Curated OER
Seeing Cells
Sixth graders study living cells and their functioning units. In this cell lesson students color cell diagrams, answer questions and discuss the differences between plant and animal cells.
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Signs of Mine
For this reading and life skills lesson, students practice recognizing common signs that would see around town and at school. Examples are, stop signs, exit signs, etc. After a class discussion where examples are given, students tour the...
Curated OER
Classification of Animals
Third graders practice classiyfying items and identify three major characteristics scientists use to classify animals. They describe the differences between ectothermic and endothermic animals.
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Three Chicago Painters: Visual Thinking Skills Activity
Students discuss the paintings of three Chicago painters. They are asked to observe their work and comment on it.
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A Garden in the Mailbox
Students study seed catalogs to find information about plants and growing seasons. They write letters requesting a seed catalog after using online resources. They use them complete an associated worksheet and discuss zone maps for their...
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Recycled Lid Ornament
Students create a keepsake ornament out of recycled plastic lids and other household items.
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3-D Beginning Graphs
Students explore the concept of big and small. They collect objects from the classroom, sort them by size, and create a graph using Duplo stacking blocks.
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Exploring Heroism
Learners research heroism online. In this heroism lesson plan, students use the documentary of Heroes of Ground Zero to explore the theme of heroism. Learners complete five days of activities to research and participate in activities...
University of Maryland
Education: Umd: Shapes
This is a complete lesson plan with objectives and rationale for learning shapes, followed by a tutorial and practice exercises. Given pictures of shapes, their definitions, and everyday examples, students determine simple shapes with...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Extra Practice Quiz Draw a Picture 1
Use the problem solving strategy, draw a picture, to identify the characteristics described in the correct picture. Read the interactive quiz rules and then click on the "Begin" ticket. If you answer incorrectly you get one more chance...
Cool Math
Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Ten Frames
An interactive for working with ten frames or a variation of one. Choose characters or shapes for counters and lay them out in your frame. There are tools for duplicating, rotating, drawing, and deleting, as well as for typing an...