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Proud to Recycle Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this recycling worksheet, learners put a check mark next to the items from a list that are recycled in their local area. They determine which items are curbside recyclables and which are drop-off items. They examine pictures of...
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Science Performance Assessment

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can use performance assessments to obtain a richer and more complete picture of what your students know.
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Time Train

For Teachers K - 4th
Students are read a short book "Time Train" by Paul Fleischman. Using the text, they identify the clues to let them know the train is traveling back in time. They make a time line of the trip and make a cutout of meat-eating and...
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World-Water Hero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make up a superhero. In this water quality instructional activity, students create a superhero with super powers that can improve water quality and availability.
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Investigating the Hydrosphere

For Teachers 4th - 8th
No matter the scientific discipline, your students can benefit from a study of water.
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Observations and Inferences

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe how to distinguish observations form inferences.  In this examining inferences lesson students list observations relating to the activity and discuss the importance of them. 
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Animal Story: An Informational Narrative

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the computer to research information and publish creative narrative stories about the life of a specific Everglades animal. This instructional activity uses many educational, computer programs including the iLife suite,...
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World-Water Hero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore why clean water is essential. In this environmental activity, students identify the "powers" we need to improve the quality of water. Students share their descriptions of world-water superheroes.