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Egg Hatching into Sequencing
Students create an egg. In this language arts lesson, students create an egg and then take photographs as the egg is being hatched. Students write about the sequence of the hatching.
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Building a Mini-park And Bird Sanctuary Lesson 3: Location, Location, Location
Students work cooperatively using the democratic process to select a place for a park. They identify how the garden in the park will look. They write a five paragraph essay as an assessment.
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Ecology: Trees
Fourth graders, while working in the classroom and the computer lab, utilizing supporting facts from previous lessons, write a creative story that imagines a world without forests. They write, type and print their stories and turn them...
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Simply Unique
Pupils identify, compare and contrast simple machines and their functions. They work together in groups to complete experiments using the simple machines. They write in their journals to reflect on the lesson.
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The Joy of a Garden
Students study environmental stewardship. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students read the story The Gardner and define the character's actions for the environment. Students define philanthropy and complete a Venn Diagram the...
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Balancing Bottles
Students explore the Law of Conservation of Matter using effervescent tablets. In this mass and energy instructional activity, students investigate how mass is conserved in the reaction of effervescent tablets and water. They will...
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Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Lesson Plan 4
Imagine being stranded all alone on an island for 18 years. How would you survive? Class members are challenged to makes necessities out of natural materials that would likely be found on an island.
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Stopping Global Climate Change
High schoolers synthesize or express concepts towards solving the question posed at each lab station about climate change. After all lab teams have finished, the teacher facilitates a class discussion on teams' responses to each station.
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The Rewards of Caring
Students explore the concept of democracy. In this character education lesson, students discover enlightened self-interest and discuss a quote from Alexis de Tocqueville.
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Note Taking
Second graders work in groups to gather information from a factual paragraph on the topic of ants. They demonstrate taking notes by selecting 3 or 4 important key words in each sentence and write it on a note card to compile summary...
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Heathly Foods Makes Heathly Body
Young scholars examine and identify foods on the food pyramid. They catergorize food and place them on the correct level. They discover why they should eat foods in moderation.
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Parenting 101
Students distinguish and comprehend the focus in a passage. They research websites to explore parenting resources.
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The Baby Elephant Walk
Young scholars use the song Baby Elephant Walk to practice following a steady beat. In this coordinated movement lesson, students discuss baby elephants and their movements. Young scholars listen to the song 'Baby Elephant Walk' and...
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Words Can Hurt: King Day
Learners explore stereotyping. For this moral and character development lesson, students share reactions to a T-chart displaying what boys can do and girls can not do. Martin Luther King's accomplishments are discussed, and learners...
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Who Works for Nonprofits?
Students explore career opportunities in the nonprofit sector. In this character development and career lesson, students identify job opportunities in a nonprofit organization and research the necessary skills needed for these jobs. ...
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Pumpkin Web
First graders use the software program, Kidspiration, to create a web. They listen to the book, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever and discuss what they know about pumpkins. They use words that were listed on the board during the discussion to...
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DNA: Controversies
Students study DNA research and genetic engineering. Also, they learn why diversity among people are important.
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Love Your Neighbor: All The Rest is Commentary
Learners examine the phrases "Love your Neighbor" and "compromise". They interview another classmate to understand their opinions. They compromise with their classmates on a collaborative project.
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Friendly Flowers
Young scholars listen to music while creating flowers with a partner. They decide on a philanthropic act related to flowers. They recognize the difference between private property and common resources. They use a problem-solving model to...
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The Nesting Habits of Folders
Students create an organized web of nested grade level folers. Within each grade level folder, they create a Language Arts/Social Studies folder and a Math/Science folder. All folders be color coded.
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Meeting our Basic Needs
Students brainstorm the basic needs of the community and create a chart. For this volunteerism lesson, students recognize people in the community who have given charity in the community. Students read biographies of these charitable...
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Time to Sleep
Students develop vocabulary and retell a story that they have just listened to.
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Building a Mini-park And Bird Sanctuary Lesson 2: Helping Others With a Garden
Young scholars investigate how gardening can help others through sharing by listening to a read aloud of Shea Darian's, Grandpa's Garden. They examine at least three purposes of gardens and their importance to people.
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The Not-So-Trivial Pursuit of the Common Good
Students practice using vocabulary associated with philantrophy. They identify scientific breakthroughs and the funding that made it possible. They create and explain timelines of scientific and medical breakthroughs.