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Grow, Grow, Grow

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to literature selection, describe life cycle of silkworm, discuss what they know about growth in living things, observe silkworms for one week and record observations in science journals, and review stages of growth.
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Sense of Place

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify the major folk regions of Louisiana and the relationship between folklife, geography, and ecology. They give deeper thought to what makes their own community unique, what their sense of place actually is. Students...
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Oh Deer! and English Learner Writing Extensions

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students follow deer through Yellowstone Park and record the number of deer from year to year. In this basic needs of deer lesson plan, students work in small groups and chart the number of deer each year and give explanations using as...
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Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe the difference between minerals (composed of the same substance throughout) and rocks (composed of two or more minerals). They recognize that there are three classes of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
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Create a Weather Newscast

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore and study basic weather terms, strengthen research skill on the web and create a weather newscast. They choose a weather site on the web, copy weather maps and create a videotape based on a written script to...
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Vivid Words

For Students 6th - 9th
In this vocabulary and word study worksheet, students explore the use of vivid words as they complete 8 fill in the blank questions. Students may also complete the challenge question at the bottom of the sheet.
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Life Processes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify life processes and create their own creature. In this creative science instructional activity, students identify an organism's life processes and categorize them into groups. They then create their own creature and...
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Seeping Stones

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars explore and experiment with oil traps in rocks. For this rocks lesson plan, students explore the porousness of different rocks and how the more porous a rock is, the more oil it can trap. Young scholars also participate in...
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Plants 'n' Bugs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders experiment to find if pollinators have color preferences.  In this plant and bug lesson, 2nd graders gather information about how flowers pollinate. Students participate in a pollination experiment using the...
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Collect Data Using a Transect Line

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about transect lines through a study of marine debris.  In this marine debris activity, students calculate the items on a transect line and graph them.  Students complete a category worksheet.
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Bug Sweep

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe and categorize insects. In this insects science lesson, students create a bug catcher out of a coat hanger and plastic bag, then collect bugs from the schoolyard. Students count and categorize the insects according to...
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Our Desert Backyard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make observations of their own backyard. In this environment lesson, students keep records of the plants and animals they see in their home or school yard. Students make notes of how the weather and environment changes over...
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Keeping Little Kids Safe Spelling Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this keeping little kids safe worksheet, learners read paragraphs about outside safety, objects, mistakes, and more, and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Winter Clothing Crossword

For Students 1st
In this crossword puzzle learning exercise, 1st graders read the 14 clues and use them to find the words to complete the puzzle about winter clothing.
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Remember When?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in cooperative groups to research life in a decade of the 20th century. Each group member writes a 7-10 page paper highlighting the social, political and cultural events and the group presents a Powerpoint presentation to...
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Living Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read an ancient Asian fairy tale. While visiting a local park, they collect both male and female seeds found in cones. They identify the type of trees they found the cones by and discuss what they are used for. In groups, they...
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Them Damned Pictures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine and gather information from primary sources about events during the Revolutionary War. They identify and place the political cartoons. They respond to a cartoon from the point of view of someone who lived at the time.
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Rhyming Animals

For Students 2nd Standards
Second graders read an informational text passage on animals, as well as a poem that incorporates rhyming words. Then, 2nd graders answer questions based on what they read. 
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Map Activity - Roanoke Valley

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students write directions from a starting point to a destination using a map and ads from the Yellow Pages. They define the following terms using total body response or through the use of random objects: "right-hand," "left-hand,"...
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Bridge to Terabithia

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars read Katherin Paterson's novel, Bridge to Terabithia and participate in a variety of enrichment activities. Lesson provides study questions for each chapter of the novel.
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Cell Factory

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the basic structures and functions of cells. They design and construct a factory cell model where each factory part corresponds to a cell part.
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Beany Goes to Camp Chapter 4 Campout

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading worksheet, learners match 5 vocabulary words from Chapter 4 of Boxcar Children to their meanings. Students then answer 5 essay questions.
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What's Your Impression?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students paint landscapes. In this Impressionism lesson, students explore the history behind the Impressionist Movement in art and paint their own impressionist piece inspired by a nearby landscape.
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Governance

For Teachers K
Students explore government by researching Native American history. For this First Nations culture lesson, students define the Aboriginal action of speaking in a circle as a group. Students discuss their likes and dislikes with the class...