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Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Students explore solids, liquids, and gasses and categorize and describe the three states of matter. In this chemistry lesson, students categorize items as solid, liquid, or gas based on the definitions given by the teacher. Students...
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Action and Reaction
Students experiment with Newton's Third Law of Motion. In this physics and motion lesson, students complete two experiments to illustrate force and its equal and opposite reaction. Students first work in pairs to exert an equal force on...
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Surface Tension
Students view demonstrations that illustrate the surface tension of water. In this properties of water lesson, students observe demonstrations that show how water exhibits surface tension. They explain how the demonstration shows surface...
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Kinds of Weather and What to Wear
Students explore how temperature and wind contribute to types of weather. In this weather lesson, students observe an experiment in which ice, steam, and an electric fan are manipulated to produce results that simulate how fog and snow...
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FCS Lessons
Students illustrate personal money management strategies. In this investigative activity students create their own poster board with different columns for money spent.
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From Wheat to Bread
Students complete a sequence activity to explore wheat processing. In this wheat processing lesson, students color and cut out the pictures of images about the process of forming bread from wheat. Students order the pictures to...
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Students investigate the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle lesson, students read the book Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons and discuss the four stages of the life cycle. Students illustrate the life cycle on chart paper.
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Coming to Terms
Young scholars explore the rainforest. In this environmental lesson, students work in small groups to conduct online research of various topics having to do with the rainforest. The groups construct a large poster to illustrate the...
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Farm Fowl
Young scholars explore farm fowl. In this farming lesson, students identify the names of farm fowl babies and identify where they live on a farm. Young scholars color in illustrations of farm fowl and label them.
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Space Word and Picture Matching
In this space worksheet, students match words that represent space to pictures that illustrate them. Students match 5 pictures to 5 words.
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All Hands on Deck: A Harbor Education Program
Young scholars build a model of an estuary. In this wetland lesson, students build a model estuary with a paint tray and modeling clay. They use the model to illustrate the impact of non-point pollution on the watershed.
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Hilarious Honker
Young scholars investigate sound vibrations by experimenting with a cup. In this sound waves lesson plan, students utilize a paper or plastic cup, string, and different household items to create different sounds by plucking the string...
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Around the World, A Multicultural Unit
Students investigate Native American tribes through their stories. In this cultural lesson, students read stories of the Inuit tribe and discuss the themes, people, and customs. Students illustrate a picture of the Inuit tribe...
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Classifying Dog Breeds
Students research different dog breeds. In this classifying lesson, students gather information about dogs and classify them into different groups. Students will classify the dogs into small, medium and large breed groups. Students...
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Bucket Brigade
Students participate in a physical fitness activity about water. In this water conservation lesson, students discuss how to conserve water and the amount of water most people use in a day. To illustrate this amount students move 70...
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Looking After Our Pets
Students explore animal lifestyles by illustrating images. In this pet care lesson, students discuss their own pets and the conditions animals need to survive in both nature or a home. Students draw snakes and complete an activity sheet...
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Animal Habitats
Students explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Students create clay animal characters...
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Natural Resources to Finished Products
This PowerPoint provides definitions and related illustrations for "natural resources," "renewable resources," and "non-renewable resources." Instructions for a classroom activity locating resources is included.
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A Sheep Needs
In this sheep worksheet, learners color a picture of sheep. In the ten circles below it, students write or illustrate what a sheep needs. There are no directions.
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Inspired Science
Students explore the process of invention from an inventor's conception and as a factor of history. They are shown how inventions evolve and how inventions influence the world around them Students chart the inception and affects of a...
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Heroes and Heroines in Science: Dispelling the Stereotype
students think of scientists as heroes and heroines by dispelling the stereotypes of persons in scientific careers. They work in cooperative groups to research the life and works of a scientist and (through the use of the library and the...
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Post Assessment: Student Illustrations and Writing About the Sun
Students write about what they have learned about the Sun.
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Student Illustrations and Writing About the Sun
Students discuss what they know about the Sun. The teacher distributes work sheets and asks students to draw the Sun and label any parts of it that they know. Students write what they know about the Sun.