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The Melting Pot: Diversity is the Spice of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify from which continents different foods come, sample foods from other cultures, identify spices used around the world, and respect culture of others through food.
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Growing a Winter Garden

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a planting story as read by their teacher. Using the text, they summarize the events and complete a KWL chart. They point to the vegetable after it was planted in the garden in the story. They practice using new...
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Sense-Ability

For Teachers K
Students use comparisons, graphing, patterning, and sorting, and develop language skills as they explore the five senses.
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Finding and Measuring What You Can't See

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how scientists measure pollutants in food and the environment. Students discover how scientists remove one material based on its physical properties. Students figure out how much of a pollutant is present after...
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Scented Cool Whip Painting

For Teachers K
Students practice their writing skills by "painting" pictures and writing letters in Cool Whip on paper.
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students explore the five senses through hands-on and Internet activities.
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The House that Dies Drear Built

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a descriptive paragraph, in the style of Virginia Hamilton, describing the landscape around their house.
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The Impact of the Dust Bowl as Shown Through Photography

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine and discuss photographs and paintings of the Dust Bowl era. They write a journal entry describing what it would be like if they stepped into one of the photographs, and create a Powerpoint presentation on the Dust...
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Finding the Words

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss how important words are in communicating experiences. They eat different kinds of fruit and notice, with their senses, different aspects about the fruit. They write a poem describing a visceral experience.
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Art and Literacy, grades 3-6, Reading Comprehension Category: Critical Stance

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students compare two very different works of art and two poems, and verbally list similarities and differences they perceive in the works of art and the poems; students then select poem that best correlates with a work of art.
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There Are Algae in Your House!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners complete a worksheet at home stating what types of food they have at home with algae in it. They, in groups, compare with each other what they have on their worksheet.
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Microbes and Health

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders become acquainted with the concept of how microorganisms cause disease. They role play that some class members have exhibited some alarming symptoms. Groups must determine which disease the symptoms are pointing to.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit of lessons, middle schoolers examine the quality of water. They create poems and make observations about the quality of water. They also examine hot spots and the quality of water in the Great Lakes.
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Lights, Camera, Action!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars add various types of multimedia to a website they have created about volcanoes. They review what would best enhance their website and determine what the value and cost be in adding that particular piece of multimedia.
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Outdoor Observation

For Teachers K
Students examine their outside environment. They use their senses to make observations of the four seasons. They keep a chart of all of the data they have collected.
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Be A Food Explorer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read about and discuss the origin of many different fruits and vegetables. Students complete surveys, sample a variety of new foods and write about their reactions. They commit to trying at least three new foods.
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The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners participate in an experiment that shows them how to use their senses to find their way "home." This experiment is based on the video that shows how salmon find their way to their home stream.
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Picnics-- Chinese Style

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore about the Chinese rituals of poetry competition. They compare and contrast Chinese picnics with American picnics. Students create short poems, celebrating their own spring poetry picnic. They discuss words or...
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Getting Oriented

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the geography, culture, and philosophy of Asia using all five senses and information about China and Japan. This lesson plan is detailed and may take several days of in-class activities to complete.
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Voices From Your Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create individual representations of Chinese calligraphy symbols in this cross-curricular activity for the elementary Language Arts or Art classroom. One enrichment activity is included.
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Contentment

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine what brings contentment. They read and discuss a story about success and contentment. After singing a song, students discuss the values related to peace and complete worksheets. Students write values related to peace...
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Como lo veo

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students pretend there is breaking news in their local area. After reading other eye-witness accounts, they identify the components of an article of this type. They write their own eye-witness account, share them with the class and...
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The Laughing Leaf

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate real-object writing. They discuss a leaf that has human attributes, and using a real leaf write a story about a leaf that tells them a joke, and create an illustration of themselves and their leaf.
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Unity In Diversity

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners discuss the meaning of diversity in the world. They practice how to act around others and appreciate the different types of people that exist. The lesson includes a section of vocabulary and the reading of a story to illustrate...

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