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Forest Friends Forever

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate how to use the senses to gather information about objects such as size, shape, color, texture, sound, position, and change (qualitative observations are utilized throughout this lesson). They investigate and explain...
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Exploring Hawaii's Beaches

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders  search the shore and find objects on the beaches of Hawaii.  In this exploring Hawaii's beaches instructional activity, 4th graders play "I Spy" with objected collected at the beach.  Students compare...
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Teaching Nutrition Using the Food Guide Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how to make healthy eating choices. There are goals included for students to meet by the end of fifth grade.
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Compare 2-D Shapes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore and analyze plane shapes. For this plane shapes lesson, 2nd graders evaluate shape attributes to classify shapes correctly. Students work in groups to create different shapes.
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Life Science- Useful Waste

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the topic of waste and recycling. In this useful waste lesson, 4th graders classify objects and sort them into most usable and least usable categories. Students complete an activity sheet and have a discussion on...
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Pattern Matching

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine how to determine the lines of symmetry in pictures, shapes, and patterns by completing the lessons in this unit. They make patterns that show a line of symmetry and describe it using their own language.
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It Counts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students classify and compare plants using specific information, observations, and numbers. In this mathematical inquiry instructional activity, students use plant characteristics to describe, compare, and classify them. They attempt to...
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Describing and Creating Plane Figures - Grade One

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young mathematicians draw, create, and describe different shapes using triangles. They discuss attributes of the original and created shapes. Pupils classify the created shapes and draw and write in mathematics journals to communicate...
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Balancing The Day Away In Grade 2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders sped the day exploring about balance by playing with and making balancing toys. They discover how varying the amount and position of mass affects the toys' balance. Pupils explore gravity and balance while playing with the...
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Move It!!!

For Teachers K
Students explore motion by observing the movement of people and duplicating those movements. They compare and contrast various kinds of movements and identify different types of movements in pictures. They build an object that can be...
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Grouping Buttons

For Teachers K
Looking for a good lesson on counting and sorting? This lesson is worth a look! In this classification lesson, learners sort buttons by color, shape, shiny verses not shiny, or number of holes.
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Then and Now: Life in Early America, 1740 - 1840

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners complete a unit of lessons that examine life in early America from 1740-1840. They compare items with similar objects we use today, explore various websites, create a paper doll, try and guess the function of various objects,...
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Exploring Parts and Wholes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of parts making up a whole. In this parts and whole lesson, students come to understand that parts of a system must come together in order for the system to work properly. Students investigate items indoors...
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Classifying Candy III

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create a classification tree based on grouping candy with eight different properties. This allows students to understand how living things are classified.
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Classifying Organisms within Kingdoms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine animal kingdom classifications. They discuss how animals are placed into kingdom classifications and compare similarities and differences of animals within a kingdom.
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Cars, Trucks, and Things that Go Sorting Fun!

For Teachers 1st
First graders sort toys by various attributes. They, in groups, sort toy vehicles by color, size etc. and then explain how they chose to group the toys. They write, draw or dictate an explanation of their sorting methods.
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Classifying Living Organisms into Kingdoms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils create a flip book that describes the basic characteristics of the five main animal kingdoms. They research the animal kingdoms, include examples of organisms for each kingdom and illustrate the finished text.
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Hardware Sort

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students classify various hardware items using the attributes of the objects. In this classification lesson, students group objects based on their attributes and explain their classification key.
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Backyard Bugs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Explore the concept of scientific classification and the similarities and differences between plant and animal species. Your class will participate in hands-on activities by investigating dichotomous keys and classifying their shoes. To...
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Verbal (and other) Phrases

For Students 8th - 10th
Recognize the tense used in each sentence. This online resource requires learners to select a verb tense from the choices presented. There are 10 sentences to work with, and the answer pops up immediately after a selection is made. 
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Will It Sink Or Float?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Have your class predict whether objects will sink or float in water. Learners consider a data table of mass, volume and whether the object sank or floated. They develop an evidence-based explanation for the results.
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Pebbles, Sand and Silt -- Categorizing Fiction and Informational Books

For Teachers 1st
Primary readers complete the activities in a Pebbles, Sand and Silt FOSS kit. As a class, they are given a group of rocks and they are to categorize them based on their activities in the FOSS kit. They use this information and apply it...
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Finding Polygons in Cubist Art

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore geometric properties and relationships in a two-dimensional work of art. They first search for and identify polygons in a Cubist painting and then use polygons to create their own Cubist portrait of a classmate.
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How Can You Detect the Invisible?

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners participate in a lab activity in which they examine the characteristics of radon. They identify radon's link to cases of lung cancer. They complete a radon fact sheet and answer questions to end the lesson.