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Help Save the Polar Bear

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students use ice cubes to demonstrate how the polar ice caps are melting and how it effects the polar bears. In this polar bear lesson plan, the teacher explains how polar bears live on the north pole and how they are having trouble due...
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Airports

For Teachers Pre-K
Students respond to movement cues while maintaining their balance. In this movement and balance lesson, students gain understanding of general self space concepts while imagining themselves as an airplane. Students respond to high,...
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Jingle Bells

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify people of different ages, cultural backgrounds, traditions, and careers. They explain how they contribute to the community. Students sing a song to display the different Christmas traditions that are celebrated in...
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Magic Rope Curl-ups

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students imagine that they are pulling themselves up from the floor using a magic rope.
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The Regions In Which I Live

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate different regions. Beginning with the idea that a neighborhood is a region, students explore maps to discover that towns, states, and countries can also be considered regions. Students create a book, with...
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover how everyone is special in his or her own way. In this character traits lesson, students demonstrate how they are special by drawing a picture or writing. Students listen orally to the book We Are All Alike...We Are All...
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Ooooh, The Oud

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to a performance of the instrument, oud. After watching a video, they discover how many parts of the world it is used in and locate the countries on a map. They compare and contrast the oud with other instruments from the...
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Roll the Die

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners choose six exercises or sports movements. These should be ones students are familiar with, in order to save time. Assign each a number on the die (see "materials" above); hang the big poster for all to see.
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The Laser Spider Web

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a supersized spider web using yarn. They weave the yarn over and under an existing web to create a new design.
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Spirituals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the significance in the Negro spirituals concerning the Underground Railroad. They explore the cultural, geographical, historical, physical, and Psychological aspects involved in the Underground Railroad
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars study family structure. In this family structure lesson, students read the book The Family Book and discuss families. Young scholars create a bulletin board of family photos and draw their families on paper. Students dance...
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students complete various activities to investigate  farm animals. For 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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Broccoli

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students figure out rhythm notation for phrases describing the benefits of broccoli. They compose four-measure patterns using the rhythms of these phrases.
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Favourite Authors

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students discuss in open forum their favorite author and give reasons to back up their decisions. Students choose from a variety of writing prompts. Students prepare a series of questions that they might ask their favorite authors if...
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Machines 'R' Us

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students increase their vocabulary and knowledge base while learning about different types of machines. For this machine lesson, students glue pictures of the machines they like onto paper and share their collages with classmates.
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Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students engage in creative bead making while discussing Africa. In this diversity and arts lesson, students create African necklaces while being introduced to the African culture.
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Apples Are A...peeling

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate fully in cooperative learning groups, assuming all the different job roles.
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Brainiac Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a special game of tag while reinforcing the math skills they have learned.
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Keeps on Pumping

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students measure and calculate heart rates per minute and for other units of time. They determine the amount of blood pumped by their heart during various intervals of time.
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Making Sense of Censorship

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create their own ratings systems with which to classify current pop cultural fare as suitable or unsuitable for Students.
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What Do Salt Trucks Do?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students predict what will happen to ice when salt is put on it. They make observations and discuss what actually happened to the ice. They relate their experiment to the salt trucks they see on the street.
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Weather -- Snowmen in May

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars are read the story "Snowballs" and discuss what the conditions must be for it to snow. They make snowmen out of snow when it snows outside. They discover what happens to their snowmen when they take them inside.
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Exercise Tag ( a non elimination tag game)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students scatter and sit in their own personel space. Some of them get foam balls. On the teacher's signal, they play foam ball tag.
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Understanding A Culture Through Storytelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Japanese folk tales and create a performance that tells one of the Japanese folk stories.

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