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From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Young scholars read and discuss the book about the butterfly and create their own butterflies using liquid watercolors and pipe cleaners. They then create a butterfly development book, included in the lesson, and color the pictures...
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Persistence of Vision Tube
Students demonstrate how individual pieces of data combine to produce complete images.
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Fold and Cut 2
Second graders make, name, and describe, using their own language and the language of geometry, everyday shapes and objects. They create and discuss geometric patterns which repeat (show translation), or which have rotational or...
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How to Make a Net
Young scholars practice putting together a net. The goal of the lesson is to prepare materials and assemble them into a net. The students enjoy this type of lesson because of the hands-on teaching style.
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Telling Time: Hours
Students participate in a discussion about the different types of timepieces and the energy sources necessary to run them. They observe the numbers on a clock and review the hands and what they mean and make individual clocks using a...
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Particulate Matter in the Air
Learners conduct an inquiry exploring the different kinds of particulate matter in the air. They name three different types of particulate matter found in the air and identify different types of solid particulate matter found in the air...
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The Mexican Revolution
In this Mexican history worksheet, students read the noted pages in their textbook about the Mexican Revolution and then take notes on the 4 listed subtopics.
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Create a Compass Instructions for Teachers
Students, who are teachers, discover how to make box and water compass in their classrooms. They describe the scientific principles that are involved in making and using a compass.
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Age of Exploration
Students work individually or in a group researching a box compass using historical information on the uses of the compass as well as the scientific theories of the compass. They create a box compass and a water compass which are...
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Building an African Compound
Students, in small groups create a model of a compound that might be found in a rural African village. As a class, students orally contribute to a summary paragraph on what they have learned about different forms of shelter found in Africa.
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Mobius Band
Tenth graders discuss sides of a shape and how to collect data correctly. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders examine shapes and count the surfaces on the shape. They read the history of Mobius Band and relate it to surface area.
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My Love And I
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson for the SSA choir. Emphasis is placed on proper singing techniques. This is part of a unit of lessons on this song.
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Dimensional Flower Garden
Young scholars relate the colors in a garden to those in a rainbow by creating a multicolored three-dimensional garden portrait. They read, "Planting a Rainbow" by Lois Ehlert, then construct their garden with colored paper on white...
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Viewpoints
In this map worksheet, students review latitude, longitude, equator, and prime meridian. This worksheet has 5 matching and 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Locating Places - Making a Map Grid
Students learn how to use a letter and number map grid. In this map grid instructional activity, students look at a landscape map and describe how to locate the airport. They compare the descriptions of different students to determine...
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Clocks and Time
Students construct clocks and then learn how to read a clock face, tell time, and determine how much time has elapsed.
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Super-sized Accordion Pleat Cucarachita
Students create a super-sized creature in the round. They follow step by step instructions given by the teacher. Students display their creations for all to view. Students use a variety of supplies to create their creatures.
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Word Problems: Geometry
Students solve word problems by using basic geometry. In this geometry instructional activity, students use geometric formulas to find the perimeter, area, and volume of objects. Students complete a worksheet.
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Finding Jupiter's Moons
Students explore Jupiter's Moons. They calculate and predict the location of Jupiter's 4 large moons. In addition, they draw Jupiter with its moons correctly shown for the time of the observation.
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Recipe Dance/Making Duets
Students create and memorize movement phrases within a specified structure and develop duets from the solo phrases.
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2-D Shape Patten Placemats
Students identify and form a pattern out of 2-D shapes, then transfer this pattern into creating placemats.
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Make and Use a Plankton Net
Students make simple plankton nets and use them to collect and identify common forms of plankton. They identify and interpret plankton, as seen under a microscope, whether there was more zooplankton or phytoplankton. Finally, students...
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The Planet Saturn
In this worksheet on the planet Saturn, students look at a picture of the planet and read accompanying facts, along with a brief paragraph.