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National Heart Association

Cold Weather Fitness Guide

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Don't sacrifice physical activity every time cold winter weather arrives. From walking or circuit training to warm, healthy recipes and safety reminders, this resource will help encourage learners to prioritize their fitness and stay...
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Curated OER

Careers and Weather

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore how weather affects a variety of jobs. Through a series of activity sheets, they determine what occupations create more or less activity because of weather conditions.
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Teach Engineering

Dress for Success

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Dressing for success is not always about looking sharp. Sometimes it is about staying warm and dry. Present your class with an activity that challenges groups of pupils to design a layered material for blizzard conditions. The teams test...
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British Council

Unit 5: Making Arrangements

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Are future entrepreneurs prepared to set up a meeting or schedule a conference call? Lesson five of a nine-part series of career education and skills activities focuses on proper punctuation and great grammar in the business world....
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Beautiful Bovine

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Looking for a fun and interactive way to explore bovine biology? Learners read a brief informational text (included for printing) before participating in several cross-curricular activities. First, grab their attention with a hilarious...
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Curated OER

Rain

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice oral and silent reading using beginning  comprehension and decoding strategies. In this guided reading activity, 1st graders take a picture walk and make plot predictions prior to reading the book Rain by...
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Curated OER

Tragedy at 13th Slovak music festival

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the tragedy in Slovakia. In this Slovakia history lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students participate in a debate about how people reacted to the tragedy.
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Curated OER

Food Systems Feed the World

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover how getting food from farm-to-fork involves several steps and many hands. In this interactive food chain lesson, students respond to a series of questions about food distribution then work collaboratively to create a...
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Curated OER

Potato Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students light a LED clock or light bulb using potatoes. They examine how a battery works in a simple circuit. They determine how chemical energy changes to electrical energy while experimenting with potato powered circuits.
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Kenan Fellows

Terrarium in a Bottle: Modeling the Atmosphere, Greenhouse Effect, and Water Cycle

For Teachers 7th Standards
You've heard of farm to table ... but what about farm in classroom? Junior agriculturalists embark upon a two-week journey into the science of growing things. Based upon the classic terrarium in a two-liter experiment, the lesson goes...
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Curated OER

Bovine Oversteps Boundaries

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read about Grady, the Silo Cow and analyze the parts of a news story.  In this news article instructional activity, 6th graders discuss writing for different purposes.  Students discover the characteristics of a...
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Curated OER

Spanish Animal and Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students memorize the names of farm animals and the sound they make in Spanish. In this Spanish vocabulary lesson, students use total physical response, music and games to learn the names of nine farm animals and the sounds they make in...
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Curated OER

Farming: Raising Winter Wheat (Lesson 3)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify foods that are made from wheat. They use a line graph to explain measurement. They identify foods from the food groups and explain how temperature, prefcipitation and natural resources affect the growth of wheat.
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NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: How Do Satellites Help Save Lives?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how rescuers use satellites to save people's lives. Find out what it takes to make a career saving people using satellites.
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NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: Satellite Controller

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out if you may want a career as a satellite controller. Read to find out what it takes and how to become a satellite controller.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: It's Raining, It's Pouring: Chemical Analysis of Rainwater

For Students 6th - 8th
Here is an interesting project that could be approached from several different scientific angles: Environmental Science, Weather & Atmosphere, Chemistry, or Plant Biology. You can probably think of your own variations to emphasize...
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Insurance Information Institute: Homeowners Insurance Info

For Students 9th - 10th
The Insurance Information Institute is a nonprofit fact-finding organization dedicated to improving public understanding of property and casualty insurance. Explore homeowner's insurance basics, buying home insurance, filing a claim, and...

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