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Landforms
In this landforms worksheet, 3rd graders cut out a set of riddles and match with pictures of landforms, glueing next to each. An answer key is included.
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Get Me out of the Desert!
In this desert survival and literature instructional activity, learners take a 10 question multiple choice quiz about what they would do to survive in the Namibian desert. This is related to the book The Devil's Breath by David Gilman.
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Beautiful Ohio
Third graders read the poem, Beautiful Ohio, discuss it and then write their own descriptive songs/ poems about nature and the environment.
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The Incredible Journey
Pupils study salmon and steelhead. They play a game in which they act out the salmon and steelhead journey from their spawning ground, to the open ocean, and then back to the spawning ground again. They identify obstacles these fish face...
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You Either Know It or You Don't
In this research activity instructional activity, learners use a research library or the Internet to find the answer to the quiz. Students answer 15 questions.
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Go With the Flow
Students experiment with a simulated river bed and examine how erosion takes place faster with a young, fast-moving river than with a slow, older river.
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A Poem for Nature
Pupils imagine what it would be like to enter a landscape painting and then write a poem on nature.
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Oceans
First graders recognize that nearly three quarters of the Earth is covered by ocean. They locate the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans on a map. They describe the difference between ocean water and fresh water.
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"He Says, She Says"
Stuents compare and contrast male and female views of love and beauty in classic Chinese and Japanese society through the reading and evaluation of prose and poetry. Chinese and Japanese art is also studied.
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The Language of Flowers And Trees
Students explore the symbolism of flowers and trees in Chinese and Japanese art. This activity meets state standards and includes two possible activity extensions or activity enrichments.
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Shinto: The Way Of The Gods
Students research and analyze the roots of Shinto in this lesson about Japanese cultural practices and philosophy. Possible lesson enrichments and/or extensions are included with the lesson.
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Distortion Unleashed
Students view examples of man-made structures and create a building that matches the style. Using the internet, they research the style of Frank Lloyd Wright and create plans for creating their own community. They use a painting of...
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Peace and Virtue
Students discuss the consequences of improper actions as well as the sense of accomplishment that comes from doing the right thing and helping others. Students divide into two teams and play a game related to the story they...
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Wonderful Water
Students identify the various states of water and its natural flow downward. As a class, students take digital pictures of different forms of water and create a multimedia presentation describing their photographs. Groups of students...
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Classroom Letter Bottle
Students study the alphabet. In this alphabet lesson, students use letters and natural objects to create an alphabet jar. Students can use this learning center to reinforce letter recognition.
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Salmon Life Cycle
In this life cycle learning exercise, students fill in the blanks with words about the life cycle of a salmon. Students complete 20 words about the life cycle.