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5 Senses Poem
Students discuss what characteristics they learned about each season through the story read aloud. They identify each season and come up with objects for each season, such as clothing, activities one can do, and describe the scenery....
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Vibrating Violins
In this violins worksheet, students make violins with string, cups, paper clips and more. Students follow 5 directions and answer 1 question.
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Terrific Telephones
In this telephones learning exercise, students follow directions and answer questions about making telephones out of paper cups, paper clips, and string. Students answer 2 questions.
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Great Gongs
In this sound worksheet, students use materials such as string, cups, paper clips and more to observe the vibrations made. Students then record their results.
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Overcoming Friction 1
For this friction worksheet, students use books, a bucket, string, weights, and more to test what happens to friction when they use wheels to roll an object instead of sliding it. Students also answer 5 questions.
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Magic Eye
Pupils discuss the history of tobacco bag stringing. In this primary documents history lesson, students closely examine photographs of families who worked stringing tobacco bags. This lesson includes discussion questions and a worksheet...
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Weighing air
In this weighing air worksheet, students complete an experiment where they use balloons, string, a balance, a stick, and more in order to weigh air. Students also answer 7 questions.
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Tepee
Students create tepees out of popsicle sticks, string, and construction paper. In this tepee lesson plan, students also discuss different Native American tribes.
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Homemade Bubble Makers
Students make a simple bubble maker using two straws and string. In this art lesson, students make another bubble maker by bending a coathanger into a loop. Students enjoy making bubbles.
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Moving Molecules
In this moving molecules learning exercise, students use string, beads, tape, and more to simulate how to move molecules. Students also answer 1 question.
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Your Body: A Bacteria Incubator!
Learners use string, a petri dish, water, wipes, and other materials to collect bacteria from their body. In this bacteria lesson plan, students use ingredients to collect bacteria, observe it, predict what will happen over time, and...
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Firefighters
Students read books, learn about the letter f, and eat ice cream all to learn about firefighters. In this fire fighters lesson plan, students also string beads to look like fire hose and visit a fire house.
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Expressing Emotions Through Art Lesson 4: Everybody Celebrates
Students examine how feelings of caring and working together can be expressed in works of art, and define the terms two-dimensional and three-dimensional. They design and create celebratory hats using three-dimensional paper techniques.
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Compare 2-D Shapes
Second graders examine the attributes of two-dimensional shapes. In this geometry lesson, 2nd graders play a game in order to identify two-dimensional shapes and to name them.
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"How Much?" Contest - Measurement
Students work with measurements of length, area, and volume capacity of a liquid. They watch a teacher demonstration of both English and metric units before they estimate and take actual measurements of assigned items a three different...
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Measurement
Fifth graders complete measurement problems where they use powers of ten, read metric measurement tools, estimate measurements, and more. In this measurement lesson plan, 5th graders complete 10 problems.
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The Three Little Pigs' Straw House
Second graders design and sketch a model house. For this technology lesson, 2nd graders construct their house using teacher provided materials. They present their finished project and explain their design in class.
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From One End to the Other
Seventh graders trace a piece of food through the digestive system. They describe the functions of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, etc.
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String of Fish
Fourth graders research a Florida fish to determine its length. They display this information on two index cards, which are cut to the shape of the head and the tail and attached to a string that they measure and cut to the correct...
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String of Dots
You are Wilbur and your partner is Orville.The winner of this game gets to make the first flight in the Wright Flyer.
Develop a stratgegy for this one.Make a string of 15 to 30 dots. With a partner take turns crossing them off either...
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Is There Enough String?
Students illustrate the order of operations and evaluate expressions using the order of operations. They create and correctly at least 3 out of 4 expressions using the order of operations.
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One Person's Trash: Breaking it down
Students research how trash is disposed of and make an edible landfill. In this trash lesson plan, students research proper trash disposal, and discuss how trash affects the community. Then they make an edible landfill.
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Secret Codon - Write a Message in DNA
String up a message. Pupils string together colored beads to code a word or short phrase. Each color represents one of the four DNA bases. Using a combination of three bases, learners create an amino acid that stand for each letter of...
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Making Models of the Solar System
Students make several models of the solar system to learn the positions of the planets in the solar system as well as relative distances and sizes. Creation of these models will help them identify the planets by size, shape, color,...