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Summer Activities: Let's Try Bubble Blowing!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students observe as the teacher blows bubbles from a large bubble pipe in order to take note of the colors and sizes of the bubbles. For this bubble blowing lesson, students experiment with a variety of bubble-blowing objects,...
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Proud to Be Me Mobile

For Teachers K - 2nd
Student create mobiles to promote self-awareness and discovery. In this creative hands-on mobile lesson, students use large star patterns to create a mobile that reflects a theme they've chosen, representing something about themselves....
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How They Get Building Materials Out of the Ground

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students experience a virtual quarry. In this science musical lesson plan, students understand how materials are quarried and manufactured from rocks, musically interpret a quarrying sequence with untuned musical instruments, and...
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Microscopes

For Teachers 7th
In this microscopes worksheet, 7th graders read information about microscopes and how they work. Students then complete several questions about the passage. Students study the diagram of a microscope using the letter definitions.
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Buggy Diner

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe different insects and the different kinds of foods they like to eat. In this insects lesson plan, the teacher collects insects and different plants and roots. Then the students learn about those insects and have to be...
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Using Symmetry to Create a Community Quilt

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a class "quilt" made of paper. In this hands-on symmetry lesson, students fold paper to create symmetrical figures then work in groups to color quilt patches that will form together to make a symmetrical class quilt.
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Air and Air Pressure

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore air and air pressure. In this science lesson plan, students find air and discover that it takes up space, has weight, and exerts pressure as they complete an activity.
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Johnny Be Good: Earth Day

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars draw a picture of Johnny Appleseed doing something good for the environment. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students listen to a book about Johnny Appleseed and demonstrate their understanding of philanthropy by drawing...
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Energy Conversion in Electricity – Resistors and Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore electrical energy. In this electricity lesson, students design and build a large circuit in order to determine whether circuit size correlates with the light of a bulb.
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3-D Magnetic Field

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils create a magnetic field.  In this investigative lesson students design their own magnetic field so that they can see how magnetism and electricity work.
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The Star of My Show

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students recognize how they are stars in their own rights. In this language arts lesson, students consider their personal achievements as they make a star mobile that includes written life event highlights.
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Modeling the Seasons

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the seasons and their attributes. In this geography lesson, students create a 3-D model of the Earth that showcases the elliptical travel of the Earth that causes seasons.
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Soil in My Food Web

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explain the role of soil in the food web. In this agriculture lesson, students create a food web identifying how all items relate to soil, young scholars play a game showing how interconnected the food web is, and they...
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Cheeseburger Food Groups

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Pupils use a cheeseburger to demonstrate knowledge of the food groups. In this healthy eating instructional activity, students learn about the food groups by investigating the different parts of a cheeseburger. The pupils create a model...
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Bird Feeding and Migration Observation

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students research bird migration and build a bird house. For this bird lesson plan, students research the birds in their area and where they migrate to. They also build their own bird house and record data on what kinds of birds come to...
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Volcanoes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study volcanoes. In this volcanoes activity, students read several volcano paragraphs and study the pictures or diagrams. Students then make an erupting volcano, complete website research about volcanoes, and answer several...
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Biodome

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils make a biodome out of a recycled soda bottle. In this biodome lesson plan, students make a self contained environment for a plant to grow and watch the plants growth.
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Identify your bunk!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify their bunk bed at summer camp by decorating it. In this bunk bed lesson plan, students get materials such as glue, twigs, and noodles to write their name and identify their bunk.
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Tin Can Sculpture

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create art from recycled materials. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their own tin can artwork.
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Physics: Light and Sound

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concepts of light waves and sound waves. In this physics lesson plan, students complete activities that require them to investigate how light and sound waves travel.
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Paper Modeling: Volcanoes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students build volcanoes. In this visual arts lesson plan, students use various materials to create paper model volcanoes.
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Reinforced Concrete Bridges

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Students analyze bridge designs and functions.  In this reinforced bridge lesson plan students brainstorm bridge ideas, divide into teams and give an oral presentation to the class to show them their bridge design. 
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Canine Companions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students become pet "safety officers." In this pet safety lesson, students examine pet hazards as they complete activity worksheets and discuss household hazards to dogs.
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Cranes, Crosswalks, and Big Gulps

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students watch a video and answer questions based on wildlife jobs. In this wildlife lesson plan, students learn that biologists don't just play with animals but that there is a lot of study involved.

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