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Fall Bulletin Board Ideas

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Fall is a perfect time to make colorful bulletin boards that you can use to display student work.
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Design, Grow, and Ponder in a Garden

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A garden can inspire students to make mathematical connections.
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Playful Pinwheels

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the advantages and disadvantages of wind energy. As a class, they follow specific instructions to make their own pinwheel. They decorate pinwheel as they choose and practice using art supplies correctly.
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Historical Success Stories: Banneker, Blackwell, Drew, and Faraday

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how all races and religions have contributed to US history by looking at the scientists Elizabeth Blackwell, Benjamin Banneker, Charles Drew, and Michael Faraday. They research these scientists individually and...
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Food to Grow On

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe, predict, and record food consumption and growth of insects through experimentation with caterpillar diets. They relate their findings to their own growth and diet.
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Attributes of Accuracy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain necessity in using accurate instruments when measuring, and how measurements can be checked for accuracy. They make a six-inch ruler, design, test, and evaluate a system to measure work, and produce a table and graph to...
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D E S I G N A N I C O N

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the meaning, importance and influence of the icon in the lives of Russians, explore the Byzantine influence on Russian culture and the themes represented in icon painting. Students view some of the famous icons that have...
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To Every Thing There Is A Season...

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the artwork by Robert Harris to examine the four seasons. In groups, they identify the clothing worn in the artwork and create a dance which resembles the painting. They also practice reading a thermometer and identify...
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Hiroshima, From All Sides

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students comprehend how the Atomic Bomb affected humanity and ended WWII. They comprehend how the Atomic Bomb affected: scientists, Japanese citizens, and US leaders. Students receive a copy of Hiroshima, Readers Theater Rubiv. They...
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Introduction to Time

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of time. Through discussion and artistic projects, they define time in their own words and tell how it is used to represent the seasons. Students draw a picture to portray time as it elapses during the...
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IS MASS THE SAME AS WEIGHT?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars see the difference between weight and mass when they examine the method of measuring each of them.
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Comparing Notes: a Mathematical Exploration of the Piano

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the history of equal temperament, the modern standard of tuning a piano. Proportion calculations of octaves and perfect fifths are utilized to calculate the frequency of each note in a major scale.
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Boy Cricket Girl Cricket

For Teachers 1st
First graders differentiate between (adult) male and female crickets through observations, counts, and drawings of crickets.
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Latin America and the Caribbean in the Classroom: The Economy and Trade

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use the internet to gather information on daily exchange rates. They calculate the exchange rates between two countries by role playing they are going on vacation to these destinations.
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How Much Does a Bear Weigh?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students estimate how many children in their class it would take to equal the mass of one adult bear. They then weigh and record their measurement on a chart to check their estimate.
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars identify how the pitch and the loudness of an instrument can be altered by examining the sounds made by three instruments.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Springs and Geysers

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes features of springs and geysers.
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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Signs of Spring

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site has a high-level thinking activity for your ESL students. Use a Venn Diagram to compare Spring and Winter. It features downloads and resources.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Canary Islands: Seasonal Changes: Name the Characteristics of the Seasons

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this lesson, students learn how to identify the different seasons by their characteristics.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Hot Springs and Geysers

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How water heated by magma may emerge as a hot spring or geyser.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Hot Springs and Geysers

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How water heated by magma may emerge as a hot spring or geyser.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life: Don't Slip! [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan students experience friction by sliding a block of wood over sandpaper. Students will experiment with frictional forces by measuring with spring scales or rubberbands.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Conservation in Action

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson where students study the legacy of Rachel Carson.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Tides

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reveals tidal patterns and that tides are caused by the gravitational attraction of the Sun and Moon to Earth.

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