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Sex & Reproduction

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine animal reproduction by interpreting data and making arguments and then create their own graphs to explore relationships of organ systems. This instructional activity includes an individual worksheet and a reflective...
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Place Value Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars increase their cardiovascular endurance through movement. At the same time, they learn place value of numbers to the millionths place.
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Push Up Routine

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Young scholars improve upper body strength by doing push-ups. They practice synchronized movements they can do with a partner while in the push-up position.
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Hula Hoop Hoopla!

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils develop spatial awareness through "movement" using hula hoops as the personal parameter.
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Macarena Basketball Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers review basketball skills and are challenged to perform specific shills to the beat of music.
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Vegetable Munchers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are encouraged to eat healthy foods. Theyare able to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods.Students travel in different pathways, and levels,while learning to make healthy food choices.
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Tempo Contrasts in partner Dances

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners explore the differences in tempo through movement. In groups, students create an original dance phrase and illustrate both fast and slow movement. They share their observations and evaluate each dance according to originality...
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Fish Parasite Survey

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners survey and dissect as many fish as possible. They count nematodes, cestodes and crustaceans on the fish, fill out autopsy reports, and transfer data to a chalkboard data table. Students graph the results of the entire class...
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Picnic Possibilities

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders plan a picnic using weather data. Using accumulated weather data from various sources, they create a graph of the weather conditions in their region for a given period of time. Students interpret this data to predict the...
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School Yard Park/Ecosystem

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe and categorize different sections of a park and it's ecosystem. In this categorizing lesson plan, 5th graders collect different facets of nature from a nearby park (without disturbing the ecosystem). They map,...
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School Yard Park/ Ecosystem

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine ecosystems in their schoolyard. In this nature and ecosystem lesson, 5th graders map their schoolyard into workable plots. They classify plants and animals found in the plot. They revisit their site every two weeks...
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Fish Parasite Survey

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students count nematodes, cestodes and crustaceans on approximately one-hundred and fifty fish. They fill out autopsy reports for external and internal parasites then complete and discuss guide questions to make inferences about parasite...
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Sharks and Minnows Soccer Style

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice dribbling and shielding a ball with control while someone else is trying to steal it from them.
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Physical Education Recipes for Success

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students apply math skills to actual situations they may use.
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Hoop Jump/Hop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners integrate locomotor skills and math skills.
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Invertebrate Dribbling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners practice proper dribbling skills and work on identifying invertebrates as one of four major types.
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Twelve Days of Christmas Dancercise

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in a dance routine set to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. They monitor their heart rate and learn a new song.
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Stacker Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students upstack and downstack cups while performing various locomotor skills.
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Walking With a Line

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create various design drawings using parallel, oblique, and divergent lines and the medium of black paper and colored gel pens.
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Plant and Animal Cells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the difference between plant and animal cells. They observe a variety o plant and animals cells by looking at a piece of cork, an onion, elodea, prepared slides of paramecium, human bone, frog blood, and human...
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PLANETS IN PROPORTION

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover scales for both the solar bodies' relative sizes and their distances from the sun. They find equatorial circumference and volumes of their solar bodies. Students apply estimation strategies and proportioanl reasoning to...
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The Soil Chain

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify their relationship to the soil. In this soil lesson plan, students draw a flow chart to show how common objects relate back to the soil. Students also discuss the importance of the soil.
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Concept Webs for the Components of a Coastline

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students describe the components of a coastline. In this lesson on coasts, students brainstorm the various features of a coastline.
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"Leaf" Your Mark

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students put their hands in paint and put their hand-print on trees that were drawn. In this hand painting lesson plan, students make their mark on the trees that look like leaves.