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Mexican Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the history of Mexican food and study the Spanish names for common foods. They create a menu of foods using these Spanish words.
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Sharks Taxonomy

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners, in groups, establish a classification system for the world of your classroom. They draw a chart to explain their categories and system to the rest of the class.
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Ice Age Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the ice age and the animals that were on the Earth at that time and have a debate on the explanation for the extinction of the ice age animals.
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Bats

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students model how the bones in a bat wing are organized. They develop questions about bat body parts based on photographs. They hypothesize how bats locate their food.
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Dinosaur Trek

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate dinosaurs. They explore various websites, submit questions to a paleontologist online, construct cut and paste model dinosaur skeletons, develop a graph to compare dinosaurs, and label pictures from online...
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Traveling on the Sea of Gold: An Adventure in Japan Through Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the geography and culture of Japan through the story "Sea of Gold" by Yoshiko Uchida. They draw a travel poster of Japan, label a map of Japan, use chopsticks to eat Cheerios, read and discuss various books about Japan,...
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Photomosaic Pixel Composite

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students select an animal to research. After completing the research they illustrate and paint their animal in the style of a Japanese scroll. Their illustrations are scanned into the computer and imported to PowerPoint. Students...
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Forest Food Web Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners gain knowledge of food webs and ecological interconnections in the forest, and place different life forms in their proper place in a food chain. Students appreciate the balance of nature and how humans are affected by extinct...
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Foods and Nutrition

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars study nutrition, healthy choices for food, and ways to prepare food. They review the Food Guide Pyramid and play Nutriend Tic Tac Know to select healthy foods. As a group they make pretzels, Mystery Muffins, soda, and...
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WCCS News 78 Investigative Report

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils role play the role of investigative reporters. In groups, they determine what type of bird is leaving its droppings on the overhead highway beams. They answer a given set of questions and present their conclusions to the class. To...
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Vegetable Faces: A Guiseppe Archimboldo Portrait Study

For Teachers K
Students create drawings of vegetable faces.In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various vegetables, which they use as models to create drawings. Students experiment with the vegetable drawings by adding faces to their...
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The Great Grizzly

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Pupils view video on grizzly bear.  In this research lesson students create a list of questions about grizzlies and create a life size poster of an adult grizzly. 
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Eat A Rainbow!

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils demonstrate the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition instructional activity, students identify and sort different fruits and vegetables by colors. Pupils list reasons why eating fruits and vegetables are...
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Ancient Mediterranean Lands: Greece

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars study maps and structures of Ancient Greece and realize how these structures impact times. In this structures lesson plan, students view the structures of how Ancient Greece was put together and discuss how these...
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Planning Meals

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the various types of meals that they can plan each day. In this health lesson, 10th graders develop sample menus for their families. Students create a one dish meal to be sampled by their classmates. 
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Jr. Chef Club Delightful Desserts

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify the fat content in foods. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and identify foods that are low in fat. Students create a low-fat dessert by using fruit.
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The Letter Ff: Alphabet Theme

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners complete several cross-curricular activities to learn the letter Ff. In this letter recognition lesson, students complete activities that include geography, music, physical education, science, seasonal, space science, and online...
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Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast wild and domestic animal needs. For this animal welfare lesson, students read the poem Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be and create a list of wild and domestic animals. Students create a short play or song...
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Grocery Store Problem Solving

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars use multiple math skills to complete grocery story problems. In this grocery math lesson, students study grocery ads to learn about the cost of foods. Young scholars investigate food types and the costs of processed versus...
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America's Heartland

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students complete geography and trade activities about global trade. For this geography and trade lesson, students read information to learn about absolute advantage, comparative advantage, trade factors, U.S. trade partners, and...
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Pecan Power

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the origins of pecans and complete a bar graph from the data they have discovered. In this pecan lesson plan, students draw pecans, discuss a pecan time line, and draw a bar graph comparing Arizona pecans to other states.
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Party with Plants

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students watch a video on plant parts and identify the function of plant parts. In this plants lesson plan, students identify the parts of plants they eat and relate it back to the food pyramid and perform math problems as they do this.
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Animal Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students design and make animal masks. In this research and application lesson, students use a computer to research what a panther eats, select an animal mask they want to make and then use the materials provided to create their...
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Become an Expert

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice their researching techniques by preparing a presentation with little notice.  In this information research lesson plan, students utilize the Internet to research one of several subtopics concerning panthers.  Students...

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