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Honeybee

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate honeybees and the importance of honeybees to humans. They identify the various parts of a bee's body using velcro parts, role-play a hive, and answer review questions.
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Watercolor Techniques

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars practice using watercolor paints in this lesson. They observe basic techniques used with watercolors and then try them. They use the internet to discover more techniques they could use.
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Egg-xactly Right

For Teachers K
Students match colors and sizes, and manipulate the plastic eggs to put them together. They stand along the perimeter of the gym with a partner. Students have an Easter basket as a pair. They are given a signal, the first person of each...
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Foil Tooled Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the process of mask-making. Using different cultures, they examine how masks have changed over time and identify the reason for them. They create their own mask with tooling foil and decorate them using...
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Exploring the Jungles of Rousseau

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore the masterworks of Henri Rousseau and accurately interpret masterworks of Rousseau. Students effectively demonstrate visually and orally an understanding of the content of masterworks of Rousseau and thoughtfully reflect...
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It's A Jungle Out Here-Landscape Painting

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students work together to create a landscape painting. Using the musical "The Lion King", they must relate the painting to it and use while an adaptation is being performed at the school. Using the internet, they also review images from...
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Good Apples

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how individual differences add to the value of our lives. They select an apple and tell a story to a partner about their apple and the distinguishing characteristics, discuss the significance of individual differences...
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She Sells Sea Shells in Illinois??

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders sorted shells first by methods they thought appropriate and then were instructed on the scientific method of classification by univalve and bivalve. Students then sorted paper shells as a method of assessing knowledge. It...
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Discovering Chemical Changes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders predict what happens in a teacher demonstration of a chemical change, before watching it. They observe the demonstration and list what the see on the board before determining which represent chemical change. Working at...
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Moon Landing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research about the July 20, 1969, moon landing. They demonstrate their knowledge of the first moon landing by creating peek-a-boo rocket books. Also they can make their own moon rocks with an easy-to-make dough.
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Excretory System

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners discuss what happens to the trash in their home. They talk about what would happen if they didn't remove the trash. Students relate their home trash to the excretory system of their bodies. They label a diagram of the urinary...
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Solids and Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate mixtures made of water and familiar solid materials. They observe and discuss the changes that occur immediately and set the mixtures aside for a day. Finally, students observe the mixtures, note changes, and graph...
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Ordering By Length

For Teachers K
In this ordering by length worksheet, students with a partner study and analyze different ways to understand the concept of length better through comparing objects and pictures.
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Easter Egg Hunt

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math instructional activity, students solve 3 story problems which pertain to Easter. Two problems involve addition, subtraction and multiplication; one problem is a multiple choice logic question.
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Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

For Students 7th - 8th
In this elements, compounds, and mixtures worksheet, students answer questions about the properties of elements, mixtures, and compounds. Students identify the physical changes that is made to a substance to determine if it is an element.
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Baggie Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and describe a chemical reaction. In this chemistry lesson, students record observations of the materials they will be using, then follow a written procedure to perform the experiment in a baggie and record their...
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Algebra: Sorting, Representing, and Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sort objects and create patterns. In this sorting and graphing lesson plan, students work at centers to find a way to sort a group of objects, then make a graphical representation of the number of each item. Finally, students...
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Cent Sense

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify money values. In this money activity, students sort and group coins by value and investigate the cost of supplies needed for a snack. Students prepare snacks for a snack sale.
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Salinity Experiment

For Students 5th - 6th
In this salinity experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment about how salinity affects the weight of water.
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Water

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars complete activities to examine the properties of water. In this water science lesson, students read a book about water's forms and study a map or globe of the Earth to investigate water. Young scholars discuss living...
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Joseph Stella Art: Line Designs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discover the focal point in pictures and create their own images using lines and space.  In this art analysis instructional activity, students create a black dot on a white paper which becomes a focal point for the lines...
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Filter Fun Flower

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create a flower out of a coffee filter and decorating gels. In this flower lesson plan, students display these flowers in their classroom windows.
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Stone Figurines

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss Keith Haring's style of art. In this drawing and painting lesson, students create a Haring-style drawing that will be later be turned into a placemat after it has been painted.
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Responses to Discrimination During the Civil Rights Period

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effects of discrimination. In this American Civil Rights Movement lesson, students participate in a classroom activity that requires them to personally feel the effects of discrimination. Students then explore...

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