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Berkshire Museum

Adopt a Schoolyard Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Help young scientists connect with nature and learn about trees with a fun life science lesson plan. Heading out into the school yard, children choose a tree to adopt, taking measurements, writing descriptions, and drawing sketches of it...
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Worksheet
Alabama Wildlife Federation

Wildlife Habitat Checklist

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Take a walk on the wild side with a project about animal habitats. After kids observe a chosen animal in its home, they describe the animal's food and water sources, shelter, and how it raises its young. They then write a short fictional...
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KOG Ranger Program

Defend Your Home!

For Students 3rd - 7th
Where's the best place to start defense against a fire? Learn all kinds of handy tips for preventing wildfires around your home with a worksheet about fire safety and preventative tips.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Text Analysis, More Incredible Inferences

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Reinforce inference skills with a learning game! Scholars read scenarios on cards and match them to a written inference on the triangle. The first pupil to match all their inferences wins!
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

American Indians and their Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
People could take a page in ingenuity and survival from the Powhatans. Deer skins became clothes, and the members of the Native American group farmed the rich Virginia soil and hunted in its forests for food. Using images of artifacts...
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Curated OER

Parts of the Plants that we Eat

For Teachers 1st
First graders study plants and their parts to see what parts are edible.  In this plant lesson students are assigned plant parts and they are to put them in the right category. 
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Curated OER

Stimulating Narrative Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars create an art project and write a process paper  as a response to literature.  In this literature response lesson, students listen to Lynn Ehlert's, Snowballs before decorating a construction paper snowman. They write a...
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PPT
Biology Junction

Seed Plants: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
One of the reasons plants found success on land relates to seed development. Scholars learn about many different forms of seeds and how they changed over time. It describes the structure and function of many different types of seeds in...
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Curated OER

Intermediate Paragraph Correction #9

For Students 3rd - 6th
This editing instructional activity has students read a short passage with 8 errors and choose the multiple choice answer that best corrects each error in the passage. This instructional activity provides students with valuable practice...
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Curated OER

Seeds, Miraculous Seed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate relationships between plants and animals and how living things change during their lives. In this life cycle lesson, students split different types of seeds apart to see the beginning life stages of future plants.
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Curated OER

Discovering Dichotomous Keys

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with the structure and use of dichotomus keys. They demonstrate a comprehension of the fundamental principles of taxonomy by classifying organisms from a local ecosystem. Students are introduced to the term...
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Curated OER

Cloze Instruction And Herringbone Technique

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students sort out important information and create a visual framework for reviewing in the future. They organize a large quantity of information thus helping with learning and remembering details, cause and effect, comparison and...
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Curated OER

Flesh Eating Bugs, Moldy Corpses, The Trail of a Killer

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students read about how forensic entomologists use maggots to solve murders. In this forensic science lesson, students read an article and answer questions. They go to different websites about evidence and fingerprinting. 
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Curated OER

TRB 5:2 - Activity 3: Earthquakes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners watch a classroom demonstration, and experiment to discover the five ways that Earth's crust shifts along a fault.
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Curated OER

Object Sorting

For Teachers 1st
First graders follow directions when sorting objects. They illustrate how objects are categorized by drawing at least two of the categories that they sorted the objects into. Students work in small groups at completing the task of...
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Curated OER

Dichotomous Key

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars draw comparisons between organisms. They classify organisms. Students are introduced to dichotomous keys and how to create and use a dichotomous key to identify a variety of objects. They begin by defining classification,...
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Curated OER

Healthy Colon with Good Digestion and Fiber

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders learn about the colon and what it does. For this lesson about digestion and the colon, 6th graders analyze what this organ's job is. Students complete four activities where they explore the importance of fiber, the makeup...
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Curated OER

Magnetism

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the properties of magnets. For this magnetism lesson, students construct a magnetic crane and observe the attraction of metal objects.
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PPT
Curated OER

Coniferous Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
A lovely presentation featuring information about coniferous trees awaits your class. Learners compare and contrast coniferous and deciduous trees. The presentation also includes slides about pinecones and examples of coniferous trees....
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore water as it changes states of matter. In this physical property lesson, students use observation, measurement, and communication skills to describe changes in water as it goes from a solid to a liquid and back again.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Watchable Wildlife Checklist

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this wildlife worksheet, students will read over a list of 28 native animal species, their needs, and interesting characteristics. This list can be used as a checklist when out on a hike or in the school yard to identify common wildlife.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Life Cycle of Trees

For Students 4th - 5th
For this Life Cycle of Trees instructional activity, students read one page about the life cycle of a trees. Students define 12 terms from the reading.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food Dictionary - Harvest Festival

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore healthy foods and dictionary organization. Students create a list of healthy foods. They construct their own food dictionary, with illustrations. Students model how a dictionary page should be filled with a picture,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Autumn Crossword

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students complete the crossword puzzle that is focused on the topic of autumn as part of the fall season.