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Dress Like A Frog

For Teachers K - 6th
Students recognize amphibian adaptations. In this amphibian lesson students explore amphibian adaptations that provide for successful living in their environments. A volunteer dresses up with all of the adaptations using everyday items...
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Using Oral Traditions to Improve Verbal and Listening Skills

For Teachers All
Students examine the role of stories in African and African-American cultures. This lesson is written for students with visual impairments. They
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Healthy Heart

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discover the power of their heart and provide an opportunity to talk about ways to maintain good health. In this early childhood heart lesson, students diagram a human heart, identify exercises that promote a healthy...
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Introducing the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use their five senses to guess what is in the microwave. In this five senses lesson, students use their senses to guess what is cooking in the microwave. Students are introduced to new vocabulary and listen to the book My Five...
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Write On

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after generating a list of possible writing topics, begin the writing process and participate in peer-editing and publishing their own works.
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Growing Seeds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this science worksheet, learners read 5 different scenarios with varied growing conditions for plants. Students make a prediction for each: Will it grow a little, grow a lot, or not grow at all?
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Radical Raptors

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with...
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Transforming Triangles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine how to graph translations (slides) and reflections (flips) on a coordinate plane. They practice the slides and flips kinesthetically and apply it to a worksheet working with triangles.
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Centipede or Millipede?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss millipedes and centipedes in terms of their classification as arthropod. Using a diagram, students categorize and compare and contrast the characteristics of millipedes and centipedes based on their discussion of...
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Minerals and Rocks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and interpret various minerals and discover how to identify and classify them. They identify and discuss how people describe objects and how scientists describe objects. From there, students look at a set of common...
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Our Poetic Planet : Writing Poems about the Earth

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students share their thoughts regarding nature. In this poetry lesson, students compose poems in different formats that feature weather and clouds.
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How Do I Measure Up? (Intermediate)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare the relationship between meter in music and measurement in math. They practice sightreading music by determining the number of beats per measure, clapping and counting the rhythm.
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They Were All Stars: An Introduction to Leagues Baseball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the basic knowledge of Negro Leagues baseball. Students identify and analyze the important individuals and events associated with Negro Leagues baseball history. Students identify key vocabulary related to this period...
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Creating Your Own Rock Art

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders look at early art. In this visual arts lesson, 8th graders investigate the attributes of rock art, examine rock art, and create their own examples of rock art. Analysis and instructional worksheets are included.
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Texas State Capitol, Post-Visit Lesson Plan, 7th Grade

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders tour the Texas State Capitol and discover two historic paintings in the Capitol building. They discover how these paintings depict crucial events of the Texas Revolution. In groups, they review notebooks of the artist...
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Expanded Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students practice doubling their reading speed while maintaining comprehension. Students use visualization techniques to gain greater comprehension.
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There Was Always Sun

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the chronicles of history about the Negro Leagues baseball by using rare historical footage and interviews with Black baseball greats. Students also examine how to work in groups to use online resources to reinforce...
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Negro Leagues Baseball

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Pupils think critically and creatively while researching Negro Leagues baseball vocabulary terms and producing a political cartoon defining those terms. The research for this lesson is done on the internet.
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Pasta Research

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the story STREGA NONA together as a class and discuss what they know about pasta. They each receive pieces of pasta to glue down on construction paper and write beneath each one what they think it looks like.
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Ecology: Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research and identify the different layers of the forest. As a class, they observe real-life trees or analyze a poster, and discuss the characteristics of each forest layer. Students then draw a forest and label the...