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Water, Water Everywhere
Students explain the important role of water in the body. In this adult health lesson, students examine foods with high water content. They share ways to get the recommended amount of water per day.
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Symbols of America
In this symbols of America learning exercise, students play a game, cutting out cards of descriptions of symbols and their names and matching, complete a word scramble and visit a link given to play a symbols game.
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Guided Writing: Writing a Story on the OHP
Learners practice fluency as well as story-writing skills. They work together to prepare and write their stories. Students are told that they are going to write a story entitled 'A Wonderful Day' and that they are going to be the...
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Quiz: Weather Lore
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on the weather. Students will respond to ten fill in the blank questions regarding well known weather sayings and phrases.
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Who 's Who on the Hill
Learners are introduced to the roles played by the various people on Parliament Hill. They create a comprehensive trading card as outlined in the accompanying format.
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Environment: Valley Walk-A-Thon
Students go on a nature hike and observe the different plants along their route. Various plants are circled with hula hoops and identified with flash cards. Older students write in their journals about their hiking experience while the...
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How We Have Changed!
First graders practice using their writing skills. They create memory books through the use of daily journal writing questions of the day. Students respond to story prompts and write autobiographies of themselves and another classmate.
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Bird Research: Your First Investigation
In this bird research instructional activity, students keep a notebook and record their observations every day for a week about the birds they see with discussion questions at the end of the week.
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My Memory Box
Students are read the book "Me & Mr. Mah". They discuss what the memory boxes in the story looked like and what was in each one. They create their own memory box out of a shoebox and items they brought from home.
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The News Knows!
Sixth graders examine three national parks and focus on what makes them special. Working in small groups, 6th graders create a small newspaper in which each of them writes an article that expresses the concerns of their park.
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Tell Time With Your Feet
Students discover what the latitude and longitude of their location is. They start walking and measure their shadow. They fill in a chart to discover the approximate time.
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On Our Way to School
First graders create a class graph that illustrates how they get to school and interpret data from the graph. They complete an assessment worksheet independently and answer questions about the graph shown.
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Sing Down The Moon
Fifth graders read Sing Down The Moon independently and keep a journal where they write their reactions to the book. Students access websites imbedded in this plan and research a variety of other Indian tribes.
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Summit Preparation
Students begin to prepare for a Youth Summit. In groups, they complete applications for delegates and discuss what an informed voter wants to know about their candidates. As a class, they discuss any new information about the election...
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Around the World in 17 Days
Learners examine geography while studying the 2006 Winter Olympics. Students keep track of the winners of each Olympic event by finding the results using the Internet or by reviewing the newspaper and discuss the country the medalist...
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Think About It: Adding to a Story
In this adding to a story worksheet, students read a sentence, then choose the word from a pair that would appropriately add to the story. One example is completed for students
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What Can I Do?
Students describe the things that citizens can do to reduce ground level ozone and particulate matter. They design a flyer, poster or webpage to teach others about diesel bus retrofitting projects.
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Be Healthy for School (Secondary)
In this health worksheet, students learn the benefits of exercise and healthy eating. Students read the information on the page and answer 2 essay questions about healthy eating and exercise.
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Let's Go Camping!
Students view and use visual texts to gain and present information, become familiar with and use appropriate technologies eg. publish writing on computer, use photographs to record events, use video to record events.
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Bathtime Fun
Students recognize the importance of bathing and to identify parts that should be washed in the bath tub. Theyl name different parts they wash in the tub (ex. face, ears, arms, hands, legs, feet, stomach/tummy, and back)
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Insect Matching
Third graders match insects to the proper order based on the characteristics. They culminate their study of the orders that insects belong in by looking at insects with magnifying glasses.
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Energy Conservation (Middle, Mathematics)
Students take turns reading the electric meter six times a day at regularly scheduled intervals. They figure out the amount of electricity used and then determine the total cost of electricity for the week.
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Einstein Club
Sixth graders earn vocabulary lists from science and social studies lessons.