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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Native Americans and the Natural World

For Teachers K - 1st
Explore the rich cultures of Native Americans through literature, storytelling, and fun, hands-on activities. Students will gain an understanding of how and where Native Americans lived in the past and today, as well as their...
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Plants Alive: Garden in a Glove Journal

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will observe the germination and growth of plants from seeds over the course of several days, and record their observations in a journal.
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Mold and Cast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners will define the term fossil, identify the difference between a mold and a cast fossil, and understand how scientists use models to learn about the physical structure of something in the natural world.
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Measuring a Dino

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars will begin exploring dinosaur' bodies by measuring them and comparing dinosaur size to their own size.
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Other

Boston Children's Museum: Moon Leap

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Discover why the effects of gravity are different in different parts of our solar system.
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Other

The New Children's Museum: Troy's Favorite Clay Hamburger

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn basic clay sculpting skills by completing this project.
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Other

The New Children's Museum: Clay Houses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will create a unique miniature dwelling out of clay. This project can be connected to the class curriculum.
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Other

The New Children's Museum: Face It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Create a self-portrait using a variety of art techniques and styles by cutting construction paper into facial contour lines.
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Other

The New Children's Museum: Healing Strings

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will choose a healing emotion and colors that represent that emotion then use yarn to create unique artwork.
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Other

Providence Children's Museum: A Maze Ing Challenges

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students will build a water drop maze using no-cost materials and see if they can make it to the end without their drop of water falling off or falling in.
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Physical Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide focuses on four physical science topics that fascinate children and scientists alike. They are motion, magnets, sound, and light. With your guidance and support, these topics provide children with many opportunities to explore...
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide introduces children to the human body and the five senses and covers the major body parts and what they do. Children also will use their five senses to learn about the world.
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Plant Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide focuses on the fascinating world of plants. Through books and other print materials, and exploration of actual plants, children will identify plants as living things, examine the parts of plants, experiment with what...
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Our Natural World

For Teachers K - 1st
The focus of this guide is the natural world around us and its aim is to foster children's understanding and appreciation of the environment right outside their doors.
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Investigating Water

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide engages children in the process of scientific inquiry using the context of a favorite early childhood pastime-water play.
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Children Grieve Too [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each activity...
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Children Grieve Too. [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
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Other

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum: Herbert Hoover: Gram's Trunk

For Teachers K - 1st
A lesson in how to conduct historical research using family photos and doing interviews, and newspaper stories from the past. The second part of the lesson is a photo analysis exercise using a photo of children and a cow.
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Other

Silicon Valley Art Museum: Clay Beads [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An online lesson plan for getting your hands dirty! The student will learn all about making beads from clay and receive ideas on what to do with them after they are done.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Suki's Bone Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st
Based on the animated story "Suki's Bone" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, this lesson introduces children to informative/explanatory and procedural texts and the purposes they serve. In the video, Molly's dog Suki uncovers a...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Spooky Sound Frizzle Style

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson plan is designed to teach young children about how sound is heard in a three-step process using the Magic School Bus materials.

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