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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: Folding Origami Peace Cranes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Instructions for making paper peace cranes and directions on how to share the story of the peace crane.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Exploring Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how new materials, new methods and new ideas are transforming traditional origami. Watch videos of a master origami folder create his unique pieces. Learn how to make your own paper and how to fold your own paper airplanes.
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NASA

Nasa: X1 Paper Glider Kit

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson allows students to build their own paper gliders and change characteristics of the glider to make it fly easier.
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Other

Up to Ten: Make a Fleet of Paper Airplanes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"With just a few sheets of paper and colored pencils (or pens), you can make a whole fleet of paper airplanes from these plans."
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Other

Pbs: Grocery Store, Making Change

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This grocery store lesson plan will help your students understand the process of making change with real-life examples. Try adapting this Ohio State Standard based lesson to your state standards.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Making Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore the literature connections, online activity, pencil and paper activity, and the manipulative investigation of patterns and geometric shapes on this page!
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Science Rockers: Recycling Paper

For Students 3rd - 8th
Easy recycling experiment through which recycle newspaper, by turning the used paper into pulp and then back to paper.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Paper Helicopters: Variables and Experimental Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introduce scientific design and variables through this simple lesson of building paper helicopters. Activity includes a link to a video on how to make helicopters.
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Other

Padlet: Paper for the Web

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Tool that makes it easy to collaborate on a project. Users can incorporate images, music, video, and web resources.
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Rutgers University

Thomas Edison Papers: Biography of Thomas Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
The first person to make the storage battery practical, with 147 patents, Edison's life is a testimony to invention. This biography, in outline form, is in two parts; go to 1879 site after this.
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Other

Easy to Make Paper Airplanes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have fun making different kinds of flying vehicles. You will learn how to make a paper airplane, helicopter, rocket, blimp, etc.
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wikiHow

Wiki How: How to Make a 3 D Paper Snowflake

For Students 9th - 10th
Step-by-step illustrated directions on how to make a stunning 3D paper star-shaped snowflake.
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Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Activities: Make Recycled Paper

For Students 2nd - 8th
Step-by-step instructions, with photos, of how to make recycled paper.
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Other

24 Hour Museum (u.k.): Marbling Paper Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site reviews techniques for creating marbled paper or marbling. A step-by-step demonstration is provided to walk the user through the process and picture are given for every step of the process.
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Stained Glass Paper Screen

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students of all ages can design their own stained glass windows with this creative lesson plan. The site provides a colorful example of a paper "stained glass" window and step-by-step instructions on how to make one.
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wikiHow

Wiki How: How to Make a Starburst Wrapper Chain

For Students 9th - 10th
This how-to guide describes the process of making chains from candy wrappers.
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wikiHow

Wiki How: How to Make an Origami Jumping Frog

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow along by reading the steps and looking at the pictures. Soon you will have a frog to jump across your desk.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Cube Puzzle and Toilet Paper Roll Model in Teaching the Nature of Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson incorporates inexpensive materials such as carton boxes, toilet paper roll tube, strings and toothpicks. It engages students to conduct pattern observation, prediction, testing and ends up with a model construction. It also...
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Making a Title Page

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent tip sheet on how to write and develop a title page for a research paper. Includes in-depth information and examples.
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Making a Works Cited

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent tip sheet on how to write and develop a works cited and documentation list for a research paper. Includes in-depth information and examples.
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Other

Ask Asia: Origami Lesson Making a Paper Rabbit

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Follow these simple directions and pictures to make your own origami rabbit. Includes a little bit about the history of origami.
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Other

National Museum of Women in the Arts: How to Make a Flag Book

For Students 3rd - 8th
This unique book style would suit any visual art or writing project and be a fancy way to display your work. The directions with illustrations are concise and simple to follow.
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Paper Bag Monkey Puppet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students can use this template to make a paper bag monkey puppet.
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K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Make Your Own Fraction Strips [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
An activity to work with fractions. Materials needed: sheet of legal size paper (81/2"x 14"), ruler, scissors, pencils and crayons.

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