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Gummy Bear Math
First graders predict, collect data, and create a graph based on gummy bear colors they are given. In this graphing lesson plan, 1st graders first predict how many colors of gummy bears there are. They then count the colors, graph them,...
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Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression
Students barter for goods within the class. In this economics lesson based on the Great Depression, the teacher introduces the lesson with a picture book, then students are allowed to barter with teacher supplied goods as they examine...
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Order Length
In this ordering measurements of length worksheet, students observe sets of three pictures and number them in order from shortest to longest. Students solve 9 problems.
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Elements of Life
Learners discover they are made of elements in activities based on comparing the human body to the periodic table. In this science lesson students are engaged with 3 hands on basic chemistry activities. The learners end the lesson by...
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Forces
In this forces worksheet, students read about force and acceleration. They complete a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast balanced and unbalanced forces, they answer questions about a diagram of a tug-a-war and the forces acting on each...
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Inheritance Patterns in Zorks
In this inheritance patterns activity, students create a visual of a Zork using chromosome strips to represent alleles from the father and the mother to determine the traits in the offspring. Students translate the genotype to the...
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Tudor Entertainment
In this facts about Tudor entertainment worksheet, students read illustrated facts about Tudor sports, banquets, theatre, and public execution and create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting them with entertainment today. Students...
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Life of a Navajo Weaver
Students explore Native American weaving patterns and dance movements. In this Native Americans lesson, students view examples of weaving patterns on the Internet and compare the patterns to a Native American dance. Students demonstrate...
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Taking Apart Owl Pellets
Young scholars dissect an owl pellet. In this rodent and bone structure lesson plan, students work in groups to take apart an owl pellet. Young scholars separate all the tiny bones from the fur and use the bones to reconstruct the rodent...
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Koala Lou
In this making and analyzing lists worksheet, students list things mothers do to take care of them, identify the most important and tell why, list things the koala's mother does to take care of her, identify the ones that apply to both...
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Echolocation
Learners explore echolocation. In this bats science lesson, students compare sunlight reflecting off a mirror to sound waves hitting a bat's ears. Learners complete a worksheet about bats.
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Alphabetical Order Cut and Paste
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students cut out 20 word cards and glue them in alphabetical order on a sidewalk picture. Some words will start with the same letter.
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Combining Clouds and Art in the Classroom
Students observe landscape paintings consisting of cloud formations. In this identifying cloud types lesson plan, students discover different cloud types and characteristics by looking at paintings. Students paint their own pictures at...
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Neighborhoods
Students examine homes around the world. In this multicultural lesson, students read the book A World of Homes and Homes Around the World. Students compare and contrast the homes in the books to their own homes. Students construct a...
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International Festival: Venezuela
Students become familiar with the Venezuelan culture and geography. In this Venezuelan Festival instructional activity, students compare and contrast themselves to the people of Venezuela. Students participate in activities to...
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Meet Molly An American Girl
Students examine concepts of personal finance. In this personal finance instructional activity, students use Valerie Tripp's, Meet Molly, An American Girl, to learn about saving and spending after World War II. They compare financial...
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Who Takes Care of the Maya Forest Corridor?
First graders study the animals in the Maya Forest Reserve. In this conservation lesson, 1st graders create a graph to compare the environment of animals to their own. They design a 3D model of these two environments.
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Eat Your Veggies
Students investigate displaying data. In this displaying data lesson plan, students use tallies to count data about food preferences. Students use various types of graphs such as bar graphs, picture graphs, box-and-whisker plots, etc...
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See the Stars
Students explore the nighttime sky. In this space science lesson plan, students read the book Maria's Comet and and investigate the sky using their naked eyes. Students compare the view of their naked eyes to the view of a telescope.
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People, Places, and Things
Students review art history in the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. In this art history instructional activity, students discuss art vocabulary emphasizing landscape, portrait, and still life. They visit the museum and create their own...
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Transforming Negatives to Positives
Young scholars write diamonte poems that correspond to the double-exposed photograph they created. In this poetry and multimedia artwork lesson, students use the photographic process to create a double-exposed photo then create a...
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Editorials
Students investigate editorials. In this literacy critical thinking lesson, students compare and contrast two newspaper editorials and two letters to the editor by completing a Venn diagram. Students work in groups to write authentic...
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The Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Christmas, and Dia de los Tres Reyes
Students examine the holiday celebrations in the United States and fiestas in Latin American countries. For this holiday celebration lesson, students research the similarities in the celebrations for Christmas and those for the day of...
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Every Square Inch Counts
Students monitor the abundance of organisms in photograph quadrats. In this environmental monitoring lesson, students view pictures of rocky intertidal and subtidal marine zones and discuss the importance of monitoring organism...