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Technology at Work

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete a research project.  In this technology instructional activity, students discuss the term technology and when technology began.  Students work in groups to brainstorm a list of the top ten technological...
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Tibetan Monk Sand Paintings

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students complete an art project. For this sand paintings lesson, students learn about the history of mandalas and then create a sand painting of their own. Extensions include writing a story or poem about their sand painting, study of...
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Handprint Flowers in Pot

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete an art project.  In this Mother's Day lesson, students use their handprints, construction paper and other materials to create a hand print flower pot.  Students give their creation to their mothers as a gift...
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Basic Search Methods Using Online Resources

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice using technology to gather information. For this online research lesson, 2nd graders use technology to find information for a research project. Students write a research paper, and give a presentation to the class...
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Applied Science - Technology Lab

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students concoct glue. In this Applied Science lesson, students experiment with different amounts of flour and water to make their own glue. Students use their glue for a paper mache project.
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Rotating Table Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use a variety of art media to create a picture.  In this mixed media lesson plan, students choose media as they move from one table to another.  At each table they add to their picture from the media at that...
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African Animals in Habitats

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate animal habitats in zoos. In this animal habitat activity, students fill in a KWLH chart about zoos before looking at pictures of African animals in zoo habitats. They discuss what they see and take a field trip to...
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The Three Little Pigs' Straw House

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design and sketch a model house. In this technology instructional activity, 2nd graders construct their house using teacher provided materials. They present their finished project and explain their design in class.
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Exporing Our Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore attributes of the community in which they live. They compare rural, urban and suburban communities and attempt to classify their own community. Each group illustrates their assigned area by drawing buildings, trees,...
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A Tale of Two Towns

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students compare their community and region with other communities around the world. In small groups they complete a questionnaire about life in their community and correspond with e-pals, take digital pictures, conduct research on...
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Souper Philanthropists: The Drive

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand how good- hearted people can make a difference to others. In this philanthropy lesson, students hear the story of a child who eats in a soup kitchen (Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen) and answer questions. Students...
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The Bare Necessities

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students distinguish between wants and needs. In this basic needs instructional activity, students understand that some people do not have the basic necessities and that they can help them. Student suggestions to help are charted....
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Mice are Nice 80

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a variety of mouse-themed activities. They listen to stories, recite poetry, identify rhyming words, write sentences, create art projects, take a survey and design an original mousetrap.
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Arctic

For Students 2nd - 4th
While you'll have to create an assignment sheet for a research project focusing on the arctic, you could use this sheet when it comes time to write the final draft. The title is already printed, and there's a cute penguin in the bottom...
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How Does Your Animal Move?---Class Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Animals move in interesting ways! Get your young learners to examine various types of animal movement in this group graphing activity. Although directions are not explicit, it seems learners are assigned an animal and categorize the...
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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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Ten More and Ten Less

For Teachers K - 3rd
Get learners to analyze two-digit numbers based on place value, and use manipulatives to add and subtract both 1 and 10. A place value chart is available, and you can project it during guided practice. Through visualizing...
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Adding up the Pizza

For Students K - 2nd
Although not the best in terms of grammar, this addition word problem will work just fine as a guided warm-up. Because the explanation is at the bottom of the page, project this for the class, having learners do it independently, then...
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Indirect Length Word Problem

For Students K - 2nd
Although the graphics on this length comparison exercise aren't great, pupils will get the idea. They read an indirect length word problem, which asks them to compare three animals from shortest to tallest. The wording here may be...
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Skill Explored: Count Forward from a Given Number Step-by-Step Lesson

For Students K - 2nd
It's warm-up time for your counters! Project this short learning exercise, covering up the explanation as learners try to solve the number sequence. They are given the beginning and ending numbers (four and 10), but have to complete the...
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Make Tens and Ones Blocks Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 4th
The goal is good in this place-value worksheet; however you may have to walk learners through it so they don't trip up on the instructions. For these six problems, they do one of two things. If they see a number, learners draw the...
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Add and Subtract within 1000

For Students 1st - 2nd
The visual nature of this worksheet makes it ideal to project for an all-class warm up. Learners first complete two horizontal addition problems involving three-digit addends. Consider whether or not you will encourage them to rewrite...
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Measure the Length in Meters

For Students 1st - 2nd
Practice using units of measurement. Because there is an explanation at the bottom of the page, consider projecting this and covering up the answers as you gather class responses. Using a row of squares as units, pupils measure a gift...
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Length Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

For Students 1st - 2nd
Who has the tallest ice cream cone? Learners read two short word problems to compare the heights of various objects. Because these are paired with images, the objective is more of an image analysis than measurement addition and...

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