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Immigration Unit
Third graders develop an appreciate for the various cultures that are present in their local community. Through reading and research, they explain how various culture came to live in their area. At the conclusion of the unit, 3rd...
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Insect Camouflage
Students investigate insect camouflage and mimicry. For this animal science lesson, students discuss how camouflage helps an insect survive. Additionally, students use the included template to color and cut illustrations of insects....
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Health Education: Toxins
Student hear about harmful household products. In this personal health lesson plan, 3rd graders summarize why household products are harmful if ingested or inhaled.
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Preschool Play
Future early childhood educators consider the importance of play in the preschool environment. They participate in preschool activities to identify the way play addresses different areas of child development.
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Meat Tray Airplane
Students discover what they can do working with their hands and common tools and materials. They create airplanes out of styrofoam meat trays.
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Mixing Up Magic
Students explore the relationship between art and science through experimenting with color, design and recycled materials and creating their own art work.
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Cut and Paste Balloons
In this color recognition worksheet, students color the three different balloons by the colors red, yellow, and blue. Students cut the circles out and paste them into the picture.
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Integrating Japanese into an Elementary School P¿¿DE¿¿DLesson
Students, working in teams of 2 or 3, create hiragana characters using their bodies.
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Dinosaur Upper Case Letters
In this printing practice learning exercise, students learn to form all upper case Zaner-Bloser alphabet letters. Students examine the examples, then trace 4 letters. Each letter is inside its own dinosaur shape.
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The Mitten
Students listen to the story The Mitten, and visit a website about the story's author. Students create masks of the animals from the story and present a play of the story.
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Invent a Sport
Students identify and demonstrate the critical elements of various sports activities. They create a chart of common elements, develop rules for a new sport, and play the new sport.
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Thanksgiving Placemats
Students discuss and list the things they are thankful for this year. They look for these words or things in magazines. They create a placemat with their pictures or words from the magazines. They share them with the class.
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Nuclear Transplants
Students model the removal of a cell nucleus and the insertion of an alternate control center. They define some of the challenges faced in this type of transplant procedure. Students discuss cloning.
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Safe Driving
Young scholars explore the implications of teen driving. In this personal health lesson, students research and discuss impaired driving, seat belt usage, speeding, and distracted driving. Young scholars then create public awareness...
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Count on Wet Ones??
Students listen to fingerplay songs, clean hands with Wet Ones wipe or squirt of hand sanitizer, sing Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, discuss what would happen if monkeys were germs on their hands, and use their hands and...
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Cell Phones and Driving
Students identify and explore the dangers of cell phone use while driving. In this car safety lesson, students research using a cell phone while driving. Students compile the information to create a presentation and write a reflection...
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Stand Up Bunny
Students create "stand-up bunnies" for classroom display in this early-elementary Art instructional activity ideal for the spring months. A bunny template and design ideas are included to aid in the teaching process of this fun and...
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Liquids Have Differnt Viscosities
Students explore visosity of matter. They run tests of various liquid substances to observe and compare rates of flow of different substances. In addition, they relate viscosity to distance travelled by sample substances.
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Origami
Students create paper cranes using the art of Origami from Japan as a basis. This lesson includes three lesson enrichment activities, a vocabulary list, and ideas for possible origami materials.