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Be the Change You Wish to See
Students review the lessons from the whole unit before devising a plan of action for a volunteer effort. They work in teams using a worksheet to determine a social cause that they develop an effective idea to promote. They design an...
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Malaria: The Solution
Learners discover that malaria can be controlled and even stopped. They break into six teams to research one of the five elements of the comprehensive approach using the Internet. They then present their findings to the class in a form...
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Chrononauts Lesson Plans
High schoolers are told that chronanauts is a fascinating, whimsical exploration of time travel, causality, and possibility covering many fascinating and significant events of the last century or so. They work in small groups to create...
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Environment: John Muir Day
Young scholars observe John Muir Day by visiting Websites containing fact sheets, excepted writings, as well as songs, pictures, and educational sources. They use April 21 as a day to reflect on Muir's accomplishment and environmental...
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I Can Sing a Rainbow....
For this Blakesley Hall Museum gardens worksheet, students view eleven pictures of garden flowers and learn the words to a garden song.
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Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music In America - Lesson 5
Learners identify many genres of Black music. They listen to examples of black artists playing songs of social concious, then identify issues that are addressed by today's Black artists.
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Measuring in Inches
Third graders will sing 2 songs that are written and played by the teacher and relate to the task of measuring.They recognize and pick up a 1-foot standard ruler and be able to identify the marks on the ruler, including inch and parts of...
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Worship Extension Work
In this religious education worksheet, students answer six short answer questions based on their worship practices and four essay questions based on their worship experience.
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Life Reflections in Songwriting and Poetry
Students analyze, discuss and compare sources of inspiration, use of words and imagery, and other differences in writing styles between two featured songwriters. This is an introductory lesson to a creative project unit.
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A New Life, A New Home
Fifth graders use photographs to tell the story of immigrants. They use the Internet to help them research immigration.
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Civil Rights Video Essay
Students research an event or a person from a decade in American history when the civil rights movement was an important focus. They create a multimedia project based on the research.
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Social Studies: Getting to Know You
Students in kindergarten and college students engage in dialogue designed to help them get to know each other. They meet at three discussion centers, where the students express what makes them happy, how they are seen, and how they are...
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Ehhh...What'd you say?
Practice pronouncing and spelling words with the /e/ sound with spellers. They blend phonemes with spelling maps to master important representation and letter symbol of the short vowel /e/. They also make sock puppets and study the...
Rainforest Alliance
Growing a Rainforest in Our Classroom
Give your classroom decor a boost with a rainforest themed mural highlighting what class members learned through their five senses—taste, touch, see, smell, and hear. Scholars create a rainforest filled with trees and animals using their...
National Park Service
The Secret of Life
Dead trees provide nutrients for the soil, food for animals, protection and a home for organisms, a seed-bed for new trees, and a place for nitrogen-fixing bacteria to live. In the activity, pupils collect decaying logs, expose them to a...
NOAA
Who’s Blue Peter?
Scholars discover who Blue Peter is and how sailors used nautical signal flags on the open waters in order to create their own set of nautical signal flags and send messages to peers.
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Macarena Basketball Review
Students review the basketball skills learned in class and are challenged to perform specific skills to the beat of the music.
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Winter Wonderland Stations
Students use hockey sticks to strike pucks into a goal, between two cones, or into another target (e.g., bowling pins). They use white rolled up socks as snowballs to throw at a variety of targets that are on the floor or on the wall .
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Surfing Warm Up
Pupils, when the drums are playing, imitate a drummer. When the music changes (drums stop), students imitate a surfer, bending at the knees and moving up and down.
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Ghostbuster Dribble
Students practice dribbling and passing fundamentals using the appropriate cues.
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Multiple Choice: Sports
In this sport activity, students complete a set of 8 questions about sports. Answers are included on page 2. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Bridges and Stones
Learners divide into two groups. One group uses their body to create a bridge. On the teacher's signal, the remaining portion of the class tries to go under (or through) as many of the bridges as possible.
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Reindeer Tag
Students put their thumbs on their head and spread fingers out like antlers when tagged by "elf".
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Directions Boogie
Young scholars demonstrate knowledge of directions while moving to a rhythm as the teacher calls out directions and the count.