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The Leg Bone Is Connected to The...
Students discover the names of 13 major bones in the human skeletal system. They construct their skeleton using paper plates and other simple products. Links to templates are provided within the resource.
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Family traditions
Second graders discuss family traditions. In this family tradition lesson, 2nd graders identify traditions in their family that have been passed down and bring in 3 things to share that have to do with these traditions. They present...
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Classification of Pasta, Rice and the Nine Planets
Eighth graders create a classification system of the planets and give a written rational for their choice of categories. In this investigative lesson students participate in an activity that helps them to explore classification.
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Classifying Information About Main Idea
In this reading for understanding instructional activity, students underline information in a text that is important in identifying the main idea. This instructional activity provides good practice for students who usually have...
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More About Me
Fourth graders explore what they like to do, their interests, and their aptitudes.
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Diabetes
Students identify community cultural practices that enrich or challenge health behaviors. Students evaluate television commercials for their effects on health and initiate a survey of cultural and media influences that might affect health.
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Count Down
Students are introduced to useing websites as a data source. Using bird population predictions, they test their predictions from various websites. They record, organize and graph the data and share their results with the class.
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Fairy Tales
Students investigate the characteristics of fairy tales and create and edit their own stories. their work is formatted into a storyboard and shared with their classmates.
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TISSUE PAINTING
Students designs a unique tissue painting by filling in the sketch with selected colored tissue paper and its placement.
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Sing, America, Sing!
Pupils articulate their thoughts about citizenship in songs and poems. They write a songor a poem that describes what citizenship means to them. They plan a Citizenship Day during which students perform their songs and read their poems.
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Wings and Othe Things
Learners work in groups that are engaged in different activities at different times. They watch the video "Madagascar" and collect data pertaining to the Fish Eagle's arm spam. They work together to perform mathematical computations...
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Dissecting Diets
Students practice making comparisons and evaluating claims regarding different suggested dietary plans using their knowledge of Biological, scientific facts. This lesson can be accomplished individually, in small groups, or in a think,...
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Using the Newspaper to Teach Division and Time Conversion
Students use classified ads to select a career. In this math activity, students convert the listed salary to an hourly, yearly, weekly and monthly rate. Students explain the process they used to find the various rates.