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Making Words Using the Letters in the Words "Burrowing Owl"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this spelling and science wordsheet, students read a short description of a "burrowing owl" before making as many words as they can with the letters in its name. They can check their words with the examples given at the bottom of the...
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Pumpkin Seed Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice multiplication facts. In this multiplication lesson plan, students participate in a pumpkin seed multiplication game where they match up addition sentences and multiplication facts. Game board and number sentences are...
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Visual Arts- 3D Self-Sculpture

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students construct three dimensional self-portraits. In this visual arts lesson plan, students use clay to create a self-portrait. Students make the clay and discuss their self-portrait.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the states of matter. In this physics lesson, students use water and ice to demonstrate the characteristics of a solid and liquid. Students record their observations as the state of the water changes.
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Family Life During the Great Depression

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students practice the skill of photo analysis. In this Great Depression lesson, students analyze photographs from the era and write fictitious diary entries based on the images. 
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Past Tense Questions “Did”

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this past tense questions worksheet, students read groups of sentences starting with did and ending with regular and irregular endings. Students read 2 groups of sentences.
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Cooking Light

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students study the food pyramid. In this adult health lesson, students discover ways to change their cooking habits to lessen fat content. Given different recipes, they brainstorm ways to change some of its fatty ingredients to make it...
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Set the Scene

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the story "A Bargain for Frances" and  make predictions about the unfolding plot of the story. In this set the scene lesson, 3rd graders examine the three parts of a story; the beginning, middle, and end.
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Using Inspiration To Support Logical Reasoning

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students share descriptions of science experiments they have conducted. They create a thin film on the surface of water in order to float light objects and observe that a paper clip does, indeed, float on the surface of the water at...
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Health Jeopardy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students test their knowledge on a previously taught health chapter. A jeopardy board is drawn on the chalk or dry erase board. Each column on the board can represent a topic from the health chapter being reviewed.
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Caveman Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice fleeing and dodging skills, spatial awareness, some experience with normal tag games.
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Shopping at the Lift and Carry Store

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils are provided with the opportunity to practice proper body alignment when lifting, carrying and lowering an object.
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Spiders and Their Body Parts

For Teachers K
Students gain an understanding of the different parts of spiders by observing and drawing a spider. They utilize technology in order to gain a better understanding of spiders and their body parts.
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ARTQUARIUM

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify different underwater creatures, explain the importance of recycling in the community, plan preliminary sketches on paper, and construct and sculpt with chosen materials to create creature in paper mache.
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What is pH and Why is it Important?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate acids, bases, and pH, and related this knowledge to the problem of acid deposition.
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Dietary Fiber Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research fiber and consider its sources, functions and importance to overall health. They sample high-fiber items, complete worksheets and take a quiz on their fiber research.
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"The Good, The Bad, and The Smelly."

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore insects' use of pheromones and beneficial insects versus insect pests.
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Ecology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils gain an understanding of necessary components required within a healthy, sustainable environment and ways human actions can impact that balance while discovering how to recognize and analyze explanations and models used in...
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How Are Rainbows Created?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe how the sun's rays produce colors. They describe how water causes the sun's rays of light to bend, producing a rainbow.
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Cells in the Making

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars examine and research the parts of a cell, their functions, and life processes. They simulate how cells receive nutrients using coffee filters, water, and coffee, and construct cells using pudding, cookie dough, and candy.
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A Leaf, a Stem, a Root, Oh My!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students conduct Internet research on plants and complete a WebQuest on vegetable plants. They use a graphic organizer to display their findings, observe actual vegetables and design a salad, noting which part of each plant is included.
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This Lesson Is a Breeze, So Don't Blow It!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students conduct an experiment to show that air is all around us and that wind is the movement of air. They construct a weather vane to determine which direction the wind is blowing.
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Fossilworks

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research fossils and fossil formation. They explain how fossils are formed, identify fossil formations and use casting plaster to produce fossil replicas.
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Left to Their Own (Literary) Devices

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write scenes for stories using their own original characters. However, they write using the literary and plot devices found in the Lemony Snicket book series.