Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Artsy Insects

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify and describe the elements of art and principles of design by creating several different butterfly pictures that represent color, shape, texture, pattern or symmetry.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Eat And Run

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experience the dilemma deer face when they must browse for many hours daily yet also be on the alert for danger. They browse like deer, and demonstrate how deer react when danger appears.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Backyard Science the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students will use their existing outdoor expertise to help them focus on the scientific study of their five senses in stations.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Five Senses

For Students K - 1st
The Five Senses is an educational activity for kids to learn about taste, smell, vision, hearing, and touch. The lesson will introduce each of the five senses one at a time. Students will then be assessed through a multiple choice...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: My Book of Five

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will be given double-sided counters/dots to complete this activity. They will take five counters in their cupped hands (or a cup), shake them around, pour them onto the desk. Next, they count how many counters are yellow and how...
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Nibbles: Teaching Children About the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Some activities to help young children learn about their five senses.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Minnesota Tree Leaves

For Teachers K - 1st
For this biology field exercise, learners will collect leaves, describe differences seen in casual and detailed observation and give reasons for the importance of trees. Students will use their five senses to take a closer look at leaves...
Unit Plan
SEDL

Sedl: Los Cinco Sentidos

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides lesson plans and activities for Spanish speaking students learning about the 5 senses. Can be used with the English version of the lesson as well.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The Five Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
An activity where students try to identify objects using only their senses, with and without a blindfold. The lesson is also appropriate for special needs or ELL students in higher grades.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Oranges How Many Sections Are Inside?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this biology investigation students will be asked to attempt to determine how many sections exist in an orange without having peeled it. Students will work in small cooperative groups. Each group will be able to use a small magnifying...
Unit Plan
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Using Our Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan site delves into the senses of smell, touch, taste, sight, and hearing. Students will be able to describe the ways senses affect their lives and how a pediatrician uses his/her senses to examine patients.
Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Making Rain

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Your students will enjoy making their own rainstick while learning about poetry and expressing their feelings about rain. This three-part lesson gives step-by-step instructions, as well as an assessment rubric.
Activity
University of Washington

Taste: Activities, Experiments Models and More

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site has an directions for an exercise called "Tasty activities." Tasty Buds is just the first of many cool activities exploring one of the five senses. The grade levels for the activities vary so keep searching for your best fit.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Super Scientists

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Grab your science tools and explore with PBS KIDS. Through hands-on activities and exciting media that transports you to space and in the Earth, this collection will bring science to life in your classroom. These resources help students...
Activity
Teaching Treasures Publications

Teaching Treasures: Year One Timed Mental Math (Page 2)

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learners are challenged to solve ten addition or subtraction problems in less than five minutes using this interactive worksheet. Immediate feedback is given.
Activity
Teaching Treasures Publications

Teaching Treasures: Year One Timed Mental Math (Page1)

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Test your computation skills using this timed interactive worksheet. Five minutes is the time limit. Answers can be checked when finished. This short activity would be suitable for a quick assessment.
Activity
Teaching Treasures Publications

Teaching Treasures: Year One Timed Mental Math (Page 3)

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Try to solve ten addition or subtraction problems in less than five minutes using this interactive worksheet. Immediate feedback is given. A suitable tool for use as a quick assessment.
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Kindergarten Inquiry: Investigating Leaves

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will investigate leaves by using their five senses and journaling their findings in this lesson. Journal will record information in a matrix to enable students to see the how things are related.
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Kool Aid Chemistry

For Teachers K - 1st
An investigation where students learn about dilutions by studying different dilutions of kool-aid with their five senses.
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Aliki

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource site for the work of the children's author Aliki includes lesson plans and activities for students reading Corn is Maize, Painted Words, Spoken Memories, My Visit to the Zoo, My Visit to the Aquarium, and Wild and Wooly...
Activity
Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Sensory Play

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun sensory activities to do at home with the family.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Calculator Activity 5: Division [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A worksheet for practicing basic division facts and word problems using a calculator. Includes detailed examples. Acrobat Reader required.
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Other

Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers: Science Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A great resource to discover fun new activities to use in your classroom. Activities are age-appropriate, and span several science topics.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Rock Identification and Usage

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, learners explore rocks using their five senses. They sort them into groups, learn about landforms, and learn how rocks are used by humans. Their discoveries are recorded in their science notebooks.