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Students create fossil imprints using Play-Doh. Fossils are formed when Plaster of Paris is poured into the fossil imprints. They are able to define the word, "fossil," describe how a fossil is formed and how minerals play a part in fossil f
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- 3rd - 8th Grade
Students study the features of the sea floor. They construct a model of sea-floor structures using Play-Doh, masking tape, toothpicks, and an aluminum tin.
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- 3rd Grade
Students are introduced to the human skeletal system. Using play-doh, they discover what happens to the bones of the body as a person moves and how broken bones heal. After reading examples, they examine the different types of joints. They complete a quiz on vocabulary and the functions of the bones.
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- 4th - 6th Grade
Students identify and construct the major rivers and geographic characteristics of Nebraska. They analyze maps and brochures of Nebraska, create a three-dimensional map of Nebraska using play-doh, and write a paragraph about a favorite attraction in the state.
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- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students examine the Earth's crust or lithosphere, mantle and core. They complete research using assigned web sites before designing a model of the Earth using items such as Play-Doh, peaches and apples.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students brainstorm a list of all the functions organisms carry out and how they carry them out. In groups, they are given the smallest and highest level of organization in organisms and are to fill in the missing spaces. To end the lesson, they use play-doh to construct their own organism.
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- 2nd Grade
Students participate in a paper folding activity that shows fractions as parts of a whole, before listening to Loreen Leedy's, "Fraction Action." Working with Play-Doh, they make equal parts and continue dividing them into smaller parts. They look for fractions in everyday life and make stamp pad fractions while completing the associated work sheets.
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- 4th - 5th Grade
Students differentiate between the physical characteristics of the Adirondak Region. In small groups they trace an outline of the region, and using Play-Doh construct a three-dimensional map of the Adirondak Region, and label the lakes, rivers, and mountain peaks.
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- 3rd - 6th Grade
Students, after reading Chapter One in the book, "Germany," analyze and recreate the political boundaries as well as the physical features of the nation of Germany with the assistance of play-doh or salt dough. In groups, they create three dimensional topographic maps of Germany.
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- 3rd - 6th Grade
Students, after reading Chapter One in the book, "Spain," design and re-create the political boundaries as well as the physical features of nation of Spain. They utilize play-doh or salt dough to illustrate and create their three dimensional topographic maps of Spain.
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