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Washing Hands

For Teachers K
Students formulate questions about a germ book before it is read to them. In this washing hands lesson plan, the teacher gets glitter on each students hands that represents germs. Before the teacher reads a book about germs the students...
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Jet-Setting Pets!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students select a pet they are interested in and identify things they could do in another location in the world. They research the pet and the location noting activities to do there. They create a presentation to share with the class.
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Our Favorite Pet

For Teachers K
Students each have a turn, telling the class his or her favorite pet. The choices are cat, dog, fish or bird. Using the computer, the information from the tally be recorded on a spreadsheet and bar graph.
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Web Research Helps Students Choose Classroom Pets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students interview different teachers in their school. They decide which pet would fit best in each classroom. They share the information they gathered with the class.
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Owning a Pet

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and use different forms of writing for various purposes. Using the internet, they read and gather information and write quesitons for their own investigations on the various pets they could own. They practice...
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Pet Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in a simple vocabulary game identifying animals.Students discuss their experiences with their own pets and role play situation between a parent and their child who desperately wants a pet. Students read a text...
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Data Collection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a journal exercise that relates to pets. They collect information from each other in order to practice making and interpreting bar graphs. They Continue building different kinds of graphs with the group.
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Singing for the Animals

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the correct attitudes and poster for a concert. In this "Singing for Animals" instructional activity, students created charts to diagram information about the homeless animals they were singing for. Students used correct...
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Using Credit and Spending Money Wisely

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss how to spend money wisely. For this consumer math lesson, students read the book, Mr. Popper's Penguins and discuss how much it costs to take care of a pet. Students complete a worksheet to calculate the total cost of...
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Zhu Zhu

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read an article about the toy Zhu Zhu and answer comprehension questions about it. In this toy lesson plan, students also create an ad for a new toy that they invent in groups.
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Celebra Kwanzaa

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
¡Celebramos Kwanzaa! Celebrate Kwanzaa through the fictional story Celebra Kwanzaa con Botitas y sus gatitos to delightfully explain the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Dual language learners participate in reading and vocabulary...
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students consider alternative decisions and consequences. In this decision making lesson, students role-play in a social problem. They look for a realistic solution based on advantages and disadvantages.
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What Would We Do?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students develop an emergency plan for their pets. In this animal welfare lesson plan, students discuss how to keep their pets safe in an emergency and create pet emergency kits.
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How Much is that Doggy in the Window?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use Internet resources to explore information associated with owning a dog. They participate in an on-line scavenger hunt to expand their knowledge of pet ownership.
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Save the Earth: It's Everyone's Home!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students organize a donation drive based on the concept of reusing items for an animal shelter. In this reusing items lesson plan, students distinguish between reusable and non reusable items, have a donation drive, and use the...
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Who Are You?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete self projects such as a collage, an acrostic poem, a mural, and more, to show their similarities and differences. In this similarities and differences lesson plan, students can do these projects individually or in groups.
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Colorful Caring Cummerbunds

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars discuss their feelings and expressions of caring. They view and discuss artistic expressions of caring and then plan and create their own wearable representation of the action of caring, drawing themselves and others...
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Soil Runoff Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students find ways to decrease soil runoff for an African Village as a part of a Peace Corps project. In this soil runoff lesson, students play a soil runoff challenge online. Students complete online activities and view a slide show to...
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Animal Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K
Students listen to books about animals. In this animal sound and characteristics lesson, students listen to books and a tape of animal and then identify which animal makes that sound. Students discuss and act out how the animal acts.
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Toxics Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners discover that chemicals and toxics are all around us and we can make a choice whether or not to use them.
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Hurricane Katrina

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students examine emergency response systems. In this Hurricane Katrina instructional activity, students determine how government and emergency aid providers dealt with the aftermath of the hurricane. Students consider personal stories...
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Resolving Conflicts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice conflict resolution skills. In this personal health lesson, students share incidents of verbal harassment, exclusion, gossip, and unwanted physical contact. Students discuss how to handle the situations and role play...
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Ancient Times

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars create a mural depicting modern life. In this ancient civilizations lesson, students view images of wall painting from ancient civilizations showing aspects of their daily life. Young scholars discuss the ways our life...
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Wolves At Our Door

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the wolf. In this animal adaptation lesson, students examine the social characteristics of the wolf. They discuss the role of human intervention in reestablishing the wolf population.