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Importance of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits in Our Diets
Learners explore the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets. For this science lesson, students discuss various types of fruits and vegetables. Learners play the good health=good diet game. Students discuss types of fruits and...
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Government: Texans in Politics and Civic Duties
Fourth graders examine the influence of Texans in national politics. They interview adults about the importance of participating in civic affairs. Students create brochures with three true statements and one falsehood. They trade copies...
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Me and My Logo
Students design their own emblem. In this introduction instructional activity, students get to know one another by designing an emblem that combines symbols that represent themselves. They express themselves to their classmates.
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Animals, Animals, Everywhere
Fourth graders participate in a variety of activities dealing with animal characteristics and classifications in this multi-task lesson. They use graphic organizers, make booklets, and make models.
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Global Greenup
Students utilize satellite images to track the life cycle of vegetational growth over a large area. Animal migratory patterns are compared to this cycle.
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Layers of the Earth
In this layer of the earth worksheet, students label and color each layer of the earth. Then students are asked to describe each layer below.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly
In this activity on the life cycle of the butterfly, students look at 4 pictures representing the life cycle stages, and choose words from a word box that match each picture. Students then number the pictures in the correct order of life...
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Dinosaurs---Read All About Them!
Students read all about dinosaurs. In this biology lesson plan, students examine how to use library research as integral part of scientific research.
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Parts of a Tree
Students identify four parts of trees. In this plant biology instructional activity, students read the book Trees and conduct Internet research to identify the parts of the tree. Students take notes from each website and complete an...
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Blindfolded Building
Young scholars build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.
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Bats: Fact and Fiction
Students describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and...
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The Easter Celebration
Students read a short story about Easter. They recognize and point to pictures of the key words (egg, chicken, rabbit, basket, flower). They make an Easter basket and count how many chickens can fit inside. They also practice identifying...
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Native Americans at Rose Bay
Students examine the Timken Native Americans of the 1400s and their culture of hunter-gatherers. They study the necessary vocabulary using a number of activities.
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Electrical motors
Students investigate and experiement with a 9-volt motor. They will use the connecting wire and battery pack to discover fans.
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Away You Go
Pupils build Lego cars which have two different types of tire surfaces. They roll them down ramps that have both rough and smooth surfaces to determine how friction affects the car as it rolls.
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Lumos Learning: Parcc Sample Questions & Practice Tests for Grades 3 8
This site provides free PARCC questions and practice tests for Math and ELA that are aligned with Common Core.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Semi Circles and Quarter Circles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video defines a semi-circle and a quarter-circle and answers a question determining which object is a semi-circle. The video is followed by a series of practice...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Calculate and Compare Capacities With Illustrations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students examine pictures showing the capacities of different containers and answer questions about them. An accompanying video demonstrates...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Calculating Sums (Numbers Up to 100,000)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are presented with a set of numbers up to 100,000, most of which end with one or more zeroes, and must apply their understanding of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting Lengths in Meters
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students must solve subtraction questions involving units of length in meters. A video shows how to solve a sample problem. [0:46] A set of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting Lengths in Centimeters
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students must solve subtraction questions involving units of length in centimeters. A video shows how to solve a sample problem. [0:29] A set...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Challenging Problems About Capacity in Liters Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are presented with word problems involving metric capacity that they must read carefully in order to answer the questions. An...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Selecting the Correct Addition Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This video describes how to find the addition problem that does fit for the solution given in the question. The video is followed by a series of practice questions...