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Friends on the Farm

For Teachers 1st
Young farmers explore the world of farm animals. They are introduced to a variety of animals, what their role is, how many legs they have, and what sounds they make. Worksheets and websites embedded in the plan are used to carry it out....
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Farm Animals Thematic Unit

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Student study farm animals by watching a teacher made PowerPoint presentation and visiting a farm. They research a farm animal with teacher assistance. They design a book about the animals using available technology and orally present...
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Let's Go to the Farm!

For Teachers K - 1st
Discover the animals which live on a farm through listening to a story about farm animals and conduct a simple research. Youngsters will create a class Web site about farm animals and provide information about each animal.
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Farm Animals ABC Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read and examine various books and websites on farm animals and farm life, then create a class farm ABC book. Each student is responsible for one page in the book.
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students complete various activities to investigate  farm animals. For this farm animals lesson, students sing the song 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm,' and listen to sounds farm animals make. Students color pictures for farm animals and...
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Soil, Designing the Small Farm of the Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the history of farming. In this environmental farming lesson, students explore the web and complete a variety of activities in order to understand the necessity of local, sustainable, and small farms for the future....
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A New Candidate for Animal Farm

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create an advertising campaign in which a candidate from Animal Farm will run for an upcoming election. In this follow-up activity to George Orwell's Animal Farm lesson, students explore propaganda, rhetoric, and satire as they...
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Animals and Environments

For Teachers K
Students listen to stories and identify animals and their young.  In this animals instructional activity, students view videos about farm animals and create illustrations to show how animal babies change over time.  Students...
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WHO CARES FOR THE LAND?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the importance of natural resources. They are given copies of the story, "Who Cares For The Land," and students follow along as the teacher reads it. Students identify the key points in the story. (Soil, water and air...
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Farm Animals ABC Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create an ABC book. In this language arts lesson, students create a page for an ABC book authored an illustrated by the class.
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Harvesting Mosaics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use pieces of farm pictures to investigate the elements of art.  In this farm art lesson, students use pieces of pictures to create an original artwork. Students use the Internet to find images.  Students create a...
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The Farm/Prairie

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore what people do on the farm/prairie and the importance of the farm/prairie to our lives. Students read books and look at pictures to study about the different aspects of farming. Learners create a mural and write a...
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Amazing Animals

For Teachers K - 8th
Students, in beginning and advanced beginning ESL levels, use English in an animal lesson.
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Food and You

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify why humans are dependent on natural resources and the problems associated with their use and demonstrate how humans affect their environment. They also describe the different components and natural resources that go...
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My Farm Web

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore agriculture by viewing video clips in class. In this farm animal lesson, 3rd graders identify the animals mostly eaten that come from farms and the types of food they consume before they are eaten by us. Students...
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Baa, Ram, Ewe.... Sheep Tales

For Teachers K
Students explore animal characteristics by reading animal stories in class. In this sheep habitat instructional activity, students identify the uses for sheep in our agricultural based society and the importance of wool in our economy....
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Down on the Farm

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners are introduced to a map of an Illinois farm. They determine whether the map is of the past, present, or future by looking at features on the map. They also use the map to make a three-dimensional model.
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Wild Or Domestic?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discuss differences between wild and domestic animals. They list animals on chart paper, and then cut out pictures from magazines to create large collage showing wild and domestic animals.
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I Am An Animal: Where Do I Live?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students make an alphabet booklet using the computer to find pictures and facts about farm animals, zoo animals and pets. They write facts about the animals: where they live, what they eat, their coloring, etc.
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I Wear My Genes Inside Out: The Genetic Characteristics of Animals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars create mixed breed dogs using paper illustrations of various breeds. They label dogs created by students using the Genetics Center and discuss the aspects of genetics that affect the outcome of the various projects.
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Our Class Band

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students play percussion instruments that have been divided into four groups and perform to 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm'. In this percussion performance instructional activity, students identify percussion instruments divided into four...
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The Cox and Gossner Family Histories

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders investigate the relationship between physical geography and Utah's settlement , land use, and economy.  In this Geography lesson, 11th graders examine the interrelationship between Utah's climate.  Students...
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Heartfelt/Handmade Activities: Genre Painting

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars examine genre painting. They explore the Illinois State Museum website, identify how genre paintings were composed, analyze the activities of an Illinois farm in the 1850s, and create a genre painting of current everyday...
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Pets

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in an after school program that promotes making decisions, getting along with others, decision-making, and being responsible. A pet survey is administered along with a variety of pet riddles with the students. They...