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Animalopedia Poetry

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students reseach animals while working in groups. They write poems to be included in a class Animalopedia book.
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Preparation -- The Right Way to Help and FOrm for Poetic Reflection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners prepare for their service learning project by listening to a representative from the Lake Michigan Federation. They volunteer their time to clean up the coast line. They reflect on the event by writing a poem about their...
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Chocolate Fever

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study plants in the rainforest. They complete a variety of activities surrounding the subject of chocolate. They create new candy bars, invent learning games and write poetry--all focusing on chocolate.
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Mass Spectrometer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this mass spectrometer worksheet, high schoolers read about how a mass spectrometer determines the elements in gases around Earth. Students answer 3 questions and identify the elements in a graph found by a mass spectrometer.
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Poet-Tree (or shrub or forb)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners write poetry to describe a noxious weed. They form a personal relationship with, and a better comprehension of weeds. Students explain what the basic elements of a haiku are. They describe a particular weed, and comprehend...
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Cherokee Leaf Printing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate their local creeks and forests and practice identifying trees.  For this ecology identification lesson, students utilize a pad and pencil while on a field trip near their school and describe their trip...