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Journey North: Tulip Garden

For Teachers 1st
First graders plant tulip gardens. They explore the nature of bulbs and plant growth. Students participate in a project that tracks the growth of tulips in various climatic areas of North America.
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Structure and Function of Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy and why people give. They investigate the importance of the tulip to Holland and the tradition of giving flowers away. They begin to explore the life cycle of tulips and dissect a bulb to...
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A Hidden Beauty

For Teachers K - 2nd
Expose the beautiful mystery of bulbs as young botanists learn all about these fascinating plants. They glean information from a short text before observing actual bulbs (consider an onion), and comparing their findings with predictions....
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Coaxing Flower Bulbs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars complete an experiment for coaxing flower bulbs into growth. In this flower growth lesson, students research various types of flower bulbs that may be used to complete a coaxing experiment. Young scholars then complete a...
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Who Will Benefit if We Give Bulbs What They Need to Grow?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students identify the elements needed for bulbs to grow. They raise tulips and give them to various members of the community. They identify local philanthropic communities and look for ways they can constructively donate time and give...
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Tulip Graphing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners create a graph of tulip growth. In this data analysis lesson plan, students plant tulip bulbs and use graph paper to begin graphing data on the growth of the tulip.
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Tulips: Repeated Addition

For Teachers 2nd
This is an introductory lesson intended to prime young mathematicians for later lessons in multiplication. They watch the video Count on it!, discuss problem solving as a class, then work the presented problem using repeated addition....
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What Parts of a Plant Do We Eat?

For Students 8th - 12th
Did you know that tomtoes and cucumbers are actually fruits? Biology or botany beginners read about the function of flowers and fruit and find that some food items commonly called vegetables are, by definition, also fruits! Give learners...
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A Hidden Beauty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Expose the beautiful mystery of bulbs as young botanists learn all about these fascinating plants. They glean information from a short text before observing actual bulbs (consider an onion), and comparing their findings with predictions....
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Life's Little Luxuries-Global Lessons

For Students 6th - 8th
In this luxuries worksheet, learners read a selection about luxuries in different countries, then complete a set of comprehension activities about the article. 
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Practice Dividing By 3 or 4

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this division worksheet, students read 5 story problems in which basic division facts are used. Students write the division sentence and solve.
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Relate Multiplication and Division

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word problem worksheet, students solve 6 problems in which they identify the relationship between multiplication and division as inverse operations. They draw arrays and write equations.
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Box Cars Math Games

For Teachers K - 5th
Students grow vegetable sections without soil, using water and pebbles or small rocks. They explain different ways that plants grow and grow vegetable sections using water and small rocks.