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Hold on Tight!
Students explore the relationship between plant roots and the soil in which they grow. They examine photos of uprooted trees and desert areas and
conduct experiments designed to highlight this mutual relationship between roots and soil....
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Not Only a Drought
Students explore the events that occurred during the Dust Bowl and differentiate between the good and bad agricultural practices. For this Dust Bowl lesson students participate in activities that shows them how to be good stewards of...
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Recycled Water?
Young scholars participate in a hands-on activity to investigate how water is recycled in a small environment, and determine how water is cycled on earth.
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Spring Fun Literacy Centers
Looking for spring-themed literacy centers? Look no further because here is a resource packed full of literacy skills practice, including spring verbs, ABC order, spring synonym match, spring phrases, abbreviation match, and a sentence...
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Science Quiz: Plants
In this science quiz: plants activity, students answer 10 questions about botany trivia, then scroll down to check their answers.
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Natural Resources Matter
This natural resources worksheet includes discussion activities about natural resources, 2 word searches, and a list of related books and videos.
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Recycling Quiz
Ten multiple questions about recycling comprise this quiz. Administer this as a pre-test prior to presenting a lesson on recycling glass, plastic, and metals. Since an answer key is provided along with comments, you can use it as a guide...
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Composting
Students discover the concept of decomposition. They examine how it makes the soil more fertile and how it helps plants. They put a compost bin in their backyard and record their observations.
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Worksheet 9: Reading: Global Warming
Using an interesting reading passage about global warming, learners answer true and false questions related to the topic. This 6 question activity could be used in upper elementary or as part of an ESL lesson.
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Reading: Global Warming
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1-page selection about global warming and then respond to 6 true or false questions regarding the selection.
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Spring Has Sprung
Spring lesson plan ideas can allow students and teachers a chance to use the outdoors as a classroom and a source of study topics.
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Plop! Plop! Fizz! Fizz!
Fourth graders study physical and chemical weathering. They explain how the processes of weathering and erosion change and move materials that become soil. They create a K-W-L chart to show what they know and list what else they would...
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Inferencing II: Post Test
In this inferences learning exercise, students answer multiple choice questions about inferences after they read a passage. Students read 4 passages and answer 10 questions total.
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English Exercises: Cloze Exercise
For this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 29 fill in the blank questions where they complete a cloze activity. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Exploring Biomes
In this biology instructional activity, students watch a movie about various land biomes. Then they use the word list to the right to complete each of the statements. Students also complete the brief quiz about the movie that follows.
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Life in a Cup
Third graders make and maintain a mini terrarium. They keep a daily journal of what happens in their terrarium and record daily observations and measurements.
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The Effects of Solar Energy
Young scholars examine how solar energy is absorbed and used. For this solar energy lesson students complete several activities that allow them to better understand solar energy.