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University of North Carolina

Oral History

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
There's no better way to learn something than to hear it straight from the horse's mouth. A handout on oral history, part of a larger series on specific writing assignments, explains how to conduct interviews and use the information...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Taming the American West

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Have you ever seen a movie about the romance of the American West with its buffalo, horses, cowboys, and endless frontier? The 13th installment of a 22-part series on American history presents the myths associated with the American West....
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Mapping Initial Encounters

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed Standards
Picture someone's excitement of seeing a horse for the first time. How about a cow? The Columbian Exchange changed life for not only Native Americans, but also for Europeans and the entire world. The second lesson of a 22-part series...
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PBS

Scale City — Proportional Relationships in the Real World

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Strive to determine your stride. Scholars first view an informative video on the Kentucky Horse Park and the 28-feet stride of the Man o' War. They then work together in groups to find the length of their own strides by using the number...
Lesson Plan
Aquarium of the Pacific

Amazing Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
We can all adapt. Classmates watch a video about the adaptations of sea horses that allow them to eat and move. They then watch penguins on webcams to see what adaptations help the penguins find food, move, and avoid predators. Finally,...
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American Museum of Natural History

The Ancient City of Petra

For Students 6th - 12th
Anyone who has seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade will recognize the entrance to the Nabataean city of Petra. Young archaeologists don't need horses or camels to travel through the Sig and tour this fascinating city, however. With...
Interactive
Arcademics

Division Derby

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Run for the quotient. Classmates practice division facts to 12 by racing against each other in an interactive online game. Horses run around a track and receive extra boosts of energy for each correct response.
Lesson Plan
Civil War Trust

Civil War Animal Mascots

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
A pet can offer comfort, friendship, and loyalty in the most stressful of situations. Here is a lesson plan that explores the important role animals played during the Civil War. Class members read informative texts, complete a...
Printables
PreKinders

Nursery Rhyme Posters

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Ideal for coloring, class decoration, or a language arts center, these nursery rhyme posters are a great addition to your kindergarten class. Each poster provides the text of the nursery rhymes as well as a cute illustration.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Buggy Rides

For Teachers K
Students go for a buggy ride. Each of them have a chance to be a rider and a horse. They need to tell their "horse" when to begin pulling by saying "giddy-up." students work together and use appropriate social skills
Printables
Egmont

H.O.R.S.E.

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Extend your lesson on Christopher Myers' H.O.R.S.E with a series of activities about basketball. After kids read the book, they match basketball terms with their definitions, find as many words as they can with the letters H, O, R,...
Lesson Plan
Art Educators of New Jersey

Exploring Eric Carle’s Painted Collage

For Teachers 8th
Where does inspiration come from? Where do writers get their ideas? What about visual artists? A PowerPoint and a video introduce middle schoolers to children's author and illustrator Eric Carle and how he found inspiration in the work...
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Curated OER

Down, Dung and Dirty

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students observe the changes seen in succession and the biodiversity of a community through its species richness and evenness. They create a dung culture in a clear plastic cup from horse, goat or cow dung then observe the numbers of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Million Dollar House

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use a combination of calculators and spread sheet software to furnish their own million dollar horse without going over the specified amount of a million. The goal being to create a house that came to the exact amount of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Search: Rent a Third Grader- Ch. 1-3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Word Search: Rent a Third Grader- Ch. 1-3 worksheet, students find 12 words related to the book Rent a Third Grader. The word search is in the shape of a horse.
Worksheet
T. Smith Publishing

Counting on the Farm

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Hee-haw! Preschool or kindergarten math pupils identify and count different objects in a lively farm landscape. Beneath the picture, each animal or plant is represented pictorially, and little ones simply write the total count for each....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition and Subtraction Snack Search

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this addition and subtraction learning exercise, students solve 33 addition and subtraction problems where they circle the problems that are correct in order to draw paths for an elephant, a horse, and a polar bear to reach their snack.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Make the Ornaments

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading and following directions worksheet, students read directions to make a two-sided ornament choosing a rocking horse, jester, or Menorah. Students create 1 ornament.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Determining Solutions to a Problem - Fire Cloud

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video of a fire and determine solutions to the problem. In this problem solving lesson, students watch a video of a fire on a horse farm and complete a problem/solution graphic organizer. They identify the problem in the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Do We Learn From Fossils?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate what a fossil is and how it came to be.  In this fossil instructional activity, students examine pictures of skeletons and identify characteristics that can and cannot be determined by a fossil.  Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Invertebrates

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine invertebrates. In this animal classification instructional activity, students discuss invertebrates and bilateral symmetry. They discuss the importance of horse shoe crabs in medical science.
Lesson Plan
Poetry Society

A Conceit Poem

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young writers needn't be self-involved to craft a conceit. Directions for how to craft this form of extended metaphor, models, and a worksheet are all included in the packet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Activity: AR or OR

For Students 2nd
In this vocabulary words with AR or OR worksheet, 2nd graders write down six vocabulary words as they are called out, unscramble six words and use each one in a complete sentence.
Assessment
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Simple and Compound Interest

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Your learners will get lots of practice calculating simple and compound interest by the end of this lesson. Simple explanations and examples lead learners through the concepts and steps of calculating simple and compound interest...

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