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The Unknown Secrets of the Rain Forest

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the rain forest and where they are located. Students examine why the rain forests are important and what is happening to them. They investigate the water cycle and life cycle of a frog. Students build a rain forest in...
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Exploring All Frontiers

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students utilize higher thinking skills to expand their self concept to include physical, cognitive, and affective frontiers. The teacher create activities which allow students to use raw data and primary sources, as well as...
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Citizens For the New Zoo

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete Internet research to find information about an animal and its basic needs. They design a model of a zoo habitat that would accommodate their animal. They write a letter of recommendation to a Zoo board of directors...
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Science: Safety Rules Videos

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine and practice science laboratory safety rules. In groups, they discuss ways to illustrate the rules. Students plan and record videos demonstrating the safety rules.
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Mouthpart Madness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the basic biology of a pest. They identify the four major kinds of insect mouthparts and explain how they work. Students examine the specific mouthparts and how they can limit food resources and in what environment an...
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Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast wild and domestic animal needs. For this animal welfare lesson, students read the poem Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be and create a list of wild and domestic animals. Students create a short play or song...
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"Mother Earth" -- Past

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine our connection to the Earth. They identify how Native Americans believed in a "Mother Earth". They discover how the earth and life are connected.
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Trees at Work... Just Look!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils investigate the significance of trees. They collect magazine pictures of animals that live in trees, list products that are made from trees, collect twigs and create an item using the sticks, and bring in and discuss food from trees.
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Science vs. Science Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners acknowledge the difference between science and science fiction through a compare/contrast activity. They discuss their reading materials together. Students identify characteristics specific to science fiction.
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Raptor Force

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe a video about pilots, their desired traits, and explore the similarities between a bird and an airplane. Using paper, wood or foam, they design create an aircraft to be flown in a competition to see which plane will fly...
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Post It!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create agricultural posters about an agricultural topic of their choice. In this agriculture lesson plan, students positively critique each other's posters.
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Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners read books, learn about the letter p, and eat pigs n mud all to learn about pigs. For this pigs lesson plan, students also dance with pink ribbons and make pigs out of construction paper.
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My Family and Me

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe and record the activities of the ant colony at various times of the day. They report on observations and discuss the role of cooperation and contributions to a family unit. They compare the social structure of ants.
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Summertime -- Camping Memory Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss the items needed to camp outside. They identify objects in a backpack and tell what the item could be used for. They hide the objects throughout the room and they are to find them.
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Foodborne Illness Educational Materials

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work in teams to research and create educational material succinctly summarizing known salient fact, including prevention, of a particular foodborne illness. Pupils educational materials are presented in both oral and...
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Hidden Hibernators

For Teachers K - 8th
Students review the concept of hibernation and the animals that sleep during all or part of the winter. They complete the Hibernation Word Search Puzzle to name 16 animals that hibernate during the winter months.
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Lessons from The Lorax

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read and watch a video of The Lorax by Dr. Suess. As a class, they answer a set of questions about how the environment was affected by industries. They also brainstorm a list of possible solutions to help curb the pollution.
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Spiral Breeze Catcher

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a creative project in order to investigate how a tornado moves. The use of a spiral catcher is used to model the movement of a tornado. Students also watch "The Wizard of Oz" to create context for the lesson.
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Space and Time in Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners move with control in general space. They move with three different spatial distances and tempi. Students demonstrate understanding of the distance and speed of particles in matter: solid-close and slow; liquid-medium distance...
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Alligator Craft Paper Bag Puppet

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students make paper bag puppets. They use the puppets as a story teller and reader. Students use the puppets to ask questions during and after reading. They assemble their own puppet. Students use the puppets to introduce new themes,...
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What Lives in Water: Pre and Post Activities

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer questions about fish and how fish live. After visiting the aquarium, students chart the different creatures they see during their visit and solve mathematical equations of their findings.
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Cosmic Poetry: Words and Ideas Bring the Cosmos to Life

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the cosmos and their thoughts and feelings about the universe.  In this cosmic poetry lesson students create a venue where they can "safely" ask questions and discuss ideas. 
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Fun With Sound

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make predictions. In this sound lesson, 2nd graders listen to various sounds, and write down and draw what they think that sound is. Students make a chart of their predictions.
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Food Systems Feed the World

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover how getting food from farm-to-fork involves several steps and many hands. In this interactive food chain lesson, students respond to a series of questions about food distribution then work collaboratively to create a...

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