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Producer to Consumer Fun
Students explore the world of economics. In this economics lesson, students examine literature and participate in discussions to learn about production and consumption. Students are encouraged to visit a farm or tour a factory to...
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Soil in My Food Web
Young scholars explain the role of soil in the food web. In this agriculture lesson, students create a food web identifying how all items relate to soil, young scholars play a game showing how interconnected the food web is, and they...
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On The Dairy Farm
Young scholars investigate dairy farming. For this farming lesson, students list various things they may see on a dairy farm and watch the video "Discover Dairy...And Animal Care." Young scholars take a field trip to an actual dairy farm...
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Homeostasis
Students explore homeostasis and identify it in work in an organism. They brainstorm things that stay the same and participate in several demonstrations that illustrate homeostasis. Students predict baseline breathing and jumping jacks
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Ice Cream Lesson Plan for Kindergarten
Students explore how ice cream is made in a factory and at home. They help make ice cream in the classroom. They measure out the ingredients. Students share the ice cream when it is done.
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Fur, Feathers and Fins
Students examine the stages between growing the animal and buying it at the grocery store. In food system lesson students study the role that animal products have on nutrition and study animal agriculture.
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A Rooster and a Bean Seed
Students study exchange and how it has different forms. In this money management lesson, students are able to learn how goods and services work by completing worksheets, activities, essay questions and assessments provided.
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Agriculture in Motion
Youngsters learn about simple machines that could be used on a farm. They learn about agricluture, listen to a farmer speak, compare and contrast different farm machines, and then design their own. Note that although the publisher...
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Grapevine Magic
Pupils explore plant uses. Students observe the process of changing grapes to raisins as a method of preserving a plant part for human use.
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Kids for Conservation: Water Conservation Winter
Students rotate through various hands on and critical thinking activites designed to show the amount of water actually used by various people, companies, etc..., and helpful ways of conseving water.
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Living in a Community
Pupils practice their reading comprehension skills by reading articles about living in a community. They answer questions related to the material to test for comprehension.
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Forest Food Web Activity
Learners gain knowledge of food webs and ecological interconnections in the forest, and place different life forms in their proper place in a food chain. Students appreciate the balance of nature and how humans are affected by extinct...
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Analogies
Seventh graders use analogies to test their understanding of relationships between words or ideas. They practice analogies to improve vocabulary and thinking skills. Students write sentences that use analogies.
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They Don't Just Eat Grass
Students explore and examine different types of feed used for livestock. They discuss types of feed, the need for energy and health, and create graphs of food compared to categories. Students organize data and complete worksheets on...
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What Makes Time Tick, or Has the Industrial Revolution Really Made Clocks Go Faster?
Learners explore the concept of time both historically and in their own lives. Students count the number of times they refer to a clock and the number of scheduled and unscheduled activities in their lives. Learners discuss how the...
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Maniac McGee, Lesson 3
Students explore possible causes of stereotyping. In this multicultural awareness instructional activity, students participate in activities in which "conditioning" affects responses. Students compare their conditioned responses to...
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For Creative Minds: What Makes an Animal a Mammal?
Students read about categories of mammals and their features. Students then construct a marine animal, using given print outs in the lesson. Students then create adaptations for their mammal, using a web site reference for guidance.
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Homonyms - Quiz 2
In this homonyms worksheet, pupils read the sentences and select the correct spelling of the homonyms to complete the online quiz. Students complete 20 sentences.
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My Farm
Learners explore repetition in music. In this music lesson plan, students discover the lyrics of a folk song from Argentina about farm animals. Learners read about farms and the animals found on farms prior to learning the song in high...
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Acids and Bases
Learners study acid and bases and how they fall on the pH scale. In this solutions lesson students complete a lob activity using litmus then fill out a data table.
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Agriculture Counts
Young scholars focus upon the agricultural economy found in Oklahoma. Upon the completion of research they write an essay with the topic of "Agriculture Counts". The lesson includes an extensive introduction for teachers and students to...
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TRADERS' GAME
Middle schoolers play a game aimed at demonstrating how relationships with other communities or countries affect the food and fiber system. The game simulates the unequal distribution of natural resources which creates the need for...
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I Think, Therefore
Students ponder a quote from Charles Darwin. In this logical thinking lesson plan, students explain the statement, "The price of butter depends on the number of old maids in the area."
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Food and You
Young scholars examine the types of foods they eat. They describe the different components and resources that go into making their favorite foods. They also compare the resources going into different foods and identify ones which are...