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Old MacDonald Had a Farm

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students complete various activities to investigate  farm animals. In this farm animals lesson, students sing the song 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm,' and listen to sounds farm animals make. Students color pictures for farm animals and...
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Flower Power

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students view examples of Robert Harris' artwork to identify and describe the ecosystems in them. In groups, they work together to discuss how ecosystems breakdown and create solutions to keep this from happening. To end the activity,...
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The Importance of Trade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss how trade affects the products they use everyday. In groups, they identify the clothes they are wearing, the food they eat most often and the cars their families drive. Using the internet, they research how these goods...
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A Trip To the Animal Fair

For Teachers K - 5th
Students share their experiences they have had with animals. Using photographs of their own pets, they create a booklet out of construction paper in which they identify the pets needs. They also compare and contrast what they need to...
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A DAY WITHOUT AG

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students consider and discuss the meaning of the word "agriculture" and how agriculture affects their lives every day. Students identify the various ways that agriculture touches their personal lives. Students use worksheets to list all...
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Mother Goose Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students practice technology skills such as open, save, print, type, font size, font type. They also do graphics, importing,text wrapping.Critical thinking,graphic design, presenting are other skills practiced.
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COLORS ON THE FARM

For Teachers K - 1st
Students follow directions regarding what colors farm objects should be colored. They identify various items pictured on provided worksheet that can be found on a farm or are made from farm animals. Finally, they match each color crayon...
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Compound Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word building instructional activity, students review the definition for compound words. Students then complete 3 activities for compound words.
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Crossword Puzzle - Breakfast Foods

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners use the clues to fill in the crossword with the correct words about breakfast foods. Students complete 9 clues.
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Alphabetizing Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars listen to an explanation of how to put words in alphabetical order with examples provided. Students complete the worksheet to alphabetize animal names independently.
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Spelling Words Puzzle II

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students receive instruction using examples to find missing letters in their spelling words. They fill in the blanks of each spelling word choosing from a list of animal names provided.
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Explorit's Tasty Food Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
For this foods worksheet, students complete a five question multiple choice online interactive worksheet about foods that we eat.
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Animals on the Farm

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars work in groups to create a description of a farm animal. Other classmates try to guess the animal. The class discusses what farmers need to provide for each animal on their farm (food, shelter, veterinary care). Students...
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Alphabet Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the biodiversity that exist on the prairie. Through reading or listening to books, they keep track of vocabulary words associated with the prairie on an 'Alphabet Poster'.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue by Georgia O'keefe

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue", a painting by American artist Georgia O'Keefe.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Tango With Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant Garde

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian artists and poets working during a turbulent decade in Russian history, the 1910s, produced books that combined visuals with short poems as an expression of their uncertainty about Russia's past, present, and future.
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Web Gallery of Art: Village Scene With Figures and Cows

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Village Scene with Figures and Cows", created by Jan the Elder Brueghel in 1609 (Oil on copper, 11 x 17 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: A Horse and Cows in a Landscape

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "A Horse and Cows in a Landscape", created by Abraham Van Calraetz (Oil on panel, 28 x 40 cm).
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Econ Ed Link: A Moo Ving Experience

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gain an understanding about non-profit organizations and the role they play in our economy. Students then learn about a relatively new type of fundraising effort, known as CowParade, for non- profit organizations that has been...
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Web Gallery of Art: A Cow and Three Sheep

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "A Cow and Three Sheep", created by Adriaen Van De Veldez (Red chalk, 195 x 310 mm).
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Tango With Cows: Ferro Concrete Poems / Kamensky

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian artists and poets working during a turbulent decade in Russian history, the 1910s, produced books that combined visuals with short poems as an expression of their uncertainty about Russia's past, present, and future.
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Kiddyhouse.com: All About Farm Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a great farm animal research site for grades 1-3 students as well as a teacher resource. It has information about cows, sheep, ducks, turkeys and chickens and includes songs, clip art, activities as well as lesson plans.
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Web Gallery of Art: Three Cows

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Three Cows", created by Pisanello during the 1430's (Silver point, pencil and pen, 176 x 226 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Landscape With Two Cows and a Goat

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Landscape with Two Cows and a Goat", created by Paulus Potter in 1652 (Oil on panel, 31 x 35 cm).