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Curated OER

Analyzing Journey North Maps

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils analyze what's happening and interpret why it's happening as the season progresses.
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Curated OER

Cracked Marbles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine how weathering, specifically ice, snow, and freezing water change the Earth's surface and rocks. After completing the investigations, they explain how heating and cooling expand and contract marbles until cracks...
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Curated OER

Sunflowers

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students grow their own sunflower and create their own sunflower art work. In this sun flower lesson plan, students base their art work after Van Gogh and other artists that used sunflowers.
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Curated OER

Is There A Fungus Among Us?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students experiment with fungi and yeast in order to determine their role in nature. Students study terms associated with fungi and yeast through this series of lessons.
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Curated OER

Growing Patience

For Teachers 1st
First graders, in groups, explore patience through use of the book The Carrot Seed.
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Curated OER

Forests and Photosynthesis

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the concept of photosynthesis. They investigate the effects of light on seedlings. Students grow plants and record the data. Students view satellite images that show the monthly amount of vegetation present in the...
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Curated OER

The Grass is Always Greener

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders experiment with common grass and cellular division.
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Plants Alive: Garden in a Glove Journal

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners will observe the germination and growth of plants from seeds over the course of several days, and record their observations in a journal.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 17: Observing Plants Through a Journal

For Teachers 1st
This lesson engages students in learning about plant growth. Students will observe changes in a growing plant and then will write in their discovery journals to write observations and hypotheses about the plant growth. Students will also...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Seeds: How They Grow

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The students will be collecting, germinating and planting seeds to show the process of plant growth. The students will be recording the information in their science journal. In addition, the students will be observing the water cycle as...