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Healthy Heart
Students discover the power of their heart and provide an opportunity to talk about ways to maintain good health. In this early childhood heart lesson, students diagram a human heart, identify exercises that promote a healthy heart, and...
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World Hunger
Students discover the benefits of balanced nutrition. In this service learning lesson, students read Beatrice's Goat and create a poster featuring the Heifer International Project.
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Nature's Recycling Program
Learners identify what materials make up compost. In this science of recycling lesson, students explain the benefits of composting determine how compost is a good plant fertilizer.
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Should Populations in an Ecosystem be Restricted?
Fourth graders experiment to determine how overpopulation effects ecosystems specifically plants. In this ecosystem lesson, 4th graders conduct an ecosystems experiment after listening to Claire Daniel's, Ecosystems. They watch a video,...
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Plant Systems
Second graders learn about plant systems and how plants grow and function. In this plant lesson plan, 2nd graders collect data based on roots, leaves, terrariums, plant uses, and locations of certain kinds of plants. They fill out...
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Quilt Squared
Students study West Virginia quilts. In this mathematics lesson, students use symmetry, geometric shapes, and patterns to create their own quilt square.
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Marine & Aquatic Habitats Activities - Creatures in the Coral
Young scholars describe unique adaptations of organisms that live in the coral reef habitat, read various books pertaining to coral reefs and ocean life, and construct a wheel demonstrating the relationships between certain coral reef...
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Healthy Living:
Students are able to recognize a wide variety of fruit and have a greater understanding as to the importance of fruit in their diet and that some fruits skin are edible and others are not.
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A Small Book of Small Things
Students explore size relationships as they collect pictures of the small things in their world. For this early childhood math and literacy lesson, students gain an understanding of size differences and develop fine-motor and literacy...
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Animal Names
Students match animal pictures with animal words. In this farm animal lesson, students put together the parent and their offspring. Students should have prior knowledge of the basic needs of animals. Students write animal booklets.
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Old Growth Forest Mural
Learners explore the four characteristics of an old growth forest. In this forest lesson, students research old growth forests and their inhabitants. Learners work in four separate groups and create a mural for their characteristic of an...
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Healthy Happy heart Booklet
Students complete activity pages in a book to demonstrate their understanding of a healthy heart.
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Quilting the Past and Present
Pupils construct a quilt using symbols of the past and present. In this communities lesson, students interview an older adult and discuss the history of their community. Pupils create a quilt.
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Create Your Own Country!
Students create their own countries. In this geography skills activity, students establish governments, cultural backgrounds, atlas/geography components, national anthems, and national symbols for a country they create.
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Which Bear?
Students study bears. For this science lesson, students compare black, grizzly and polar bears. Students measure the bear tracks and compare the bear habitats and diet.
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Anasazi Culture
Young scholars explain the cultural and historical development of the Anasazi Indians. They identify different time periods, cultures, and artifacts about the Anasazi people.
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Turkeys Gobble Up Bulletin Board Space
Students state the reasons they are thankful. They follow directions to create feathers for a bulletin board turkey. They share their feathers before it is placed on the board.
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Citizens For the New Zoo
Third graders complete Internet research to find information about an animal and its basic needs. They design a model of a zoo habitat that would accommodate their animal. They write a letter of recommendation to a Zoo board of directors...
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Chucky Chickadee
Young scholars create an original project dealing with birds. In this bird instructional activity, students take a virtual field trip to bird feeders around the nation. Young scholars replicate the coloring of winter birds.
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Jobs in Jamestown
Students research data on Jamestown settlers in order to learn about the daily life and events in the colony. In this investigative history lesson, students work in groups to analyze the results of the Jamestown census. Students take...
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More Than Tipis and Feathers
Fourth graders research Native American People of the plains, the forest, the northwest coast and the desert. They compare how their lives were similar and how they were different. They make a model of one type of dwelling.
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Environment
Students examine how connected they are to the environment and how organisms are affected by other organisms. They also discover that the environment is affected by human interactions.
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Weather "Whys"
Students explore the weather. In this weather data lesson, students collect weather data from Internet and media sources. Students graph the collected data discuss it as well as the seasons of the year.
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Marshland Ecosystem
Students classify animals based on their physical characteristics and eating habits. For this animal identification lesson plan, students investigate the life forms shown on a Parisian ceramic basin, and discover ecosystem the...