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Curated OER

Frozen Film

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover how light reflects off surfaces. In this hands-on demonstration, students examine how variations in color are produced by light interference.
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Curated OER

Animal Explorations

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students discover compassion for animals. In this animal lesson, students go to a local animal welfare organization and help out. They reflect on compassion and how to make changes in the lives of animals. 
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Curated OER

Ocean Grazers Conclusion

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars research an ocean species. In this science lesson, students create a research presentation as a conclusion to the ocean grazers unit. Young scholars present their projects to the class and complete a self-reflection paper.
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Curated OER

Earth Day: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars list ways to reduce, reuse and recycle, and produce an acrostic poem reflecting their understanding about Earth Day. They also use the Internet to integrate technology into learning.
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Curated OER

Creating a Leaf Collection and Classroom Herbarium

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars categorize leaves they collect from trees outdoors by consulting a variety of sources. They discuss how the form of a leaf reflects its adaptation to its environment.
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Curated OER

Getting Your "Hands-On" a Great Outline

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students write with controlled and/or subtle organization. They learn three ways to arrange a formal outline. Students demonstrate this knowledge by creating an outline as class. They cover the concepts of anticipation, investigation,...
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Curated OER

Light Experiment

For Students 4th - 5th
In this light experiment worksheet, students find out which materials allow light through, block it out, or reflect it. Students complete the chart and answer 9 questions about their experiment.
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Curated OER

Service Learning Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners plan a service project to contribute to their community and then reflect on their experience. For this service project lesson, students help in a food pantry or donation center in their community. Learners then write statements...
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Curated OER

Leads for Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write two descriptive leads to learn how to reel in readers. After their leads have been written, they will share with a partner to decide which was the most appealing. In this leads instructional activity, students can also...
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Curated OER

Displaying Sea Ice

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners display their knowledge of sea ice. In this earth science lesson, students create displays reflecting their understanding of sea ice.Learners research the development of sea ice on a variety of bodies of water, and use proper...
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Writing
K12 Reader

Something I'd Like to Learn

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
It's no secret, writing is a lot more enjoyable when it's about something we care about. This simple exercise engages children in producing original writing, while allowing them to share their personal interest with others.
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Evergreen Exhibitions

Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Motion is the focus of ten hands-on activities that challenge scholars to build machines invented by Leonardo da Vinci. Following several steps, small groups work collaboratively to recreate machines including levers, pulleys, wheels,...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Human Body Series: Immune System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
When you work with school children, teaching about immunity and illness prevention is a priority! This approach includes a discussion, kid-friendly online articles, a creative writing assignment, and a quiz on the role of leukocytes and...
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Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Section Three: What's the Status of Biodiversity?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Biodiversity is essential for every habitat, but many species are at risk due to pollution and other factors. Explore several different species native to Illinois in a gallery walk with posters that learners have created after research...
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Writing
K12 Reader

Describe It with Adjectives

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Put children's descriptive writing skills to the test with these fun collaborative writing activities. Presented with the picture of an object, young writers are are tasked with creating a description that provides enough detail for one...
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Activity
Food Project

Trace The French Fry

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
How does locally grown produce sold at a farmer's market compare to a more complex industrial system in the way they each affect the environment, people, and the economy? Pupils explore the different types of food systems and how they...
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Baylor College

Body Mass Index (BMI)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
How do you calculate your Body Mass Index, and why is this information a valuable indicator of health? Class members discover not only what BMI is and practice calculating it using the height and weight of six fictitious individuals, but...
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Handout
Curated OER

The Heart of Your Paper: 11 Methods for Writing a Topic Sentence (or a Thesis Statement)

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Help your young writers produce high-quality topic and thesis statements that go beyond basic wording and really illustrate complex ideas and critical thinking skills. From however and compound sentence statements to using rhetorical...
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Berkshire Museum

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Sorting Through Personal Choices

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Raise children's awareness about the importance of conservation with this hands-on science instructional activity. Start by breaking the class into groups and having them collect trash from around the school or local park. Students then...
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National Wildlife Federation

Habitat Web

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Young scientists weave together an understanding of ecosystems with this fun collaborative activity. Taking on the roles of different living and non-living elements of specific habitats, learners use a ball of yarn to create the web of...
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Curated OER

Candlemaking

For Teachers 5th Standards
There might not be a butcher or baker, but you'll have a class full of candlestick makers after a hands-on instructional activity about candles make from beeswax. After a brief history of where beeswax comes from, young artisans craft...
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Bierbaum Elementary School

Practicing Patience

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
As teachers, we have a lot of patience. Our scholars, on the other hand, may need some support. Give your pupils the emotional intelligence instruction they desire with a lesson designed to teach patience through grand conversation,...
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Center for Learning in Action

Introduction to Matter

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Begin your states of matter lessons with a demonstration designed to introduce the concept that all matter has properties. Reinforce this concept through vocabulary exploration, and the creation of atom models; salt, water, and carbon...
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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Planetary Distances on the Playground

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
There's no need to stay inside; get out of the classroom and create a scaled map of the solar system on your playground field! In collaborative groups, scholars identify the distance between the sun and other planets, place planet...

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