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Make A Crossword Puzzle - Vocabulary Challenge
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students make a crossword puzzle from their vocabulary words. Students follow 6 sets of directions to make the online puzzle.
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Science Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students follow directions to make a crossword puzzle out of their science vocabulary. Students follow 6 sets of directions.
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Food Web Relationships
For this food web worksheet, students create a food web matrix and answer short answer questions about the food chain according to the matrix. Students complete 7 short answer questions.
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Machine Poetry
Fourth graders write poems describing the relationship of machine parts. In this poetry writing lesson, 4th graders review a system and examples. Students discuss the systems individual parts and how they work. Students use the given...
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SKYPE Pals
Learners use the program SKYPE to speak to a pal in a Latin American country and describe their life and compare and contrast it to the other's. In this SKYPE lesson plan, students create digital presentations about life in North...
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No Need To Be Puzzled About Me
Fourth graders investigate acrostic poetry by researching the Internet. In this poetry writing lesson plan, 4th graders complete a worksheet detailing their personal activities and interests. Students view the form of an acrostic poem...
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Ride on a Slide
Students investigate gravity and engineering by participating in a slide building experiment. In this early physics instructional activity, students utilize cardboard boxes to create a model of a children's slide. Students analyze the...
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Its Electric!
Fourth graders define the differences between static and current electricity by participating in an investigation. In this energy lesson, 4th graders utilize electrical supplies to demonstrate the differences between static and current...
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Pollution Patrol
Students design and build an outdoor air pollution detector, test their designs, and communicate their results. In this investigative instructional activity students work in teams to design their detectors and use everyday items to do...
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Where is...
Students create a print or online photo book much like the Where's Waldo books. In this book creation lesson plan, students take photographs and insert themselves in the photographs using an online program. Students create at least 5...
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Transportation Through Time
Students write a short story illustrating the past and imaging the future in transportation. In this transportation lesson plan, students explore artifacts that have to do with transportation in the past in Chicago.
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Time for All Ages
Fourth graders discover time keeping by analyzing technological advances in history. For this time lesson, 4th graders create and complete a KWL chart based on their research of a famous timekeeping invention, such as a sundial....
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The Nutrients Public Transportation System
Students investigate the human circulatory system by experimenting with hoses. In this human body instructional activity, students create a system of hoses simulating the circulatory system which they utilize to pass objects through....
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Students discover gardening by documenting plants grown on school grounds. In this botany instructional activity, students utilize digital cameras to capture images of plants on photo hikes which are turned into a slide show. Students...
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Cameras and Shadows
Students discover how light creates shadows by photographing them with a camera. For this sunlight lesson, students utilize the light in the sky to create different shadows of themselves and objects near their classroom, photographing...
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Form Follows Function
Learners design a chair with function in mind. In this design instructional activity, students design a chair out of newspaper that is strong enough to hold a "peanut ball". Learners discuss how the form follows the function. This...
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Project H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment)
Students explore career paths by creating a job scrapbook. In this employment lesson, students discuss what types of skills employers look for in the job market. Students decide on a career they would like to explore by creating a...
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A Simple Machines Activity
Fourth graders observe examples of simple machines found in the school, playground, and work environment. In this simple machines lesson, 4th graders review simple machines by viewing three web sites. Students tour the school and grounds...
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Giving a Voice to Literature
Students explore podcast design. In this literacy and technology lesson, students read a novel during book club and design a promotional podcast to recommend the book to their peers. Necessary technology expertise and an explanation of...
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Centers for Increasing Learning Capability and Engagement for Students with Autism
Learners increase capacity for learning. In this engagement lesson, autistic students complete computer modules to assist them with increasing learning capability in all subject areas.
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Activating Students Through Storytelling
Fourth graders produce a podcast of a elements of a Chinese folk tale. In this Chinese folk tale and podcasting lesson plan, 4th graders watch as the teacher performs Peach Blossom Spring: A Chinese folk tale. They decide on who will...
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Writing Prompt "Living With Fame"
Fourth graders practice their creative writing skills by describing fame. In this writing prompt instructional activity, 4th graders identify fame and how their life would be dramatically different if they were wildly famous. Students...
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Reporting News About Rosa Parks
Students investigate racism by completing a writing assignment. In this civil rights lesson, students research facts about Rosa Parks in order to write a newspaper article about her. Students utilize the Internet for research and a...
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Let Your Voice Be Heard
Students explore new ways to communicate through technology by utilizing an internet program. In this reading comprehension lesson, students utilize the website voicethread.com to share their thoughts and notes about reading assignments...