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Human Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate changes in air quality. In this science lesson, students compare data to determine the air quality. Students explore how humans affect the air quality.
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Making Field Journals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students follow a bookmaking format to create a book and use it as a garden journal. In this science journal lesson, students follow book making directions to create a garden and science journal.
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1st Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this geometry worksheet, students choose the multiple choice answer to 15 questions involving several different elements of geometry.
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Dolch Work Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars play Bingo using Dolch sight words on their game cards.  In this sight word instructional activity, students create their own Bingo card, filling it out with dolch words from their provided list.  When a student...
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Sunken Slave Ship

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners investigate shipwrecks. In this marine archaeology activity, students create the site of a shipwreck by using a tub filled with sand and items from a "ship". Learners excavate the site and analyze the findings.
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Multiple Intelligences Survey

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
For this multiple intelligences worksheet, students complete a survey asking them about different ways they like to learn. Students complete 24 questions. This should be a very enjoyable activity for students.
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Do You See What I See?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students observe and describe different objects seen under a microscope and compare the individual perspectives of what was seen.
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Fire Alarms for Safety

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Young scholars create a fire safety rules poster. In this fire safety instructional activity, students inspect their classroom and discuss the best way to exit in case of a fire. Young scholars then make a poster stating the rules and...
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Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and relate the poem, "Clouds" by Aileen Fisher to a demonstration on cloud formation. They create clouds in jars using ice water and matches then discuss the ways clouds can be used to predict weather.
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Weather Or Not

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the internet to find pen pals to share in their weather experiment. Individually, they research the high and low temperatures for cities within the United States and email the results to their pen pal. They also develop a...
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Equivalent Fractions Manipulatives

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study fractions. For this equivalent fractions lesson, students utilize fraction strips to enhance their understanding of equivalent fractions. They watch a demonstration and then work independently with their own set of...
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Springs 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this springs worksheet, learners use paper clips, rubber bands, weights, and more to make springs. Students follow 6 directions, put answers in a chart, and complete 1 question on their own.
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Language Arts Curriculum Guide

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students complete many worksheets that include brainstorming, newspaper article reviews, TV show descriptions, and more. Students complete 54 worksheets total.
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An Awareness of Light Made Simply Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners with sensory perception issues discover the properties of light through a series of excellent hands on activities. They look at beams of lights in a darkened room; use a kaleidoscope and optical illusions as they experience the...
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Lesson Design Archaeology

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in their own excavation and measure and record as they go. In this archaeology lesson plan students divide into groups and solve the mystery of what they uncovered in their dig box.
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Team Jump Rope

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners practice math skills while jumping rope.
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Story Problem Writing

For Teachers K - 5th
Students write story problems which can only be solved with the application of multiplication facts. They write an extra fact that isn't needed to solve. When their partners do the problems, they must cross out the fact that they do need.
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All About Me

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a collage from magazines, and the internet that is reflective of themselves and write a friendly letter via email to a pen pal. They take their letters through the writing process and write their final draft on Microsoft...
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Which Tape is Stickiest?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students conduct an experiment to determine which style of tape will stick the best.  In this controlled experiment lesson, students predict which tape will stick best to a marble that rolls over it, then they conduct the experiment...
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A Bird's Eye View of our 50 States

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders focus on state birds as they learned absolute location (latitude/longitude) of each state, as well as their relative location (bordering states).
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Mother May I?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure distance using nonstandard units of measure. In this measurement lesson, 3rd graders measure a given distance through the use of the game "Mother May I?" Student gather and compare data on how many "giant steps" and...
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Grasping Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars investigate geometric shapes in their environment, make a geometric design, and write paragraphs describing the design.
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Mind Your Business

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore how to identify the range, median, and mode in a list of numbers by using concrete materials.
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Thank You... Thomas Edison!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars investigate the life of Thomas Edison. They research how he made a difference. They understand that accurate data collection is important for math. They create a chart using spreadsheet data.