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Strut Your Stuff
Students begin the lesson by identifying what a polygon is and hypothesizing how many struts (diagonals) it would take to make a polygon rigid. They watch a "Magic School Bus" episode then experiment with various shapes to make a...
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Wizard Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students locate 12 words that are hidden in the puzzle. The words can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. They find words such as; cauldron, broom, magic, and potion.
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Habitat Match
In this animal habitat worksheet, young scholars match 15 animals with the correct habitat: African plains, Rain Forest, Arctic, India or Australia. This worksheet is related to the Magic Tree House book Lions at Lunchtime.
Fuel the Brain
Subtraction
Give your class a fun St. Patrick's Day "brain booster." Keeping the holiday magic alive, your class will practice subtraction by determining how many clovers found had four leaves and how many coins out of the total "pot of gold" were...
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Layers of the Earth
Students identify the layers of the Earth and complete activities for the topic. In this Earth layers instructional activity, students chart their ideas about the Earth's layers and view a PowerPoint for the topic. Students view an apple...
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Five Senses
Students explore the five senses. In this five senses science and literature lesson, students listen to The Magic School Bus Five Senses book, stopping to identify and discuss each sense. Students draw and label a picture of...
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Watercolor Easter Eggs
Students complete an art project. In this Easter lesson, students use coffee filters to create large Easter eggs, decorate them with magic markers and then dip in water to create a stained glass effect.
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Reflect and Refract
Young scholars explore light. For this properties of light lesson, students define the terms refract, reflect, and diffract after listening to the teacher's description. Young scholars listen to the book Light Magic and observe a spoon...
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Musical Mysteries
Students explore the components of sound and how it can be represented visually. A trip to a circus and a walk through a magical forest are used to encourage visualizations and creative thinking.
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Telling The Truth
Learners explore the importance of telling the truth. They read a story about honesty and sing a song. Students volunteer to sit in a speak easy chair and share their happiest moments, times when they were glad to tell the truth, and...
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Wizards and Resumes
Students research the work of J.K. Rowling and use it to make her resume. They view websites to get a clear idea of what resumes should look like and create their own career portfolio.
Infinite Dreams
Let's Create! Pottery HD
Using a potter’s wheel to make functional art is an experience not common to most people. Provide your learners with a chance to see what pottery making is all about with an app that allows them to create pots, fire them, decorate them,...
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How to Rack Pool Balls
In this algebra worksheet, students follow a given rule and determine the correct position of a rack of fifteen pool balls. There is 1 puzzle to solve and a solution is provided.
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The Rotten Truth
Fourth graders investigate compost. For this Science lesson, 4th graders take notes on the components of soil and its relation to plant growth. Students describe the steps in making compost.
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Spelling: Unit 10
A great spelling PowerPoint displays the weeks spelling words as well as common spelling patterns. Students can review and see examples of words that contain obvious spelling patterns.
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To Infinity and Beyond
Pupils explore the planets in our solar system and create a brochure on each planet. They read the book, The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System and write notes about solar system facts and watch a video. After the video, they...
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E.T. Write Home
Students read the book, The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System, and discuss the planets visited by the characters in the book. They write journal entries from the viewpoint of E.T., writing letters home describing his travels in...
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The Tempest
Students discuss cultural beliefs about magic. They investigate European exploration and colonialism. They create a cartoon strip of an episode that is described or dramatized in the play.
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Interpreting Language Arts, Health, and Visual Art
Fourth graders draw a magic mask with special powers based on one aspect of health. They write 1-2 paragraphs descibing the mask's special powers. Then they scan the images using a computer software program and write a new paragraph on...
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Goop to Geoforms
Young scholars illustrate geographical terms in three-dimensional form. They use magic modeling goop and paint to create features of the geographic landscape. Students explain the meaning of geographical terms.
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Give the Dog a Bone
Students listen as the /sh/ sound is modeled and discover the sound as it appears in the words "sheep", "fish", and "ship". They then play a secret game with a magic code placing the correct dog with its bone. Once all the words are...
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"Raise the Red Lantern" by Su Tong
Pupils read and analyze the novella, "Raise the Red Lantern," by Su Tong. They compare/contrast the story with other works of literature, answer discussion questions, conduct research, and in small groups develop oral presentations.
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The Chinese Zodiac And The Western Zodiac
Students create individual horoscopes that contrast and compare Western and
Chinese views of their futures using poster boards and magic markers. In-class discussion is used to evaluate the use of the Zodiac in different cultures.
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Studies of the Eastern Worlds: Japan
Seventh graders, in their study of Japan, examine and discuss the effect the atomic bomb had on Japan. They watch videos and then read the story of Sadako and her magic cranes. They make their own origami cranes and write a paragraph on...
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