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Parent and Baby Lookalikes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students research baby animals, their special names and the vocabulary to describe their relative sizes through discussion, listening to a Salish story, looking at pictures, and creative artwork . They will also explore the significance...
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Rock-a-bye Babies in a Wetland

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review the way human babies grow and what type of care they need. Using the internet, they are introduced to five different wetland habitat animals and how their babies grow. They discover how they are born and what the...
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Dogfighting Unit Lesson One--The Game Show

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the implications of dogfighting. In this animal welfare lesson plan, students participate in a game that helps them to consider the harmfulness of dogfighting.
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Ugly Duckling?

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify unique personal characteristics. In this character education lesson, 1st graders listen to the story Ugly Duckling and discuss the changes the animal went through in the story. Students bring in baby photos and...
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Crossword Puzzle- Animals of the Southern Hemisphere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this animal crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 11 clues and pictures given at the bottom of the page to complete the crossword puzzle at the top. They can check their answers using the solution that is posted at the bottom...
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JUST A MATTER OF TIME

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students recognize the dynamic changes in themselves and in agriculture that have occurred through the years. They are shown pictures of a baby or students are asked to think of their little brothers or sisters or themselves in...
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Investigating Sources-Artifacts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners discuss artifacts. In this social science instructional activity, students realize that artifacts can help one in determining about the person the artifacts belonged to. Learners will be put into small groups and will look at...
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Customs

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils explore Chinese New Year. In this Chinese culture lesson, students read associated literature and use worksheets to explore aspects of the Chinese New Year. Pupils complete this lesson by making and hanging paper lanterns,...
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Fertile Minds

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the cultural phenomenon of older mothers. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to learn about reproduction, IVF, and cultural changes that have prompted some women to give birth later in life.
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Sign Language 1

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore signs and vocabulary linked to the work of Keith Haring.