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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students use beads and safety pins to create a friendship pin to give to friends and family members. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students use Ultra-violet Detection Beads to look for and analyze changes in the color of beads when exposed to different sources of lights. Then they design their own test to show how the UV beads respond under different conditions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students create "bottle cap lockets" using bottle caps, ribbon, small photos, and beads in this elementary Art lesson ideal for Valentine's Day or special occasions. The lesson suggests using the "Polaroid i-Zone Mini Instant Camera" for quick pictures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students create "friendship pins" in this lesson intended for all ages and ability levels. The lesson uses safety pins, various beads, and a storage box. Adaptations should be made for older students if used in a High School Art class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students examine the difference between repeating and increasing patterns while learning how to name the patterns with letters of the alphabet. They build patterns in which a part is increasing using manipulatives and explain the pattern using appropriate oral language. Finally, they use beading materials to make a bracelet or necklace that shows an increasing pattern. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
- Rating
Students review the placement and role of the sun in the solar system. Using beads, they create a necklace which they can use to identify the amount of sunlight is being illuminated. In groups, they record observations on the plants in the school that need sunlight. To end the lesson, they discuss how to protect themselves from the rays of the sun. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
- Rating
Students participate in a teacher led bead sorting activity in which they describe different ways the beads can be grouped. Next, they participate in activities in which they sort and resort themselves into groups according to teacher designated criteria. Finally, they complete a sorting worksheet using cereal mix. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate DNA strands. They study the sequence to determine if it is DNA or RNA and write the mRNA nucleotide sequence. After stringing the beads together to create the mRNA sequence they translate it into an amino acid sequence and compare the amino acids string to the DNA sequence. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students participate in a wide variety of activities within this lesson including being introduced to legends, writing their own legends, how to make beaded crafts, story planets and how to prepare for a "Family Day" within the classroom. They also study how to make coil clay pots and experience how to "jig." Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students discuss the phases of mitosis after drawing pictures of each phase. Working in groups they create sister chromosomes using beads and cord then demonstrate the stages of mitosis with paper plates as cells and the beads as chromosomes. Full Review »
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