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AP Biology Daily Lesson Plans Curriculum
Searching for exciting lesson plans filled with hands-on activities to use in your traditional classroom environment? Look no further! This set of lesson plans for AP Biology covers topics from genetics to evolution, botany to ecology,...
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Cooking Lesson Plans
Get cooking with some preschool and kindergarten-based cooking lesson plans. As young cooks follow the directions on the recipes, they practice hand-eye coordination, measurement, counting, and nutritional eating.
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Polymer Lesson Plans
Try these hands on lessons dealing with polymers to get students thinking chemistry and the structure of molecules.
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Star Wars® Dodge Ball
Put a new, action-filled spin on a classic game with Star Wars® Dodge Ball. Scholars turn into Jedis and lightsabers are used to save peers from sitting on the sidelines, all the while a bombardment of balls fly towards moving targets.
Outside Education
Handmade Fettuccine
Young chefs engage in an interdisciplinary cooking lesson converting measurements within a recipe, crafting noodles, gathering herbs from the school garden, and making fettuccine for a class luncheon.
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Design and Build a Road Sign Support
Emergent engineers plan, construct, and experiment with a spaghetti noodle structure that could be used to hold a load. Set them up for success by first showing them a four-minute video on engineering design and a slide show of different...
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100th Day of School Collections
Celebrate the 100th day of school with a few great 100 themed stories and classroom activities. The books Benny's Pennies and 100th Day Worries are suggested for reading, making 10 piles of 10 objects is encouraged, and 5 extra lesson...
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You Are What You Eat!
Students calculate the calories in food samples and plan a meal based on the calorie amount. In this calories lesson plan, students also devise a work out program to burn off the calories.
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Noodle Stop Soccer
Students play a variation of Freeze Tag. Two students are selected to be noodle stoppers. Other students receive a soccer ball and place it along the goal line. They dribble their balls to the opposite goal and attempt to score. Noodle...
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Identify your bunk!
Students identify their bunk bed at summer camp by decorating it. In this bunk bed lesson plan, students get materials such as glue, twigs, and noodles to write their name and identify their bunk.
Food a Fact of Life
Deli Salads
The challenge in this foods lesson is staying organized in the kitchen while preparing a vegetable couscous salad or a layered pasta salad. Young cooks work in teams to prepare these nutritious meals.
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Junior High School Lesson Plan
Students play a board game in order to review the details from a travel essay. In this board game instructional activity, students listen the a story about a trip, ask questions regarding it, and review the story by playing the board...
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The Little Red Hen
The Little Red Hen is a wonderful story to teach youngsters about the value of teamwork and sharing responsibilities. As you read through the story, ask comprehension questions to check for and enhance understanding in your class. Kids...
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Pike Problems in Lake Davis
Pike fish pose a threat to native trout and catfish in lakes. Would you drain and poison a lake to get rid of the Pike fish? If the lake was drained and poisoned, then refilled and repopulated with trout and catfish, how would you...
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Rice Is All Around Us!
Students grasp the complexity and similarities of traditional foods in various countries and cultures. Then they compare and contrast family food traditions with their classmates. Students also create a decorated box to store recipes...
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Oodles of Noodles
Students practice various locomotor skills and creative movement. They find their self space with a noodle and follow the teacher's lead. They create stories to go along with the activities and use their imagination. i.e. "We are...
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Noodle Knockdown
Young scholars perform a proper overhand throw. In this physical education lesson plan, students practice overhand throwing using specific sequential cues such as "statue" and "muscleman". Each step is explained in detail. Young scholars...
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Noodle Knockdown
Students take a variety of poses to practice overhand throwing. In this overhand throw instructional activity, students participate as attackers (throwing the ball) or defenders (trapping the ball). Students will be assessed on their...
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Activation Energy
High schoolers investigate activation energy through endothermic and exothermic reactions. In this activation energy lesson plan, students conduct 2 experiments, one is an endothermic reaction and the other is an exothermic reaction....
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Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass
Students read the story Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass and complete language arts activities connected to the story. In this language arts lesson plan, 1st graders complete activities including discussion, reading, writing, drawing, and...
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Geography and our Family Favorites
Students talk with older family members about favorite family foods and where they have originated. They learn the process that went into the preparation and cooking of these foods and contrast how technology has affected food...
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Easy Easter Crafts
Pupils make different crafts to represent spring and Easter. In this crafts lesson plan, students make cookies, nests, and bunnies out of their hands.
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Physical Differences
Students read the book We Can Do It! and discuss how we are all physically different. In this physically different lesson plan, students read the book, discuss their differences, and participate in a smelling and touching activity to see...
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Ice Eggs
Students melt colored ice cubes which are created from a funnel, balloons, water, and food coloring. In this ice lesson plan, students put food coloring into water in a balloon, freeze it, and see how the food coloring ended up making...