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Lesson Plan
Food a Fact of Life

Back to Basics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Ratatouille, the sauce not the animated Disney film, is the focus of this foods lesson. Class groups prepare either a classic tomato ragu or a ratatouille to take home and share with their families.
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Teach Engineering

Density Column Lab - Part 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Groups suspend objects within layers of liquids to determine the densities of different liquids and compare them to the densities of objects calculated in Part 1. The groups then carefully test their calculations by layering the liquids...
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Activity
Curated OER

Texture Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students play a guessing game. In this performing art lesson, students guess what each ingredient is by touching each while being blind folded.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Grains and Rice Lab

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the principle grains and the proper cooking technique for rice, grains and pasta.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Foam Trees/Ornaments

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create foam ornaments and/or miniature trees using fun foam, glue, buttons, rick rack or pasta, and gold string in this early-elementary school Art activity. Suggested adaptations for younger and older students are provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Count and Non-count Nouns- Food

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this grammar worksheet, students complete 5 lists of count or non-count nouns with the one that belongs from the word bank at the top of the page. They see colorful clip art pictures of fruit, cheese, fish, and pasta.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore patterns. In groups, 5th graders participate in a "Pasta Pattern" activity. Given a bag of pasta, classmates sort pasta by shapes. They use pasta pieces to model different patterns. Students complete a bean...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: Classifying the Planets

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in pairs, use pasta, rice, and prior knowledge of the planets to construct multi-stage classification systems. While examining the bags of pasta and rice, they note the similarities and differences of the nine planets. ...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Birth of a Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners demonstrate an understanding of insects and science as a whole and construct the life cycle of a butterfly using pasta. They first fold a piece of paper into four equal parts. In the upper left corner will be stage one (egg)....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a variety of exercises involving butterflies and their life cycle.
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Unit Plan
ISTE

Macaroni Math - Unit Overview

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
It's not just for lunch, mini mathematicians make use of macaroni to model addition and subtraction of numbers up to 10. They place macaroni pieces on their desk and take away to model subtraction, then write subtraction story problems....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mystery Jars

For Teachers K - 4th
Youngsters discover ways to estimate. They will use two jars with large and small items and estimate the number of items. Then record their estimate and explain why they answered the way they did. They try this experiment with different...
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TED-Ed

Sugar: Hiding in Plain Sight

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Did you know that you can find added sugars in three-quarters of the foods you find in grocery stores? Invite your learners to consider how much sugar exists in the food products we eat on a day-to-day basis, as well as to learn about...
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Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Comparing the Density of Different Liquids

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners will like making a liquid layer cake to investigate the relative densities of various liquids: water, oil, and corn syrup. They will also introduce a few solid materials to find out how their densities compare. Standing alone,...
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Claim 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Problem solve across the content standards. The presentation slides provide 19 sample items from the Smarter Balanced high school assessment. Items illustrate Claim 2, problem solving, of the test and are drawn from all the high school...
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K12 Reader

Adverbs of Frequency

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
How often do Peter and Sally go out dancing at night? How often do my cousin and I get in trouble at school? Help kids with adverbs of frequency with a straightforward grammar worksheet. They use the adverb in parentheses to rewrite the...
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Lesson Plan
Acoustical Society of America

Generalizing How Musical Instruments Work

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Sound, vibrations, resonance, and frequency are explored as learners use music to foster scientific inquiry. They engage in three different sound experiments and follow up discussions to foster a better understanding of how musical...
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Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the scientific method of classification. An interactive activity asks learners to create a classification system for a group of objects and develop a flow chart to communicate their systems. In addition, individuals use a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Marshmallow Fun Day - math

For Teachers K
Early learners rotate to different classroom centers and participate in six activities based on using marshmallows to review concepts learned. They make: marshmallow sculptures (geometric shapes), the shape of mittens using colored...
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PPT
Curated OER

Healthy Eating

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A highly informative presentation focuses on healthy diets, food facts, the food pyramid, and healthy eating myths. There is a lot of great information in this PowerPoint, and a really fun interactive component. Perfect for your upper...
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PPT
Curated OER

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? What's the Weight? (Mass)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a Who Wants to be a Millionaire-type presentation which deals with choosing the correct metric weight for a variety of objects. Things like an apple, a paper clip, and a plastic ruler are some of the things learners consider. An...
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Printables
Reading Resource

Ways to Practice Words at Home

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Looking for more ways to practice writing words? A list of 27 strategies will engage learners of any level. Kids can choose between writing their words in peanut butter, criss-crossing them with words that share common letters, and...
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Lesson Plan
ESL Kid Stuff

Likes & Dislikes

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Everyone has different preferences when it comes to food. Kids discuss the foods they like and dislike in a series of activities that include magazine cut-outs, singing a song about cheese, playing a group game, and reading a short story...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

100th Day of School Collections

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Celebrate the 100th day of school with a few great 100 themed stories and classroom activities. The books Benny's Pennies and 100th Day Worries are suggested for reading, making 10 piles of 10 objects is encouraged, and 5 extra lesson...

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