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My Owl Babies Miss Momma

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners investigate the relationship between children and parents by reading a book about owls.  In this story analysis lesson, students read the book Owl Babies and participate in a role play based on one of the characters....
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Musical Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in the game Musical Money. The game Musical Money is fashioned after the game Musical Chairs, but students count money using a time limit.
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Yummy Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore space shapes learning about edges, corners, and faces. They enjoy shape soup as a culminating activity.
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How Well Do You Follow Directions?

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners complete an activity by following directions. They discuss the results of the activity and take a quiz. They repeat this lesson once a month.
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Plan For The Short Sprints

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in short sprint activities to help them practice the start, sprinting mechanics, and the finish. This lesson plan describes the progression for teaching your athletes to complete a short sprint. It clearly states how...
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DNA and Individual Differences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers list differences between DNA-related terms and create a simple DNA circle map. They order terms including human body, organ, tissue, cell, nucleus, etc. from largest to smallest. They discuss differences and...
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Pollution

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate pollution. They discuss pollution and its effects. They create a Venn diagram of pollution and people polluting. They create a landfill and predict what will occur over a week's time. They create two air...
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Coral Reefs: Gardens Under the Sea

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discover the wonders of coral reefs while listening to a book about them. In a Reading Rainbow video activity, they simulate a dive, check equipment and explore a reef. Role-playing as marine biologists, students uncover...
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Impact Craters

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars investigate the factors affecting the size of a crater. In this space science lesson, students collect data from the activity and graph them. They explain how velocity of impact relate to crater size.
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Beat the Grinch

For Teachers K - 5th
Students move safely about the entire gym on scooters, picking up bean bags one at a time, placing them in a basket. This is a good warm up activity to be used for the first 5-10 minutes of class.
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China

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a variety of activities surrounding a unit on China and Chinese culture.
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World Climate Growing Zones

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create a map showing where crops would be grown around the world. In this crops lesson plan, students show how the world climate would produce different parts of the world at different times. Students fill out worksheets.
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Science: Daily and Seasonal Cycles

For Teachers 1st
First graders use their observations to describe daily and seasonal cycles. through a demonstration using a suspended ball and flashlight, they determine the time of day in various locations. Next, 1st graders participate in a...
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Oh Deer!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss the components necessary to keep animal populations alive . Then they participate in a game where they interact as deer, food, water, and shelter. The activity demonstrates that nature is not static, but changes with the...
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No Name-Calling Week

For Teachers K - 7th
Students discuss if they have ever heard someone being bullied or called a name; if so, as each child shares, they hold hands and form a linked circle. They then talk about what they can say or do when they witness name-calling or bullying.
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Bias in Statistics

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students work to develop surveys and collect data. They display the data using circle graphs, histograms, box and whisker plots, and scatter plots. Students use multimedia tools to develop a visual presentation to display their data.
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What's the Difference Between Concentration and Solubility?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the difference between concentration and solubility as well as examine the difference in a hands-on activity. Using water and table salt, they experiment with solubility. They create different concentrations using...
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Reading: Home on the Range

For Students 4th - 5th
Students read a verse from the song, "Home on the Range," and determine if 7 statements about the verse are true or false. An interesting activity using this classic song.
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Moving Out

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars determine their cost of living.  In this determining their cost of living lesson, students think of ten necessary things they would need if they moved out of their parents house.  Young scholars research the cost...
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Math--Recognizing and Matching Numbers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing and matching numbers worksheet, students draw a circle around the bunnies from each hutch and then draw a line from the bunnies to the hutches to show where they belong. Students fill in the missing numbers in 5...
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Lilly's Big Day

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners read the story Lilly's Big Day and do language arts and math activities based on the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include matching activities, number...
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Classroom Identity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore fingerprints. In this finger prints instructional activity, students investigate how to classify fingerprints. Students study large pictures of fingerprints and circle the patterns they know how to identify. Students...
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Moon Phases, Day/Night

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe a demonstration that shows how the alignment of the sun, moon, earth relate to the phases of the moon that occur each month. They describe the moon's phases after experimenting in a small group setting and recording...
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Predator and Prey Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the why the balance among producers, predators and prey is necessary in order for an ecosystem to be sustained over time. Through web games and activities, they discover how each component of the food chain works...