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PBS

Idaho Public Television: Birds of Prey Facts

For Students 1st - 9th
Dialogue for Kids, a program on Idaho Public Television, offers facts, information, and images of birds of prey. Learn what makes a bird a raptor, what raptors look like in the sky, threats that face these birds, and more! Classroom...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Art to Zoo Kiting Up the Sky

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This article provides a brief outline on the history of kites as well as information on the forces of kite flight. There are a couple lesson plans included. One lesson plan directs students in writing kite poems. The other includes...
Activity
Other

Up to Ten: Make an Insect Kite

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"Make a giant insect kite that you'll be able to fly around your garden or the local park."
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Novel Project: Novel Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on selecting a novel for the novel project. It features a list of 11 contemporary novels, along with their authors and a brief summary of each to help students make their choices. It also includes links to the rubric...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Tail Acrostic Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur Mentor, Silver Seeds by Paul Paolilli, and Henry & The Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall are used as mentor texts. Students will practice their acrostic...