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Sunflower Measuring and Counting

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Youngsters improve their measuring and counting skills using sunflowers. They view pictures painted by Van Gogh. Everyone works in groups to measure sunflowers and record their findings, and they all use sunflower seeds to create...
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Life Cycle of a Sunflower

For Teachers 2nd Standards
From a tiny seed needing water and warmth to the bud that will blossom into a flower, elementary pupils illustrate the stages of the sunflower life cycle through dance and drawing.
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Sunflowers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners are read a book about sunflowers. They discover the nutrients that a sunflower can give to a person when they are eaten. They also plant their own sunflower seeds and watch them grow.
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How to Grow a Sunflower Plant

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners explore botany by conducting a sunflower growth experiment. For this plant life lesson, students identify the anatomy of a sunflower plant and the essential nutrients it requires to grow. Learners utilize compost, soil, garden...
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Sunflowers

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sunflower activity worksheet, students will read a paragraph about sunflowers, learn how to grow a sunflower, and record their sunflower's growth on a growth chart.
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Sunny Sunflowers

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after assessing how plants grow in relation to light, create models of sunflowers within a game to help them remember their science lesson. In addition, their visual models serve as a demonstration of photo tropism in...
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Sunflower Sundance

For Teachers 1st
First graders study sunflower plants and identify its parts. They plant sunflower seeds and watch them grow and make sunflowers out of paper plates and colored paper. They watch videos and visit websites about sunflowers.
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Yellow Days: Studying Vincent van Gogh's Painting

For Teachers K
Students examine the painting, "Sunflowers," by Vincent van Gogh noting the use of the yellow color, the wiggly lines, and the "globs" of paint used to create the picture. Pictures are painted using van Gogh's image as a model.
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Special Sunflowers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners view a picture of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. In this caring and kindness lesson plan students read Camille and the Sunflower and explore the feelings of the characters. Learners complete worksheets related to Camille's feelings in...
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El Girasol

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn a bit about sunflowers through a short reading passage. Then, read the five reading comprehension questions that follow. On the second page, match the Spanish word to its English translation. On the final page, have your learners...
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Sunflowers

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars grow their own sunflower and create their own sunflower art work. For this sun flower lesson plan, students base their art work after Van Gogh and other artists that used sunflowers.
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Sunflowers

For Teachers K - 12th
Students discuss expressionism, techniques in art, and sunflowers and create original works of "Sunflower" art in this Art lesson for all levels and abilities. It is suggested to take the class outside to view sunflowers prior to...
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Customized Handwriting: The Sunflower Is Yellow

For Students 1st
In this customized handwriting:  the sunflower is yellow worksheet, 1st graders change the style, font and text, then print the worksheet to practice printing and color the picture of the sunflower.
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Celebrate Sunflowers

For Teachers K - 1st
Students skip count with sunflower seeds. In this interdisciplinary activity, students discuss the history of sunflowers. Students count by 1's, 2's, and 10's with bags full of sunflower seeds.
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Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna

For Students 4th
In this reading comprehension activity, 4th graders answer six short answer questions based on the book, Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna.
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Paper Plate Sunflowers

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
A great way to recall the parts of a flower is to make one. Little learners create sunflowers out of paint and paper plates. They also discuss and label the various parts of their flowers. 
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Literacy Design Collaborative

The Sunflower: The Possibilities and Limitations of Forgiveness

For Teachers 11th Standards
After reading Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower, pupils form opinions either for or against forgiveness as well as analyze Wiesenthal's choice about forgiving. Before completing their essays, learners participate in class discussions to...
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The Symbolism of Sunflower Seeds in Ghost

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Ghost by Jason Reynolds is a coming-of-age book that resonates with teenagers who have experienced childhood trauma. Explore the novel with an interactive resource that focuses on the author's use of symbolism, particularly with...
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Sunflowers (Grades 3-8)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars examine sunflowers and discuss the importance of sunflower cooking oil and seeds. They view pictures, read books, sing sunflower songs, and grow flowers from sunflower seeds.
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Sunflowers - Artists

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate an interest in and knowledge of the artists who painted sunflowers. They are introduced to the style of expressionism as they discuss and explore the many connections between art and culture.
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Sunflowers a la VanGogh

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders view two VanGogh Sunflower reproductions, analyze differences in color and background between two, identify parts of sunflower, including stem and petals, and paint their own sunflowers using tempera paint.
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Van Gogh Sunflowers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Add a little texture to your next art project with an activity inspired by Van Gogh's Sunflowers. The art project is collage-based and uses ripped paper and glue to create highly textural versions of Van Gogh's famous painting. A...
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2nd Grade - Act. 23: Sprout Houses

For Teachers 2nd
Read the story "Sunflower House,"  by Eve Bunting with your 2nd graders to investigate the relationships between plants and animals. They will discover how living things change during their lives by creating their own sprout houses. In...
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Sunflower Stars

For Students 6th - 8th
In this sunflower star worksheet, learners read about sunflower stars. They then use what they learned and answer the 18 questions on the page. They need to use a dictionary for one of the sections. The answers are on the last pages.

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