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Friction in Our Lives

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore force and friction. In this force and friction lesson, students discover everyday examples of how  friction helps and hinders things we do. Students create a ramp to test the speed of their car. Students use...
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Hajigul's Story: A Creative Drama

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students listen to stories about and research the life of an Uighur child from China. They investigate their own cultural heritage and design a mural.
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Expression of Emotions-Dance

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils dance to the song by Kids in Motion called "Show Me What You Feel" and create their own individual style of creative expression at the given cues for the specific emotions using a colored scarf and body movements.
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Make a TV Commercial for "Brighty-Whitey" Toothpaste

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students develop the skill of creativity by creating their own brand of toothpaste. The class will present the different projects in front of the class in the form of a speech.
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Integration of Photography with Other Learning Experiences

For Teachers K - 7th
Young scholars studied photography in order to establish individual vision, creative thinking and writing skills while communicating ideas and emotions. They exhibit their work.
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Pancake Express

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a variety of manipulative skills in cross-curricular activities (dramatic play, reading, problem solving) to improve creativity and health education.
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Hairy Monster Stories

For Teachers K - 8th
Students work together to create a hairy monster. They discuss the elements of a character sketch. They use a rubric to guide them as they write a sketch of their hairy monster.
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Thanksgiving Menu

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the First Thanksgiving. In this U.S. history lesson, students read about the Pilgrims and Native Americans and discuss how they obtained and prepared food. Students develop a possible first Thanksgiving menu and draw a...
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Color Descriptions

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students create a book about colors. In this exploring colors lesson, students read the book Hailstones and Halibut Bones. Students select a color and describe how the color looks, feels, tastes, and smells like. Students write down...
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Smack Dab in the Middle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the story Smack Dab in the Middle and complete activities such as charting, writing, illustrating, graphing, and more. For this Smack Dab in the Middle lesson plan, students also discuss the book and retell the story.
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The Charlie Brown Dance

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students attempt to be creative while practicing the movement concepts of Effort - fast/slow, Space Awareness - Levels and Self space, and Relationships - moving in unison.
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Learning About Our World

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore their world using the book "This is the Way We Go to School." They predict information about the story based on the title and pictures. Students label a world map with the names of continents and oceans. They write a set...
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Rocket Rhymes and Songs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use rhymes, chants, songs, and creative movement about rockets to demonstrate words that rhyme. They place sentence strips in order, and identify words that rhyme.
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Sports Safety Posters

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create posters highlighting sports safety tips. Discuss some general safety guidelines students must follow when playing sports in the gym or the schoolyard. Write students' responses on the board.
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My Caring and Sharing Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They consider when they have shared with someone or expressed caring. They write, illustrate and compile a fish book that tells of their caring and sharing experiences.
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Number Books

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students construct a book to illustrate number concepts. They write their numbers on a sheet of paper. Students in grade 1 discuss counting to 100 by different numbers. Pupils in grades (2-4) write basic addition or subtraction story...
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What's "Out" There?

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the five outer planets. In this space science activity, 1st graders read the book Our Solar System and identify the five outer planets. Students create a booklet and write about outer planets.
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Our Illuminated Alphabet TESTing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice writing letters of the alphabet and explore how decorated letters can be used to convey stories or symbolic ideas. They create an "illuminated" alphabet in which each letter conveys concepts of home and family.
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Calendar Art

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils assemble and decorate a calendar. This is a lesson to be used at the beginning of each month to make a calendar for the month. Math concepts for this lesson consist of each student writing numbers on the calendar.
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Concrete Poems

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to several poems containing shapes as well as selected concrete poems. They brainstorm a list of their favorite things and then come up with ten words that relate to the top five things chosen by the students. They...
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The Life and Times of Tomie dePaola

For Teachers 1st
First graders research information about the author Tomie dePaola. In this author studies lesson, 1st graders use the computer to find information about Tomie dePaola's life and writing accomplishments. Students create booklet about the...
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Exploring Zoo Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research topics related to zoos and zoo animals. They compare and contrast the size of animals, make a book of facts about bears, draw snakes, and write animal stories and poetry. They complete a series of writing and creative...
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Acronym Names

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create an acronym out of their name. They use a thesaurus and the computer to create it. They also add pictures to make it more creative.
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Number Sense and Operation

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to a read aloud of Stephanie Calmenson's, Dinner a the Panda Palace identifying words related to math and writing them on a chart paper.

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