Writing
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Like Water for Chocolate: Family Tradition

For Students 9th - 12th
Engage young writers in family tradition with this writing assignment for Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel. Using sensory details, learners write a narrative about a family tradition involving food. Scholars also talk with...
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Jungle Survival

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students make a chart with columns for water, food, shelter, fire, and other needs.Then list whatever each person thinks they might need in each column to survive for at least a week in the outdoors during that season.
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Making Ice Cream

For Teachers 1st
First graders create ice cream in class.  In this matter lesson, 1st graders discover solids, liquids and gases and the properties of each.  Students produce a batch of ice cream in class using household items.
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Photosynthesis Cookies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify photosynthesis as a process through which organisms make their own food. They practice the process for writing the formula for the photosynthesis equation. Students describe how the processes of photosynthesis and...
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Fields of Candy Bars

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research and write about the origins of the ingredients in candy bars. They taste them and describe what they are tasting. They use descriptive words to write a paragraph describing the candy bar. They research ingredients in...
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Amazing Aztecs

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research information about the ancient Aztec culture. In this Aztec lesson, students conduct Internet research about Aztecs to find the answers to questions about their language, jewelry and tools, and the Aztec calendar. ...
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Coral Mania

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine deep-sea coral. In this coral lesson, students identify the structure and function of a coral polyp. Students then create a model of a coral polyp.
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Easter Folklore Traditions Live on in Slovakia

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students survey an article that discusses Slovakia traditions. In this ESL lesson plan, students read an article and then complete several activities, including a class discussion on folklore traditions, a vocabulary assignment, a...