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Le School Sac

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars critique their own school bag by sketching and writing a detailed description of it. In this creative design lesson, students then design a more efficient carrier for their school supplies on paper. Young scholars explain...
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Teaching Tolerance

Community Bulletin Board

For Teachers K - 2nd
A project-based lesson has pupils create a bulletin board to share artwork, nonfiction articles, and messages based on social justice themes. The finished board is displayed in the community to create a place for discussion. 
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Favorite School Activities

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this school activities worksheet, students complete the sentence using one of the phrases from the word bank related to their favorite school activities. Students then draw a picture of the activity.
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My School Year Memory Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create memory books of what they have learned and experienced to use throughout the school year using photographs taken of the them as they are involved in different tpes of activities such as art projects, reading groups, seat...
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Literacy Through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice using words to describe photographs they have taken.  In this descriptive writing lesson, students utilize a disposable or digital camera to take 5 pictures of their life after school.  Students create slides from their...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students construct and maintain a school garden. In this gardening activity, students plan the construction of the garden by writing letters to local businesses asking for supplies and materials; students build the garden using their...
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Kids Can Make a Difference

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
What is a philanthropist? We can all be philanthropists! After assessing the needs of the school and listening to literature about how they can help others, primary learners develop a class project and maintain a journal of their...
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Online —On Stage—and Action

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Use your tablets to participate in a culture-sharing project with a class in a foreign country. Your class can communicate and share ideas with a class in another country, swapping information regarding language and culture. Together you...
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Cameras and Careers

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Applying photography basics they learn for this project, first graders take pictures of an adult at work focusing on the tools used, the work site, and job responsibilities. After making a career book that includes photos and...
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Dear Pen Pal

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
Explore cultures from around the world with an engaging pen pal resource. Through a series of classroom activities and written correspondence, children learn about the favoritec pastimes, schooling, geography, and weather that is...
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Tactile Journals

For Teachers K - 8th
I absolutely love this idea. Children with visual impairments create tactile journals which describe an event from the previous week in an artistic way. They verbally describe one event from the previous week and then use a wide array of...
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Indoor Environment: A Magazine Publication Project

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students demonstrate knowledge of Indoor Air Quality by creating a class magazine. A link to order a free Action Kit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is provided so teachers can build background knowledge. Performance...
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Popplet

For Students 1st - 12th
Add color to the mind-mapping process! Users double tap to create a bubble and everything flows quickly from there as they drag, draw, type, and more.
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My Hero Learning Circle

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students participate in a collaboration activity. In this My Hero Project lesson, students discover what a hero is to someone halfway around the world and themselves. Over the 16-week session, circles, made up of between 6-9 classes from...
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Repair, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "Joseph had a Little Overcoat" and explain why his clothing didn't go to waste. In this repairing, reusing, recycling lesson, students recognize by reusing objects they help the environment. Students write their ideas for...
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Lions and Tigers and Bears - Oh My!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Research animals and develop a non-fiction presentation. Students will complete research on a particular animal and determine the animal's characteristics as well as habitat before choosing a differentiated project to present using the...
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5 Mother's Day Lessons and Activities

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete a craft project.  In this Mother's Day lesson plan, students learn about Mother's Day around the world, write an essay about their mother, create a Mother's Day card, create coupons for meaningful time with their...
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Storytelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Show young readers how to put some personality and voice into their storytelling with an in-depth assignment. Kids practice saying the same thing, such as counting from one to ten, in different tones and perspectives, and then work on...
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A Zoo Book for All

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A visit to the local zoo launches an integrated life science/ language arts research project into the habitat, feeding habits, offspring, lifespan, and other interesting facts about animals. Each group selects two animals to photograph...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners discover gardening by documenting plants grown on school grounds.  In this botany lesson plan, students utilize digital cameras to capture images of plants on photo hikes which are turned into a slide show.  Learners plant a...
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Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a nonprofit organization activity for hunger outreach problems. For this service project lesson, students practice counting coins, complete a service project for a hunger outreach, discuss nutrition and healthy...
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Early American Leaders

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discover what the qualities or characteristics of a leader are by describing the traits of the principal of the school, followed by the leader of the town, state and country. In this leadership lesson, students will take the...
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Mrs. Baig is Missing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils help create a story with illustrations using GarageBand, Kidspiration, Keynote, and the book Miss Nelson is Missing as a basis. This four-day project culminates with the presentation of the final product to the class.
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Elmer's Glue Crew

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice cleaning up the environment by identifying wasteful behaviors in their school. In this arts and crafts lesson plan, students create "eco-inspector" binoculars using Elmer's glue, plastic wrap, and construction paper....

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