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Germination Inhibitors
In germination experiment worksheet, learners conduct the following lab activity. Students determine the effects of another tomato on germinating seeds. Learners answer the following questions to analyze their experiment.
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Seed Sensation
Students explore seeds through dissecting, sorting, comparing and contrasting. They draw their observations of both a closed and open seed and then they label the parts of a seed. They brainstorm where seeds come from. They compare seeds...
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What Happens to a Seed?
In this creative lesson on seeds, 1st graders listen as the book The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle is read to them about the life of a seed. Students then draw a picture to show the life cycle of a seed in each season.
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Preparing the Soil
Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students read Seedfolks and discuss the characters in the story and consider their actions that led to a community garden. Learners journal about their...
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CONNECTIONS
Students study the interdependence of an ecosystem that allows it to sustain itself. They examine the Western lowland gorillas for an example.
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To Honor All Children from Prejudice to Discrimination to Hatred....to Holocaust, Part 1
Students analyze different perspectives of the history of the Holocaust. They experience primary and secondary sources along with pieces from literature, documentaries, songs and letters. A commitment of honor and dedication is expressed...
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Living or Non-Living
Students examine living and non-living things. In this life science lesson, students are given a group of objects and discuss if they are living or non-living. Students identify and list characteristics of living things.
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Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden
Students create a garden. In this ozone lesson plan, students discuss ozone injury, identify plants sensitive to ozone, and then plant their own ozone garden.
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After We Die: Personal Search
In this religious discussion worksheet, students are asked to discuss their thoughts about Bible passages dealing with heaven and judgment. Students discuss ten questions.
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Making Recycled Paper
Students explore paper making. In this tree conservation ecology lesson, students brainstorm ways paper is used in daily life. Students examine paper fiber using a magnifying glass. Students make paper following a step by step procedure...
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Birth, Growth, And Development
Students understand that all living things have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying.
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Plants- What Are Their Parts and Functions?
Middle schoolers learn about plants. In this plant function activity, students label the parts of a plant and their functions. Middle schoolers work in small groups to create three simile statements to relate to the function of essential...
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Nuts About Peanuts
First graders explore peanuts. In this peanut lesson, 1st graders examine the parts of peanut plants and identify them. Students plant their own peanut plants and chart their growth.
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Sharing Love
Students explore the expansion of love. They read a story about showing love and sing a song. Students draw a picture describing love. In a group activity, students participate in a "Greetings Dance." Students may bring pictures of...
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Seed Diversity
Students explore agriculture by researching different seeds. In this seed identification lesson plan, students collaborate in small groups to analyze a package of different seeds. Students utilize a magnifying glass to examine each seed...
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Ecosystems II
Students engage in a lesson that is about the concepts related to the careful balance of an ecosystem. They identify the beneficial and harmful relationships that can exist with diverse populations in an ecosystem. The lesson includes...
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Sock Walk (Seed Dispersal)
Students collect seeds from field plants as part of understanding seed dispersal.
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Butterfly Bonanza
Students describe life cycle of the butterfly after reading and singing about butterflies.
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Humane Science Projects
In this science worksheet, students examine the list of possible science projects. They look for the characteristics that set apart these ideas as humane.
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Plant Adaptations
Students identify parts of prairie plants. They sketch the plants indicating its adaptive parts and write brief descriptions of them. They present their findings to the class.
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If It Smells Good, Is Edible, and Attracts Wildlife, Then It's a Practical Garden
Students explore landscape design. In this practical gardening instructional activity, students design landscape plans that call for shrubs, trees, and plants that can be used for aesthetics, cooking, and wildlife.
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Generosity
Students listen to music and imagine caring about others and wanting to show them your love. They hear the story, "Giving Isa," and answer a given set of questions. Students discuss their question answers with the class then they...
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Introduce Vocabulary: From Tadpole to Frog
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read From Tadpole to Frog, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and...
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What a Garden Can Teach
Students read about land and gardening and create found poems from the text. They use the poems to design interpretation quilts of communal text.