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Get Physically Active
Students discover the importance of water. In this physical education science lesson, students consider mental and physical activities. Students find their pulse and measure their heart rate. Students discuss the importance...
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Real Food in the Classroom
Use a class garden to teach learners about real food, nutrition, and more.
Gecko Mathematics
Gecko Mathematics: Multiplying Unit Fractions
Make learning visible! Have your mathematicians follow along as you use paper strips to demonstrate the concept of multiplying unit fractions. Then, offer a different way of solving the problem using a number line. Finally, introduce the...
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Animal Homes
Match animals to their environments with a cute lab activity. Kids draw a line between each animal, such as a fish, a rabbit, and an ant, to the place where it lives. For hands-on practice, a science investigation instructs learners to...
Desert Discoveries
What's the Buzz on Native Bees?
Young biologists describe the different types of bees that are native to the Sonoran Desert. They look at the nesting and feeding requirements of the insects, and study how they are able to pollinate many plants found in the environment....
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Reading Comprehension 1: Level 11
Here’s a reading comprehension assessment that will capture the interest of your learners. Stink bugs and the danger they pose to farmers is the subject of the passage, while the eight questions ask readers to infer, predict, summarize...
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Concept: Dependent Events
Middle and high schoolers determine the probability of dependent events. Students compute both compound and simple probability. This four-page worksheet contains six multi-step problems.
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Introduce Vocabulary: It's Pumpkin Time (Hall)
Looking for a Halloween-themed vocabulary lesson? Study words in context using Zoe Hall's story It's Pumpkin Time, an excellent informational text for budding readers. The spooky suggested words are: buds, gather, hollow,...
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Our Natural Resources
Your class will learn about natural resources and man-made items and differentiate between them. They chart resources from seven pictures and explain how each natural resource is used.
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Nonlinear Models in a Data Context
How well does your garden grow? Model the growth of dahlias with nonlinear functions. In the instructional activity, scholars build on their understanding of mathematical models with nonlinear models. They look at dahlias growing in...
American Museum of Natural History
What's This? Gold
Cell phones are likely made of gold—at least part of them! An interesting lesson explains the conventional and not-so-conventional uses of the popular element gold. From the Inca empire to modern-day technology, learners discover gold...
Oklahoma State University
Math for Peanuts
Peanuts! Get your peanuts! Kids explore math, art, and agriculture concepts focused on peanuts. There is a brief informational text to get them started, and you'll find definitions of five in-text vocabulary words to address. Kids...
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Grow Your Own Grub
Students study plant needs and growth by completing a gardening activity. In this plant study activity, students watch a video and discuss plant growth needs. Students plant seeds in containers and water the plants. Students take photos...
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From Caterpiller to Butterfly: Cycles, Circles, and Patterns
Students examine art of butterflies and discuss what they know about the insect. They create their own butterfly puppets and write a story to represent its life cycle.
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Grow Your Own
Students study the growth and care of plants. They take tour of their school site and plant seeds to observe their growth. Afterward, they answer questions about the origin and value of their plants.
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Thinning and Transplanting
Students identify and observe one plant per section in their quad and to transplant the surplus seedlings to empty quads and interpret why this is important. They then discuss the purpose of thinning and transplanting. Finally, students...
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Fractions Challenge
In this fractions instructional activity, students solve 1 problem that includes using various fractions to solve. First, they read through the problem and identify the diagram shown on the top. Then, students draw on the plan how they...
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My Little Seed House
First graders chart the growth and development of seeds. In this seed growth lesson, 1st graders observe seeds as they mature through the growing process.
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Violets, Daffodils, Roses and Thorn
Fourth graders complete a variety of exercises and activities surrounding the scientific and artistic properties of the parts and processes of a plant/flower.
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Circles and Squares in Lemonade
In this coloring shapes worksheet, students trace the circles and color them orange. Students trace the squares and color them blue. Students then trace the squares and circles at the bottom of the page.
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Circles and Triangles: Sun
In this coloring shape worksheet, students trace the circles and color them yellow. Kids trace the triangles and color them orange. Students then trace the circle and triangle at the bottom of the page.
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Circles and Ovals: Flower
In this coloring shapes worksheet, students trace the circles and color them yellow. Students trace the ovals and color them pink. Students then trace the ovals and circles at the bottom of the page.
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Shapes and Colors: Blue Rectangles
For this shapes worksheet, students trace and color blue all rectangles found in a set of 10 shapes that include circles, triangles, squares and rectangles. Students also trace and color a "curtain" made of rectangles.
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Shapes and Colors: Triangles and Rectangles
In this shape and color worksheet, students trace all triangles in a set of 4 different shapes and color each one green, then trace all rectangles, coloring them brown. Students trace and color 5 triangle "trees."