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Toilet Paper Roll Easter Bunny

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars create "toilet paper roll" easter bunnies using toilet paper rolls, scissors, glue, construction paper, cotton balls, and markers. This lesson can be accomplished in as little as 30 minutes but could take longer for...
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Paper Puppet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create hand puppets using basic art supplies, paper cups, cotton balls, and yarn in this 1st and 2nd grade Art lesson. Emphasis is placed on the history of puppets and puppetry. The lesson includes a short vocabulary list.
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A Measure of Greatness

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a variety of Olympic themed activities in order to measure their results. For this measurement lesson, students participate in cotton ball shot put, paper plate discuss throw, and other events to have fun while...
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Harry Hears!

For Teachers K
Students explore ear anatomy and the sense of hearing. In this hearing lesson plan, students discuss the five senses and view a model of an ear. Students place cotton balls in their ears to simulate loss of hearing. Students use...
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Santa Countdown Calendar

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students draw Santa's face on white paper, add color construction paper for his hat, and use the beard section for a "countdown calender" until the end of the month in this creative December activity. Each day another cotton ball is...
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Making Christmas Cards

For Teachers K - 1st
Students construct Christmas cards for loved ones. In this holiday lesson, students use various art materials such as construction paper, sequins, buttons, cotton balls, and felt to decorate a Christmas card.
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Santa Claus Christmas Calendar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this Christmas calendar worksheet, students cut out a large color picture of Santa Claus and hang it up. Students glue one cotton ball on the beard for each day from December 1 to Christmas.
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International Festival: Japan

For Teachers K
Students create representative Sakura trees. In this multi-cultural appreciation lesson, students listen to their teacher talk about Japan before students create Sakura trees out of cotton balls and popsicle sticks.
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What's The Idea?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore line segments, rays, parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines. The teacher discusses, with the class, real life items that represent each geometric idea studied. They use cotton balls, strings and popsicle...
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Extreme Trampolines

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
You'll bounce off the walls with glee after finding a fun resource. Young engineers design trampolines for golf balls. They build and test out their design and make improvements based on the results.
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S’COOL Cloud Identification Chart

For Students 5th - 8th
If you've ever wondered why clouds sometimes look so different, look no further than a classroom poster about cloud identification. It features pictures of clouds at high, mid, and low levels of altitude, as well as the name of each...
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Compost Tag

For Teachers K - 5th
Composting is a great way to get children involved in recycling. First, they discuss how biodegradable products decompose to make compost. Then, they talk about what can and cannot be composted. They play a game similar to around the...
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The Inuit People

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a unit of study of the Inuit people. They write a report, but also create snowflakes out of Borax and pipe cleaners; Inuit masks out of paper plates and feathers; and mukluks out of paper bags and cotton balls.
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Great Balls of Fire

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare and contrast natural and synthetic fabrics. In this science investigation lesson, 6th graders test the flammability of 6 natural and synthetic fabrics.
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Jane's Dress Worksheet Series

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read a story from MotherGooseCaboose.com prior to answering a series of questions about it. After examining the story for patterns, they compose their own tale including a title and details.
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Telling Tales About Textiles

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students analyze the different types of textiles, processes for creating cloth, and inventions utilized to manufacture industrial goods. In this Telling Tales About Textiles lesson plan, students weave on a card loom to create their own...
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Living Corn Necklace

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete an experiment to learn about hereditary traits. In this hereditary traits lesson, 6th graders discuss similarities and differences in corn and complete charts for their discussion. Students then use a dent corn and...
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Icky Icky I

For Teachers 1st
First graders review the letter "i" and use popsicle sticks and cotton balls to make upper and lower case "i's". Volunteers make the capital and lower case "i" on the board and then the class discovers the short sound that letter "i"...
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Just a Little Bit

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the book, "Just a Little Bit" and work in groups weighing the same object with a scale. They then get a different unit of measurement, like paper clips, cotton balls, washers, or pennies and then figure out and record...
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Triangle Angel

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create triangular angels in this winter-time instructional activity for the early elementary classroom. Materials include poster paper, scissors, glue, markers, cotton balls, yarn, and glitter. A fun and simple way for younger...
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International Festival: Japan

For Teachers K
Students discover Japanese culture and the importance of Sakura to Japan. In this international festival instructional activity, students demonstrate an appreciation for the Sakura trees beauty by creating Sakura trees from white and...
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Clouds as Art: Torn Paper Landscape

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars create a torn paper landscape and use it to study clouds. In this cloud study and art lesson, students make a background art image from torn paper. Young scholars create a torn paper landscape and use cotton balls to...
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Fabrics and Polymers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore natural resources by reading a science story in class. In this fibers lesson, students identify and discuss the differences between fibers such as wool, silk, rayon, linen and cotton. Learners identify the common uses of...
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How Do Words Feel?

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners discuss the difference between harsh words and soft words, and how words feel. They feel various mystery materials such as sandpaper, or cotton, and decide if the materials would describe a word that is harsh or soft.

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