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Growing Minds: Cucumber Exploration

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
After reading a picture book about planting and harvesting cucumbers, learners get a chance to examine some cucumbers of their own. First, they see photographs of a cucumber on a vine, and learn that it is part of the gourd family....
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Tissue Paper Puzzle Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Get creative and use a tissue paper collage to make wonderful window hangings for the classroom. You'll find the materials list, objectives, and instructions needed to complete this fun activity. This project encourages eye-hand...
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Test Your Reading Skills-- Any Answers 3

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students practice answering a question with a logical clear response. Students read 10 questions and choose the most appropriate answer.
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A Versus An

For Students 5th - 8th
Provided here are ten example sentences for reviewing and practicing when to use an instead of a. There is no explanation of the rules about when and how to use a and/or an included in the resource. You may want to use this...
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Star Gazers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research stars, constellations, planets and galaxies including names, shapes, sizes, colors, patterns and ages. They suspend the stars and planets from the ceiling and change monthy to display the various constellations. As a...
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The Coding of Protein Molecules by DNA

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the production of proteins by the DNA. In this protein synthesis lesson plan, students use paper models to explore transcription and translation to make proteins using DNA. High schoolers answer 10 questions to...
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Geometrically Artistic/Artistically Geomtric

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students identify the two-dimensional geometric shapes Lowrey utilized in the painting Untitled. Students compare the two-dimensional shapes in terms of equivalent fractions, congruency, symmetry and asymmetry. Students create their own...
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DC Motor Theory

For Students 9th - 12th
For this physics worksheet, students solve 12 problems on DC motor circuit. They make predictions and construct the corresponding circuit to verify if they are correct.
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Something's Fishy!

For Teachers K
Students experience center activities to explore the habits and traits of fish. They observe a goldfish, play a memory game, complete artwork and read about fish.
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How Do We Measure Angles

For Students 4th - 5th
In these angles and geometry worksheets, learners learn about different kinds of angles, angle measurement, and other geometry facts. Students complete 15 questions.
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Pizza Anyone?

For Teachers K
Students, in groups, create models of pizzes and divide them, usin Unifix cubes, into fractions.
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Face The Facts To Remember

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use manipulatives, drawings, and story problems to learn the two's multiplication tables. After learning how to find answers, they participate in a memory game to match facts and answers.
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Bubbles: Science or Fun?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn through bubbles. In this science lesson plan, students test the effect of four differently shape wands and three geometric figures in a bubble mixture.
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Bubbleology Mickey Mouse Style

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners investigate the effects of four different shaped wands and geometric shapes in a bubble solution. In this bubbleology instructional activity, the students build water and soap molecules. Learners work in cooperative groups and...
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The Structure of the Periodic Table

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the periodic table, the structure of the atom and the subatomic particles. In this periodic table lesson plan, students complete 5 activities in order to better understand atoms and the periodic table. They use...
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My Shape Book

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these shapes worksheets, students identify, trace, and follow the directions to color numbers of plane and space figures. Students complete activities for twelve shapes and figures.
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Bugs

For Teachers K - 6th
Students explore the wonders of bugs. In this bug instructional activity, students examine various types of bugs. Students make crafts, sing songs, discuss nutrition, and investigate different types of insects.
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Let's Have a Fiesta!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students prepare for a Mexican fiesta.  In this Mexican fiesta lesson, students listen to Too Many Tamales and plan a Mexican Fiesta. Students will divide the jobs of making decorations,and preparing food and drinks. Students will...
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Capillary Action

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars experiment with capillary action. Capillary action enables soil moisture to move in any direction within the soil as water moves from wet areas to drier areas. Capillary rise of water occurs especially in and regions where...
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Martin Luther King

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the contributions made by Martin Luther King Jr. They discuss civil rights, conduct research in small groups, participate in a discrimination simulation, and create a collage.
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Sequencing Worksheet

For Students 9th
In this patterns and sequencing activity, 9th graders complete 30 math problems that involve patterns and rules. Students must read information as they work through the math problems.
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The Symmetry of Snowflakes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Celebrating the change of season with science and language arts activities.
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A Special Present

For Teachers K - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to create a special gift. In this special gift lesson, students make a gift for someone using water, Epsom salt, essential oil and food coloring. Students can create a card to go with their present.
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A Fish Tale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an experiment. In this fish lesson, students discover how fish cells respond to fresh and salty water and if temperature effect the movement of a fish's gills. Students also identify the characteristics of a fish.