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Clay Pot Santa And Mrs. Claus

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create clay replicas of Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in this early-elementary Art lesson for the holiday season. Directions are included for both Mrs. Claus and Santa. The lesson also includes links for more art activities using...
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Weather with Pink Snow and Other Weird Weather

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different kinds of weather. In this weather lesson, 3rd graders discover the different ways humans protect themselves from weather.  Students read the book Pink Snow and Other Weird Weather by Jennifer...
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Global Greenup

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students utilize satellite images to track the life cycle of vegetational growth over a large area. Animal migratory patterns are compared to this cycle.
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How Many Hurricanes Happen?

For Students 5th - 12th
In this hurricanes learning exercise, students use a data table showing the hurricane region and the average number of hurricanes per year to determine if the same number of hurricanes happen in each region by creating a graph. Then...
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Planting Seeds Around the World

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss the book The Lorax and research what living things need. In this environmental lesson, 1st graders investigate how humans affect the growth of plants. Students conduct an experiment with sunflowers.
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Heading South

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners look at the migration of different birds. In this migration lesson, students discuss why an animal migrates and problems that can occur during migration. They look at several downloadable maps that show the specific routes of...
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Color Change in Leaves

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify the different leaf pigments and colors. In this biology activity, students perform chromatography to separate them. They explain how light affects green leaf colors and causes falling leaves in autumn.
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What Do I Wear in the Winter?

For Teachers K
Students identify the appropriate clothing to wear in the winter. In this seasonal weather lesson, students discuss what warm and cold weather feels like and what clothing is necessary during the specific seasons. Students explore...
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Fall Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K
Students participate in various fall activities. In this fall instructional activity, students take a trip to a farmers market and purchase the ingredients needed for vegetable soup. Students paint fall scenes and create a fall story....
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Forest Food Webs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners consider the interdependency of life in a temperate forest by studying selected organisms from an Asian temperate forest and creating a food web.
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Weather Whys

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders experiment with a thermometer and water samples of varying temperatures. They examine the effect different colors and different fabrics have on retaining heat. They examine snow samples for water and dirt content. They...
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Practical Illustrations of Astronomical Concepts Relating to the Solar System

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to concepts related to the Solar System. In groups, they participate in an experiment in which they must describe a ray of light and how it travels. They draw a diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum and...
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Planet Earth

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Earth activity, students review 13 terms associated with the Earth's rotation, revolution, and orbit. Students find the terms in a word search and then fill in the term next to its definition.
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The Winter Solstice

For Students 5th - 6th
In this winter solstice worksheet, students read a detailed text about the winter solstice and the historical and religious significance of this day. Students then complete a 15 question fill-in-the-blank and true/false worksheet.
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Length of the Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how the Earth's rotation affect the length of day. In this earth science lesson, students construct a sighting apparatus and record their observations over a few days. They analyze data collected and formulate a...
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Gathering, Traditions, and Nutrition of Our Food

For Teachers K - 12th
Students gain a better understanding of what it means to eat seasonally through learning about traditional hunting, gathering, and food preparation methods of Athabascan tribes. By interacting with Native American Elders and...
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Italian-American Legacy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars study the role of the Italian government in the migration, also their role in farm life and poverty. They discuss how the Italians supported their families and why they exited to other countries. They discuss how to begin...
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Here Comes Winter!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate winter behaviors in animals. They describe winter and write about the characteristics of the season by drawing and labeling a winter picture. Students then conduct research on a chosen animal and create a chart. ...
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Natural Features of Our Community

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read about and discuss natural features of communities. They listen to a guest speaker, such as a park ranger to expand their knowledge of natural features. They go on a field trip, if possible, to a local zoo or...
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Winter Count and Write

For Students K
In this winter math worksheet, students will count each group of seasonal objects and record how many there are. Amounts are between 1 and 6.
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Future Predictions for Xmas

For Students 8th - 11th
In this seasonal worksheet, students choose a year in the future and make a prediction associated with Christmas in that year and the other students try to guess what year is being predicted from clues given to them.
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Leaves Change Color Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th - 7th
In this leaves changing worksheet, students use the Internet to search a specific website to find the answers to fill in seventeen blanks involving the reasons why leaves change colors during the Fall season.
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Every Day Edit - The Hope Diamond

For Students 3rd - 8th
Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about one of the most famous diamonds in the world, the Hope Diamond. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal...
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Every-Day Edit: Greece's Beaches

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about the beaches of Greece. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal activity to hand out at the beginning of...

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