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Multiple Intelligences and Holistic Models

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify different genres of literature and the characteristics which identify each genre. They identify which genres best suit their interests, read a novel and perform a skit from the novel or present original artwork...
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JUST A MATTER OF TIME

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners recognize the dynamic changes in themselves and in agriculture that have occurred through the years. They are shown pictures of a baby or students are asked to think of their little brothers or sisters or themselves in...
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The Changing countryside

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students draw a poster showing the costs and benefits of opening up Britain's farmers to the global marketplace. They use a piece of A4 or A3 paper in landscape. Students draw a vertical line to split the page in two. On the left...
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Charlotte's Web

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students compare the differences in insects and spiders and design a worksheet that teaches the differences. Students record on chart organizing the information about the pet, its food, habitat, exercise, and other ways to care for...
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A DAY WITHOUT AG

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars consider and discuss the meaning of the word "agriculture" and how agriculture affects their lives every day. Students identify the various ways that agriculture touches their personal lives. Young scholars use worksheets...
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Learning About Pets

For Teachers Pre-K
Students study different pets. In this pets lesson, students look at pictures of animals and identify different pets. They look at homes for pets and color pictures of animals that can be considered pets.
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Toma Rivera Mad Lib

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this mad lib worksheet, students fill in blanks with designated parts of speech to complete a "story." Words to use are categorized and appear on page 2.
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Cell Community

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use technology to review cell structure and function. In this cells less, 7th graders review the parts and functions of a cell, and use photography/video and PowerPoint to enhance their explorations.
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Story Scrapbook

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students develop a comparison worksheet using one non fiction book and one fiction book they have read to be put into a class scrapbook. In their comparison students must have title, author, point of view, setting, characters, and other...
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Indian "Buffalo Skin" Writing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify common Native American writing symbols. They create paper bag "buffalo skins" and on the back, they write stories about Indian life.
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Water Pollution Graphing Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students describe and identify the link between land use activities within a watershed and water quality. They evaluate the quality of a "water sample" ( a bag of skittles), graph their results, and form a hypothesis about the land use...
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Getting To Know You:learning the Aza Ssp Terminology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the role zoos play in conservation of animals. They research the captive breeding programs that are in place at the Minnesota Zoo. They use the zoo's website to find the American Zoo and Aquarium Associations criteria...
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Warnings-- Telling Someone Not To Do Something

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students practice choosing the best words to warn someone or tell them not to do something. Students read 10 sentences and pick the best word to fill the blank from 3 choices.
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Wandering Wild-oats

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars observe wild-oat seeds. In this biology lesson, students watch how wild-oat seeds react to moisture and draw conclusions and make predictions.
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Sanitarium Times

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students learn about the Sanitarium Times as they look into how they lived, what they ate, how they were entertained, etc... In this Sanitarium Times lesson, the students do research and create papers as well as look for living members...
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Alphabetical Order

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this alphabetical order learning exercise, students alphabetize three sets of words. Students are given a three-step process to help them discover the activity of alphabetizing.
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Mimics Survive -- Camouflaged Reptiles

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine mimicry as a survival strategy in repiles. They examine examples of the Mexican milksnake and the coralsnake in attempt to distinguish the differences in them. They discuss other species that use mimicry.
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Are You Thirsty: The Effects of Pollution on Drinking Water

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the different causes of water pollution. In this ecology instructional activity, students brainstorm ways to purify polluted water. They formulate their conclusion based on the results of the experiments.
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Wild Or Domestic?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss differences between wild and domestic animals. They list animals on chart paper, and then cut out pictures from magazines to create large collage showing wild and domestic animals.
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Pioneers to Kansas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate items for basic survival, needed for survival, and luxury items. They compare what they need to what Indians and Pioneers needed in the 1700's and 1800's.