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Start Book

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students review their notes, drawings, photos and writing from the field trip to share with the whole group. They make a fiction or nonfiction storybook as a group. They include writing from all students and can include artwork and...
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Social Studies: Shaking the Family Tree

For Teachers 1st
Create family trees while reading "Little House in the Big Woods." After examining Laura Ingalls Wilder's family tree, compare it to a real tree's roots and branches. Conclude with interviewing family members and decorating family...
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Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and acquire an understanding of what the Civil Rights Movement consisted of, the issues that sparked the Movement, the people who participated and the events that occurred during the Movement. They also identify how to...
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Yorktown

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the last major battle of the Revolutionary War at Yorktown. After viewing photographs, they participate in simulations of the surrender by Cornwallis. To end the lesson, they put the events of the battle into the...
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Floral Magnets

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this art project directions worksheet, children read detailed directions on how to make a silk flower magnet. A list of materials is provided and step by step procedure. A photograph is included of the finished product.
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Antarctica

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Antarctica activity, students gain factual information about the plant and animal life of Antarctica. Students read the information which accompanies the photographs and drawings.
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Tropical Fish of the Great Barrier Reef

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, learners discover facts about the tropical fish of the Great Barrier Reef. Students read 12 paragraphs about species in the reef waters and look at the photographs. Learners complete a crossword puzzle about...
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Human Genetics-- Class Tally: Do You Have a Hitchhiker's Thumb?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students study diversity in human genetics by participating in a class survey and generating a tally graph. Students are asked if they have a "hitchhiker's thumb" and the results are displayed on the tally...
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The Holocaust: An Introduction for Children (To Be Used with Number the Stars)

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this literature and history worksheet, learners prepare to read the novel by Lois Lowry Number the Stars. Students read the history behind the Nazi occupation of Denmark and the arrest of the Jews there. This is a 10 page historical...
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Maths at the Mill; A Mathematical Trail Around Sarehole Mill

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students solve math problems based on a trip around the Sarehole Mill. The worksheet includes black and white photographs of the site as well as questions that relate to the mill. Students answer questions about...
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Verbs of Action

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL verbs of actions learning exercise, students will analyze the activities pictured. Students will choose the correct verb that is depicted in each of the ten photographs.
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My Tree Observations

For Students 5th - 7th
In this tree observation worksheet, students pick a tree that they observe over the course of a school year. They make observations, they sketch the tree, they take photographs of the tree, they get a leaf sample. They estimate the tree...
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Spiders Build Giant Web in Texas Park

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners make predictions about a photograph of a humongous spider web, then read a news article about thousands of spiders that worked together to build it. In this biology and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article...
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The Job of the Police Officer

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this community helper worksheet, students look at a photograph of police officers, and read a short job description. They answer and correct 5 online multiple choice questions using the online tool.
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Create a Butterfly Mobile

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students construct a butterfly mobile. In this visual arts lesson, students use rice paper, watercolors, a coat hanger, and wax paper to create a unique butterfly mobile. Students use photographs of butterflies to construct a realistic...
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Quilts and Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a pattern. In this patterns lesson, students review the meaning of symmetry and explore using pattern blocks. Students look for patterns in real quilts, photographs and pictures. Students work independently to plan a...
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Learn Classmates' Names

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a classroom book of names and photos. In this icebreaker lesson, students read the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See and create a classroom book with the same pattern using classmates' names and photographs.
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Pioneering Children on the Move

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students inquire about life for pioneer children. In this pioneer period lesson, students analyze photographs of children, make information foldables, and create a covered wagon that was typical of the ones of the past. Students will...
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Roman Numerals and Their History

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars identify Roman numerals and the history associated with them.  In this historical number lesson, students investigate charts and photographs to discover the history of Roman numerals.  Young scholars bring a...
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An Oil Spill Primer for Students

For Students 4th - 10th
In this Gulf oil spill worksheet, students examine a 4-page article regarding basic facts about the oil spill as well as photographs of clean-up efforts.
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Digital Story Book

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students create a photo story.  In this visual arts lesson, students choose a sentence about a specific topic, create a picture to go with their sentence, and take a digital photo of their picture.  The teacher compiles all of...
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Digital Art Show

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students put together an art show. For this photography lesson, students learn how to use a digital camera and walk around the school to take pictures. Students select their favorite photographs and add them to the digital art show.
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Sim's Cities

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate city management and government by creating a fictional city in groups.  In this civics lesson, students create rules and a mascot for their fictitious city which they create from poster board cubes....
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Living and Nonliving Things

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students photograph five objects from a bag and five objects from the outdoors. Students categorize things by living and non-living and by properties such as color, size, structure and needs. Students draw conclusions about the basic...

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