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Caution: Thin ice!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders listen to story and respond with comments or questions. They brainstorm unsafe behaviors and randomly fill out templates with different risky behaviors listed on the board. They play RISKO, the Bingo type game.
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Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students expand their knowledge of animal features and behaviors that can help or hinder their survival in a particular habitat. They participate in classroom discussions and visit a website to research animals
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Creating Posters

For Teachers K - 5th
Students design original posters that encourage good attitudes towards the environment.  In this positive environment lesson, students brainstorm and create a list of positive behaviors for a good environment.  Students create...
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Abolishing Slavery

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Learners explain the goals and methods of the abolitionist movement. They identify key leaders in the movement. This lesson plan has adaptations for elementary through high school. Links are provided for resource readings.
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The World's Smallest Animals

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners create instruments to capture different types of insects. In this The Greatest Show on Earth: The World's Smallest Animals instructional activity, students compare the attributes of certain insects and record the data on a...
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Ecosystem Dynamics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Searching for an eccentric way to enhance lessons on ecosystems while ensuring pupils remain creative and motivated? Upon viewing The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, designated groups design and construct a pop-up book that...
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Making Choices

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify their personal interests and behavioral choices. They explore how these choices affect school and family situations. Consequences of their choices are examined.
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Explore the Food Web

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify plants and animals in the journals of Lewis and Clark's expedition. They describe the various animal habits. Students interpret the behaviors of the animals discovered on the expedition. They design a food web using...
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Celebrating Caring and Kindness

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a poster that represents how to care and give kindness. In this caring and kindness lesson plan, students demonstrate character development by creating a poster in groups on how they can care and be kind at home, school,...
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The Clothes Don't Fit

For Teachers 1st
First graders keep a scrapbook of themselves throughout the year and see how they have changed.
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All About Me

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how everyone is different and have a certain way in which they learn best.
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Planning and Setting Goals

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders set goals for themselves and evaluate themselves a month later.
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Work and Leisure

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between work and leisure activities, identify examples of people participating in each of these types of activities, and put them in the correct category.
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Bar Graphs and Pie Charts

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore their interest and strengths and display them using a bar graph and pie chart.
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My Personal Goal

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use goal setting in order to use time and energy efficiently.
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Who Do I Admire?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders describe who they admire and how they influence them.
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Environmental Conditions: Friend or Foe

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research and answer questions on how organisms are classified and how their needs are met through their environment. They work in small groups and create a poster, chart, rap, PowerPoint, or brochure demonstrating how organisms...
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Worry Critter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate what worrying is, its causes, feeling, and how to deal with it.
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Career Interest Record Update

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders update their career interest record with their new attitudes, interests, aptitudes, and achievements.
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Working for What You Want

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write a story about someone who works in order to earn money for something they want.
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Saturday Fun Machine

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine and discuss what they like to do in their leisure time. They identify various activities, compare them to other students' activities, and draw a picture of their favorite things to do on a Saturday.
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More About Me

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore what they like to do, their interests, and their aptitudes.
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We're All O.K.

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze how people are different.
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Make a Statement

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders come up with goals and plan on how to reach them.