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Writing with Beans

For Teachers Pre-K
Students become familiar with the letters in a word by pasting beans on it.  In this Bean writing instructional activity, students make words using navy beans. Students color or paint the beans.
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Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners recall details of nursery rhyme read by teacher, identify main characters, and demonstrate knowledge of poem by creating concept map about story that includes title, clip art, and changes in font and color.
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Easy Printmaking in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Pupils use styrofoam and cardboard to create prints. Students choose a theme and create designs and pictures on styrofoam and cardboard. Pupils also use construction paper, cardboard cylinder sections to make their art.
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Posing for Rembrandt

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students consider the elements of costuming and posing in Rembrandt's work. They collect various costumes and experiment with poses in the theme of the painting "Night Watch". Students take photographs of poses and write accompanying...
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Ready-to-Go! Blank Board Books

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a board book from a blank template. Using a specific theme, they decorate their book to show an idea. They share their creations with the class and receive constructive criticism.
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Nebraska's Wild Weather

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine the weather in Nebraska. Using this information, they describe the cause and effect relationships in the environment based on these changes in weather. They write various types of poems with weather themes and share them...
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PLANT PARTS WE EAT

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify an assortment of vegetables and learn how to locate the parts humans use for food. Students identify the plant parts we eat. Students color the pictures on their worksheets as provided. Students match the plants to the...
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Circus Tent

For Students Pre-K - K
For this circus worksheet, students color in a picture of a circus tent. Students may add details to the picture or write a description of it.
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Clown Picture

For Students Pre-K - K
In this circus worksheet, students color in a picture of a clown. Students may add details to the picture or write a description of it.
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Desert Similes Bulleting Board Cards

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts and geography learning exercise, students write their favorite similes about the desert on the given cards. They color the desert pictures that will be displayed on a bulletin board.
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Passport

For Students 4th - 6th
In this artistic instructional activity, students color in with vibrant colors the image of a passport and then make a report on places they would like to travel and visit one day.
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Into the Twenty-First Century Chapter Review

For Teachers 8th - 11th
For this United States into the 21st century worksheet, students review a chapter as they write 10 vocabulary words that match 10 descriptions, correct 1 false statement, and identify 2 themes from the new era of opportunity and...
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Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison: Quiz

For Students 10th - 12th
In this Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison instructional activity, students answer fifteen multiple choice questions about plot, characters, and theme as well as identify quotations.
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Art with Colored Shaving Cream

For Teachers K
Students "paint" with colored shaving cream.
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Illusions of Depth

For Teachers K - 5th
Learning to create depth when painting or drawing takes skill and the ability to understand how things should be placed on the canvas. The class will use the Charles Deas painting Long Jakes to learn about composition, sharing...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Percent of Change: The Pizza Conundrum

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Nine questions—multiple choice and fill in the blank—challenge mathematicians to solve money word problems. Looking closely at prices, scholars use a formula to identify percent increases and decreases based on an original and new price....
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Comparison of Unit Rates: Drive Away

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Five questions make up an interactive that challenges mathematicians to compare unit rates. Word problems question scholars about two friends going on a road trip. Scholars manipulate two cars on a coordinate plane to help solve word...
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Animals: Bobcats

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine the bobcat and its habitat. They color pages and examine photographs and fact sheets to explore the bobcat.
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Christmas Stationary

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this holiday template, students can create a writing sample using the theme of Christmas on the custom stationary page and they color the borders.
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Floating Fishes: Fishing Expedition

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A referenced PowerPoint is not included, but this lesson can still make an impact with emerging environmentalists. After introducing them to the facts about overfishing, they experiment with a fishing simulation using colored beads and...
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Speckled Frog (Page 2)

For Students K - 1st
For this counting worksheet, students cut out and color part of a mini book that features the words and pictures of the song Five Green Speckled Frogs. Only part of the book is provided here.
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Speckled Frog Activity

For Students K - 1st
In this counting worksheet, students cut out and color a frog that will be used to make a booklet with the words and pictures from the song Five Green Speckled Frogs. The rest of the song sheets are available on other pages.
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Page 4 of Speckled Frog Activity

For Students K - 1st
In this counting worksheet, students color and cut out part of a mini book with the song lyrics of Five Green Speckled Frogs. The rest of the mini book is available on another page.
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A Day with No Crayons

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Colors and crayons are the inspiration for this collection of activities! Kids illustrate the real world, come up with their own names for colors, make their own crayons (with teacher assistance), create artwork they can eat, and more.