Lesson Plan
Curated OER

SNACK SACK

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
The student will experience the concepts of ratio and production, using agricultural products considered snack foods. 2. The student will analyze and record information from the class experience.Bring in a wide assortment of packaged...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Easter Word Scramble

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Easter word scramble worksheet, students decipher 15 words, all pertaining to Easter or spring. There is an optional word bank which can be used.
Activity
Curated OER

Foamie Fun Stuff

For Teachers K
Students use foam pieces for matching games and other activities.  In this foamie craft lesson, students make a foam pizza puzzle and other forms. Students use the foam shapes to do the puzzle or create the other forms.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dreidel Play

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this crossword puzzle instructional activity, students read the 11 clues that relate to a dreidel. Students then use the word box to help them complete the crossword puzzle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Happy Hanukkah!

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this Hanukkah crossword worksheet, students read the 18 clues that relate to Hanukkah. Students use the word bank to complete the crossword puzzle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Happy Hanukkah!

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this Hanukkah crossword worksheet, students read the 18 clues that relate to Hanukkah. Students then use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It’s Your Trash!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the different sections of a landfill. In this ecology lesson plan, students brainstorm ways that they can help in proper trash disposal. They write a reflection journal about their thoughts on the subject.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Too Much Chocolate

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Keira who ate too much chocolate Halloween candy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Keep Your Candy Cool With the Power of Evaporation!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Did you know that your body has a built-in cooler? And it might not be what you think. Sweat is produced when you are hot, but its purpose is actually to cool your body as the water in it evaporates from your skin. In this science fair...
Handout
Globio

Glossopedia: Chocolate

For Students 3rd - 8th
Chocolate begins as a seed of the tropical cacao tree. It has been a prized taste sensation for more than 2,500 years. One reason chocolate is so nice to eat is that it melts just below body temperature. So it really does melt in your...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Candy Chromatography: What Makes Those Colors?

For Students 6th - 8th
One of the characteristics that makes M&Ms so popular is dye that colors the hard shell, and of course the chocolate. But, many are unaware of what dyes are used to make those colors. This day long lab uses paper chromatography to...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Sse Mixing Candies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task about a box of chocolates has students use the given equations to answer questions about weight and price, as well as interpret the expressions in the equations. Aligns with A-SSE.A.1 and A-SSE.A.1.a.
Lesson Plan
American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: A Simple Chocolate Bar

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site is provided for by the American Forum for Global Education. Using a candy bar as a theme, students will explore their common link to other "systems on a global scale." Mutual dependence is a key concept taught in this lesson....
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Stanford University

Stanford University: How Everyday Things Are Made

For Students 9th - 10th
If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place....
Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Soil Color and Redox Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use chocolate candies to simulate the process that occurs in saturated soil when Fe3+ is reduced to Fe2+ due to a microbial mediated redox reaction.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Milton S. Hershey

For Students 9th - 10th
Milton Hershey-- the "Chocolate King"--was driven by his love for candy to create what is now the largest chocolate factory. Read about his career as well as his Hershey Industrial School in this student-written profile.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Milton Hershey

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of entrepreneur Milton Hershey including early life, starting a candy business, making chocolate, and building a business and town on this site.