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Celebrating Diversity
Learners gain a better understanding about cultures. They find similarities and differences between cultures. Various resources ranging from web sites to trade books to email addresses of people are provided. This lesson incorporates...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Islands
Fourth graders complete a variety of exercises as they study the creation, history, and geography of the Mississippi coastal islands. They discover the natuaral forces that act on the islands and how these forces affect the habitats and...
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Jazzing Up the Classroom
Tune-up mundane subjects with some lively jazz for a cross-currricular kick!
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Rendezvous
Fourth graders research the Rendezvous. They then set up bartering stations for students from other classes to visit.
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MAKE A PINATA
Students create a sculpture with a theme using a balloon and flour and water paste.
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Bug Jars
Students explore symmetry. Students observe a variety of bug and plant drawings, then draw a bug jar. Students observe bugs from the top of the jar for a symmetrical view, and the side of the jar for an asymmetrical view. ...
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Getting to Know Me: Adventures in Self-Expression
Invite students to understand themselves and share their discoveries with autobiographical art activities.
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Study of an Artist
Fourth graders research an artist, write a short report and do an oral presentation.
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Making Masks
Young scholars create paper masks linking the function and purpose of masks in the past, with modern life.
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Decades
Students work cooperatively to research the people, places, events, and things that represent their assigned decade. They creatively, write and present ten minute dramatizations of information about their assigned decade.
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Upgrading Hubble
Students investigate the Hubble telescope's role in astrophysics research. They complete a Webquest, watch a video, view Hubble photographs, play online games, answer discussion questions, and evaluate newspaper articles about optics.
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Chinese Shadow Puppets
Young scholars explore the art of Chinese shadow puppetry. They create puppets, develop and rehearse scripts and perform a show in front of the class.