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Grooming Is A Good Thing

For Teachers K
Students construct fly traps, collect house flies, and observe the flies grooming. They compare/contrast the fly's grooming techniques with their own. They develop a good grooming habits chart.
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The Circus Train

For Teachers K
Students study the safety message "Stay Back from tracks and trains!" students count animals and train cars, and repeat The Circus Train poem
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Birds of a Feather

For Teachers K
Students investigate birds and complete a variety of bird-themed activities. They read books and observe birds noting their physical characteristics, development and life cycle stages.
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Where Does the Green Go?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate why green leaves change colors in the fall. They press leaves and write a poem, create a chlorophyll leaf print, take a nature walk, and create a leaf shape poster.
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What Do Trees Do for Dinner?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate how trees produce their own food. They examine chlorophyll cells with a microscope, analyze a cross section of a log, determine how old the tree was, simulate the distance of the roots, and create a play.
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Embrace Space

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use the internet to gather informatino about the solar system and space. In groups, they create a slideshow in which they use illustrations from the internet and include their own text. They complete the lesson by going on a...
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The Unknown Secrets of the Rain Forest

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore the rain forest and where they are located. Students examine why the rain forests are important and what is happening to them. They investigate the water cycle and life cycle of a frog. Young scholars build a rain...
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Harvest Happenings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore the history of agriculture and develop a personal connection to agriculture. Students investigate how farming practices have evolved through the years and create poetry relating to harvest.
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Our Lives and the Four Seasons

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast the four seasons. Using this information, they determine the plant, animal and environmental activities that can be enjoyed in each season. They discuss why the seasons must change and how humans adapt to them.
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Making Ice Cream

For Teachers K
Student examine the physical changes of matter and are able to describe them. They make ice cream in plastic bags to observe the changes in matter. They describe and record the changes in the ice cream mixture as it freezes.
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Does Santa Claus use the Coriolis Force to Travel East?

For Teachers K - 9th
Students are given a visual demonstration of the Coriolis Force in the Northern Hemisphere. They are encouraged to find locations around the globe and try to predict what the weather circulation patterns might be like.
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Seasons

For Teachers K
Students explore the four seasons. In this seasons lesson, students create a class tree. Students make leaves for the tree for each of the seasons. Students mark their paper into fourths and draw a picture of the seasons.
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Flight Direction

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are introduced to NASA's Connect Series and Flight Direction programs. They explore the world of aeronautics and their missions. Students receive a front role set to the concepts and skills involved with the various NASA programs.
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Let's Build

For Teachers K - 1st
Students observe and discuss a picture of Curious George building a bridge and discuss what it means to build, plan and design a project. As a class, they list things they need to do in oder to build something and explore how a compass...
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Playground Zoom

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe and draw small objects on the playground or in the classroom with and without a magnifying glass. They explore how lenses can affect the way that an object is observed from afar or remotely sensed. Afterwards, they share...
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April Showers

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this April showers worksheet, students assist a raindrop in finding the best route to get through a maze to get to the flowers. Students color the raindrop and the flowers with appropriate colors.
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My Elephant Counting Book (1 to 10)

For Students Pre-K - K
In this elephant counting book worksheet, students cut out, color and assemble a mini book with the numbers 1 to 10. Each page has a number and the corresponding pictures of elephants.
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A Teeny Tiny Counting Book

For Students K - 1st
A cute way to reinforce counting for your little learners, this activity helps students to cut out several small pages to create a small book. Each page has a number that accompanies the amount of transportation items on each page (two...
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Shapes and Tools

For Teachers K
Students learn about both geometric shapes and the importance of tools as key elements in building. In this categorizing and counting lesson, students define geometric shapes and complete a matching activity to practice using their...
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Types of Things

For Teachers K
Students explore the differences between man-made and natural objects. In this lesson designed to compare properties of objects, students differentiate between natural and man-made objects and complete an activity designed to show what...
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A Measure of Greatness

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a variety of Olympic themed activities in order to measure their results. For this measurement lesson, students participate in cotton ball shot put, paper plate discuss throw, and other events to have fun while...
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Calendar Communication

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify days, dates, and month on a calendar. In this calendar activity, students use a blank calendar page and fill in the days of the month. Students recall what they learned on specific days and record that information as well.
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Look at Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe and sort tree leaves. In this plant biology lesson, students observe various types of leaves and identify the characteristics of each leaf. Students measure and sort leaves according to size and color.
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine how to take a sample by looking at rocks in the schoolyard. In this sampling lesson, students discuss ways to classify rocks by color, size, and weight. They think about how many rocks would make a good sample of...

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