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We Are Family
Students participate in a class discussion about their family structures. Students also discuss the family diversity of their peers and others in the world. They investigate family habits, family history, values and traditions their...
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Learning to Love
High schoolers discuss the different kinds of love and the characteristics of a healthy relationship. They examine types of behaviors that could make a relationship unhealthy and name components of love. They evaluate their current...
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Walk That Line
Third graders, in groups, practice outdoors with communication skills, leadership, trust, respect and creativity.
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Letter Writing
Students investigate different types of animals in a unique way. They use a variety of resources to find information. Students read a story about an iguana and then write their own letters using a character of an animal found in the...
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Apple: Seed to Tree
Students grow seeds of an apple and learn about Johnny Appleseed. In this apples lesson plan, students map Johnny Appleseed's travels, learn how he got his name, compare different Johnny Appleseed books, and grow apple seeds themselves.
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Investigating Fresh Water Ecosystems
Sixth graders examine the fresh water ecosystems. For this environmental lesson, 6th graders work in groups to collect information about a fresh water ecosystem and report their findings to the class in the form of a brochure.
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A Growing Market
Students research plants and the bedding plant industry and then make a list of materials they need to plant seeds. In this planting lesson plan, students then plant their seeds, chart their progress, and write what they have learned.
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Harriet Tubman
Pupils identify famous people and events of the Civil War era, identify hardships Tubman encountered by giving an explanation of what they would do in a similar situation, and explain in writing, 3 historical facts about Harriet Tubman.
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Jane Addams -- Philanthropist in Action
Students examine the philanthropic actions of Jane Addams and discuss why she is seemed as a role model of being a responsible citizen. They organize different types of volunteer opportunities and create ways to serve the common good in...
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Tadpoles
Students examine tadpoles at various stages of development. They make careful scientific observations and compare the changes that occur at five different phases of a frog's life.
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Writing About Outdoor Activities
Students discuss what they like about parks and make a list of different things they like to do there such as swing, run, play ball, ride a bike, or go on a hike. They discover the locations of some examples of National Parks and that...
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Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow
Students assemble an acorn craft to use as a puppet. They discover that acorns are the fruit and the seed from which oak trees grow. They give an example, of a historical figure or talk about a member of the community or family that...
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Let's Learn About Jobs
Students evaluate the jobs that their parents do. In this literature-based social studies lesson, the teacher introduces the concept of work both at home and on the job and leads the children in the creation of a Venn diagram to aid in...
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Magnetic Discovery Bottle
Students examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data. In this magnet lesson students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets.
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Positively Paper
Students discover that all paper is recycled the same way, and that some paper requires complex chemical treatments before it can be made into usable recycled paper. They see that we must choose what kinds of paper minimize environmental...
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Positively Paper
Students discover how paper is recycled. In this recycling lesson, students investigate which types of paper recycle best and are best for the environment.
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Using Reciprocal Pronouns
In this using reciprocal pronouns worksheet, students read about the definition and usage of reciprocal pronouns. They underline the reciprocal pronouns in 6 statements.
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Health Services in the Community
The students will learn about and do research on health care workers. In this lesson plan students learn about community health care workers through doing research. Their final work is then collated to make a class book.
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Balloon Fun
Students begin developing investigation skills. For this investigation skills lesson, students watch a demonstration of a teacher putting a skewer into a balloon. They observe that the balloon does not pop before discussing what they...
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Reading: Emperor Penguins
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 4th graders read a one page text with facts about the Emperor penguin. Possessive words in the passage are in bold type. Students then answer 8 true and false questions.
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Thiebaud Cake Math: Elementary
Young scholars explore the American artist Wayne Thiebaud. They practice addition, subtraction, fractions, money problems, and classification problems by carefully examining his painting entitled Cakes. They create a bold cake painting.
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Mother, May I Communicate?
Students participate in a unique version of the game Mother, May I. They play the game to explore how to positively communicate their needs, wants and feelings, and to demonstrate how to react to problems.
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Water Pollution, Stream Ecosystems
Pupils participate in a series of simulated activities designed to demonstrate the interconnectedness between the environment and the organisms that live there. They explore how polluting one element of an environment affects the entire...
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Leaf Identification
Students identify different leaf types. They examine their patterns, shapes and colors. They complete a worksheet to end the activity.