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Green Buildings Virtual Tour

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students fill out a worksheet after researching green buildings by taking a virtual tour. In this green buildings lesson plan, students use Google Earth to research green buildings.
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The Yum -Yum Tree Dilemma

For Students 4th - 5th
For this problem solving worksheet, learners read a fictional passage about a tribe of people who need to gather wood from a particular tree. There are natural barriers to this task as well as vicious enemies to avoid. Students problem...
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New Angle on Forest Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students measure and calculate the angle of the sun. They compare the leaf types on the north and south to compare the effects of the sun on the type of vegetation. They complete the activities inside the classroom or on a trip to a...
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Use Proportions - Problem Solving 17.5

For Students 6th
In this proportions worksheet, 6th graders use the problem solving steps of understand, plan, solve and look back to solve a story problem using proportions.
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Similarities and Differences

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students complete pre-visit and post-visit activities about the koalas they see at the zoo. In this koalas lesson plan, students read books, and answer questions about the similarities and differences they see when they observe the koala...
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Producers and Consumers

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students make lists of producers and consumers and act as consumers that eat producers in a garden. In this producers and consumers lesson plan, students demonstrate a food chain by using a piece of yarn to connect all of them together.
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Everything Weather

For Teachers 5th
Hurricanes are the very definition of exciting weather. Your 5th graders can follow this lesson and explore hurricanes with the help of Everything Weather software. They will locate information and answer questions about hurricanes. This...
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Biome Trip

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders comprehed how individual organism adapt and relate to an environment. They investigate where biomes are located and what specific biomes are like. Pupils give examples of biomes (land and water), and how temperature and...
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Trip Around the US

For Students 11th
For this algebra worksheet, 11th graders are given a scenario and asked to solve using algebraic symbols and equations. They have to figure out how the boss knew what state would be Jack's last state to visit. A solution is provided.
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Habitats

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate animal habitats. In this habitats lesson, 1st graders visit the woods to identify examples of food, water, and shelter that animals use to survive.  Students complete a worksheet.
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Herb Garden

For Students 4th - 6th
In this herb gardening worksheet, students explore a garden and find specific things throughout the herb garden. They then write down the answers to the 3 questions and make sketches in the herb booklet.
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A TRIP TO GAMBIA

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students identify some characteristics of life in Gambia by reading Hoffman, Mary. (1995). Boundless Grace, New York,NY.
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Seaside Science

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils classify sea life and shells and develop computer-generated tables and graphs. They observe a desalinization demonstration and enter information on their laptops through each step of the scientific experimental process.
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Out and About: Plants

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students examine plants. In this hands-on science lesson, students visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Eden Project, and Nature's World online or in person to investigate plants and gardens.
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Virtual Field Trip of Japan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore Japan and Japanese culture via GoogleEarth and United Streaming Video. This lesson is intended for a middle-level social studies class and includes a wonderful lesson extension idea and a video explaining...
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Information, Please!

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine how aluminum is recycled. In this recycling lesson, students participate in a field trip to a local recycling center to observe the process of recycling aluminum. Students take notes and report their findings.
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Rainforests

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students research and identify locations of the rainforest. In this rainforest lesson plan, students view a world map and identify the locations of the rainforest. Students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the similarities...
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Activities for a Day at the Zoo

For Teachers K - 6th
A trip to the zoo can result in a multimedia presentation and a variety of interesting research topics.
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All Across America

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars share experiences of places they have visited or would like to visit. They create travel guides for trips to take in the United States based on themes from their studies, incorporating both historical and current data...
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Learning About Maps

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students take a "field trip" with the teacher through the school then draw a diagram of what they saw. They bring the maps to the computer lab where they create electronic maps using the software program Neighborhood Map Machine.
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Hawaii's Migratory Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students act as travel agents to plan a trip for a migratory animal. They conduct research and design a travel brochure that includes a migratory route, illustrations of planned stopovers and special tourist attractions the animal might...
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Crossing the Border: Practicalities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plan a trip for a citizen of Mexico to travel within various regions of the US. Another group plans a trip for a citizen of the US to travel to a non-tourist area of Mexico.
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Traveling Across America

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils plan a trip to a state capital of their choice with a budget of $2,000. The budgets include site seeing, lodging, food and all necessary expenses. Students keep a daily journal and maintain their budget.
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Travel Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work in groups, researching, planning and presenting a 7-10 day excursion to a Spanish speaking country. This lesson plan emphasizes internet research culminating in an oral presentation of each trip.

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