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Building an Igloo
In this igloo worksheet, students follow the directions and use sugar and frosting to build an igloo. Students follow 6 sets of directions.
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A House is a House for Me
Students evaluate the impact climates have on the building of structures. They research the different types of materials used to build houses in various climates and build small models of houses which are tested against different climates.
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Living in an Igloo
Second graders read a book entitled, "Living in an Igloo." After observing the book, 2nd graders predict what will happen in the story. They explore the steps in building an igloo. Students review strategies they can use to decode...
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Igloo Building
Students build igloos. In this igloo building lesson, students read Living with the Eskimos by Bernard Planche and then follow the provided instructions to build miniature igloos.
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Shgar Cube Igloo
Students create a sugar cube igloo. In this art activity, students use sugar cubes to create an igloo. Students glue the cubes together, dust with sugar and allow the project to dry.
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Buildings
In this buildings worksheet, students name the buildings that are described in the sentences. Students write 10 buildings total on this worksheet.
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Good Old Earth Materials
Students investigate different types of building structures and how they are able to stand up to earthquakes. Through comparison they determine which buildings are better able to handle earthquakes than others. They create a building,...
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: China Gallery
Invite your learners to take a closer look at the art and mathematical function of dome buildings as designed by the ancient Romans. In the next segment of this attractive learning exercise set, your young historians will then learn...
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Breaking News English: World's Tallest Building Opens
In this English learning exercise, students read "World's Tallest Building Opens," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Homes Around the World
As a reading comprehension activity, this short passage about different types of homes could be used in a lower grade classroom. Students often study this topic in social studies, and it could be used as a supplemental activity when...
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Native American Homes
Fifth graders research and create a model of a Native American home. In pairs, they conduct research on a selected type of Native American home, then draw designs for their building construction. Students then construct their model...
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Compare and Contrast
Read about the ways that different cultures set up homes with a set of reading activities. Learners read short paragraphs that cover one or more different ideas, and answer four questions about what they have read, including whether or...
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Types of Houses
Students orally name the kinds of houses in which people live. They name materials used in building houses in other countries. They construct a house.
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Sugar Cube Castles
Students build a castle or igloo. In this art lesson, students mix icing sugar with water and food colouring to make a paste preparing a firm base and then use the paste to stick the sugar cubes together.
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Ew!!! It's Icky Sticky!
Students engage in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses upon the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme sound for the letter "i" is used with a tongue twister to build this important reading skill.
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Arctic Shapes
In a two-part worksheet, young geometers examine 3-D shapes and describe their attributes in a table. They will be able to draw the shape and name the number of vertices, faces, and edges. In the second part, individuals explore nets of...
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Cruzin' to the Arctic
Students, in groups, study life in the Arctic Region and connect their own life experiences to the experiences of students in the Arctic.
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Giving Students a Little Latitude
Students use a world outline map to locate places using coordinates of latitude and longitude. They answer questions about places based on their knowledge of the map and on their research and make up more questions of this sort for each...
Learning Station
Scan It
In this reading strategies worksheet, learners will learn how to scan for information. Then students will scan a non-fiction passage about weather and complete 4 short answer questions.
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Cool Facts
In this research skills instructional activity, students use a variety of reference sources to answer four questions about temperature. Questions refer to such things as cryogenics, boiling hydrogen and absolute zero.
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Bermudian Vernacular Architecture
Young scholars, after researching, discussing and analyzing vernacular architecture in detail, answer a question and answer sheet, review an extensive vocabulary of key words, complete an activity sheet on the key words, and critique a...