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Forestry, What's in It for You And Me?
Students examine the usefulness of every part of trees in a variety of activities in this unit.
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Electrical Circuits
Students explore parallel and series circuits. In this electrical circuit lesson, students investigate the differences between series and parallel circuits. Students observe the benefits and drawbacks of series and parallel...
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Electricity: Series and Parallel Circuits
Fourth graders explore electricity and electrical circuits. They explore series and parallel circuits using Christmas lights. Students pull lights out of each strand of lights. They observe the results when the light bulb is pulled out....
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The Climate in Class
Students consider the implications of global warming. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about temperature rises in the world and discuss how to solve some of the issues associated...
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Personal Ecosystem
Students build an aquatic ecosystem using large glass pickle jars. In this ecology lesson, students build and ecosystem then observe and collect data on the habitats. In this long term project students observe a...
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Develop a Bird Feeder Watch List
Learners explore biology by identifying animals on their school ground. In this bird species activity, students create and utilize a simple bird feeder to attract birds near their classroom at which point they observe the color, size and...
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Tsunamis
Students investigate the natural disasters known as tsunamis by researching the Internet. In this nature instructional activity, students define the word tsunami and discuss how they are created. Students complete an online...
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Good Food Explorers
Students use different food items in order to practice the mathematical concept of shape recognition. At the same time the teacher explains how crops are a source of physical health. They use all five senses to describe each food item...
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Trees for Tomorrow
Students examine how to plan for prudent use of trees so that we never run out of this natural resource. They determine what the oldest wooden object in their home is and draw picture of it. They observe a cross section of a tree and...
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Learning About Pets
Students study different pets. In this pets lesson, students look at pictures of animals and identify different pets. They look at homes for pets and color pictures of animals that can be considered pets.
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Farm Animal Friends
Pupils apply basic communication and math skills to situations. They apply prior knowledge to list characteristics of different animals. They listen to music to engage multiple senses. Then images of animals are shared with them to make...
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Transportation System of a Tree
Students examine the transportation system of a tree and the speed with which nutrients and water move. Cross sections of the samples used are examined in class for experimental results.
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Pet Overpopulation: Spay or Neuter Song
Students explore the importance of spaying animals through a song. In this spaying and neutering lesson, students calculate how animal numbers get larger quickly. Students recognize the importance of taking good care of home...
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POP! Goes the Popcorn!
Pupils complete a variety of activities based on examining corn and popcorn as one of the major crops of Kansas. They journal the results of the multidisciplinary activities in this unit.
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Santa Claus and Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Students read 3 creative scenarios about Santa Claus and choose which of the 3 laws of motion are being demonstrated in each.
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Comparing Three Religions: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
Students work together in groups to research either Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. Once the research is complete, they share their information with the other groups in the class. They complete a worksheet on rituals and holidays in...
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Smoses Toy Expo
Students research one of the simple machines listed in the lesson and review several simple machine websites to complete their research. Students use software and a watch a video to learn more about machines. Students create a poster...
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Home Sweet Home
Students complete activities with the books Color Me Dark, The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, and The Great Migration North. In this literature/History lesson, student read the story and discuss the plot. They analyze photographs taken...
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Jewish Assimiliation in Contemporary American Literature
Students read a collection of stories and watch videos to learn about the Jewish assimilation in American literature. In this American literature lesson, students watch videos about Judaism, read stories from a contemporary Jewish...
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Wilson Bentley and Snowflake Crystals
Fifth graders read the book, 'Snowflake Bentley' by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. They gather and make a list of information about snowflakes and crystals. Then they make their own real crystal snowflake creation and observe the crystals...
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Travel to the Polar Lands
Second graders receive an "Expedition Ticket" to travel through the Polar Regions- the Arctic and the Antarctic. They research polar bears and make drawings that are to scale.
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Developing Memory Skills
Teacher gathers items and place them in a box. Students gather around the table and view each item placed in the box. Then a student turns around so that he/she is not looking at the items. The student guesses what item that was removed.
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Agriculture
Students examine the types of agriculture in their own state and in their local community. They examine how food makes it to their local grocery store. They compare data from different states.
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Lights On!
Students work together to build their own simple circuits. They discover how electricity is conducted through light bulbs. They compare and contrast the differences beween a parallel and series circuit.