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Learning to Measure with Ladybug

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice measuring items with non standard units. In this units lesson plan, students measure shapes, lengths, and classroom objects.
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Fun With Graphs

For Teachers 1st
First graders read about making graphs and lean how to make graphs using "The Graph Club" software.
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Is It Likely or Is It Unlikely?

For Teachers 1st
n a class discussion Students identify events or situations as being likely to occur or unlikely to occur. Then, they work in pairs to generate likely and unlikely statements to share with the class.
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IS A BLUE WHALE THE BIGGEST THING THERE IS?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore measurement in relation to size of objects.
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Recycling

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine different "cycles" that are found in nature, such as the water cycle and recycling. They create their own artwork about cycles to be displayed on a bulletin board
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Not Enough Drawers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students describe three different categories to sort into. They sort these clothes into these three chosen categories. After asking questions the student divide the clothes.
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will collect and analyze a sample of rocks from the schoolyard. They will array the collected rocks by characteristics such as size, weight, and color, to see if any generalizations can be made about the types of rocks that can...
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Big Snowball Fight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big Snowball Fight. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...
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Autism Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Planning activities for Autism Awareness Month? Check out the ideas in a packet designed to raise awareness of autism. Suggestions include plans for an assembly to launch a school-wide focus, lesson plans for classroom activities,...
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Plan Ahead for Professional Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
You can learn something new this fall and winter by attending a conference or seminar.
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Pedestrian Safety

For Teachers K - 4th
Students review the concepts of pedestrian safety. Individually, they draw a picture of themselves doing an activity they enjoy noting the rules of safety. After sharing their picture, they discuss the benefits of being safe during...
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Holidays Around the World

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore how different holiday traditions are celebrated around the world. Scholars write a paper describing how they celebrate their own favorite holiday. Email partners, from different states and countries, share their...
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"I Have a Dream"

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in America's history and what life was like in the 1960's. They watch and discuss an online video about the childhood of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the holiday enacted in his...
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Teaching Fundamental Movement

For Teachers K - 6th
Students perform fundamental movement activities for flexibility and motor skills. In this movement lesson plan, students perform physical activity for all grade levels.
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Maskmaking

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine masks from various cultures focusing on the Native Americans. Using the internet, they research the purpose of the masks and various designs. They create their own mask showing their own culture and personality and...
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We Are Family

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore art and stories that depict families in different cultures. They examine how family members help each other, create traditions, have fun and change or grow. They describe their own families and create a class family...
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Stretching It

For Teachers K - 12th
Students recognize the use of exaggeration and understand how it may enhance the story, painting, conversation or event. Students transfer their understanding of exaggeration as it is used in many places, ie., daily life, paintings,...
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Valentine's Themed Activities For February

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Here are ways to make academics part of your Valentine's Day-related lessons.
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Language Arts: Five Senses Walk

For Teachers 1st
First graders take a discovery walk around the school. They use their observations to compose a class book about their school.
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Our Daily Five

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the food pyramid through a class discussion, hands-on experience with food items, and a floor game that helps them to identify the food group involved. Lesson extensions include the use of play money, art, and dance.
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Away You Go

For Teachers K - 5th
Students build Lego cars which have two different types of tire surfaces. They roll them down ramps that have both rough and smooth surfaces to determine how friction affects the car as it rolls.
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Introduction to Plates, Axles, and Gears

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to the function and design of the following Lego pieces: beams, bricks, plates, axles, tires, hubs and bushings. They then work with a partner to build something using only these pieces.
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Electrical motors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate and experiement with a 9-volt motor. They will use the connecting wire and battery pack to discover fans.
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Discovery Education: Web Math: Math for Everyone

For Students K - 1st
Provides online programs and explanations on everyday math: calculating a tip at a restaurant, determining the sale price of an item, finding the odds of winning a lottery, computing simple and compound interest, and more.

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