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The Jungle Book Post-Show STEAM Lesson
An ecosystem is really just the flow of energy through many different living organisms. A study of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book leads to an environmental science activity in which learners study how various factors can affect...
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Friendly Letter: Big Sky Country
Here is a worksheet on editing. Learners read and find the errors in a friendly letter, then answer five multiple choice questions about the letter. An answer key is included.
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Seashell Painting
Let nature inspire your budding artists. They paint seascapes on actual seashells. First, they observe the seaside, then they paint what they see (image or in person) on the inside of a white shell.
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Paper Molas
Delve into the history of textile art using this resource. Learners discuss the history of molas, a type of textile art made in Panama and Columbia, and talk about the importance of this process in the Kuna culture. Then, they create...
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Grammar Worksheets: Who or Whom?
Who or whom? Do your young grammarians need extra practice using interrogative pronouns correctly? The seven sentences in this exercise will provide that opportunity; however, the worksheet does not provide definitions, examples, or an...
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What's In A Name?
Students explore the concept of the binomial system of nomenclature for classifying organisms. Students travel on a field trip to observe organisms displayed and their common names. Students complete several classroom activities and...
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How Ecosystems Change
In this ecosystems worksheet, students will look at 4 diagrams and determine if either primary or secondary succession would occur after that particular event happened. Then students will determine the limiting factor for 4 different...
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Science Charades
Students dramatize the wonderful world of nature, without making a sound. In this early childhood creative thinking lesson, students dramatize different aspects of nature to develop creative thinking, reading, memory, and motor skills.
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Dream Houses
Students imagine and create their dream house. In this comprehension and interpretation lesson, students read The Big Orange Splot, answer comprehension questions about the story and complete a character traits web. Students describe...
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A Look At Penguin Life
Young scholars read a story about Penguin Life and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this penguin life lesson plan, students respond to literature by researching penguins and creating a Venn diagram to...
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Week 7: Animal Adaptations - Bird Beaks
Students use tools to represent bird beaks and pick up different types of food with them in order to discover which beak would help the bird survive depending on their food type.
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Adding Written Detail: Using Jane Yolen’s Owl Moon as a Mentor Text
Access your senses with a worksheet on sensory language. Based on Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, the worksheet prompts kids to find examples of each of the five senses, as well as phrases for inner emotion.
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Box It Up
Students use a six-step problem solving method to design a box/container. They are given the criteria for evaluation when presented with the problem. Students keep a notebook on processes, procedures, material, cost, design, machines,...
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Homonyms
Nineteen sets of homonyms are listed in this colorful PowerPoint. Each set is on its own slide with accompanying images to help understanding. This is a fabulous presentation to show during your homonyms lesson!
Prestwick House
The House on Mango Street Activity Pack
Enrich a unit on The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros with a selection of related activities. The packet contains nine activities that go from pre-reading through wrapping up the novel. Young readers work on studying author's...
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What a Waste of Food!
Follow the life of an apple from harvest to the consumer. A three-part lesson describes the different steps to get an apple from the farmer to your kitchen and the approximate waste that happens at each step. They discuss the process and...
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Leaf Identification
Students identify different leaf types. They examine their patterns, shapes and colors. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Fun at the Beach
Learners engage in a variety of activities that are given the theme of "Fun At The Beach". The games can be played outside or at the beach. The use of a game helps to keep student engagement.
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Nuts about Fruit Quiz
For this fruit worksheet, students choose the correct name of the fruit in the pictures given to them. Students complete 18 multiple choice questions.
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Bar Graphs
In this bar graph instructional activity, learners complete math problems having to do with different bar graphs. Students complete 10 problems for 10 different graphs.
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Growing Seeds Indoors: What is the difference?
In this dicot and monocot seeds worksheet, students read the difference between the two types of seeds and draw a picture, make a poster, and use the internet to find more research on them. Students complete 3 tasks.
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Descriptions
Students describe things using sensory words. In this adjective lesson, students practice conversations describing items they touch. Students use words to describe properties of items such as size and texture.
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Readers Theatre using an Indonesian folktale
Students read a short play based on the Indonesian folktale Cicak and Kancil and complete related activities.
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Playing With Food - Food Sculpture
Learners create decorative sculptures of various objects out of actual items of food.