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The Sun
In this earth science worksheet, 3rd graders go outside on a day that has both sun and clouds. They explain, without looking at the sun, how they can tell when the sun is hidden by clouds. They look at pictures that show the sun shining...
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Outdoor Observation
Students use observation materials to record what they find outdoors. In this senses lesson plan, students use their five senses to observe things outside. They use a clipboard, pencil, crayons, magnifying glass, and their senses to find...
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Teach it to me - Seasonal Calendar
Students document the weather. In this seasons instructional activity, students study the weather, record the temperature outside and photograph what the weather conditions look like. All information gathered by the students will be made...
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Hidden Values
Learners split geode rocks to see that they are beautiful inside. In this geodes lesson plan, students split the geodes and talk about how they have beautiful insides just like people, even if the outsides aren't that pretty.
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Save the Earth: It's Everyone's Home!
Pupils complete activities to become more aware of environmental issues and the effect on plants and animals. In this environmental issues instructional activity, students use a globe to discuss issues with the environment. Pupils then...
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Let's Clean Up Our Act and the Earth!
Students complete activities that help clean up the Earth and protect the environment. In this Earth protection lesson plan, students go outside and listen to the environment. Students discuss their observations and their role in...
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Energetic Atoms - Active & Spaced Out
Students discover the power of the sun through an outdoor experiment. In this solar power lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation on atoms before they complete an atom worksheet. Students utilize a solar bag to...
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The Inuksuk: Symbolism and Cultural Identity Lesson Plan
Students create their own inuksuk (stone formation). In this Inuit lesson, students discuss the culture of the people and the symbolism behind their inuksuks. They create their own stone formation from outside materials.
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Radian, The Snowman
In this snowman worksheet, students label points on a circle with radian measures. They identify the coordinates of the points outside the circle. Students decorate the snowman. This one-page worksheet contain 1...
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Icy Sun Catcher
Students fill the tray half full with water. In this art lesson, students lay the string in the tray and add little bits of little items. Students lay the tray outdoors on a cold winter night so that the water freezes. What is frozen...
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Triangular Puzzle
In this middle school mathematics activity, learners solve a puzzle in which each number outside of a triangle is the product of the pair of adjacent numbers inside of the triangle. The one page activity contains one problem. Answers are...
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Clouds
Students read books, cut out shapes, and more to learn about clouds. For this clouds lesson plan, students go outside and look at cloud shapes and voice what they see.
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Puberty and Growing Up - a workshop for youth
Students examine the changes that happen to the body during puberty. For this puberty and growing up lesson, students describe the basic physical changes that occur to the body during puberty. Students identify the physical...
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Build the Arctic Tundra
Learners build a model of biome in order to comprehend the abiotic and biotic factors that are prevalent in a biome. For this hands on building lesson, students use a box to build a biome. . Learners decorate the inside and...
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Erosion and Deposition
Fifth graders study the processes of erosion, transportation, and deposition in soil. They walk outside the school to see examples and then accurately create a physical model which shows each type of soil movement and allows them to...
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Concurrence
In this concurrence worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different problems related to determining various concurrences. First, they determine which type of triangle has two altitudes outside of it. Then, students determine the distance...
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Simplifying Radicals
In this radicals activity, 9th graders solve and complete 15 different problems that include simplifying a number of radical expressions. First, they factor the expression under the radical sign to its prime factors. Then, students take...
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Conducting the "Orchestra": How to Implement the Maestro
Students work as a team member to produce a newspaper. In this newspaper production lesson plan, students understand the role that each staff member plays in the production of a publication as they demonstrate commitment to...
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Make a Snowflake
Learners study the design of snowflakes. In this snow lesson, students discover the different shapes of a snowflake, and their similarities. Learners study snowflakes outside, then create their own with popsicle sticks...
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Adventures in Alice
Students create a haiku and illustrate it on the computer. For this haiku lesson plan, students review the history of the haiku while they are outside and then write their own. Students then use a computer program to illustrate their poem.
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Circle, Secants
Pupils identify the secant segment of a circle. For this geometry lesson, students investigate secant lines formed outside the circle. They use Cabri software to create drawings and explore circles and secants.
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Creative Thinking Cards
In this creativity worksheet, students use imagination to think of different uses for each of 8 common objects. Students tell how they could use a bell, toaster, pencil, drum, clock, seashell, fan and strawberry. The worksheet does not...
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Protein Folding Exploring
The potential energy of peptides varies over time as they fold. An exploratory simulation encourages pupils to play with various strands of amino acids to observe the folding and potential energy levels. Young scientists generate all...
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Creativity Exercise - Describe the Sky
Scholars stretch their writing muscles with an exercise that asks them to describe the sky using similes and metaphors.