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Measuring Soil Temperatures at South Penquite Farm
Students investigate soil temperatures. In this graphing and earth science lesson, students insert temperature probes into different types of soil at varying depths. Students complete a data chart and construct a related graph...
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African Clothing
Students explore African clothing. In this African culture social studies activity, students brainstorm types of clothing they wear for different occasions. Students view photographs of Africans wearing Western clothing and "special...
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Insect Camouflage
Students investigate insect camouflage and mimicry. In this animal science lesson, students discuss how camouflage helps an insect survive. Additionally, students use the included template to color and cut illustrations of insects....
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A Teeth Changing Experience
Young scholars research human health by reading an educational story in class. In this oral health lesson, students identify the importance of brushing their teeth and consuming calcium. Young scholars read the book A Teeth Changing...
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Draw Me a Mammal!
Fifth graders illustrate at least three art elements in a drawing of a mammal they've read about with 100% accuracy. As a review, Bloom's Taxonomy questions are asked as they prepare to sketch something they pictured in the story they read.
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Cherishing the Water of Life
Learners work in small groups to brainstorm a list of all creatures, plants, natural, and artificial processes that use or depend on fresh water. The class views an aquarium filled with water representing all the water in the world. The...
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Forester
In this forester worksheet, students illustrate a map that shows the types of forests growing in various parts of the country. They also identify six forest trees common to the area where they live and explain how both wildlife and...
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Dinosaur Poem
In this reading worksheet, students read a poem about different colored dinosaurs and color. Students color in the related illustrations and cut them out to form a dinosaur book.
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Poetry: Robert Louis Stevenson
In this poetry study activity, students will read the poem, "My Kingdom" by Robert Louis Stevenson and complete various activities such as answer 20 short response questions, write a creative story about a kingdom, review the rhyme...
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Number Line Jumps
In this math learning exercise, learners write addition and subtraction sentences for eight word problems involving integers. Students use a number line to find the answer to the problem. Learners complete addition and subtraction with...
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Arthropod Coloring
In this arthropod worksheet, learners compare and contrast the different animals found in the Phylum Arthropoda: insects, arachnids, and crustaceans. Students complete 8 fill in the blank statements and color illustrations.
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Trigonometric Functions
In this trigonometric functions worksheet, students solve and complete 35 various type of problems. First, they find the values for all six trig functions that pass through the given points. Then, students prove different identities as...
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Snacks Vocabulary
In this vocabulary worksheet, students view names and illustrations of common types of snacks. There are eight illustrated snacks.
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Music-Follow the Drinking Gourd
Fourth graders study the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd." In this dance lesson, 4th graders listen to the book by the same name, listen to the music, and in small groups create a short dance illustrating a stanza from the song.
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Water Cycle
Second graders investigate the water cycle. For this water cycle lesson, 2nd graders discover how the water cycle effects erosion and weathering. Students create their own terrariums to view the water cycle. Students illustrate their...
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Editing
Are your writers ready to edit their papers? Present them with these editing tips including reading papers out loud, varying sentence openings and lengths, and using action verbs. While the tips are worthwhile, consider supplementing the...
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Walk on the Wild Side
Have your class practice alliteration using this activity. Learners listen to stories with alliterative elements and create their own sentences illustrating this technique. The activity is incomplete, but could be enhanced to provide a...
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Social Studies: Vocabulary
Build vocabulary and have a class discussion. Use this PowerPoint to illustrate concepts of Early American History, including, Bill of Rights, Supreme Court, elections, and the Constitution. Note: Each slide has only a single vocabulary...
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Evaluating a Book By Its Cover
Students practice using predictive strategies before reading a book. In this literacy lesson, students identify the theme and characters of the novel based on the cover illustrations.
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Name Squares
Students examine the sounds the letters of their name make. They read Dr. Seuss' ABC Book and Mary Engelbreit's Put Em All Together. They practice writing the individual letters of their names in squares.
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Get the Swing of It: --ing ending
In this "ing" ending worksheet, students read a story and fill in the missing words from a word bank with "--ing" ending words. Students then illustrate the story.
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Math: Creating Problems on Computers
Third graders, in pairs, create math story problems on computers. Skills include multiplication or addition and subtraction in two-step problems. After devising their problems, 3rd graders type them and use pictures to illustrate them....
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London Bridge: Nursery Rhyme
This "London Bridge" PowerPoint displays the words from the nursery rhyme, as well as illustrations. This PowerPoint can be used to target a phonics based lesson.
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Letter Xx
In this letter Xx learning exercise, students study the various illustrations and color the pictures that begin with the letter X. Students color the two pictures of the x-ray and the xylophone.