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Comparing Seeds

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the process of growing plants from seeds. In this hands-on science experiment, students observe different seeds (store bought vs. those directly from food items) and predict growing patterns.
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Picture Dictionary

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create picture dictionaries to encourage the development of letter-sound recognition. For this alphabet project, students cut out pictures from magazines and glue them onto tagboard, and then write the name of the picture below...
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Learning About Maps

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners investigate the many uses and features of maps and globes and locate where they live on both. For this map lesson, student play a travel game and create their own maps to explore states, continents, countries, and islands.
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Discovering the World Virtually

For Teachers K - 12th
Students experience world adventures through the internet. In this technology lesson, students use a suggested internet site and explore each expedition. Students can virtually travel such lands as China.
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Enhancing Friendships Through Photography

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students connect with pen pals through photography. In this digital photography lesson, students create photo booklets to share with pen pals. Students correspond with their pen pals throughout the school year. Students also create...
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Tin Can Sculpture

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create art from recycled materials. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their own tin can artwork.
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Jail House Rock

For Teachers K - 8th
Students with disabilities are provided with a dance experience. This could be done as an inclusion activity. They dance to Jail House Rock by Elvis Presley.
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Jump the River

For Teachers K
Students practice the skills of jumping and landing while emphasizing swinging the arms when jumping, and landing in a balanced position without falling.
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Kick Far

For Teachers K
Students practice the skill of kicking a ball.
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Throw Hard

For Teachers K
Students practice the skill of throwing overhand.
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Fun with Food: Hola Jalapeno

For Teachers K - 1st
Students engage in an at-home lesson on language. It contains components that address Adult Education/ESOL, and age appropriate activities for Toddler, Preschool and School aged Students. Adults reinforce steps to prepare tacos in...
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Fold a Paper House

For Teachers K - 5th
Students make a folded paper model of a Korean thatched roof house, label its parts and color it appropriately.
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Chrysanthemum Sound Boards

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen and match sounds such as rhyming, beginning, ending and vowel sounds to build phonemic awareness.
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What Bees Eat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students consider the concept that plants and animals are dependent on one another and role-play the interaction between bees and flowers. They identify crops that are dependent on pollination by bees.
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Let it Grow!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explain the relationship of plants and animals in the environment. They name the basic requirements for plant growth and define the terms photosynthesis, stomata, chlorophyll and xylem.
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Bears Odd Bears Even

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to a read aloud of Harriet Ziefert's Bears Odd Bears Even. They count cubes and counters to classify and show numbers as odd or even.
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Beginning Addition

For Teachers K
Students examine the concept of addition by adding two one-digit numbers whose sum is less than ten. They count and add goldfish crackers together, chorally repeating each problem.
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All About Me: My Senses

For Teachers K
Students explore the world around them and identify their five senses and the parts of their bodies that are associated with each sense.
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Bodhidharma/Daruma Doll Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study Japanese Daruma dolls and the Legend of Bodhidharma. They create their own Daruma Dolls.
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What is My Favorite Apple?

For Teachers K
Students decide on their favorite apple and together make a graph.
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The Greedy Triangle - Group Activity

For Teachers K
Students explore different shapes and identify them. They make a community map using triangles, rectangles, circles, ovals, squares, pentagons, and hexagons.
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The Great Kapok Tree - Economic Impact of Deforestation

For Teachers K - 7th
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry. They, in groups, research the economic impacts of deforestation in areas with rain forest and identify resources that humans use from the rain forest.
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Character Education - Self Respect, Respect for Others

For Teachers K
Students respond the story of Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes and discuss the ways in which she showed respect for herself and for others.
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Creating an Autobiography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create technology based portfolios for others to use as a pattern for assessment. They make a "Personal Autobiography Page" to start the portfolio.

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