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Tell Someone About Earth Day

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Celebrate Earth Day by spreading the word of conservation. Teach children ten easy ways to help preserve the Earth and share this knowledge with others by sending e-cards and printable cards to loved ones. Extend learning about the...
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Curated OER

Shoe Box Archaeology

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners assemble a shoe box following a layered pattern alternating between soil and artifacts. The layers of artifacts begin with the grandparents and end with the student's own personal possessions.
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Curated OER

Shoe Box Archaeology

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students make a box layered with information about grandparents, parents, and themselves. They dig up each other boxes and try to decipher the personality or lifestyle of the person whose box it is.
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Curated OER

Generations of Traits

For Students 5th - 7th
In this biology activity, students track and record the passage of colored pom pom traits through three generations of ginger-bread people. Then they describe that traits are passed from parents to offspring and that siblings may or may...
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Curated OER

I love penguins!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students listen to stories and view video about penguins. For this penguins lesson, students research penguins in groups and present a report using their choice of technology or artwork presentation.
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Curated OER

Living Things Change and Grow

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars observe how nail polish on a fingernail and petals on a flower grow over time. In this change and grow lesson plan, students observe, discuss, and draw how living things change and grow.