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Bird Banter

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to examples of common bird songs of birds found in Illinois. As a class, they discover the importance between the differences in songs and calls. They practice making their own bird calls and songs to end the lesson.
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Fun Robot Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students complete a variety of activities that have to do with robots. In this robot lesson plan, students pretend to do tasks blindfolded, look up a chat bot online, list TV shows based on robots, and more.
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The Coral Reef

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss life in a coral reef, and view photographs and a computer program about coral reefs. They design and create colorful watercolor, ink, and crayon drawings of coral reefs.
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My Favorite Meal

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate ecological systems and the multiple uses of the environment by studying the osprey population.
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Forests

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine soil in forests looking for animals and insects. They divide the animals based on their number of legs and draw the animal they have collected.
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Wherever I Look

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students describe what they see in the world around them. They are to look in each direction to describe what they see. They prepare four panels of drawings of what they see with the sentence they wrote.
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Touch and Discover

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work together to identify and categorize objects. They have to identify the object on touch because they are blindfolded. They record their data and describe the objects once they can look at them.
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The Role of the United Nations in Postwar Iraq

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the history of the United Nations and answer study questions regarding the role of the UN in present day post-war Iraq.
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Voices From Your Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create individual representations of Chinese calligraphy symbols in this cross-curricular activity for the elementary Language Arts or Art classroom. One enrichment activity is included.
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My Love And I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson for the SSA choir. This lesson can be accomplished in under an hour and includes warm-up ideas to begin the class.
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You Decide

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, who live on a Native American reservation, investigate how land management is addressed at Tribal Council meetings. They participate in a simulation of a meeting as the discover the workings of tribal government. They...
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Explorit's Biology Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
For this biology worksheet, students complete a five question on-line interactive multiple choice quiz about animal biology. This quiz has more advanced material.
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Where's the Beach?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use beach profile data to analyze how erosion and sediment transport changed seashore slopes. In this geology lesson, students plot the data provided and analyze erosion patterns. They also assess coastal erosion management...