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Puzzle Trees

For Teachers K - 4th
Elementary artists use a collage and multi-media technique to create textured trees. They study the fall trees, discussing texture and what bare trees look like. They then use a variety of materials to create a textural piece. 
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Nature Walk

For Teachers K
Students participate in a mini field trip around the neighborhood to observe nature and changes that are occurring during fall. They collect leaves of various colors, shapes and sizes on their trip. Upon return to the classroom, they...
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Literary Response and Analysis

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the archetype of 'the fall' in Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this literary analysis activity, students work in tiered learning groups to analyze the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Students use the book of Genesis as...
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Simplified Vertical Rebound Testing

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students participate in a lab activity in which they examine a simple energy transformation system. Students test the rebound of elastomers, produce rebound data, and determine the kinetic energy transformed by the impact of a free...
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Leaf Prints

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Creating art from nature teaches learners how to appreciate the world around them while allowing them to practice artistic techniques. After observing and choosing fall leaves from outside, they create leaf prints. They press the painted...
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Lesson 2: Timber Harvesting Methods and Logging Methods

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Whereas very few learners study this topic, this lesson plan is written well! An organized and detailed teaching outline explains thinning, clearcutting, seed tree, and shelterwood methods of harvesting timber. Beautiful diagrams can be...
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Cutting athletics = cutting scholarship chances

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students collect financial statements from the district and find out what, if anything,is cut from athletics. Students investigate how many hope to use athletic scholarships next fall. Students interview students, their parents and...
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Plot of a Short Story (SMART Board)

For Teachers 8th
Help your pupils track the plot of a short story with this SMART Board activity. Using the short story "The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner (though the instructional activity would work with any other short story), they define the...
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Writing Session: Writing a Summary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The similarities and differences between academic and everyday summaries/abstracts are explored in this PowerPoint. After reading "Historiographic Reflection on Israel’s Origins: The Rise and Fall of the Patriarchal Age,” and abstracts...
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The Four Seasons

For Teachers K - 3rd
In spring the flowers bloom, summer is hot, fall is full of colorful leaves, and winter is cold and snowy. If this sounds like your area of the country, then this presentation would be great for helping you describe each season and its...
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The Roman Empire

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Experience the power of the Roman Empire in this presentation, which takes viewers through the Caesar, Julio-Claudian, and Flavian Dynasties. Details and maps help to make the rapid rise of this kingdom more understandable, and an...
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Personification

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The meaning of personification is the focus of this language arts presentation. Upper elementary writers are exposed to the concept of personification, then practice implementing the technique by adding color to the sentence, "Leaves are...
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Plot Structure PowerPoint Presentation

For Teachers 8th - 12th
A plot diagram helps readers visualize the structure of a story. Here’s a presentation that expands upon the traditional diagram and examines plot components (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) as well as...
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US Geography Landmark Commercial

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Experience famous geographical landmarks around the United States right from the comfort of your very own classroom. Learners research national landmarks, such as the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls, and then...
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Poetic Sound Devices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As part of a study of poetic devices, kids are asked to identify the assonance, consonance, and alliteration found in a series of lines of poetry, and then identify the rhyme scheme and the types of rhyme found in Poe's "Annabel Lee,"...
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Building Fiction: Elements of a Short Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and interpret the elements found in a short story. Then they identify the elements of plot found in a short story. Students also apply knowledge of plot to an original work of fiction. Finally, they identify the...
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Where the Water Falls

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students investigate interrelationships between flowing water and topography within a watershed. They interpret maps of the area, model a watershed, predict a runoff path and communicate water quality information.
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Fall Treasures: Pumpkin Puzzles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this early childhood pumpkin math puzzles worksheet, students cut out the 12 pumpkins labeled with numbers and the droplet puzzle pieces. Students then match the droplet pieces and pumpkin pieces that match.
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Fall Treasures: Scarecrow/Pumpkin Emergent Reader

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this early childhood fall activity emergent reader booklet worksheet, students cut out the 11 pages and construct a pumpkin counting booklet that may be read again and again.
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Fall Treasures: Scarecrow/Pumpkin Emergent Reader 2

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood fall activity emergent reader booklet worksheet, students cut out the 11 pages and construct a pumpkin counting booklet that may be read again and again. Students provide pumpkin illustrations based on the numbers...
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Fall Treasures: Candy Corn Emergent Reader

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood fall activity emergent reader booklet learning exercise, students cut out the 10 pages and construct a candy corn alphabet booklet that may be read again and again.
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Fall Literacy Activity: Nuts to you

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students actively listen to the book Nuts To You and learn facts about squirrels. In this squirrels instructional activity, students listen to the book, and discuss what they learned after.
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Trace and Color: Pumpkin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this fall-themed coloring worksheet, students color the picture of a pumpkin and then practice printing the word pumpkin by tracing the dotted lines.
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Observing Fall Migrants

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils observe the migration of monarch butterflies. They collect data regarding the number of monarchs they see, the location, the butterflies' behavior, the temperature and the date and time. Then they send their data to a university...

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