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Help Save the Polar Bear
Students use ice cubes to demonstrate how the polar ice caps are melting and how it effects the polar bears. In this polar bear lesson plan, the teacher explains how polar bears live on the north pole and how they are having trouble due...
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Investigation 4 - Plot Studies
Third graders use a plot map to study the plants and animals living in a small area of their environment.
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Scientific Method for Middle Schools
Students use the scientific method to solve a teacher scenario. They bring in M&M's. Students are given a copy of the scientific method. They first come up with a problem. Students are told that they are going to conduct an...
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Physics at the Zoo
Students visit a local zoo and answer physics questions that are a part of zoo life. For this zoo physics lesson students answer questions that have to do with the physics of animal size, their center of gravity and how animals...
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Cloud Observation and Graphing
Students identify the three major cloud groups. They are introduced to the three main cloud types and spend a week making and recording observations of clouds. Students produce a graph that presents their findings and conduct research...
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Gathering Weather Information
Pupils watch a video of a recent weather disaster. Using the internet, they work together to examine the weather forecast for tomorrow and next week and discuss why it is important to know the weather. In groups, they use weather maps...
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Cool! Awesome! What is it?
Students infer what a mysterious object is in a photo. In this inference instructional activity, students practice their scientific skills to identify what they see. Students enjoy solving the mysterious identity of objects and extending...
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Learning, Communication, and 21st Century Skills: Students Speak Up
Students brainstorm to come up with examples of things they do with computers and write them down for the class to observe. They then raise their hands to respond to each survey question, tallying their answers on the board and engage in...
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Discovering Language Arts: Introduction to Research
Learners research plants. In this researching lesson, students watch a video about the different ways to research a topic before writing about it. Learners use the information gathered in this video to learn more about plants. Students...
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Weather Patterns
Fourth graders collect and chart weather data over the course of the school year either using tools at school or media resources. They agree on weather terms to use in their observations and write them on the assigned sheet. Finally,...
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The Magic Pot
Students read the story The Magic Pot and complete language arts based activities based on the story. In this language arts lesson plan, students discuss, listen, observe, and complete language worksheets.
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Visit The Virtual Zoo!
Students observe animals in zoo habitats. In this life science instructional activity, students access the Internet and visit zoo websites in order to virtually observe animals. Students record their observations.
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Mysterious Coin Discovery
Seventh graders examine mysterious coins. In this historical observations lesson, 7th graders use the provided chart to record information about the coins their instructor presents to them. Students discuss their work as archaeologists.
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Salt is Good On Sunflower Seeds, But What About Cypress?
Young scholars record their observations about growing a cypress plant and putting salt in the plant. In this cypress plant lesson plan, students observe and record what is happening as the cypress plant grows. This gives directions for...
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Mineral Identification
Students investigate the environment by examining mineral characteristics. In this mineral instructional activity, students perform scientific observations in groups in which they identify minerals found in everyday objects by...
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My Building, My Community
Students become familiar with the concepts of community and neighborhood and what buildings are associated with these. In this neighborhood lesson plan, students tour the neighborhood as a class, observing and taking photos of the local...