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Flowers and Pollination

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars explore the environment by researching plant reproduction. In this pollination instructional activity, students define botany related vocabulary terms such as disc flower, petal and fertilization. Young scholars dissect a...
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Analyzing a Picture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine various photographs and identify three conclusions from them. Using the pictures, they write their own story based on their observations. They share their stories with the class and discuss how some of their...
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Japan: New Year's Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how New Year's Day is celebrated in Japan. In groups, they create their own versions of Japanese kites using materials available to them in the classroom. They discover the signifigance of the kites to their culture and...
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France: Carnival at Nice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the events held at the Carnival at Nice, France and its history. Using mixed media, they design and decorate a flower garland necklace and discover the use of flowers in cultural festivals. They share their creation...
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Italy: Festa del Grillo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the traditions of the Festa del Grillo in Italy and its relationship to the culture of Italy. After being shown examples, they create their own cricket out of materials found in the classroom. Using 3D, they decorate a...
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Q-Tip Painting

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students make their own paintings. In this art lesson, students paint with q-tips by dropping the paint, rolling the q-tip, or just use the q-tip as a brush.
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Community Search

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students, as a class, brainstorm a list of possible jobs in the community to explore. Working in teams of two (writer and photographer), students choose their interview assignments-e.g., preacher, principal, basketball coach, postmaster,...
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Down on the Farm

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to a map of an Illinois farm. They determine whether the map is of the past, present, or future by looking at features on the map. They also use the map to make a three-dimensional model.
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Classical Art

For Teachers 6th
Students study the evolution of Greek and Roman art in pottery and human form. They examine how the artistic evolution is related to discoveries in science and travel through the lessons in this unit.
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Garden Guard

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners design and create scarecrows. They write descriptively about the scarecrow for a classroom scarecrow show.
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Boombox Classroom: Native American

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music worksheet, students circle names of Native American tribes or nations. They answer three true/false questions. Students answer 3 multiple choice question about the history of Native America. They name 8 music notations.
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It's All Poetry to Me!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore language arts by analyzing poetry styles. In this writing analysis lesson plan, 4th graders read several sample poems in class and identify similes, metaphors and other figurative language within them. Students...

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