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Introduction to Trees and Wood

For Teachers K
Students examine samples from various types of trees. In this trees and wood lesson plan, students review The Giving Tree and complete a KWL chart on trees.  Students brainstorm what we get from trees and view wood samples with hand...
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Germs and the Importance of Washing Your Hands

For Teachers K
Students determine the importance of hand washing through experiments. In this hand washing and germs lesson, students listen to a reading of Germs! Germs! Germs! by Bobbi Katz, and discuss what they learn about germs. They experiment by...
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Make Bark and Leaf Rubbings

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore natural resources by creating art from plant materials. In this leaf rubbings lesson, students identify the plants that shed bark and leaves and discuss how it helps them survive in specific environments. Young...
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Push or Pull

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine a large box and determine how they may move the box to a specified point. After the class makes predictions, they test them and decide what worked and what didn't work. Through their tests, push and pull are introduced....
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Croc or Gator?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study the similarities and differences between crocodiles and alligators using online information. They develop a Venn diagram based on their research.
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Farm Fowl

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore farm fowl. In this farming lesson, students identify the names of farm fowl babies and identify where they live on a farm. Students color in illustrations of farm fowl and label them.
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Classifying Dog Breeds

For Teachers K - 5th
Students classify dog breeds. In this animal science lesson, students research various breeds of dogs on the Internet and classify breeds into small, medium, and large breeds. Students illustrate their classification notes with pictures.
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The Way Animals Move: Fly, Crawl, or Swim?

For Teachers K
Students use "Kid Pix" to stamp and sort animals in groups to show the way animals move: fly, walk-slither-slide-crawl, or swim. They need to have knowledge of a variety of animals and how they move from one place to another.
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Winter Weather Week Day 1: Weather Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore winter weather. In this winter weather lesson, students examine and define 22 weather-related terms. Students determine the words that have to do with winter weather.
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Dig It Up

For Teachers K - 6th
Students participate in an archaeological excavation to determine how archeologists make inferences about various cultures. They reconstruct the site using layers of drawings. They discuss the kinds of information they learned.
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A Penguin is a Bird

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils compare and contrast the ways that penguins are different to flying birds.
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Reconstructing the Squares

For Teachers K - 8th
Students visit an outdoors area and mark out a square on the ground that they examine, looking for living and non-living things. They make a model or drawing of the findings from the actual square.
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The Human Body: A Life-Size Model On Paper

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a life-size paper model of the human body. They identify the major organs and state their fuction. They complete a quiz to end the lesson.
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Sand and Water

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students follow this recipe for fun clay creations. In this early childhood art and science instructional activity, students develop creative-thinking skills, fine-motor skills, and sensory awareness while they make, mold, and decorate...
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Harvesting the Produce

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate vegetables. In this multi-subject lesson, students learn about vegetables and participate in several activities using vegetables. A list of 7 materials is included.
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The Joy of a Garden-Earth Day

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the purpose of a garden. In this Earth Day lesson, students read the story The Gardener and complete a Venn diagram comparing life in a city to farm life. Students discuss Earth Day and plant flowers in a garden .
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Beyond The Earth Part I

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the solar system. In this space science instructional activity, students take notes on the solar system provided by their instructors. Students then collaborate to design a computer-generated drawing of the solar system.
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Look at Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe and sort tree leaves. In this plant biology lesson, students observe various types of leaves and identify the characteristics of each leaf. Students measure and sort leaves according to size and color.
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Body Parts Vocabulary

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the main parts of the human body. In this human body vocabulary lesson plan, students trace each other's body outline on butcher paper and label the parts of the body. Students define what each body part does. This...
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What's in Our Woods?

For Teachers K - 12th
Students observe their local forest and document the change that occurs over the school year.  For this forestry lesson, students utilize a GPS to mark a certain area of the woods as their study area for the remainder of the year....
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Indoor and Outdoor Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore geometry by participating in a visual illustration activity. In this pattern identification lesson plan, students explore inside their classroom and discuss patterns they find while tracing them on paper. Students attend...
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Project Yellow Bus

For Teachers K
Students discover the uses of energy and the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources. They participate in hands-on activities to help them explain the concept of energy.
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Learning About Magnets

For Teachers K
Students discuss which objects attract magnets and which ones will not. They work in small groups to to discuss the concept of magnets and why certain objects attract magnets and some don't and then they experiment with them.
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What's Hatching in Kindergarten?

For Teachers K
Students identify oviparous animals. They brainstorm a list of animals that lay eggs, read "Chickens Aren't The Only Ones" by Ruth Heller and then add to the list. Students complete a booklet that shows an egg and an oviparous animal.

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