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The Way a Tree Works

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore nature by conducting botany experiments. In this plant life lesson, students define the necessary resources for a plant to thrive on our planet while defining scientific vocabulary terms. Students utilize different plant...
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Nutrition: How important is rice to the world?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders point out places on a map that grow rice around the world. In this rice growing lesson plan, 4th graders read about the importance of rice and use a map to see where it comes from.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree

For Teachers K
Students review all of the alphabet letters once they are taught. They are involved in growing their class tree and then take an interactive part in putting their letter on the tree when it is their turn.
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Fun Crystal Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a variety of activities to learn about crystals. In this crystals lesson plan, students paint with a crystal solution, pan for crystals, grow crystals, and more.
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Vegetable Soup: A Reverse Recipe

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students cook up a healthy soup. In this early childhood food and cooking lesson, students gain knowledge about healthy diets, identify a variety of fruits and vegetable, and identify the connection between food served in the home and...
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Bringing Up Birdy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore biology by creating diagrams of animal life cycles. In this baby bird instructional activity, students view video clips of birds being born from incubation to flying on their own. Learners utilize the Internet to...
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Are Chickens Really "Chicken"?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about chickens. They state the characteristics of chickens and examine how growing up on a farm and being in the wild is different for the chickens.
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A Bird's Eye View of the Caribbean: Art, Folklore, and Music

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the Caribbean in terms of its music, art, and folklore. As a class, they listen to a folktale and discuss the difference between telling a story and reading a story. In groups, they write their own folktale and share...
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American Dragon: Jake Long

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students, after viewing the film "American Dragon," by Jake Long, explore and analyze the importance of legends and the unique cultures others grow up in. They stress the need for having a good self-esteem and assess how to work together...
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Where There's Smoke

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils view photographs to help them see how people live in rural Nepal. In groups, they imagine what it would be like to grow up in this type of community with little food and identify the problems associated with the Nepalise homes. ...
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Talking Careers with Junie B.

For Students K - 2nd
In this Junie B. Jones activity worksheet, students examine a word puzzle and find the 8 listed careers in the word search. Students also draw a picture of the job they would like to have when they grow up.
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All Mixed Up

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this alphabetizing worksheet students are given three to four words they must arrange in alphabetical order. In this self-checking worksheet, students will have written a phrase if they have the correct answer. There are 18 problems...
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Investigating Bean Pods and How They Grow

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe and create a record of seed growth over time. After planting a seed, 3rd graders record their observations of the seed's growth over a three week period. Upon conclusion of the experiment, they write a paragraph...
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GROWING PLANTS UNIT

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students predict outcomes of scientific experiment,.conduct a scientific experiment with control groups, and plant seeds to observe, measure, and compare growth across groups. They gather, record, analyze, and share data with other...
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Growing Old

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a simulation in which they experience problems elderly people face on a daily basis.
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A Growing Success

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a multimedia presentation as a culmination of a plant unit.  In this hyperstudio lesson,  students research from assigned sites and create a Hyperstudio stack.  Students write a cinquain. 
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Getting Up the Nerve

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the basics of the nervous system through an interactive program. They discover how the brain is linked to muscle movement. They can test cells through the interactive program to see how it reacts to different stimuli.
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How Plants Spice Up Our Lives

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study plants. In this biology lesson plan, 3rd graders label and identify parts of plants, identify spices obtained from plants, and determine what part of a plant a spice comes from by using taste, touch, smell and sight.
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High Up in the Himalayas

For Students 7th - 10th
Have your class supplement their knowledge on the Himalaya mountain range. In a brief handout, they read about the land masses that collided to form the Himalayas and other mountain ranges. It  also touches briefly on the Earth's...
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As Air Force Grows, So Does Iraqis' Pride

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the Air Force's involvement in the Gulf War.  In this history lesson, students read an article from USA Today about the Gulf War, then answer several questions to check their understanding of the article.
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Tug of War Exercise

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners hone their acting and imagination by playing tug-o-war with an imaginary rope. Each group works together and pretends to pull the other group over the imaginary line with an imaginary rope. This could be a good improve warm up...
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Will they grow?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders plant seeds and see how they will grow in a specific temperature and are questioned about different environments and how they think crops would grow there. They form a hypothesis, perform an experiment, and then collect...
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Let it Grow and See What Happens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in an experiment in which they try to stop algae from growing. In groups, they develop a hypothesis and test it while making changes to the experiment along the way. They make observations and organize their data...
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Which Way to Roots Grow?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore roots and how they grow. They observe as seeds planted in various directions grow and record their observations. Students discuss the direction in which the roots are growing.

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