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The Eyes Have It!
Reading essays about deep-sea expeditions open this lesson on crustacean vision. Marine biology explorers study the compound eye and then complete a worksheet in response to all they have discovered. Although the lesson doesn't offer an...
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Food Choices The Pyramid Way
Students develop skills in making nutritionally-sound food choices. Keeping a food diary, they analyze their food intake using the food pyramid as a guide. Students identify and explain the relationship of nutrition to personal health...
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Understanding Electric Power Generation
You mean the electricity does not come from the switch? As a class and in small groups, learners explore the sources of energy used to generate electric power. Worksheets guide groups into choosing a future electricity generating...
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Form Follows Function
Students design a chair with function in mind. In this design lesson plan, students design a chair out of newspaper that is strong enough to hold a "peanut ball". Students discuss how the form follows the function. This lesson plan...
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Pictures and Print: What's the Difference?
Pupils watch a PowerPoint presentation. In this early literacy lesson plan, students watch a PowerPoint presentation describing print from pictures and the difference between the two.
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A Toast To The Past
Young scholars analyze, and research the identity of the non electric toaster as a historical artifact. In this toaster lesson plan, students then create a visual timeline of toaster history.
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Keith Haring Posters
Students observe visual art by utilizing the Internet in class. In this Keith Haring lesson, students define the art which Haring has created over the years and examine previous art work online. Students complete worksheets in class and...
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Spice It Up!
Students analyze visual artifacts from Asian descent and follow the path of famous explorers on the Silk Road. In this Asian artifacts lesson plan, students use their senses to explore and grind spices using a mortar and pestle.
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Promoting Knowledge of Letters and Words
In this literacy worksheet, learners benefit from the research displayed in this activity. Teachers read the information concerning the instruction of the alphabet.
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The Electric Guitar: Then and Now
High schoolers study the history of the electric guitar. In this electric guitar lesson, students use print and Internet sources to research the history of the electric guitar. High schoolers use their research findings to create...
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Literature Circles
Fourth graders work in groups in order to motivate one another to develop reading comprehension and literacy skills. The skills are built through the sharing of fine literature. They maintain a reading log to keep accountable for the...
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Your Expedition of Discovery
Young scholars study GPS and see how it is used to determine points on the Earths surface. In this expedition lesson students use GPS to find given coordinates.
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Venn Diagram
In this literacy worksheet, students use the Venn Diagram that is designed for the given lesson. The sheet is information for teachers.
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Patience
First graders listen to the story New Shoes for Silvia by Johanna Hurwitz. In this literacy lesson, 1st graders do a picture walk and answer who, what, when, where and why questions. Students answer multiple questions focused on...
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The GED Test: Who Passed?
Students examine the importance of reading with understanding in order to pass the GED. In this literacy lesson, students discuss how important reading for understanding is in order for them to pass the GED. Students also calculate...
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Lesson 9: Visual Meiosis
Students create a fictional organism. In this biology lesson, students predict the traits of resulting offspring. They complete activity worksheet and discuss answers in class.
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How Does it End?
Students listen to the first part of a story, use drawing software, such as Paint or AppleWorks, to draw, or write and draw, their own imaginary endings to the story. They practice their mouse and computer navigation skills. They share...
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Rhythm II
In this music activity, students study rhythm and learn that it is made up of beat, tempo and meter. Students look at 4 visual patterns and draw what comes next. These are not as easy as they seem.
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Kids Matching Game
For this literacy worksheet, 1st graders match the pictures of kids with each other. This is played after cutting out the pictures of children and this improves memory skills.
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Kids Matching Game Black and White
In this literacy worksheet, students find the pictures that match one another. This game is intended to improve memory skills. An extension could be to write a story about the characters.
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Things That Are Blue
In this literacy worksheet, students find things that are blue in the pictures and color them. The pages could be used to create a memory game.
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Color Patterns
In this literacy worksheet, students color the objects according to their different colors. Then they cut out the pictures and label them accordingly.
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Color Patterns
In this literacy worksheet, students find the colors that coincide to different objects and then cut them out and sorting possible according to color.
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Color the Sun and Flowers
In this literacy worksheet, 1st graders color the page that is comprised of the flowers and sun. They create their own unique designs.