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Making Recycled Paper

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore paper making. In this tree conservation ecology lesson, students brainstorm ways paper is used in daily life. Students examine paper fiber using a magnifying glass. Students make paper following a step by step procedure...
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Paper Makers

For Teachers K - 5th
Students make recycled paper out of scrap paper, water, and leaves. In this natural resources lesson plan, students learn about conservation of the forest and how we can use recycled paper to fuel our paper supply.
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From Rags to (Paper) Riches: Explore Colonial Papermaking

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore Colonial papermaking.  In this Colonial America U.S. history lesson, students analyze two poems written in the 1690s about the Rittenhouse paper mill to learn about papermaking.  Students produce their own...
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Making Paper Figures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students develop fine motor skills. In this paper folding lesson, students make a person out of paper. Students use different shapes of paper for the body and used curled paper for the hair.
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How does Paper Making Contribute to Economics

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the numerous jobs it takes to create paper in the U.S.  In this economics lesson, 2nd graders discuss where paper comes from, what types of trees are needed, and how the paper milling process creates jobs...
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The Pentagon Papers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine national security issues. In this Vietnam lesson, students research the background and controversy surrounding the Pentagon Papers. High schoolers discuss press rights in light of maintaining national security.
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Paper Chain Team Builder Activity

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create paper chains in a team building activity.  In this paper chains lesson, students each create two feet of paper chains and then as a group the chains are connected into one group chain. Students move themselves in...
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Pump It Up With Paper Plates!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a paper plate for a variety of P.E. activities. They can use the paper plates for an aerobics routine at home.
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Paper Plate Aerobics

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in physical activities with paper plates under their feet. For this paper plate aerobics lesson, students make original routines consisting of a series of moves and play tag,
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Peanut Calorimeter Paper

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders respond to key questions about a science inquiry in groups. In this Peanut Calorimeter paper instructional activity, 7th graders recall information from a science inquiry and answer questions that will be part of a...
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Paper Bags Made From Trees

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math and ecology worksheet, students read about the number of paper bags that can be made from a tree. Students fill out a chart in which the number of trees used to make paper bags for a week and a year is calculated for 5...
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Paper Towel Testing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discuss whether there are variations in absorbency and wet strength amount different brands of paper towels. They compare advertising claims and personal preferences and perform tests to reach a conclusion of which brand is the...
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A Lesson to Accompany "Benjamin Franklin and the Birth of a Paper Money Economy"

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars examine the role of money in the colonial economy by participating in a trading activity. In this colonial economy lesson plan, students complete an activity to learn about colonial trade and what happens when there is a...
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Recycled Paper Making

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the life of a recycled newspaper by experimenting in class.  In this recycling lesson plan, 2nd graders create their own recycled paper pulp by mixing an old newspaper into a bucket and adding water....
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Space Travel Writing Paper

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this space travel writing paper, students color the detailed border of stars, space shuttle, planets and astronauts. Students use the blank lines for creative or report writing.
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Travel Blank Writing Paper

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this travel writing paper worksheet, students examine and color the detailed border of the Eiffel Tower, Sphinx, windmill, sombrero, Canadian flag and postage stamps. Students use the blank primary lines for writing.
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Truck Writing Paper

For Teachers K - 3rd
In this writing paper template, students can write a short story or facts about themselves on the body of a truck. Students can paste a picture of themselves in the cab of the truck.
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Build a Paper Structure

For Students 9th - 12th
Who knew that paper is an amazing building material? Scholars learn about the properties of planar materials, such as paper, as well as their structural capabilities in the sixth lesson plan a series of 11 on architecture. Working in...
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Paper Coil Baskets

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Have your class learn about basket making with this resource. Learners talk about the techniques used to make baskets in Native American cultures. Then, they make baskets using paper coils. The results are attractive.
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Paper Molas

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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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Constitution and Federalist Papers

For Students 7th - 12th
This reference app provides full text of the Constitution, including the amendments, as well as Madison's Journals, the Federalist Papers, Virginia Convention documents, and more. It also includes notes that provide additional...
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Paper Rockets

For Students 3rd - 6th
Get first hand experience in rocket building and motion through an easy-to-follow picture and word-based directions sheet. Here, learners build a paper rocket by wrapping and taping paper strips around a pencil, and then...
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Activity: Paper Cup Challenge

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Hold a competition in your science or engineering class to find out which group can design the most effective new style of paper cup from a single sheet of paper. Each group will be challenged by this activity and will have fun at the...
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Ink Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High school chemistry class members become "detectives for a day" and use the concept of paper chromatography to analyze a note left at the scene of a crime. Pupils test the ink on the note with a solvent, such as isopropyl alcohol, to...

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