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West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease: Making Sense of the Numbers
In an interdisciplinary exploration, trace the development of West Nile fever and Lyme diseases. Pupils discover how these diseases are contracted. They collect statistical data and analyze trends.
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Valentine Hat
Students create a valentine hat out of red construction paper and a paper towel tube. In this art lesson, students create a hat out of strips of red construction paper attached to the paper towel tube. Students glue hearts on the hat as...
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Historical Witness Social Messaging Beginning Level Activity
Students explore women in history. In this lesson about nineteenth century women, students analyze paintings looking at women and their clothing, expressions, body language, and the setting and color. Students understand how paintings...
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Dr. Seuss Lesson Plan
Students read classic children's books. In this Dr. Seuss lesson, students read the Seuss classics The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs & Ham and Horton Hears a Who. Students create models based on story characters and discuss the...
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I am Special and You are Special Too - Project Children L.E.A.D.
Eighth graders recognize what makes them special through class participation and discussion of rap music, writing a poem about themselves, and designing their own special hat while working in groups.
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Making Santas
Students construct Santas. In this holiday lesson, students demonstrate how to cut with scissors and glue with glue sticks to create their own Santas from paper and felt. Students work on developing their fine motor skills.
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Pride in Diversity - Our Similarities and Differences Make Us Strong
Students find similarities and differences between themselves and a partner using a digital photograph to illustrate them. They use Multimedia Lab to create a multi-grade interactive multimedia presentation using the digital photos,...
Smithsonian Institution
The Soldier’s Experience—Vietnam versus World War I
The Vietnam War and World War I were two very important—and different—wars. To understand the differences, and similarities, class members watch videos, examine primary source documents, and then create a newscast that examines the...
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Garbage Sack Snowman
Students create a snowman out of garbage sacks and newspaper stuffed within the garbage sacks. In this art lesson, students draw a face on the small sack and place the sacks on top of each other like a snowman. Students then dress the...
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Story Hour with Lincoln
Students explore the life of Abraham Lincoln. In this Abraham Lincoln lesson, students create a Lincoln beard and hat to wear. Students view the penny and discuss why he was chosen to be pictured on the penny. Students create Lincoln...
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Expressing Emotions through Art Lesson 4—Everybody Celebrates
Young scholars create a celebratory hat after viewing images of artwork depicting people celebrating an event. In this artistic perception lesson plan, students discover why people celebrate their accomplishments and how to express...
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Science Charades
Students dramatize the wonderful world of nature, without making a sound. For this early childhood creative thinking lesson, students dramatize different aspects of nature to develop creative thinking, reading, memory, and motor skills.
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CULTURAL COMPARISON OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND PILGRIMS
First graders explore the practices and products of the two cultures. They build log cabins and teepees or Hogans, make costumes, use vocabulary and Native American symbols to write stories, create art products such as pinch pots and...
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American Indians Heritage Series: The Tlingit's
Students study the Native American culture of the Tlingits and discuss relevant information regarding their way of life. Students create their own musical Tlingit rattles using toilet paper rolls and rice. They make and decorate their...
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Soil Recipe
Young scholars examine the components of soil. They work together to use different materials to create their own soil. They make their own dirt cake as well.
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Fabulous Felines: Keeping Cats Safe
Students discover ways to protect their pets. In this animal safety lesson, students role-play as pet "safety officers" and discuss how to make sure cats avoid dangers in the home. Students complete many pet safety worksheets and...
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Behind the Cover
Young scholars develop questions they would have liked to ask an author about their written works. They read an article about their forefathers and research a back story to a written work of their choice. They create posters to...
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Water Cycle Boogie
Learners explore the water cycle. They learn the "Water Cycle Boogie." Students create hats to represent the different parts of the cycle and learn hand motions to go with the words of the song. Learners practice singing the song and the...
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Easter Bonnet
Students create Easter hats using paper plates, crepe paper, and heavy yarn or ribbon in this Art lesson for Pre-Kindergarten classrooms. This is ideal for the spring time and can be completed in 30 minutes. Recommended additional...
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Santa Countdown Calendar
Students draw Santa's face on white paper, add color construction paper for his hat, and use the beard section for a "countdown calender" until the end of the month in this creative December activity. Each day another cotton ball is...
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Worms and Spiders: "Critters That Crawl"
Students complete a unit of lessons on spiders and worms. They discuss worm and spider characteristics, create a garbage garden, observe worms, create gummy worm prints, read the book, 'The Very Busy Spider,' and construct a spider and...
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Snow Man Circles
Students use three circles, glitter,and glue to create a snowman. In this snowman lesson, students discuss weather and create a snowman. Students add a hat, gloves, and scarf.
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Standing Snowmen
Students practice their arts and crafts by creating Christmas projects. In this holiday lesson, students utilize construction paper, glue and scissors to create a 2-D image of a snowman. Students create 2 more snowmen and glue the...
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Witches' Pots
Learners make a Halloween project and then write the procedure on how to make the witch.