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Picture This!

For Teachers 1st
First graders watch the teacher model how to draw pictures and write words in a First, Next, Then, Last - 4 block graphic organizer. They write and draw in their own 4 block papers.
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Ordering the Alphabet

For Teachers 1st
First graders copy words onto index cards. They glue the index cards onto a large sheet of paper in alphabetical order.
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Adopt a Manatee

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in a writing activity about manatees and use e-mail to contact representatives about important issues. This would be a very exciting, and meaningful lesson for a first grade writer!
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Frisbee Keep-Away

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students already knowing how to throw a frisbee try to make a number of offense catches before the defense makes another number of catches. Teacher should be making suggestions to help students during game.
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Haunted House

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice overhand throwing using a Halloween theme.
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Five Little Pumpkins Rolled Out of Sight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners demonstrate proper overhand throwing form, tossing their ball towards a cone and trying to knock a mini plastic pumpkin off of the cone.
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Sonya Clark

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students make a hat that symbolizes special things about them after they explore hats from around the world and see those created by Sonya Clark.
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Canvas Transformations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students transform the content of paintings currently in the collection hanging in the Utah Fine Arts Museum by using the four theatre techniques of storytelling, kinetics images, soundscapes, and ritual building.
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Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils, using the Internet to research the different types of energy that people use, prepare a slideshow presentation with their research.
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Planetary Cereal Project

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders decorate an empty cereal box with information and games showing their comprehension of factual information about an assigned planet. This is a nice, creative lesson about the solar system.
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Simple Machines Internet Research

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars identify six types of simple machines, then use the Internet for research.
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Indoor Snowball Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate the skill of throwing a ball overhand in a game situation. They throw and catch yarn balls across a volleyball net, retrieving the balls that are not caught and throwing them back.
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The Magic School Bus Lost in Space

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils identify the planets by making two models of the Solar System. They create a model that shows the order of the planets and a model that shows the planets sizes as compared to one another. They may write about the planet they like...
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Dew Point

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate saturation conditions and measure the dew point. They conduct an experiment, record data on a worksheet, and measure the dew point in the experiment.
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Thunderstorms

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the attraction between two different charges to investigate lightning in a thunderstorm. They complete an experiment and a worksheet.
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Free Radicals Attack!!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review and practice soccer dribbling/ball handling skills while studying basic concepts of how free radicals and antioxidants affect the body. As the molecules move throughout the space with their electron, the free radicals...
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Christmas Shopping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in teams in teams of two and they have a hula hoop which represents their shopping bag and two hockey sticks to gather presents. They use the other side of the gym that has bean bags and fleece balls, which are scattered...
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Teaching English

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use a word web to study about the different grammar components. They use the diagram with nouns, pronouns, suffixes, prefixes, compound words, and other examples for an interesting way to study about English.
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Bridge Building

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore bridges and how they are constructed. After reviewing materials on bridges, they work in groups to record their findings. They design and construct a bridge using K'NEX or straws and predict which bridge will hold the...
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Publishing With Photos!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written. 
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Pride in Diversity - Our Similarities and Differences Make Us Strong

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils find similarities and differences between themselves and a partner using a digital photograph to illustrate them. They use Multimedia Lab to create a multi-grade interactive multimedia presentation using the digital photos,...
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Box of Mystery

For Teachers All
Students are given a box and wrapping paper and are asked to decorate it in a style that is original and creative. The project could be used for content area learning if adapted to include curriculum content. The instructional activity...
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Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this noun worksheet, learners review the definition and examples of nouns. Students then complete the sentences using a noun from the list.
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Noun Fill In

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this noun usage worksheet, students review the definition of nouns and some examples. Students then complete the sentence with the noun from the word choices.