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Habitat Breakdown
Fourth graders gain an understanding of how insects/organisms are impacted by factors that are essential to an organism's survival in a particular habitat. They see how lacking just one element of a habitat can affect an organisms chance...
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Chemical Volcano
Students observe a demonstration performed by the teacher. They examine of a series of acid/base reactions and discover how various indicators work.
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Habitat Is Home
Students are introduced to the concept and components of a habitat. They discuss the key components of a habitat and describe how certain factors can cause disturbances in a habitat and change its population. Activities are leveled for...
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Marbling A La Haring
Students create a paper marbling painting based on the work done by Keith Haring. In this paper marbling lesson plan, students create abstract compositions and create a small mural with one another of their interlocking shapes.
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Kitchen Cleaners
Students, in groups, select two cleaning agents that they feel solves their cleaning problem.
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Checkerboard
Students create checkerboards using paints, glue, rulers, and masking tape in this upper-elementary/middle level Art instructional activity. The instructional activity emphasizes the history of checkerboards, strategies and rules, and...
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Current Interactions
Students design an experiment to see how wind, temperature, and salinity work together to influence ocean currents and present it in a report format. They explain to their classmates how experiment findings relate to ocean currents.
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Parts Per Million
Students perform serial dilution of food coloring experiment with partner, examine concentration levels, and differentiate parts per million (PPM) and parts per billion (PPB). Students complete pre-lab and post-lab questions and data table.
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What We Read About
Students examine current events and create an artistic image that portrays the feelings brought forth by these readings.
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Making Layered Hail Stones
Students explore how hail forms in the atmosphere, why hailstones are layered, and what accretion is. They also learn what supercooled liquids are.
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Mater Your Munchies
Students explore the various food groups while doing a physical activity.
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Wind
Fourth graders watch an experiment that demonstrates the causes of wind. They design and make an original weather craft.
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Garden Journals
Young scholars create "Garden Journals" using construction paper, poster board, and general art supplies in this Art, Science, Reading, and Writing lesson for the early-elementary classroom. This activity may be done at the beginning of...
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The Effects of Solar Energy
Learners examine how solar energy is absorbed and used. In this solar energy lesson students complete several activities that allow them to better understand solar energy.
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Flower Pigments
Students experiment with Thin Layer Chromatography to separate pigments found in flower petals.
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Black Pearls
Students examine where pearls come from and where mollusks are found. They discover how pearls are formed in nature and how they are they made by humans. They use ordinary oyster shells to examine mother of pearl.
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Welcome to Our Classroom!
Students observe a piece of artwork by Rafael Ferrer that surrounds an archway. They discuss the sculpture and design an archway for the classroom door.
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Froggy Fun
Students exploring about frogs and their environment. They describe what camouflage is and why it is useful to frogs especially in the environment that frogs live in. They also draw a picture of a frog in its habitat.
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Rock Art
Students create replica symbols of rock are found in Wisconsin and work cooperatively to create a rock art panel. They observe rock art to find their meanings and reasons why they were created.
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Adopt-An-Insect
In this biology worksheet, middle schoolers locate examples of various types of insects listed in the chart and receive a point value for each according to its significance. Then they identify body parts and habitat for each item.
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Hoppy's Busy Day
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read an Easter story titled Hoppy's Busy Day.Students then answer 4 reading comprehension questions.
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Parts of Speech
In this grammar activity, students focus on the various parts of speech. Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions in this online interactive activity.
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Relief Block Prints
Fourth graders design a space using line and shape and recognize relief block prints from Japan and appreciate their design.
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Rabbit's Good News Activity
Students read a book and predict what the rabbit in the story will do next. They identify the objects he finds and how they are all related. They create their own butterflies to be put up on a bullentin board.