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Months of the Year In Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students type Haiku poetry using AppleWorks, including special holidays or events and famous Americans for the month about which they choose to write.
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Visual Opacity

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover the difference between transparent, translucent and opaque. They use those descriptions to classify clouds. They create a presentation in which they show the different types of clouds with their descriptions.
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Cloud Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen as a haiku is read by the teacher, determining what season is being portrayed in the poem. Students work together as a class and create a model haiku, then complete a worksheet, completing their own poem. Students will...
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Curated OER

Probably Passage (Predicting)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice predicting. In this prediction lesson, 3rd graders read a worksheet and they predict where 15 words will fit into the story. After they read the story, they discuss the similarities and differences between their...
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Curated OER

The Twelve Months: A Slavic Cinderella Variant

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students locate Slavic countries and identify a few characteristics of those countries. They read and/or listen to the Slavic tale, "The Twelve Months," and compare this version with another Cinderella story.
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Authentic Pilgrim Boys and Girls

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners synthesize their historical knowledge of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock by looking at period paintings of Albert Beirstadt and Pierre Renoir, enabling them to depict in a performance for their parents, the original dress...
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Mapping Community Values

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students discuss the origin of various maps focusing on the values behind them. Students also explore how human needs and geography influence community settlement patterns. Students extend learning by creating and mapping their own ideal...
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Build A Birdhouse

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to design and build a birdhouse. They research a bird of their choice and build the birdhouse that means that bird's specifications. They discover the importance of designing.
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Keeping Our Pets Safe In An Emergency

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students fill out worksheets that teach them how to prepare for emergency situations and how to enable animal safety in emergency situations. In this emergency lesson plan, students talk about different kinds of emergencies and how they...
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The Well of Truth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and explore an Egyptian folktale. In this folktale lesson, students read the book The Well of Truth and discuss geographical facts about Egypt. Students complete several reading comprehension activities including a...
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Awareness OF Self And Others

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in a instructional activity that attempts to convey information about self and others. The instructional activity teaches them about diversity and attempts to heighten the awareness of respecting it. They become engaged...
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Building a Scale Model

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a model of the solar system. In this solar system lesson, 3rd graders create a scale model of the solar system. Working in pairs students solve mathematical problems to correctly measure the distance each planet is...
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Dream! (Part One)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students share with the class what they want to be when they grow up. As a class, they identify what they want to be for Halloween as well. They are videotaped stating their dream and photographed with their mask. Using the masks, they...
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Forests, Deserts, & Grasslands

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete activities to become familiar with the content and vocabulary related to biomes and ecosystems in order to mainstream into the classroom.
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Our State Road Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students take a virtual tour of the country of China instead of a state. Using the Internet, they examine the differences between a political and physical map and use latitude and longitude to locate specific places. They also research...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Earth Science: Weather Forecasting

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Read about how meteorologists predict the weather and how technology and computers are used to forecast the weather. Also discusses what weather maps show us.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Exploring Weather Conditions in Paintings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Enrich your science activity with watercolors! This lesson plan contains assessment criteria, links to more information, and step-by-step ideas to cultivate your young scholars' knowledge about weather conditions.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of weather and climate, and the difference between them.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weathering & Erosion

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of weathering and erosion, what they are, and how they alter the Earth's surface.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Weather

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn more about the science of the weather. Sunshine, rain, snow, cold, hot, and windy.
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NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Planet X Treme Weather

For Students 3rd - 8th
Ever wonder what the weather is like on other planets besides Earth? This resource explores the extreme weather that occurs on other planets.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate: Air Masses & Fronts

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of air masses and fronts. It describes the types of weather fronts, what an air mass is, and the four types of air masses in the US.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Weather and Climate in Your Neighborhood

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you live in an area where the weather changes a lot from season to season throughout the year? Or do you live in a place where the weather stays pretty much the same all year long? How dynamic is the weather, and how does it compare...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Christmas Island: How Do We Describe the Weather?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Join Tim on Christmas Island to understand how to gauge weather conditions. Learn all about tracking weather, finding clothing suitable for various weather conditions, which animal likes a certain type of weather, and activities for...

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