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Author's Purpose and Point of View Post Test
In this author's purpose and point of view worksheet, students determine the definition of the terms and identify the author's purpose and point of view in given passages.
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Make Your Own Trashasaurus Rex Sculpture
Learners explore environmental awareness through reusing materials. In this environmental awareness lesson, students use trash to create a "trashasaurus," a large dinosaur sculpture made from waste. Detailed structure and papier-mâché...
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Monomer and Polymer Chemistry
Students explain monomer/polymer chemistry of starches and sugars.
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Paint a Wet-Into-Wet Watercolor
Learners demonstrate the technique of painting wet-into-wet. In this painting activity, students create colors to paint with by mixing two or more colors together. Learners use water color to create various images.
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Painting Without a Brush
Students demonstrate how to finger paint. In this finger painting lesson, students use various painting tools and their fingers to create a unique art piece.
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Make a Paper Mache Bowl
Students create a paper mache bowl. In this paper mache lesson, students use wallpaper paste, newspapers, and paint brushes to construct a paper mache bowl. Students decorate their bowl with unique designs.
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Shred a Scarecrow
Students investigate scarecrows. In this farming lesson, students learn why scarecrows are important and construct their own scarecrow from art materials.
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Valentine Character Mailbox
Students create a valentine mailbox. In this holiday lesson, students celebrate Valentine's Day and create a mailbox for valentines.
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Go Fly a Kite!
Students study kites. In this social studies lesson, students discover the history of kites and what kites are made of. Students create their own kites to fly.
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5th Grade Social Studies Civics
For this social studies worksheet, 5th graders answer multiple choice questions about America, citizenship, Congress, and more. Students complete 25 multiple choice questions.
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Gandhi's "Good Life"
Eleventh graders use a Gandhian lens to analyze critically materialism in a capitalist society. In this Gandhian philosophy activity, 11th graders cultivate awareness, explore materialism and sustainability, examine the idea of 'what is...
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Cows, Worms, and Compost
Students study decomposition. For this decomposition lesson, students discuss the background information about decomposition. Students then complete the 'Chew It Twice' worksheet.
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One Person's Garbage, Another Person's . . .?
Students list many, different and unusual items that could be constructed out of refuse and found objects.
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Trace Your Waste*
Students examine waste disposal programs in the area and record the information on a map along with ideas on where garbage should go.
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November Science
Students review that all people, plants, and animals live on Earth. They classify objects found in the environment as living or nonliving.
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Trash...it really piles up!
Young scholars investigate a contemporary "midden" by analyzing trash collected from various sources and determining life-style choices people make. They see that reducing the amount of waste we generate is helpful to the the environment.