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String Instruments and Pitch
Students make predictions and explore how pitch is altered in string instruments. In this acoustic science lesson, students learn the types and parts of string instruments and create their own. They listen to classical music and identify...
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Animals in Inspiration
Students research information on a specific animal. In this animal lesson, students use books to find information about an animals diet, habitat, appearance, and any other interesting facts. Students will use this information to create a...
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Expressing Feelings
Students practice pantomime movements. For this body awareness lesson, students discover how to convey emotions through physical movements. Students practice conveying happiness and sadness through...
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Establish the Theme
Second graders explore the topic of nature. In this detective lesson, 2nd graders review non-fiction materials on nature and identify text, headings, diagrams, graphs, to establish the theme of the book.
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Favorite Penguin
Students research their favorite penguin. In this science lesson, students research penguins and create a presentation of their findings.
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Techno Explorer: Internet Lesson Plans for Beginners
Students explore technology by participating in an on-line exercise. In this Internet safety activity, students identify the appropriate behavior they should use while searching and communicating in cyberspace. Students practice saving...
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The Right Order
Students investigate the Space Transportation System and the sequence of a space shuttle launch. They view and discuss photos, watch a video of a shuttle launch, and place shuttle launch cards in the correct order.
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The Alphabet is Historic
Students describe how the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans passed down the alphabet through the generations. They compare and contrast the letters from early alphabets to the one of today and discuss how they are different. Using a map,...
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Service Project
Students participate in a service project. In this community service lesson plan, students use their special talents to help others. Students draw or write about the service they've provided. The class turns this into a class book.
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Make a Snowflake
Learners study the design of snowflakes. In this snow lesson, students discover the different shapes of a snowflake, and their similarities. Learners study snowflakes outside, then create their own with popsicle sticks...
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Think About Me: My Needs
For this personal needs worksheet, students draw 4 pictures that depict something that is needed in life. Students rate each need in order of importance by coloring 1 to 3 stars.
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Haitian Art
Second graders watch "Running the Road to ABC" and observe a map where Haiti is located. They observe pictures of Haitian Art and describe the colors they see via the Internet. They then are assigned individual projects such as drawing a...
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Holiday
Second graders engage in a lesson plan about holidays. They create a holiday windsock and decorate it with illustrations that symbolize different days. The information for the decorations is found through conducting research and...
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Population Counts
Students use 2001 population figures to color provinces and territories on a map. They use the information on their map to answer questions.
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Gray Whales
Pupils listen to the book, Lagoon Tour: Whale Watching at Laguna Ojo de Liebre and discuss the photos, vocabulary and captions. They create a scrapbook, tourist brochure, travel journal, or a song about whales.
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Who I Am - Likes
Second graders complete a "Who Am I" sheet to decide what kinds of things they like and then have a class discussion.
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Comma in a Series
Students practice adding commas to a list or series. They are given a sentence and asked to fix the sentence by adding commas in the correct position.
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Washington/Lincoln Compare and Contrast
Students examine the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Using the information, they complete a Venn diagram discovering what the two men had in common. In groups, they review a timeline made in an earlier lesson and view a...
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Telling Time: Hours
Students participate in a discussion about the different types of timepieces and the energy sources necessary to run them. They observe the numbers on a clock and review the hands and what they mean and make individual clocks using a...
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It Takes All Kinds!
Young scholars view video clips and observe similarities and differences between animals. They sort animals into groups for a zoo. They make a graph of their observations and review scientific classifications.
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Somewhere
Second graders write their own version of the book "Somewhere" in this instructional activity. They listen to the book and locate the rhyming words within the text. They find the number of syllables per word in the text, and compare...
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Musical Vocabulary Links
Students use well known songs to help them learn new vocabulary and apply meaning to the words. They make associations to the songs in order repeat and memorize new words. They use the Star Spangled Banner as an example in this lesson.
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Holidays Around The World
Second graders investigate the different holidays that are celebrated in cultures around the world. They identify the different symbols used in celebration and differentiate the interpretation. Students demonstrate in writing how the...
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A Balloon Dance
Students identify three different levels of movement and sensation of buoyancy, respond spontaneously in movement to the stimuli of imagery and feelings, and formulate his or her own unique sequence of movements based on personal...