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Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine why scientists classify living organisms. They list and classify items they buy at the grocery store, sort and classify leaves, explore various websites, and write a biography of Carolus Linnaeus.
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The Magic School Bus Dries Up

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students work in small groups to find out if foods they eat contain water.
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Keeping Pets Safe in an Emergency

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss what ifs with relation to their pets. For this keeping pets safe lesson, students create lists of pet items needed in case of disasters. Students complete worksheets related to pet safety in emergencies.
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Barter Day

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders understand the process of bartering. In this barter day instructional activity, each student barters an item in their desk with another student. All items are returned at the end of the activity and it is important to tell...
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Read That Label!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore reading nutritional labels and making good food choices through simulation. They prepare and design a label for a product. In addition, they create packaging and advertising to ensure access to the population.
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Mollusk Matching

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students look carefully at shells and observe the differences between species and the names of common shells. Then they identify and complete a Mollusk Matching handout included in the lesson and write the letter of each shell in the...
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Working Together to Solve a Problem

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a food and clothing drive at their school. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students listen to the story Selavi, That is Life, to help them understand homelessness. Then, students brainstorm ways to implement a plan to...
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Percents: (An Application to Real Life Problems)

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of calculating percents. In this calculating percents lesson, 7th graders simulate ordering food off of a menu. Students work in groups to calculate the bill, tax, and the tip for the...
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Meet the Plants

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine the difference between living and non-living things. In this living versus non-living lesson, students complete a KWL worksheet and a Living and Non-Living Chart. They examine a variety of plants and non-plants before...
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Taste Buds

For Teachers 1st
First graders taste a variety of items and record a full sentence about the way they taste.  In this taste buds activity, 1st graders predict and then taste various items.  Students draw a picture of the tongue and show the...
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"Grocery Store"

For Teachers K
Students purchase grocery items from the classroom grocery store using appropriate play coins and bills. Students define various economic terms. Students comprehend the concept of a medium for exchange.
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What's on Sale?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore sale items.  In this money and percent math lesson, students work in groups to locate food ads in the newspaper.  Students identify sales and calculate final prices using percentage discounts.  Students...
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Electromagnets- 6 Mini Investigations

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover the properties of electromagnets through experiments. In this electromagnet properties lesson, 3rd graders complete six tasks with an elctromagnet.  Students recognize that the wires will heat up when...
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Market Simulation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the role of markets in Asian countries. They bring items from home to barter with to simulate markets. They discuss the advantages and problems of exchanging and how price is determined.
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Applebee's trios Problem

For Students 9th
In this algebra worksheet, 9th graders pick 3 of their favorite foods from an option of 200 combinations. They calculate what the minimum number of item is that they can choose their favorite form.
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La Salle and the Fur Trade

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the fur trade of the 1700's. In this explorers lesson, 4th graders discuss how the French explorers traded items with the Native Americans for fur. They look at the explorer La Salle and how he influenced the fur...
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Sing of Spring! Decision Making Enrichment Worksheet

For Students 5th
In this money decision making enrichment worksheet, 5th graders complete 4 tables that show how much decorations or entertainment will cost for a spring party. They use multiplication of money to determine the costs. They record the...
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Inference By Analogy

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students infer the use or meaning of items recovered from a North Carolina Native American site based on 17th-century European settlers' accounts and illustration.
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How To Find a Site

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the three basic needs of humans. They identify on a map the best places to live and make a list of items that they can find on a map - streams, river, hills, plains, forests, etc.
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Central Park Field Trip

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners visit the park to observe signs of spring in the forest and pond environments.  In this field trip lesson, students explore the park for various items
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Weight Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students estimate and compare grapefruit weights. In this weight measurement and literacy instructional activity, students listen to the story Nate's Big Hair and the Grapefruit in There, then estimate the weight of a grapefruit after...
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A Visit to Mexico City: An Introduction to World Communities

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a variety of activities as they take an imaginary trip to Mexico City, complete with passports, maps, and Spanish dictionaries. They write postcards to send home and create items to sell at the market. The unit...
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On The Farm

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students study a dairy farm and also the crops that grow on farms. They research how we depend on farms to get the food we eat. They transform their findings and describe one the farms or make up their own. They turn the information...
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World of Plastics and Polymers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners investigate plastics and learn they are giant molecules made of carbon atoms. In this polymers and plastics lesson, students perform 3 activities which all include making polymers from household items such as milk and vinegar,...

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