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Digital Mitosis and Claymation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Take mitosis and meiosis out of the biology textbook and onto the screen! An innovative class project prompts young biologists to create an animation movie using clay, showing the phases involved in mitosis or meiosis by...
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Life Science 2c- From Parents to Young -Traits Bulletin Board

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize what traits are inherited. In this inherited traits bulletin board lesson plan, students complete a chart showing what traits they have inherited and from whom.
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What is the Attraction?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the law of polarity. In this magnets lesson plan, 2nd graders discover how magnets are used in everyday life and which objects in our environment are magnetic. Students experiment with bar magnets and...
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Forest Succession

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners research environmental change and why forests cannot stay the same for long.  In this environmental growth lesson, students discuss the life cycle of a tree and examine tree cookies to discover the age of these specimens....
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The Scientific Method

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students connect the scientific method to real world situations. For this scientific method lesson, students discuss the work of Dr. Renshaw in making a diagnosis and connected to the scientific method.  Students view a website...
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Weather

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners create a spreadsheet and chart using data collected.  In this weather lesson, students select five cities from their state, including the city they live in.  Learners take daily temperature readings from all five...
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Irregular Word Fluency, around the World

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a fluency game.  For this irregular word lesson, students read words the fastest to become champion of a game.  Students read the word in pairs, the winner of each round moves on.
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Irregular Word Fluency, Smack the Wall

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice decoding irregular words. For this irregular word fluency lesson, students read the irregular words from the word wall. Students listen to the teacher read an irregular word and smack the word on the word wall with a...
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Sounding out accuracy, Build a Word

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners demonstrate how to build words. In this word study lesson, students play a game where they must choose two index cards from each bucket and put them together to build a word.
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Oil Floats, Right?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the properties in oil in water. In this mixture lesson, students read about the Lophelia II 2010: Cold Seeps and Deep Reef Expedition and look at images of deep sea ecosystems. They experiment or participate in...
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Botanical Garden Field Trip

For Teachers K - 7th
Students take a field trip to a botanical garden. In this habitat lesson, students walk through the garden and see various species of plants and animals. Students take a canopy walk and see coniferous trees. Students write about what...
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Reading in the Science Content Area

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Help your students internalize scientific ideas by teaching strategies for reading in the content area.
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Leif Erikson Day

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Leif Erikson Day lessons breathe life into social studies classroom explorations.
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Spider Webs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create spider webs. In this spider webs lesson, students research various types of spider webs then write a report about  a spider of their choice.  Students also make their own web similar to an orb spider. 
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Environment: Water Flow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm the ways that water flows when it falls to the ground. After discussing three things water can do, they investigate and predict water movement outdoors on school grounds. They experiment ways to alter the water flow...
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Fun, Fun, Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in playing online games. In this practice instructional activity, students play online games to practice skills learned throughout the week.
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Apple: Seed to Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students grow seeds of an apple and learn about Johnny Appleseed. In this apples lesson plan, students map Johnny Appleseed's travels, learn how he got his name, compare different Johnny Appleseed books, and grow apple seeds themselves.
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Who Was Charles Darwin?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research the life of Charles Darwin and his voyage on the Beagle.
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Conducting and Analyzing Local Studies

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars carry out the class weather study: recording, organizing and discussing data daily and keeping track of this work in their journals. They look for patterns and relationships in data, link these with what they know and with...
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Analyzing Media Unit Sequence of Five Activities

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders define terminology and explore the effects media has on our society and on individuals.  In this media evaluation lesson plan students work cooperatively and solve problems. 
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Using Logos and Mission Statements to Communicate Sustainable Forestry Information

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars survey forestry foundations to see how they represent important information into their logos and mission statements. In this forestry lesson plan, learners use the information to better understand visual representations...
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Soda Straw Rocket Activity

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students construct a rocket using soda straw. In this physics lesson, students determine the nose cone length that produces the best rocket. They explain the importance of using a control in an experiment.
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Frogs: Fact or Folklore

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discover how frogs are adapted to their environment. They view and discuss a Discovery Channel video on frogs and the myths surrounding frogs. In small, groups they compile data on frogs from the internet to create a Frog Fact...
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Weather Watchers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders report on the weather. In this weather watcher instructional activity, 6th graders chart weather patterns in their community over the course of 4 weeks.

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