technology Integration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study how a type of product is advertised. In this product advertisement lesson, students research a specific product and its advertisement. Students create a market research survey based on their peers preferences. Students...
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Food Web Relationships

For Students 4th - 8th
In this food web worksheet, students create a food web matrix and answer short answer questions about the food chain according to the matrix. Students complete 7 short answer questions.
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Community and Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete a unit of lessons on ecosystems. They participate in online activities, create a diorama, write journal entries, and develop a Hyperstudio multimedia project on a selected ecosystem.
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Carbohydrates - Simple and Complex

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine simple and complex carbohydrates. They take notes and complete a worksheet. They also research cookbooks and find recipes which shows the simple and complex carbohydrate groups.
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Let's Start Growing

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate how a tree grows from a seed. In this plant biology lesson plan, students use potting soil, tree seeds, and a paper cup to observe seeds growing into plants. Students record observations in their science journals.
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Firstgov for Kids

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars examine kids.gov, FirstGov for Kids website, which provides links to both Federal kids sites and sites from other organizations. They complete a worksheet by finding answers at the website.
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Running To Iraq

For Teachers K - 5th
Students demonstrate our support of our troops overseas. They develop values of compassion, caring, and respect throughout the school. They participate in Physical Education class and run as part of the heart warm-up or as part of a...
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Adaptable Mandibles

For Teachers K - 8th
Students define adaptation and highlight example of adaptation in birds and other animals. They study feeding techniques of seabirds and investigate the effect that trash has on wildlife.
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Trash...it really piles up!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars investigate a contemporary "midden" by analyzing trash collected from various sources and determining life-style choices people make. They see that reducing the amount of waste we generate is helpful to the the environment.
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Community Action

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders brainstorm a list of decisions that students make daily that affect the welfare of the environment categorizing them as being either helpful or harmful. They then trace local actions to distant consequences to determine how...
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Replanting the Rainforest

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students practice problem solving techniques. They interpret data gathered by student researchers in Australia about the effectiveness of various strategies for controlling weed growth in a newly replanted rainforest.
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Eating Up Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will compare and contrast amount of energy consumption and CO2 emissions among the top ten user countries to understand global effects of emissions. They also map the global impact of energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

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