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Dress Up a Horse
Walk, trot, gallop! Young equestrians have an opportunity to learn all about horses with an engaging resource that lets them select tack to dress up a horse, create flip books that illustrate the various gates, have questions answered by...
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Designer Colors, an Inquiry Approach to Flame Testing
Learners investigate the spectroscopic colors unique to elements, and to use this information to create a specific color. They follow a detailed schematic to produce a spectroscpoe to be used in the testing.
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Colors, Colors Everywhere
Students mix red, yellow, and blue frosting together to produce secondary colors. Pupils are shown that all colors are made from mixing primary colors of paint together. They discuss the color wheel and spread the "paint" icing on...
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Drawing with Thread
After a study of work by Wassily Kandinski, have your aspiring artists recreate "Drawing with Yarn." It was one of his works made in 1913 that demonstrates his abstract style. What a beautiful work of art to make with your class!
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No Name Calling Week
The lessons learned during No Name Calling Week can last throughout the year.
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Past, Present and Future Through the Eyes of Long Jakes
Even the littlest learners can become art historians if they have the right training. For the lesson, your preschoolers discuss the piece Long Jakes as they point out all the details they notice. They discuss what mountains and mountain...
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Using Vegetation, Precipitation, and Surface Temperature to Study Climate Zones
Using NASA's Live Access Server, earth scientists compare the temperature, precipitation, and normalized difference vegetation index for four different locations. They use the data to identify the climate zone of each location using...
Dick Blick Art Materials
Torn Metal Collage
The work of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt is used to inspire kids to create their own mixed media works. Although designed for the special education classroom, the activity is sure to inspire all kids.
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The Natural Exponential Function
Ready to apply the concepts related to the natural exponential equations and logarithmic equations? A math lesson reviews concepts from inverse properties to solving to derivatives and integrals.
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Chemistry: Classifying Materials
Middle schoolers classify materials. In this chemistry lesson plan, students examine the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Middle schoolers discover the elements, compounds, and chemical symbols.
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Windowsill Gardening: Food From Sunlight
For this windowsill gardening food from sunlight worksheet, students research photosynthesis, write about it, observe and record sunlight at home as it relates to the needs of a plant.
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What's Your Impression?
Students paint landscapes. In this Impressionism lesson, students explore the history behind the Impressionist Movement in art and paint their own impressionist piece inspired by a nearby landscape.
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Commonly Asked Questions on Vision and Color Perception
Students commonly ask question about vision and color perception which may be difficult to answer without taking. They use this module that contains a list of questions which often arise when biology students are studying the nervous...
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Introduction to Minerals
Students discuss rocks and other earth materials made up of minerals. They identify minerals by means of their more obvious physical properties such as hardness, luster, color, streak, cleavage and fracture. They arrange a given set of...
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Mineral Madness Crossword
In this earth science worksheet, students find the missing vocabulary words related to the minerals of the earth found in the crust layers.
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STAINED GLASS IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE GREETING CARD
Students research the history of stained glass and Mother's Day. They practice mixing colors related to the artistic style of impressionism.Students also research the concept of landscape and how the impressionist artists used them.
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Mineral Properties
In this earth science worksheet, students look at the properties that are common to identifying minerals and the types of observations one can make.
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Strong Chemistry
Young scholars research and create a poster about a gemstone. In this mineral properties lesson, students view a video about diamonds. They discuss the properties of minerals and choose a gemstone to research and create a poster.
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Sun and Moon Poetry Baskets
Students write Sun and Moon poetry. In this poetry lesson, students research the sun and the moon. They write poetry and create two class baskets for descriptive words about each.
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The Moon
Learners design and build an ideal lunar settlement. In this astronomy lesson, students identify the key features of the moon. They compare its environmental condition with the Earth's.
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Sea Ice and Satellites
Young scholars study satellites and satellite images using Google Earth. In this satellite instructional activity, students discuss satellites and how they work. Young scholars watch a demonstration of how satellites work and learn what...
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Fairly Simple Mineral Identification Exercise
Students perform simple field tests on a variety of minerals and use their results and a given data chart to determine which mineral each specimen is.
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Vocab Quiz: Grade One Vocabulary List One
For this vocabulary worksheet, students read 15 words in a list and draw lines to match them to the definitions in another column. Words are common sight words.
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Creative Glass Casting
Students carve clay and create glass art. For this glass casting lesson plan, students use a kiln to fire up clay and make glass into the clay sculpture they created.