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Zero is Our Hero

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars practice counting sets of items by 10's.  In this counting lesson, students create flash cards that show a zero while hiding the first number in order for young scholars to practice counting by 10's....
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Proud to Be of Service

For Teachers K - 12th
Observe the National Day of Service and Remembrance with a service learning lesson plan. After discussing the events of September 11, 2001, learners plan and implement their own service learning project in honor of American...
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Ocean Poster

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover ocean life by creating a mural.  In this ocean biology lesson plan, students utilize a computer to find images of the ocean that can be used to create a collage.  Students discuss the different images and how...
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Recipe For Disaster

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students play an interactive game online to learn ratios. For this statistics lesson, students solve problems in an online game about ratio and relating statistics to the real world. This lesson provides hands on as well as teaching time.
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Sunny Science - Sun Up, Fade Out

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create bleached designs with the sun's bright light. In this early childhood science lesson, students use their observation and prediction skills as they explore the sun's bleaching power.
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Balls & Hoops: Obstacle-Course Olympics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover their playground is transformed into a fun, challenging action spot. In this early childhood physical education lesson, students are encouraged use large-motor skills as they make their way through an age-appropriate...
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Yodeling in the Swiss Alps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become familiar with the country of Switzerland, its geography and yodeling music.  In this Switzerland lesson, students recognize that Swiss cheese is a producct of Switzerland and write about the process of making...
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About the Author: Kate DiCamillo

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars examine the writing process of Kate DiCamillo, the author of "Because of Winn-Dixie." They read author's comments, watch a slideshow narrated by the author, complete a free-write activity, and discuss Kate DiCamillo's top...
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Winter Weather Day 5: Follow Up

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in culminating activities for a winter weather unit. They discuss what they have learned about winter weather, and write a diamante poem using winter vocabulary words. Students also construct a pinwheel and explore...
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Going to the Farm

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners complete a variety of farm-related activities, culminating with a field trip to visit a local farm. They complete a class KWL chart, and write questions for an interview with a farmer. On the field trip students participate in a...
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The Interview of a Lifetime

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars study the process of creating an interview by role playing as a reporter who has the opportunity to interview one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster. They ask only five questions in this interview of a lifetime...
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Rainbow Fish: The Copycat Fish Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the concept of copying one another. In this early childhood lesson plan, students discuss what a copycat is and why people copy one another. Students then discuss the story Rainbow Fish: The Copycat Fish, recording...
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Books for Teaching about Cultural Diversity Through Celebrations

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learn about different holidays, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, La Posada, by listening to stories. After reading about each holiday, they participate in a discussion and complete a fun activity.
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Fall vs. Spring

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students compare fall and spring. In this seasonal changes lesson, students read the book Apples and Pumpkins and discuss the fall season. The students then read It's Spring and describe the spring season. As a culminating activity,...
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Internet Field Trip: Simple Machines

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars research simple machines. For this physics lesson, students participate in a WebQuest to gain knowledge about simple machines. WebQuest activities and worksheets are included in this lesson.
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Straight Talk on Prescription Drugs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discover how doctors custom fit prescription drugs to patients. For this health science instructional activity, learners explain the risks associated with drug abuse. They discuss common myths about prescription drugs.
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Idea Web

For Students K - 3rd
In this prewriting activity, students fill in an idea web. No topic is given or suggested. The web can be used with any reading selection and is an organizer with circles for main ideas and lines for related facts.
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Hooray for Our State

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this state activity worksheet, learners make up symbols for their state in the following categories: food, state building, hat, and sport.
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Merry Maple Leaf

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Autumn activity worksheets, students go on a nature walk and find the colors of fall. Students then use paint to color the leafs in the fall colors they saw on the walk. Students then finish a poem about the fall leaves.
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Max's Math Adventures

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these shape activity worksheets, students read the poem about shapes and then draw and write about one of the zoo animals from the zoo. Students use the given shapes to put their animal together. Students add hair, eye color, and...
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How are Things Lining Up

For Students 10th - 12th
In this consumer math worksheet, students use the web to research and select a stock to buy.  Students track and graph the stock’s activity over a two week period.  The one page worksheet contains a blank graph and four...
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Earth Day Theme Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students make recycled animals. In this Earth Day lesson, students use recycled materials to create artistic animals. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Who Am I? What Has Made Me Who I Am?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
"Everything we have seen and touched and heard and experienced has, in some way, made us who we are." Your young learners will use this resource to create lists of influences (people, animal, nature, places, etc.) in their lives and to...
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Connecting with Ruby Bridges

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
When Ruby Bridges entered an all-white school in New Orleans in 1960, she also entered history. Scholars consider what the experience must have been like for the young girl using two books that document her experience as well as a double...