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Lesson Plan
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FAT FOLLIES

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, testing various foods for fat content by rubbing food samples on paper. Students identify what and who the US Food and Drug Administration is in reference to the Food Pyramid. Students write the name of each food brought in to...
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Lesson Plan
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Big on Blubber: How do Whales Stay Warm?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore biology by conducting a science experiment in class. In this whale anatomy lesson, students identify the use of whale blubber for the animal to stay warm in cold waters while utilizing ice, vegetable oil, plastic bags...
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Lesson Plan
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Honu Survivor The Green Sea Turtle Experience

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Discuss prior knowledge of the green sea turtle. Students play a game where they are divided into two teams, predators and baby turtles. They receive "name" tags to tell which animal they are. The goal of the baby turtle is to get to the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Four-Note Range in Music

For Teachers K
Students sing melodic patterns and songs within a four-note range using sol, la, and mi. They echo simple melodic patterns and maintain the tonal center singing two Thanksgiving-related songs, "Hello, hello..." and "Five Fat Turkeys."
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Interactive
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Superlatives

For Students 6th
In this superlatives worksheet, 6th graders interactively type in the superlative form for 40 words, then select the correct form for 12 words, and complete 8 sentences with the correct form, with cute animation and immediate online...
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Lesson Plan
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They Don't Just Eat Grass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore and examine different types of feed used for livestock. They discuss types of feed, the need for energy and health, and create graphs of food compared to categories. Students organize data and complete worksheets...
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Lesson Plan
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Vital Vitamins

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study vitamins and who should take them and what ones to take.  In this investigative instructional activity students plan a healthy diet after reviewing the types of supplements.
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Lesson Plan
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Fatty Acids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students draw connections between chemical structures of fats and oils (lipids) and their use in food science and nutrition.
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Worksheet
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Arabian Camel or Dromedary

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this camel worksheet, students study the diagram for an Arabian camel otherwise known as a dromedary. Students read the characteristics of the animal and may click on associated links to learn more.
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Activity
Teach Engineering

All Fats Are Not Created Equal

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Apply robotics to connect physical properties to chemical properties. Future engineers use robots to determine the melting points of various fats and oils. The robots can do this by measuring the translucency of the fats as they heat up.
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Lesson Plan
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The Weight of Water

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine how salt water is more dense than fresh water through experimentation with eggs.
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Worksheet
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Soaps and Detergents

For Students 10th - 12th
For this chemistry worksheet, students look for the solutions to the crossword based upon the theme of soaps and detergents. This is helpful to vocabulary acquisition.
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Worksheet
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Animals and Their Terrain

For Students 5th - 10th
In this animals and their terrain crossword puzzle, students use the 4 sentence clues to correctly complete the word puzzle that pertains to animals and their terrain.
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Lesson Plan
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Looking for a Walrus

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students sing and role-play the song "Looking for a Walrus" to explore walrus adaptations.
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Worksheet
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Acids, Bases, Acid-Base Reactions

For Students 11th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students read and study the chapter to answer 110 problem solving and short answer questions related to acids and bases.
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Lesson Plan
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The Present Simple-Daily Routines and Likes and Dislikes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this daily routines worksheet, students read paragraphs telling about two peoples days, likes, and dislikes. They work in partners to ask and answer twenty-four comprehension questions about each section.
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Lesson Plan
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There's Omegas in Those Hemp Seeds

For Teachers 7th - 10th
A very well-designed lesson plan focuses on the many benefits of Omega Fatty Acids. Learners read some articles on omega fatty acids, then access a glossary that is included in the plan. They fill in terms along with their definitions....
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Lesson Plan
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Safe Food

For Teachers 7th - 12th
There is so much information in this lesson plan. A very comprehensive unit plan about food safety can be broken up into smaller pieces so as not to overwhelm the class with so much information at once. Some of the topics include...
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Lesson Plan
ESL Kid Stuff

Describing Things (Adjectives)

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
 Describing things using adjectives is the focus of this lesson designed for language learners. Class members play games, draw pictures, and sing songs, adding adjectives to describe animals.
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Rubber Blubber Gloves

For Students 6th - 12th
Using gloves, shortening, tape, and a lot of ice, participants experience the feeling of having blubber. The experiment's eight steps follow an informative page about blubber and animals that have it.
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Lesson Plan
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Meat, Fish and Poultry: Practical Application

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A note-taking outline is given to learners which covers meat composition and quality, types of meat and storage, and cooking meat. By viewing pictures they learn to identify cuts of meat or poultry products. They discuss inspection and...
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Worksheet
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Adjectives

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this adjectives worksheet, students identify adjectives within sentences and color a picture to match the sentences. A list of thirty-nine adjectives is included for student writing.
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Handout
Billabong High International School

Charlotte's Web Vocabulary Sheets

For Students 2nd Standards
That's some worksheet! A 10-page packet includes vocabulary words from each chapter in Charlotte's Web. 
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Drawing Dinos

For Students 6th - 12th
Five steps walk budding artists through the process of drawing a dinosaur. A drawing guide showcases four dinosaurs—stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, triceratops, and allosaurus.