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What's The Weather?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders record and summarize daily weather observations for a week in the form of a bar graph. They cut and glue a weather symbol for each day, record it on the graph, and answer discussion questions.
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Graphing Information from a Data Table

For Students 4th - 5th
In this graphing worksheet, students solve 12 problems in which data on a table is presented on a bar graph. This page is intended to be an online activity, but may be completed with paper and pencil.
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Anagram Family Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students unscramble four anagrams by spelling the words correctly and then they figure out what the words have in common. They participate in this activity as a whole class, in pairs, or individually with spelling or vocabulary words.
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Walk Around Ohio

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students walk and accumulate miles in a simulated "walk" around the eighty-eight counties of Ohio. Each class logs an average of twenty miles a week, hanging up a picture of a historic Ohio landmark to represent the different counties...
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Weather Math Student Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students record the high and low daily temperatures for their home city or another location. Students average the temperatures and make comparisons. As a bonus activity, students answer 3 questions after going to...
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Growing Rock Candy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe the growth of rock candy. In this crystal growth instructional activity, students make rock candy and measure the crystal growth over five days.
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Cloud Watching

For Teachers K - 6th
Students analyze art as a cloud pattern activity. For this cloud and art lesson, students view April Gornik's painting The Back of the Storm and make connections between science and art. Students observe cloud patterns for one week and...
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Shopping List

For Students 4th - 10th
For this food worksheet, learners update a menu to make the food choices healthier and write a shopping list in order to get these items. Students complete 2 activities.
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Weather with Lewis and Clark: Then and Now

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe and write descriptions of the weather in a journal for one week. They research the daily journals of Lewis and Clark, compare the weather words used to their own personal journals, and discuss the need to...
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What's the Weather?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make daily weather observations, record them with appropriate stickers on a chart, and then summarize them at the end of the week in the form of a bar graph.
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Life Cycle of the Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students observe and analyze the life cycle and metamorphosis of the Painted Lady Butterfly. They write observation journal entries three times a week and summarize what they observed. Using KidPix computer software they create pictures...
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Consumerism

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explain the concept of needs verses wants, influences on consumers, and advertising and relate those to making positive consumer choices. They break into small groups and plan a two-week day camp involving games and...
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Science Fiction

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students complete compare and contrast activities for two stories about racism and tolerance in the science fiction genre. For this literary analysis lesson, students read a Ray Bradbury short story and Walter Mosley poem, watch a...
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My Pyramid

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders analyze the new Food Guide Pyramid. In this healthy diet lesson, 10th graders explore the the website with the new food pyramid. Students use magazines to find foods from the food groups and create their own pyramid....
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The First Easter

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Easter fun activity worksheet, students use the 32 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Word Wall Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use the basic required 200 words by sight in sentences of three to six words, use the words to play bingo and rhyming word activity.
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Are You Plugged In?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an awareness of one's own media habits. Make connections between ads and one's own consumer behavior. They track their current TV and/or Internet viewing habits and video game time by keeping a TV Diary for one week.
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Creating a Collage

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify and describe the characteristics of collages. They familiarize themselves with the history of collage making. They select pictures from magazines that relate to their chosen word of the week. They design a collage.
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Math Word Problems

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math word problem worksheet, students complete a total of 5 simple word problems. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Test for 8th Grade about Reported Speech, Verb

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reported speech worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with verbs, choose the correct words for sentences, change commands to reported speech, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Family traditions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss family traditions. For this family tradition lesson, 2nd graders identify traditions in their family that have been passed down and bring in 3 things to share that have to do with these traditions.  They...
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Sports and Fitness Festival

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore new sports and activities which lead them to a healthy lifestyle.
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The Diary of Anne Frank

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read and discuss the book, The Diary of A Young Girl, by Anne Frank, analyzing the autobiographical writing style of journal writing. They write their personal thoughts, feelings, and experiences of their own daily...
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Investigating comparative biodiversity of wetland and schoolyard sites

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in an activity dealing with the environment.