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Park Brochures
Sixth graders investigate natural environments by researching national parks. In this brochure making lesson plan, 6th graders explore a specific national park and research it's information by utilizing the web. Students create travel...
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Putting on Mass: Just how do Trees grow?
High schoolers articulate an explanation of photosynthesis. They identify problems they have with comprehension of how a plant gains mass. Students describe a historical experiment.
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Fun with Fossils
Second graders explore the geologic process of fossil formation. In this geology lesson, 2nd graders discuss the job of a paleontologist and make their own model of a fossil. This lesson includes teacher directed questions.
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The Rainforest
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about the rainforest. They answer questions related to the text to test for comprehension.
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Introduction to Southeast Asia - Indonesia
Students explore Southeast Asia. In this Indonesia lesson, students listen to a lecture about the location of Indonesia and complete map activities. Students also examine Indonesian art forms and explore the process of dying.
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George Washington Carver and Sharing
Young scholars research George Washington Carver. In this science instructional activity, students discuss George Washington Carver's contribution to science. Young scholars explain how peanut butter is produced.
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Heartfelt/Handmade Activities: Genre Painting
Students examine genre painting. They explore the Illinois State Museum website, identify how genre paintings were composed, analyze the activities of an Illinois farm in the 1850s, and create a genre painting of current everyday...
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It's A Jungle Out There -Tempera
Sixth graders explore master paintings by Rousseau. They explain how the artist creates depth by overlapping images. They design and create an "imaginary" tropical landscape for a tempera painting.
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Incredible Seeds
Second graders are given a group of seeds and put in small groups. They classify their seeds based on their observations with 90% accuracy. Students draw a picture of each seed showing at least 2 characteristics of each. They write 1...
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Water: A precious resource
For this water worksheet, students watch a video on water, read a passage, complete sentences, write vocabulary words, and write a paragraph. Students complete 5 activities total.
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What Are We Looking At?
Students investigate different perspectives through a farming simulation. In this photo perspectives lesson plan, students examine different photographs taken by satellite or from ground level. Students then discuss the differences and...
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Science Test B-Grade 4
In this grade 4 science test worksheet, 4th graders complete a 30 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 4 concepts.
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WATER GOES AROUND AND COMES AROUND
High schoolers build a model of a water system from the source to users and read and interpret a water meter.
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Let's Learn About Energy Sources
Second graders identify at least four energy sources through sensory experiences.
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Predators and Prey
Pupils explain how the food chain works. They contrast predators with prey and describe their function in nature. Students discuss how the food chain aids in keeping nature balanced. In small groups, they play a game that simulates the...
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Preparing the Soil
Students explore philanthropy through literature. In this service learning lesson, students consider character traits as they read Seedfolks. Students record their notes regarding the characters in the story of a community garden in...
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Herbal Medicines
Students become critical thinkers about substances that are called medicines and it guides them into an inquiry process of carrying out their own investigations of the attributes of some common herbal remedies.
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Ethanol
Students explore how to fuel cars with corn and then test different items to explore the process of fermentation.
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Seasons
Students explore the four seasons. Through observation activities, they explore and discuss the weather changes that occur during each season. Students create a graph of the clothing that is worn during each season.
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Where Do Fish Live in the Hudson?
In this fish in the Hudson activity, middle schoolers read a brief excerpt about what types of fish can be found in the Hudson River in New York. They identify which fish are caught in greatest numbers and those caught in the most...
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What is electrical energy?
Students distinguish between items with and without energy. In this energy lesson, students understand that natural resources power electrical apparatus and that energy needs to be saved.
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Air Quality and Transportation in the Tulsa Area
Students investigate the effects of air pollution. In this environmental instructional activity, students discuss the causes of air pollution and identify how transportation has an effect on the air quality. Students identify other...
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A Healthy Environment
Students market healthy environments. In this healthy environment activity, students participate in an activity that requires them to examine the food web. Students then research healthy and unhealthy environments and use their findings...