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Antigravity Mirror
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's super student! Physical science stars can fly during a unit on light as they see the reflection of one leg in a mirror, behind which the other holds them up.
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Radical Raptors
Students are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with raptors and...
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Kites of Japan
Students perform research into the designs of Japanese kites in order to appreciate them for their aerodynamic designs. The appreciation builds student interest in order to produce their own similar designs.
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What's A Mammal?
Students examine mammals understanding what a mammal is and reviewing the eleven mammal groups. In this science lesson, students play a game known as Mystery Mammal Game. Yet, first students research about the mammal and then give...
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The Flight of the Bumble Bee
Students explore bumble bees. In this bee themed lesson, students listen to music inspired by bumble bees, create bee puppets, and complete a bumble bee coloring sheet.
American Museum of Natural History
Pterosaurs: The Card Game
Piecing together the past is a challenging endeavor. Learners get a taste of that challenge as they play a game that incorporates several components such as trophic levels, geological time periods, and catastrophic events. Pairs work to...
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Robin To the Rescue
In this animal care worksheet, young scholars learn the proper steps to take if they ever see a baby bird on the ground. Students read the informative paragraph and solve an easy maze about birds.
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How do engineless planes stay aloft?
Fifth graders explore how a plane can stay aloft. For this engineless airplane flying lesson, 5th graders experiment to find how the design of a plane and Bernoulli's principle keep planes in the air. Student's create a plane and answer...
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Build a Paper Plane
Students study the history of the paper plane. For this design lesson students create several types of paper planes and determine if there is a difference in mean flight distances.
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The Raven: Creator of the Universe?
Learners conduct research to learn about the fascinating ways and lore of the raven. They analyze the variety of ways the raven has been perceived by different cultures and classify the information and create a convincing argument to...
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Airplanes and Airports: How To Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground
Learners plan an airport visit. In this Airplanes and Airports lesson plan, students observe the people, activity, and machinery at airports. Then learners compare the characteristics of their observations at the airport. Students make...
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Richard Evelyn Byrd: Live from Antarctica
Students explore Richard Evelyn Bird and his flights over Antarctica. They conduct an online journey of the Polar Duke to discover where to study penguins, seals, oceans, ice and Antarctica's ozone hole. They create their own Antarctic...
National First Ladies' Library
The Flying Inauguration of the "Sudden President
Learners study the inauguration process as well as what the constitution states about who succeeds the President of the US when the office is emergently vacant. They discuss the role of government and the events leading to Lyndon...
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The Flights Of The Phoenix
Students investigate the use of the Phoenix in Japanese and Chinese art while making connections to the use of the Phoenix in the book Fahrenheit 451. This instructional activity can be adapted for grades 8 through 11 but was originally...
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Raptor Force
Learners observe a video about pilots, their desired traits, and explore the similarities between a bird and an airplane. Using paper, wood or foam, they design create an aircraft to be flown in a competition to see which plane will fly...
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Airplane Wings
Learners examine the aerodynamics of a wing and how it generates lift. In this flight lesson students complete several experiments including how to build a paper plane and how airfoils affect performance.
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Gravity Force Lab
Does size or mass impact gravitational pull? Scholars experiment with force pairs to answer that question. They can change the size, mass, and distance between the objects using an engaging simulatoin. This allows pupils to visualize the...
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More Position Words
In this position words worksheet, students learn spatial terms by drawing a red squirrel traveling up the tree, a gray squirrel going down, a blue bird flying down from the left branch, and a yellow bird flying up from the right branch.
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At The Playground: Following Directions
In this following directions worksheet, students draw items on a swingset in a playground, as instructed: a bird, a boy and an ant.
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Verbs
In this math worksheet, learners color in the verbs that each given noun can do. Students also choose a verb that describes each picture.
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The Worm: Reading Comprehension
Five multiple choice questions test young readers' understanding of a poem about the earthworm. Answers provided.
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Advanced Critical Reading: Biomimetics
Instruct your class on biomimetics while practicing reading comprehension with this instructional activity. Learners read a passage that describes the efforts of scientists, starting with Leonardo da Vinci, to emulate nature to solve...
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The Physics of Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air
Learners study hummingbirds and how they use Newton's law. For this motion lesson students complete several activities and view videos of hummingbirds.
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Horsing around with Verbs
Students identify verbs in complete sentences. In this grammar and locomotor skill instructional activity, students rotate between ten stations, each with a designated sentence to be read. Students identify the action verb in the...
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