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Students determine the groundhog prediction of either six more weeks of winter or an early spring and see if the prediction was accurate by recording daily weather data for six weeks. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students read the history of this tradition, examine Phil's predictions for the last 100 years. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students, with teacher assistance, researching on the Internet and predict whether Puxatawny Phil see his shadow on Groundhog Day. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students research and discuss the history and traditions of Groundhog Day, facts about groundhogs, and find pictures of groundhogs using the Internet. They draw pictures and write stories about ground hogs. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students create a bulletin board graph illustrating Punxsutawney Phil's past predictions. They research information about Punxsutawney Phil's past Groundhog Day predictions, and create a graph showing the results. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students examine the life of a groundhog and their role in predicting weather. They write a postcard or a letter to Punxsutawney Phil on the Internet. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students access a variety of Groundhog Day themed websites. They locate information about the history of Groundhog Day and why we celebrate it. They read about Punxsutawney Phil and groundhogs and play interactive games. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students use a variety of sizes of class poster groundhogs to order the objects by size. The groundhogs are replaced by a bag of objects and the sizing exercise continues. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students listen to a teacher read aloud of Betsy Lewin's, Groundhog Day and visit an informational site about groundhogs seeing their shadows. They create a spreadsheet based on their predictions of the groundhog seeing his shadow. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students play the Groundhog Day tag game to follow instructions and play according to the rules of the game. They attempt to run to the "holes" to be safe or if caught they move to a pre-determined area off the playing field. Full Review »