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Drawing from Life: Tissue Paper Collage
Pupils watch a video about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe and discuss her work. They draw flowers plants and fish and use collage techniques imitating O'Keeffe's style.
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Correlating Atmospheric Data Lesson Plan
Students make and test hypotheses about atmospheric data collected aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown research cruise.
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DASH Sunrise and Sunset/ Seasons Chart
Second graders rotate as the person to enter the information of sunrise and sunset into a spreadsheet. The teacher also demonstrates how to convert the spreadsheet into a chart.
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Timeline of Yellowstone History
Students research important dates and events in the history and development of Yellowstone National Park. They create a timeline that denotes the events after watching the associated video clips.
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Let's Think About... Change
Students observe various examples of "change." They mix paint to cereate new colors, eat bread and then toasted bread, and match baby pictures with pictures of how the same people look in the present. Finally, they watch a bouquet of...
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Changing the Water in the Aquarium
Students discover the importance and how to change the water in an aquarium. As a class, they review the types of impurities that are found in water and discuss how to keep the tank as clean as possible. They develop a water change...
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Trends in Precipitation
Eighth graders study about precipitation and graph the information. They look for patterns in a scatter graph and make inferences based on what they see. They need to see a relationship between location and the amount of precipitation.
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What Is A Dinosaur?
Young scholars use the question of "What is a dinosaur?" in order to establish the context for a class investigation. They use a variety of resources in order to gather information. Students compare and contrast the similarities or...
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Modular Arithmetic on the Planet of the Eights
Students explore modular arithmetic involving base eight. They participate in an activity where society functions around the numbers one through eight. Students explain how life will operate with only these numbers.
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Musical Addition
Students place objects on their storyboards to show the equations that they are given. They draw and color objects to show the equations. Students listen to and sing addition songs.
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Today is Monday Lesson Plan
Students read a book and recite the days of the week in a story. In this lesson about the days of the week, students which become familiar with the parts of the day. Students read Today is Monday, and situate the days of the week on 8...
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Ancient Egypt: Domestic Life: Bartering
In this ancient Egypt worksheet, learners read about bartering in the marketplace. Students find the value of 4 items and draw the things you could barter them for.
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We're Building Bridges to School Readiness!
Students participate in the activities their teaching initiates from the packet for classroom behavior, social skills, and learning environments.
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Historical Temperatures
Students research historical regional temperatures for their current season. In this historical weather lesson, students conduct weather station and Internet research to learn about historical regional temperatures. Students collect and...
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Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
In this allusion worksheet, students work in pairs to define the allusions assigned to them from the play 'Skin of Our Teeth.' Students present their research to the class.
NBC
Nbc Learn: A Calendar Year of Chemistry
In this Chemistry Now original video series, we find examples of chemistry in the holidays and seasons of the annual calendar. Take a look at Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Other topics include the...
Mex Connect
Mexconnect: Mexico's Fiesta & Holiday Calendar: Year 2000
A month by month calendar of holidays and fiestas in Mexico, in both English and Spanish.
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
Web Exhibits: Calendars Through the Ages: Announcing the Sky
Well-organized website depicts the "Fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Gives an overview and specifics of the basis of calendars through the ages.
Other
Nepal Home Page: Nepali Calendar (Bikram Sambat)
It's 2060! The Nepali year begins in April, and this page offers calendars of the current, future and recent years. Saturday is the public holiday!
Scholastic
Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendar Math Activities
This website offers plenty of links for activities around the topic of calendar math using estimation, measurement, and computations.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Years
The mathematics resource discusses years. Students review the concept using the provided notes and then answer questions to check for comprehension of the topic.
Other
Common Year Round Education Questions
Is year round education a good idea? What benefits will it bring? Are there any downsides? This Q&A by Dr. Charles Ballinger answers these questions and more. This article is distributed by the Year Round Education Association.
Other
Western Washington University: Leap Year
It takes the entire page but by the end of it, you will understand the whys and whens of Leap Year Day.