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S Letter Ideas

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in activities that start with the letter "S". They also expand their vocabulary.
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The Attribute Train

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars participate in a hands-on activity working with attribute blocks. After reading a story about attributes as a class, they each are given two attribute blocks. The first student lays one attribute block on the floor with...
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Bodacious Buttons

For Teachers 1st
First graders graph a data set. Given a set of buttons, 1st graders sort them into categories using specific attributes. They graph the number of buttons in their set based on their attributes using a variety of graphs. Students share...
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Homonym Baseball

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to the characteristics of homonyms. In groups, they are given points in the baseball game when the homonyms are matched to the correct definition. To end the lesson, they practice spelling the different...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 3, Lesson 16: The ABC of Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils follow directions in the ABC of Symmetry to make a butterfly which shows a line of symmetry.
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Animal Alphabet

For Teachers K
Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.
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Artifact Analysis Worksheet

For Students 8th - 9th
In this artifact analysis worksheet, students decipher what type of artifact they have based on a complete list of criteria. Students then answer multiple questions based on their discoveries.
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Worksheet for Analysis of an Artifact

For Students 8th - 12th
In this primary source analysis activity, students respond to 20 short answer questions that require them to analyze an artifact of their choice.
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"Fall"owing Changes in the Season

For Teachers K
Students create a whole class A-B-"C"eason Book. Each student is responsible for creating a "letter" page relating to changes, adaptations, or other fall concepts. After hard copies of the class ABC books are created, the teachers using...
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Dividing into Two Parts — Halves

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this fractions worksheet, students divide pictures into halves to introduce them to fractions. Students complete 3 sets of problems.
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Using a Metric Ruler

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore measuring with metric rulers. In this math lesson, students measure two-dimensional objects using metric units.
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Paulo Coehlo's The Alchemist

For Students 10th
In the allegory worksheet students analyze Paulo Coelho's novel, The Alchemist. Students analyze allegorical elements by answering guided questions.
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How Are Magnetic Fields Related To Sunspots?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover that sunspots are the result of intense magnetic forces on the photosphere of the sun by observing images from the SOHO satellite.
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Photo Pen Pals

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students learn to write a descriptive friendly letter to a pen pal.
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Slimy cells

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the parts of a cell.  In this chemistry instructional activity students complete an activity in which they make as much slime as they want. 
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Transportation Types

For Teachers K
Students answer questions after listening for details that identify many different kinds of transportation.
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Snacks 'R Us

For Teachers 1st
First graders experiment with fat content by analyzing snack foods. They learn what makes up a nutritious snack.
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Candy Keys

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners experiment with dichotomus keys using different types of candy. They complete a worksheet while making five different keys. They eat the candy to end the lesson.
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the process of evaporation.
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Better Lesson: Sorting by Color

For Teachers K Standards
Counting bears that are the same size and shape help students focus on just one attribute.
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Serc: Collecting and Identifying Rocks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students investigate rocks in an outdoor field trip, and then place them into groups by characteristics. The different groups could be the size, shape, color, and texture of the rocks. After classifying, students are introduced to the...
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Discovery Education: Hope Depot: Science Fair Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Find advice on project ideas, project steps, presentation tips, classroom activities and more.
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Serc: Rock Investigation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this activity students will observe and investigate rocks in order to classify them in terms of color, shape, texture and size.
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Design and Colour

For Students 9th - 10th
A site by watercolor artist John Lovett. He describes the Elements of Art and Principles of Design and gives tips and techniques for watercolor painting and for composition.