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The Mighty Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in a variety of activities in a unit about the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway System. They create a diorama, read related stories, and correspond with other classes located in other port cities along the St Lawrence...
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Floor Pong

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the creation of a modified game of Ping Pong to develop playing skills. This is done while they play the new version of the game and perform drills to demonstrate skills involving hand...
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Hospital Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students participate in a game of tag in which they must perform a variety of activities to be unfrozen after being tagged. They use a variety of locomotor skills while moving around the play area.
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Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, "Trail of Tears"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study Fulton and his Steamboat, the "Trail of Tears," the Oregon Trail, the Transcontinental Railroad and the Pony Express in this series of lessons.
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"Families and Schools of the Past"

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to and discuss historical fiction and bigraphies from the early American time period. They role-play, draw, write stories and dress up to re-create events from these historical characters.
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Lenses and Mirrors

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate lenses and mirrors showing how they bend and reflect light waves.
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How Do Things Fall?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students observe falling objects. They discover the rate of falling is based on air resistance and not the weight of the objects. They discuss how engineers use this type of information to design aerodynamic shapes.
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Homeless Awareness - Paperclay Sculpture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study and create a visual response to the plight of homeless populations in the community by using paper clay and sloppy clay. They also participate in a class discussion about their own personal encounters with homeless people...
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Innovative Celebration of Enrichment

For Teachers K - 5th
Students start at the beginning of the day and move and rotate individually or with friends. They go to as many or as few centers as they wish such as: PE, Art, Music, Media, and Computers. Students do not have to stay together. They...
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CSI Clamshell Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore predator/prey relationships. They research information on moon snails and claims. Students draw conclusions from the data collected. They use math and graphing to determine if there is a relationship to the clam's size...
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Trappers Then and Now

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study how trapping in the Illinois Territory in the 1800's effected the beaver population in the state. They compare methods, rules and regulations of the 1800s to those of today. In groups, they research a variety of...
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Care to Canoe?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars experience to balance with another student and maneuver in a two person canoe on still water. They analyze important aspects of canoeing including putting in, portaging and weight distribution. Students discuss the...
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How Big is a Crowd?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare the relative sizes of the five Great Lakes and their human populations. They describe some of the problems that arise when many people depend on a limited resoure. Students discuss how the Great Lakes and the...
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Types of Legs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the characteristics of the legs of arthropods as well as how they are used. They compare and contrast the legs of various types of bugs in the arthropod family. A comparison worksheet is included in with this lesson.
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Science: Backyard Bugs Data Collection

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice data collection skills by observing common bugs found in their local environment. Once the data is collected they complete data sheets to compare, contrast, sort, and classify the insects. The lesson includes...
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Discover Woodland Culture: Wisconsin Basic Pottery Techniques

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students take a field trip to a local woodland to find pieces of clay. Once they are back in the classroom, they dry the clay throughly and turn it in to clay slip. They watch a PowerPoint presentation on basic art terms and create...
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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Lewis & Clark

For Students 5th - 8th
In this US History word search worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and names related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. There are 18 words located in the puzzle.
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Amazon

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this science related worksheet, students find and circle eleven key terms associated with the Amazon forest in a word search puzzle going in a variety of directions.
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Squigly's Word Search- Water Fun

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search worksheet, students locate 21 words that are related to water fun. They find the words that are located in a word bank at the bottom of the page which include water skiing, water wings, garden hose, and beach.
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All About Ducks for Kids

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this duck facts worksheet, students read series of paragraphs from on online website about ducks. Students may then complete several related duck activities.
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Shapes and Review of Locomotor Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students engage in a series of loco-motor activities based on shapes. In this loco-motor lesson, students demonstrate physical skills through races, jumping, hopping, galloping in circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
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How Do You Know Your Fish are Sick?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz worksheet, learners answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about how you know fish are sick. Page has a link to answers.

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