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Desert Xeriscaping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners recognize native species of desert vegetation while examining the need for water conservation. They design and create a xeriscape landscape using a variety of materials.
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Build A Model of the Water Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and describe the steps in the water cycle. They discover the sun as the source of the cycle. They work together to create their own water cycle model.
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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The Role of Dragons in Chinese Culture

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars discuss the concept of symbolism in China and America and create their own "dragon boats" for evaluation and display. This Art lesson can be easily integrated into an elementary unit on China.
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Iconography: Art and Literature

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discover the main subjects and objects of Buddhist art and how symbolism in the Arts can enhance the artistic elements. The instructional activity concludes with the creation of student works using iconography.
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Who Works in This Forest?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the variety of jobs that are related to working in the forest. Information on the different jobs is provided in this lesson plan for the teacher to share with the students. The students create a collage using magazines...
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From Ground to Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore groundwater and issues relating to groundwater. They discus the problems involving groundwater. Students write a newspaper story addressing groundwater problems. They create a comic strip addressing groundwater...
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Dirt Alert

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the environment and effects of pollution. They participate in a "Dirt Alert" scavenger game to study vocabulary words. Students construct a soil simulator to visually illustrate the negative effects on the environment of...
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No magic borders

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss what they have heard about pollution. They explore the purposes and limitations of political boundaries and borders and identify some of the causes and effects of pollution.
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The Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how weather conditions and phenomena occur and how they can be predicted. They complete an internet search. Students create a weather fact sheet over a selected weather phenomenon.
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Animal Habitats

For Teachers K
Students study the word habitat and its meaning. They also identify that in order for something to be classified as a habitat there needs to be the proper shelter, food, water, and space.
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Children of the Earth and Sky

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the culture and traditions of Native Americans. After reading "Children of the Earth and Sky," students discuss the lives of Native American children in relation to their own. They create replicas of Hopi...
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The Web of Life

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners describe the importance of having a balance ecosystem. After a brief lecture, students give an explanation of the properties of an ecosystem. They create a web, using yarn which shows how the various members of the ecosystem are...
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Sights and Sounds with Spot

For Teachers 1st
First graders view an animated picture on a Web site. Creatively they decide which objects to add to the picture for flair. In addition, sentences are written to describe what they see and hear in the picture they helped to create.
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Science: A Tree for All Seasons

For Teachers K
Students observe trees in their schoolyard and record the seasonal changes by drawing pictures. For this ongoing lesson, they discover the names of the seasons and place green paper leaves on a paper tree in the classroom, which are also...
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Outdoor Art

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create art projects outside. In these outdoor art lesson plans, students use items in nature to enhance their creativity. They are encouraged to paint rocks, use fences for collages, weave sticks/feathers through picket fences,...
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Shop projects Summer Smile Program

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the list of products available to make and choose at least 2.  For this project lesson students pick and choose their own projects to create in a shop class.
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Mud Painting

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students invent mud mixtures to paint with. In this mud painting lesson, students experiment with different mixtures to develop the perfect mud paint. Students paint a picture.
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Weather Symbols

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study weather symbols. In this weather symbols instructional activity, students review the symbols for cold, warm, and stationary fronts. Students use a weather map to study the weather symbols, complete a weather illustration...
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Clouds as Art: Torn Paper Landscape

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a torn paper landscape and use it to study clouds. In this cloud study and art lesson, students make a background art image from torn paper. Students create a torn paper landscape and use cotton balls to illustrate...
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Crickets on the Hearth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate how crickets behave in cold temperatures. In this life science lesson, students explain the beneficial and harmful effect of pests. They research ways to properly manage them.
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African Village

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create and decorate an African Heritage home. In this art lesson, students research different African homes and then create one using a box decorating the home using crayons or markers.
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Circle Seats

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create large shapes to sit on during circle time. In this art lesson, students cut and decorate the shapes.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students play the role of scientists testing for water quality in the area. In this ecology lesson, students determine the water sample's pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. They write a journal reflection after the activity.

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