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A Look At Penguin Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read a story about Penguin Life and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this penguin life lesson plan, students respond to literature by researching penguins and creating a Venn diagram to compare/contrast...
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Ozone Hole Expert Groups

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Research topics associated with the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. Researchers write five facts about their topic and one question for each of those facts. They present what they learned to the rest of the class. Six topics are...
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Animals A to Z: Penguin

For Students 3rd
In this penguin worksheet, 3rd graders will add pages to their "animal books." Students will read 10 facts to gain an understanding of a penguin and its particular attributes.
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Winter is All Around Us

For Teachers K - 1st
Students present what they have learned on Antartica. Students identify deciduous and evergreen trees and plants; identify and study about the habitats of animals that migrate, hibernate, and adapt; study the Aurora and Aurora Borealis...
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The Awful 8: The Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students perform a play based on pollution. In this pollution science lesson, students perform a play about different pollutants and how it effects our daily lives.
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Feature Column: Virtual Field Trips

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners discover ways to stay healthy by utilizing Internet education software.  In this computer technology instructional activity, students investigate Internet programs that simulate a field trip by showing images and video....
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I love penguins!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners listen to stories and view video about penguins. In this penguins lesson, students research penguins in groups and present a report using their choice of technology or artwork presentation.
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine letters of Japanese-American children during internment in World War II. They discover what it was like in the camps and how they were treated once they were released. They also view photographs of the camps.
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Penguins, Penguins, Penguins

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create "juice bottle penguins" using paper mache, water-based paints, water, and recycled juice bottles. This lesson is intended for early-elementary students and is great as a post-activity for a lesson or unit on Penguins or...
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Building Bridges: Living in a Diverse Society

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students participate in various activities that help them build esteem, and explore racism. In this multicultural lesson plan, Students increase their awareness of, and appreciation for, cultural differences and similarities. This...
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Protect the Bats!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore bat habitats. In this bat lesson, students discover the work of people trying to protect bat habitats. Students make posters that promote the message of saving bats.
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Botany: Irrigating of Rice

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover agriculture by researching the irrigation of rice.  For this farming lesson, 4th graders read about the different methods of rice farming and create an illustration for each different action.  Students...
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Visual Learning: Gone Fishing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete visual learning activities using a photograph of a fisherman. In this photograph analysis activity, students analyze the photograph and the facts within the picture. Students read a quote and caption for the photograph...
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JAPAN, IMAGES A PEOPLE

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students interpret Japanese and American paintings; evaluate paintings as sources of cultural and historical information
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Playing Historical Detective: Great Grandmother's Dress and Other Clues to the Life and Times of Annie Steel

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Young scholars draw conclusions about an mystery person based on documents and artifacts provided. In this drawing conclusions lesson, students become detectives by reading and analyzing evidence provided. This lesson includes...
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Japan: Images of A People

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils study Japan and explore the use of screens.
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Views of the American West: True or False?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain that a landscape painting may or may not accurately represent a specific place. They identify techniques that create the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface.
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Antarctic Jukebox

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment activity, students read an excerpt about Antarctica, including the many challenges explorers face. Then they imagine that they are a sound recordist in Antarctica and record 3 CDs. Students look at the images given...
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The Rocky Shore

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare a realistic landscape painting with a photograph of the same place.
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Facts, Feats and Folklore: Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.
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Writing Postcards

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing skills worksheet, students imagine they are visiting Antarctica and write a postcard home about their experiences. Students use the picture for help.