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Curated OER

The Easter Celebration

For Teachers K - 4th
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Plates, Axles, and Gears

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to the function and design of the following Lego pieces: beams, bricks, plates, axles, tires, hubs and bushings. They then work with a partner to build something using only these pieces.
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Curated OER

Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify and label parts of a plant. They will construct a plant from art material and describe the purpose of each part for the plants survival. Students author a book with pictures and words or a story about a plant.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Invent a Backscratcher from Everyday Materials

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the design process. They discuss why new products are made, examine backscratchers brought in from home and discuss why it is a useful device, and working with a partner draw and construct a backscratcher.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Big O

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate the characteristics of a community. They investigate the characteristics of the Omaha community through internet research and discussion. Students create books about their community.
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Curated OER

Engineering: Introduction to Legos

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify and examine various Lego building materials. They discover how to measure Lego blocks and cut out and paste pictures of the Legos on the Engineer's Parts List sheet.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electrical motors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate and experiement with a 9-volt motor. They will use the connecting wire and battery pack to discover fans.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing About Feelings

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use four photos of themselves or draw four pictures of themselves, each showing a different feeling.
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Lawrence Hall of Science

University of California: Lawrence Hall of Science: Howtosmile

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A free collection of math and science activities, games, and lessons that teachers can search by topic and grade level.
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Under the Sea: Grade 1 and 2

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teach your grade one and two students math, science, and research skills, through this Under the Sea unit. Curriculum objectives are included with each lesson, as well as debriefing questions for the end of the study. An extensive...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Measuring Butterflies and Caterpillars

For Teachers K Standards
Butterflies and caterpillars are the focus of this measurement lesson, integrating our math and science curriculum.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Web Resources: Math and Science Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Complete mathematical or scientific equations with online help. Wolfram offers tutorials, activities, research, computations and fun facts. Search through these various resources to find the resource specific to your need. Bring your...
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Other

Form Swift: Common Core Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Three, customizable Common Core lesson plan templates educators can create and fill out for math, science, and language arts.
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Observing Different Landforms

For Teachers K - 1st
Lesson plan with subsequent pages to use with the lesson. Images with landform word match up and additional work on earth modeling.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Nocturnal Animals Lesson #7: Spiders

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson students will learn the body parts of a spider and write addition/subtractions sentences using spiders. The class will go on a nature walk to find spiders and spider webs. Finally, the students will complete a science...
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SEDL

Sedl:paso Partners Integrating Math, Science & Language

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains a plethora of elementary bilingual education lessons and activities! Includes a curriculum plan, instructional strategies, activities, suggested teacher and student materials, and more. Each unit includes a Spanish translation!
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Teachers TryScience

Teachers Try Science: Stem Lessons and Resources for Educators

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Free and engaging lessons, along with teaching strategies and resources, which are designed to spark students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Teachers: Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A searchable database of high quality lesson plans based on National Parks. They cover all grade levels in Literacy, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Interactive Lessons Collection

For Teachers K - 1st
Interactive lessons on a range of subjects and grade levels. Each presents content from a public media production, specially tailored to the curricular needs of the classroom. All of these lessons can be used to teach English Language...
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Fundación Cientec

Ecologia Y Matematica Entretejidas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Four lesson plans in Spanish for elementary math and science class. Students are required to classify animals and make observations. Offers explanations and detail of the lessons and methodology it is based in.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Dinosaur Train

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Preschoolers get to hop on board the `Dinosaur Train' to learn about natural science, natural history and palaeontology.
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Other

Kindergarten lessons.com: Graphing Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Graphing activities for preschool and kindergarten include collecting data and organizing it in a variety of ways. There are lots of fun things to do in this area of math and the activities integrate well with science and literacy...
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Curiosity Machine provides a free, high-interest STEM lessons for students. In this lesson, students will construct a stegosaurus tail that is capable of breaking through a piece of paper. Site includes process and tips to solve design...
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Bubble Switch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Curiosity Machine provides a free, high-interest STEM lessons for students. This challenge asks students to create a bubble maze where bubbles move through several on and off switches. This site includes a place for students to document...