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Jambo Means Hello: An Introduction To Swahili
Students gain an appreciation for Swahili as a language spoken in many parts of Africa. They share and illustrate words from their own culture using English and Swahili and others to create a word quilt.
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Biomes -- Part II
Students use the internet to gather information on the biomes of the world. They identify the climate and unique characteristics of each biome along with any threat to them. They create their own campaign to preserve wildlife.
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Arkansas Geography/History Relief Map
Sixth graders research a number of sources including the Internet to find information about the regions of Arkansas while locating sites of national historic interest. They located sites on maps while working at assigned websites. They...
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Planting a Monarch Butterfly Garden
Students raise money to purchase milkweed plants for their butterfly garden. In this gardening lesson plan, students listen to the story Miss Rumphius to determine why it is important to plant milkweed for butterflies. Students develop...
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Habitat Hunt
Third graders read several nonfiction texts and practice finding the main idea for the text as well as learn about various habitats. In this main idea lesson plan, 3rd graders read several nonfiction texts and make habitat cards....
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Turtle Fun Facts
In this turtles worksheet, students read two pages of facts about turtles. Students match four kinds of turtle pictures to their habitats.
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Social Studies and Children's Literature
Students write a journal in response to literature. The story that is read is about prairies. The subject of prairies becomes an object for research. The culminating activity is the making of a map where prairies exist in the United States.
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Survival
Young scholars identify characteristics of Australia, Africa and Antarctica and compare and contrast them to each other. They work together to identify adaptations that animals have used to survive. They also practice classifying animals.
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Ecosystems Online
Students work together to gather information on ecosystems from websites. They identify plants and animals and create their own website. They are graded on their willingness to work together and the content on the website.
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Modeling The Anatomy Of A Grass Plant
High schoolers explore the structure of a typical and generalized grass plant. They visualize the structures of a grass plant by constructing a paper model. In addition, they identify the names and structural relationships of the parts...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Prairie
Learn about the plants and animals that live on the prairie. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
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David Ward
David Ward is a Canadian author of novels for junior and intermediate students. In some of his novels he creates imaginary worlds, such as in his trilogy about a place called Grassland. This is his website where you will find a biography...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Rwanda: Geography
Read about the climate, terrain, and rainfall in the country of Rwanda. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.
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David Ward
David Ward is a Canadian author of novels for junior and intermediate students. In some of his novels he creates imaginary worlds, such as in his trilogy about a place called Grassland. This is his website where you will find a biography...