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Water Pollution

For Teachers K - 6th
Students investigate a variety of pollutants that can affect water and the plants and animals that live in the water. In this water pollution lesson plan, students identify pollutants in a bog, marsh, stream or other wetland area and...
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 16

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this beginning sentence completion exercise 16 worksheet, students complete 10 sentences, interactively, with the correct word(s) with immediate feedback.
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LOSING GROUND

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students will observe wind erosion and how crop residue prevents erosion.Point out the three kinds of fields to the students. Do as much or as little instruction as needed to explain the pan with crop residue. Conservation tillage...
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Formula Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this science worksheet, students name what each of the units listed represent whether it is distance, time, speed, or acceleration. Then they solve each of the word problems that follow, showing all of their work.
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Explorit's Do-It-In-Your-Head Numbers Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this mental math instructional activity, students complete a 6 question multiple choice online interactive activity without using pencil, paper or calculator. Included are word problems, multiple operations, averaging, and basic...
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Now We Teach Six Rs

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners explore recycling.  In this ecology lesson plan, students sort classroom garbage into items that can be reused, reduced, or recycled.  Learners brainstorm ideas for reusing items and discuss ways to celebrate Earth Day...
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Keeping Our Surroundings Clean

For Teachers K
Students define the word environment. For this environmental awareness lesson students, orally make a list of at least 6 ways to keep our environment clean. Students individually create posters that show how to keep the environment...
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Talking About Cities

For Students Higher Ed
  In this ESL worksheet, students study words and aspects of different cities.  Students focus on 9 pictures and label each with the appropriate vocabulary.  Students then use the given questions for...
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Caring for Our environment

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the environment by reading and discuss information on pollution in the texts. In this environment lesson students read Wicker School Takes Action, and  City Green and discuss what we do with our trash. ...
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3-D Posters

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work in small groups to create 3-D posters to discourage throwing trash away and encourage recycling.
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Earth Day

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners identify the words that relate to Earth Day by reading the 14 clues. Students complete the crossword puzzle with the clues.
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Go, Speed Reader! Go!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the strategy of decoding words to advance from beginning readers to independent readers. They read and reread the book, "Sam the Garbage Hound," by Charnan Simon. Fluency checklists are kept for each child and are...
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Environment: Waste Walk

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students assess the positive and negative affects of humans on the environment. The activity explores ways in which individuals and societies can reduce the negative impact on the environment. By taking a "waste walk" around their...
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Doc Says Open Up

For Teachers K
Students recognize the short /o/ sound in spoken words in this instructional activity. They say a tongue twister with words emphasizing the short /o/ sound. They then listen the the book "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Suess, and identify the...
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Lizzy the Icky Sticky Piggy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read and spell words using the short letter "I". They become familiar with the letter "I" in spoken words by a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Students come up with words with the sound and review the tongue...
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You woke up the baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ in words and sentences. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read...
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Recycle Every Day

For Students 3rd
In this recycling worksheet, 3rd graders complete a word search.  Students locate 36 words in the puzzle, all associated with reuse of various items.
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Eggs, Baked Eggs Lab, Day 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the structure, sizes and nutritional value of eggs. After completing a word search, they participate in a lab in which they make baked eggs with bacon. To end the activity, they test their final product and complete a...
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Environmentalism: Then and Now

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the history of the conservation movement and how it relates to contemporary issues.  In this Environmental Science lesson, 10th graders research the roots of the environmental and conservation movement and...
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I Have aFriend Who

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, learners determine the solution to a riddle involving words.  The solution requires a non-traditional mathematics solution.  The one page worksheet contains one problem with the...
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Landfill Lounge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners accurately construct a model of a sanitary landfill and identify the parts of the landfill and explain their function. They work in grous using a clear plastic box, modeling clay, soil and a variety of garbage to create their...
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Max's Math Adventures

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these math riddle worksheets, students read the math word riddle 'Subtraction Square Dance Sing-Along Jubilee' and use the information to help solve the problems. Students make up their own subtraction verse to add to the song....
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The League

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of civic virtue in a democratic state. In this democracy activity, students listen to John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech, read selections on democracy, and discuss the importance of civic rights and...
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Conscientious Catalyst

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students access prior knowledge to list careers working with the environment. In this environmental careers lesson, students create a want ad for environmental jobs. Students complete job applications for specific environmental jobs and...