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Discussing How Plants Grow

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Study how plants grow with your English language learners with a cross-curricular instructional activity revolving around pumpkins. These activities provide opportunities to practice new scientific vocabulary while practicing skills such...
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Climate Change

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Pupils brainstorm types of weather present threats to the world, specifically climate change and the environment. In this climate change instructional activity, students complete and discuss a set of worksheets about "going green,"...
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Let it Snow!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils participate in various activities in the snow to determine how snow affects our lives, what we wear in the snow, and what activities we can enjoy in the snow. Lesson includes many resource links.
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Science Experiments with Eggs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
ESL students experiment with eggs to learn the science concepts and science process language.
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The Environment and Rubbish

For Students 7th - 9th
Learners complete matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank questions regarding garbage and the environment. Some thought-provoking conversation starters are embedded in the plan which should lead to some meaningful discussion...
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Amazing Animals

For Teachers K - 8th
Students, in beginning and advanced beginning ESL levels, use English in an animal lesson.
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Forests, Deserts, & Grasslands

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete activities to become familiar with the content and vocabulary related to biomes and ecosystems in order to mainstream into the classroom.
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Soaring High with Kites

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make kites from patterns. They write haiku poetry. They listen to stories about kite festivals in different countries.
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How to Use Technology to Teach the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students answer six content-related questions on reproducible information sheets. They predict how the jury vote at the end of the trial.
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Science Experiment With Eggs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in four scientific experiments with eggs. They discuss egg vocabulary, and examine the eggs' attributes through the experiments. They focus on making educated guesses.
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Growing Flowers

For Teachers K - 6th
Students grow flowers from seeds. They plant quick-growing seeds in a flower pot and consider what a seed needs to grow. They observe and record the growth of the planted seeds in science journals.
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Will the Pumpkin Sink or Float?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students participate in a sink or float activity using pumpkins.
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Spice Up the Basal

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study English reading and writing skills as they participate in exciting interdisciplinary hands-on activities using a basal reading series.