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Poke and Look Learning Books

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read Poke and Look Learning Books and complete predicting activities, reading, questioning, and more. In this Poke and Look Learning Books, students do this for 13 different books.
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Water, Water, Everywhere!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners complete a WebQuest. In this water cycle lesson, students investigate the cycle through a WebQuest activity. Learners research the water cycle through Internet resources and create a documentary video of their process.
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Ecology

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students make connections between their daily lives and the usage of natural resources as they relate to the importance of environmental quality.  In this ecology lesson, students listen to the story The Lorax by Dr. Seuss...
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Gone But Not Forgotten

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine animals and organisms that have become extinct and their similarities to living organisms.  In this extinction instructional activity students divide into groups and research extinct animals.
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Earth Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Learners gain understanding of how a fossil is formed and why they are so important.  In this fossil lesson students create their own fossils.
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Life Underground

For Teachers 1st
First graders build a terrarium in order to observe animal and plant life dynamics. In this biology lesson, 1st graders compare how organisms survive in different environments. They write their observations and analysis in their journal.
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Math Averages

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students perform different activities to better explain that the word "Average" has 5 different meanings.
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A Basin Filled With Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use fossil leaves and a mathematical formula to study climate change. In this climate change and fossil lesson plan, students determine the differences in temperatures during two different times during the Cenozoic era using...
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Cooking with the Sun!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners access prior knowledge of solar energy and understand that solar energy produces heat. In this solar cooker activity, students complete grade appropriate experiments using the heat of the sun. Learners complete a worksheet on...
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Sunken Treasure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Go on a treasure hunt with your language arts class! They read "Treasure Hunt" and "Exploring the Titanic," then create a final product by taking part in an unusual art activity.
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Toilet Paper Geologic Time Scale

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine and demonstrate the extent of geologic time compared to recent time. They develop a demonstration of geologic time using an unrolled roll of toilet paper, with each sheet of toilet paper representing 20 million years.
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Be a Paleontologist

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners search for fossils in a simulated archeology site and explore how paleontologists mark out a dig site.
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Desert Postcards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars research characteristics of deserts. They present their findings in small groups to the class. Students utilize information learned about desert biomes, geography of the route of the Niger, and expeditions in their writing.
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Measure for Measure: Time & Temperature

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine scientific inquiry.  In this time and temperature lesson students create a template to solve scientific problems and work through a science problem. 
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Organisms In Cities

For Teachers K
Students explore environments and how organisms adapt to the environment. In this science lesson, students read a story and discuss how animals have adapted to changes in their environment.
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Mighty Metaphors

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore metaphors and then complete a worksheet on which they write metaphors. They may illustrate the metaphors.
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Living Fossils

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the term living fossil and examine why some of the reasons they survived.  In this fossils lesson students form a hypothesis and use data to see if it is accurate. 
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Jurassic Park Debate

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students research behavior, phsyiology, and ecology of dinoaurs. Students role-play as scientific specialists such as geneticists and ecologists. They present their research findings in a research paper.
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Comparatives and superlatives

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify comparatives and superlatives. Students read article on comparatives and superlatives. They explore spelling patterns. Students rewite adjectives to form comparatives and superlatives and complete a worksheet.
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Classification of Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore animal characteristics by participating in a SMART board activity. In this animal classification lesson, students utilize a sorting chart to divide different animal names by their observable characteristics....
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Can You Find...on the "Progression of Life" Poster?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine and analyze a poster that presents various types of animals throughout the ages. They determine biological classification with fossils and earth history in a game.
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Animal Tracks - Walking and Running

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students, using paper and water, make tracks and record the time needed to make them. They compare tracks made walking and running to determine the speed of the animal.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop a recycling plan. In this environmental lesson, students develop a recycling plan for their school. Students write an outline of the plan to present to their class.
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When You're Sick

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify symptoms of illness and how they can get better. In this health instructional activity, 2nd graders use Venn diagrams to categorize what the character of a story did to get well, and different types of symptoms.

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