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The Archer and the Sun

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Reinforce reading comprehension with a instructional activity about The Archer and the Sun, a Chinese folktale. Kids learn some background information about Chinese culture before reading the story, and answer literacy...
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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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Textured Landscapes with Grant Wood

For Teachers K - 6th
Explore the world of textured landscapes through the eyes of the famous artist, Grant Wood. Here is an elementary art lesson in which scholars learn about Grant Wood's life, view his work, draw their own textured landscape, and then...
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Volcanoes: Second Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Young geologists explore volcanoes with a series of engaging geology activities. First, they learn the difference between magma and lava before coloring and labeling the parts of a volcano. During the lab, individuals watch a...
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Earthquakes: Second Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 2nd Standards
What causes earthquakes? Second graders learn about stresses from plate movement with a set of hands-on activities. After tracing fault lines on a map with yarn, class members create a paper plate model of Earth to show its layers...
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Plate Tectonics: Second Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders explore convection currents and how they relate to the movement of tectonic plates. Then, young geologists reconstruct Pangaea with a worksheet and pinpoint plate boundaries on a map...
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Hazards: Second Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Equip learners with safety knowledge in the case of an earthquake. After coloring the places to go to get help after a quake, and label places that wouldn't be safe to go after a quake, young geologists simulate three levels of...
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2002 Memorabilia and Mascots

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students calculate costs and determine change in scenarios where they buy 2002 Olympic Winter Game memorabilia for themselves, family and friends.
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Synonyms 1

For Students 1st - 4th
For this on-line language arts worksheet, learners complete 1 multiple choice question where they choose the word that means the same as "large." Students can check their answers at the end of the worksheet.
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Techno Timeline

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a timeline of inventors. In this dual history/science lesson, students research inventors of technological products, then work in groups to create a timeline of events. The timeline may include science information about...
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Shapes and Patterns in Art and Oceans

For Teachers 1st
First graders draw, cut out, and design their own fish shapes by cutting out shapes and putting them together. In this shapes and patterns worksheet, 1st graders also construct a stamp and print patterns with stamps to repeat a...
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Making Cranberry Bread

For Teachers K - 2nd
While the preparation for this lesson plan is extensive, the results are well worth the effort. Prior to the lesson plan, Xerox the pictures from Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin, collect the ingredients for Cranberry...
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Dancing Polygons and Non-Polygons with Patterns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study movements. In this dance lesson, 2nd graders draw patterns selecting one to represent through movement with their body.
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Civil War Recipes

For Teachers K - 12th
Students make foods that would have been staples during the Civil War era and may have been eaten by a soldiers. They follow a recipe to make hardtack and are exposed to other recipes at the included websites.
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How Much Water Do Plants Need?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students experiment with the effects of varying amounts of water on household plants. They give different amounts of water to plants and then observe and record the effects.
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The Hat

For Teachers K - 1st
Honing reading and communication skills through the theme of farm animals is the focus of this lesson plan. Students read a book about Scandinavian farm animals and complete prediction journal activities. They complete a worksheet about...
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Government

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders run for various offices. They dress up like a politician, pretend to be running for an office, and tell the students why they should vote for him/her. They explain why it is necessary for a community to have a government
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Native American Blocks

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research information about a Native American tribe and document their knowledge by creating a block (cube) containing pictures about the homes, tools, food, clothing, and transportation for this tribe.
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Problems and Their Solutions in Stories and Everyday Life

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify story elements.  In this stories lesson, students read a story and identify the chracter, character traits, plot, setting and theme.  Groups of students match problem and solution cards.
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Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading comprehension of an Australian folktale. In this Australian folktale lesson, students read the story, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail, before completing retells with character puppets, discussing friendship, and...
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Lesson Plans That Meet The Needs of All Students

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Differentiated lesson plans are an excellent tool for meeting students' needs in the mixed ability classroom.
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You've Got Mail

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the postal system and letter writing. They exchange class letters with another class in a different area and become pen pals with residents in a local nursing home.
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Introduction to Magnetism and Electronics

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to the concepts of magnetism and electronics. As a class, they walk through the steps of the scientific method and define new vocabulary. In groups, they are given a bag of objects and they are to separate them...
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We're Gonna Have A Party

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore map skills. They discuss the map vocabulary and use directions to find a location on a map. Students discuss and use the components of a map to answer a variety of questions. They use the map and directions to find...

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