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Create Your Own Kaleidoscopes
Seventh graders create a kaleidoscopes after researching Sir David Brewster and his ideas on light. They recognize the properties of optics from making and using the kaleidoscopes.
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Word Kaleidoscope
Students use a ruler to divide their paper into eight sections. They write words of importance to them in each section, using the shape of the section to form the word. Students color between letters and spaces with markers, creating a...
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Personality Development
Students participate in a variety of activities to help them define their own personalities. They complete questionnaires, play personality Bingo, and compare kaleidoscopes and candy to the variety found in humans.
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Social Studies: Personality Development
Students investigate the development and influence of personalities on individuals. After examining a kaleidoscope, they discuss how people's personalities are analogous to the instrument's different designs. The instructional activity...
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Eyes On Me
Students investigate the human eye. In this biology lesson, students read the book Look At Your Eyes and locate the various parts of their eye. Students play the game "I Spy."
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Kk is for Kite
In this printing learning exercise, learners form upper and lowercase letter K. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter.
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Kk is for Kite
Kids will get a kick out of this kooky Letter K activity! With pictures of a kite, king, keys, and kangaroo, kids practice printing their uppercase and lowercase K's in guided dotted letters and on the dotted line. The instructions on...