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Smiles Change the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss and write about groups that need friends. For this friendship lesson, students create a banner for someone who needs a friend. students pair share to chose a recipient for the banner.
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Our Many Shapes and Sizes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover humans come in all shapes and sizes.  In this equality lesson, students evaluate different bodies among their peers and discover no human body is "perfect".  Students discuss different ways to keep their...
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Curated OER

Do Plants Need Sunlight?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate why plants need sunlight and what happens if they do not get the light they need.
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Flowers and a Beautiful World: Earth Day (1st)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars consider caring for their environment. In this environmental stewardship instructional activity, students read Miss Rumphius and discuss how sharing their time, talent, and treasure through volunteering makes the world...
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Survival Kit

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners discuss how a strong community can be helpful for survival during hard times. In this Survival Kit art activity, students create their own Survival Kit. Learners use various items to symbolize things needed for survival in day...
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Generational Music Communities

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students focus on age-related generations to assess how traditional music is transmitted from one generation to another and how music functions for people within a generation. They compare/contrast and explore music in their own...
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Active Citizenship Project

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students work on a community service project.
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Do Plants Need Sunlight?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate whether plants need sunlight to survive. In this plant activity, students experiment with plants to learn about chlorophyll that plants get from light sources.
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

For Teachers K
Students explore transportation and transportation related jobs as they improve their vocabulary.
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Infectious Diseases

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a brochure for a fictional pharmaceutical company.
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Personal Opinions, Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create questions for an interview about the environment. They interview a peer using their written questions, and then interview a native Spanish speaker about the environment.
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Pilots, Drivers, and Captains

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.
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Random Acts of Kindness: What People Are Doing: Teacher's Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about kindness through activity ideas for students of all ages and ideas for encouraging positive behavior in the classroom and community. Learn what a "Random Act of Kindness" is, and find ways to talk about this character trait...
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Read Write Think: Living the Dream 100 Acts of Kindness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for mini-lessons that ask students to put the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in action by performing 100 acts of kindness. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...