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Look at Those Seeds Grow!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore plant science by participating in a botany activity. In this seed growth lesson, students identify the necessary elements to ensure a plant grows well and prepare seeds for planting. Students plant their soaked seeds in...
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Developing Kids with Character Through Service Learning

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover service learning and how it can help them build character.  In this community lesson, students brainstorm ways they can assist their classmates with problems, and write about it in their journal.  Students decide on a...
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How Powerful is Static Electricity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars explore energy by participating in controlled electricity experiment. For this static electricity lesson, students identify the different sources that can create energy and how static electricity can be created very easily...
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Sky 2: Shadows

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils explore space science by participating in a shadow experiment. In this sky observation lesson, students identify how the sun creates different sized shadows by moving across the horizon. Pupils utilize yard sticks, markers,...
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Learning Short a and Long a sounds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recognize the difference between the short a sound and the long a sound, then compile a list of words containing short a and long a sounds.
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Action Words

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover that a verb is a word that expresses an action. Students at this age might find it more accessible to use everyday terminology, such as doing words or action words.
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No, Not, Never Avoiding the Double Negative

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this double negative words worksheet, students correct double negatives within 4 sentences by editing and rewriting the sentences.
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Language - Simple Sentence Structure

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence structure activity, students read a selection about sentence structure and draw a red circle around the noun phrase and a blue circle around the verb phrases in 5 sentences. Students also construct 6 simple sentences.
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More Action Verbs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this verb worksheet, students read a selection about action verbs and complete 10 sentences by filling in the blanks with action verbs.
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Native American Symbol Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate Native American history by creating traditional style vests.  In this language arts lesson, students analyze the symbols from different tribes and define them in English.  Students create a story with these symbols...
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Money Booklet

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice handling money by examining different world currency.  In this economics lesson, students utilize a coin booklet to trace individual coins and draw bills, later coloring them in their traditional colors.  Students are...
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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 instructional activity, students create "eco-inspector" binoculars using Elmer's glue, plastic wrap, and...
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Dancing Hands, Abstract Drawings

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars discover African musical rhythms by performing Ancestral Spirit Dances.  In this musical lesson, students research Willis "Bing" Davis and the abstract work he created.  Young scholars listen to Yoruba drum music and...
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Terrific Taste Buds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore descriptive writing by eating food in class. In this descriptive word lesson, students assess different foods in class such as jelly beans and utilize their vocabulary to describe the taste. Students read the story...
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Folding Shapes; Are the Sides the Same?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore geometry by experimenting with fold-ables. In this geometric shapes lesson, 2nd graders utilize cutout shapes from construction paper which they experiment with by folding. Students examine the symmetry and...
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Making a Soil Separator

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars investigate botany by creating a soil separating device.  In this plant life lesson, students identify the needs of plants and how important the right soil is in the growing process.  Young scholars define different soil...
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Bringing Up Birdy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore biology by creating diagrams of animal life cycles. In this baby bird lesson, students view video clips of birds being born from incubation to flying on their own. Learners utilize the Internet to research birds and...
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Texas, Our Texas

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore U.S. geography by completing a coloring activity in class. In this Texas history lesson, students utilize the web to locate Texas on a map of the U.S. Students view a PowerPoint presentation which showcases the state...
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The Dinosaur Diner

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the food chain. In this dinoaur lesson, students identify charactersitics of an omnivore, carnivore, and herbivore. Students sort dinosaur picture/word cards into groups by their eating characteristics. Students also...
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Picture Books, Retelling, and Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create stories using only pictures.  In this visual storytelling lesson, students read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie de Paola and analyze the wordless story.  Students create new text for the book by writing on sticky notes.
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Under Pressure: How Deep Can They Dive?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore geography by conducting an in-class experiment. In this deep sea exploration lesson, students identify the different zones of the ocean and utilize water bottles, masking tape and scissors to conduct a water pressure...
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the Milkman Song

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students recite the words of the song,
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Exercise and Water

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover the needs of their body by trying different types of aerobic exercise.  In this physical education lesson, 2nd graders analyze The Busy Body Book by glancing at the pictures inside and predicting what the content...
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When A Line Meets Itself

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the linear characteristics of cultural art.  In this art analysis lesson, students discover the Pre-Columbian Chimu culture and the many masks they created.  Students identify the different shapes and lines in their...

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