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Prairie Mural Project
Seventh graders construct a large mural of a praire showing plants, and animals that would live there.
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Colors: Beginning ESL Lesson
Explore the vivid world of colors with this straightforward ESL presentation. Each slide presents a color word in its color (the word "red" is colored red) and a picture to accompany the word. The presentation would be a good review tool...
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Bugs-Eye View
Students research different bugs and insects and write letters from bugs' and insects' points of view to humankind.
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Names of Rocks
In this types of rocks instructional activity, students read about igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. They complete a chart about the three types of rocks and use the information from the reading to determine the...
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Insects
Students study the characteristics and basic needs of insects. They compare and describe similarities among insects. They examine the body structure, covering, and movement of insects and also, examine insect life cycles in this unit of...
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Find the Frog
Students, the advanced beginner to intermediate ESL level, use English in a science activity.
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Vegetable Creatures
Students use different foods to enhance academic skills in all area contents. In this food activity lesson, students use food, such as "bugs on a log" (raisins on peanut butter celery) to estimate and practice multiplication. Students...
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Creepy Crawlies
Students participate in several insect-themed activities. They read stories on bugs, write stories about insects with student-made illustrations, sing bug-themed songs, design creepy crawlies with typical insect characteristics and make...
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Simple Cycles
Students use Inspiration to map cyclical events. They recognize links between separate events and structural patterns. They explore the Internet Connection section to browse additional resources on teaching about cycles used in...
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Interesting Insects
Students discover the characteristics of insects. They explore insects through cooperative learning, group projects, hands on activities, and poetry. They gain knowledge of insect life cycles, habitat, and physical characteristics.
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Facial Tattoos or Face Painting
Students use a grid-like method to create a life-size self-portrait from a 3X5 black and white photo. They explore the different customs and rituals surrounding face painting from ancient through modern civilizations. Students create a...
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Tessellation
Pupils create an art piece incorporating tessellating shapes, translational symmetry, reflectional symmetry,and or rotational symmetry. They are asked if they know the definition of tessellation. If so, students are asked what shapes...
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ESL Grammar-Present Simple, Plural Nouns, Possessive Adjectives
In this ESL grammar worksheet, students complete sentences using the correct present simple verb, fill in blanks with possessive adjectives and write plural nouns of those given in brackets in sentences.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
Students explore and respond to poetry. They define and identify synonyms and anotnyns. They create antonym pairs in English. They create synonym pairs in English and Spanish.
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Weeds on the Windowsill
Students study farming and reasons to control weeds. They examine pesticides necessary for the control of weeds and the damage to the environment. Through experimentation, students plant seeds in different soils and determine if seeds...
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Insect Unit
Fourth graders study the lives, and features of insects in the series of lessons that make up this unit.
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Dream! (Part One)
Students share with the class what they want to be when they grow up. As a class, they identify what they want to be for Halloween as well. They are videotaped stating their dream and photographed with their mask. Using the masks, they...
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Insect Investigator
Students examine and identify common insects. They observe these insects in their environment and keep track of how many they see. They use magnifying glasses and special hats to get into the role of an inspector.
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How Manduca See
Third graders investigate how manduca sees and they discuss what they think the manduca might be thinking. They write a story about what an insect sees and does from the insect's perspective.