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Learning Lesson: That Sinking Feeling
Pupils discover the origin of the Great Ocean Conveyor. They participate in a demonstration showing how salinity and temperature affect water density. They also examine the new sea ice that forms every winter.
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Block It: Using a Manipulative to Solve Math Problems
Young scholars practice using visuals to solve math problems. In this math manipulative lesson, students utilize pattern blocks to participate in a class game in which geometric shapes touch other player's pieces. Young scholars gain...
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Christmas Tree Ornaments
In these Christmas tree ornaments worksheets, students cut out and color the various pictures and create ornaments for a Christmas tree.
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Valentine Centers
In these Valentines related center worksheets, 1st graders will read and follow directions, complete a sequence of events, compare using a Venn diagram, and make a Valentine Butterfly.
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Different Minerals
In this minerals worksheet, students read about the relationship between elements, rocks and minerals. They experiment using 6 different colored gumdrops to represent 6 common elements. Students construct gumdrop and toothpick models of...
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New Zealand Koru Art
Students learn about and create koru art. In this cultural art instructional activity, students read M?ori legends and learn about M?ori koru designs. Students practice forming a koru shape, and, when ready,draw a large koru on cartridge...
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Sand Painting Mural
Third graders design and create classroom sand painting mural which is comprised of individually designed pieces.
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Georgia O'Keeffe Watercolor
Students demonstrate three different watercolor techniques using flower pictures and flowers as the inspiration. They work with organic shapes.
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Probable Outcomes
In this math literacy worksheet, 6th graders find the possible outcomes for the spinners in the variety of 6 word problems using the multiple choice format.
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Photosynthesis: A Controlled Experiment
Students investigate the amount of starch in a plant under 3 different conditions. In this photosynthesis lesson plan, students compare the amount of starch in a plant with increased carbon dioxide conditions, a plant with decreased...
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Comparing Apples and Onions
Fifth graders observe and compare apples. In this apples lesson, 5th graders work in groups to record the physical characteristics of a variety of apples. Students predict each apples weight and then weigh them to see if they were...
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Flower Dissection
Young scholars dissect three different flowers and compare and contrast them. In this flowers lesson plan, students learn about the flower anatomy and then dissect their own flowers.
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Measurement: Perimeter and Area
In this perimeter and area lesson, students learn the formulas for perimeter and area and view model problems using tiles. Students work in groups to solve practice problems. Students define perimeter and area and explain why...
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Creeping and Crawling Observing Mealworms and Earthworms
Students observe the inherited traits in earthworms and mealworms. In this organisms lesson, students view a live mealworm and earthworm on a tray and identify the body parts. Students measure the worms and observe the behavior....
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Sensory Detectives
Test your learners' sensory awareness with three hands-on activities that ask pupils to use their other senses to identify and describe everyday objects hidden from sight.
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"Mr. Betts and Mr. Potts"
First graders listen to the book "Mr. Betts and Mr. Potts" and examine the career of being a veterinarian. They categorize animals based on whether they could be house pets or not, develop a class pet graph, and list the various...
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International Symbols and Roadway Signs
Students explore the function of various road signs and international symbols. In this sign recognition lesson, students construct road signs with blank paper, markers, and scissors. Students make 2 or 3 different signs and...
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Graphing Data
First graders explore the concept of graphing. In this data lesson, 1st graders gather information from a class survey and display their findings on a picture graph. Students also practice solving problems that their instructor models.
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Drawing Into the Imagination
Sixth graders create a non linear story with multiple possibilities and endings. In this non linear story lesson plan, 6th graders research non linear stories, create their own, and illustrate it.
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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money
Students examine how driving a hybrid car can save money and cut down on pollution. In this hybrid vehicles lesson students complete an exercise that shows them how to work with proportions, percents, dimensional analysis and...
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Exploring Equal Parts
In this math worksheet, students examine 3 sets of shapes. In each set, there is one figure that has been divided evenly and one that has not. Students color the shape that shows an equal division.
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Printmaking Design
First graders view examples of different print making designs. Using their paper, they fold it into eight rectangles and place the same shape on each rectangle. They must have a different color for each retangle and develop a pattern of...
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Create a Fan Design
Students design fans with organic shapes and contrasting colors. They recognize t'aeguk design as a visual element of Korean culture.
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Analagous Colors
Students encounter how to mix analogous colors and use them in cane patterns. They select two colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Students then knead the pieces for a couple of minutes and then roll each color into a...