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Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain - Kenya

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students accompany music to the story Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain - Kenya to show how sound and music can accompany story description. In this music lesson, students learn how to show sound during a story.
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Lesson Plan
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Individual Horizontal Sundial 2: Cloud/Rain Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a sundial to measure local apparent time as it relates to the position of the sun in the sky. In this sundial lesson, students cut and glue gnomon to a sheet of thin cardboard.  Students then set the sundial in an...
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Lesson Plan
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Climate in Our Back Yard

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct a "A Year in Pennsylvania" poster on which they creatively describe at least three examples of how the climate they live in shapes their lives during every season of the year.
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Weather or Not, Seasons Change

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Embark on a year long investigation of the seasons with this 10-lesson earth science unit. After being introduced to different types of weather and the tools used to measure it, young scientists perform fun hands-on activities that teach...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

That’s Amazing!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers 4th Standards
That's Amazing! is the theme of an English language development unit created by Houghton Mifflin. Following a speak, look, move, and listen routine, scholars delve into topics; seasons, weather, animals, landforms, telling time,...
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PPT
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The Earth and Moon

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
An outstanding space science PowerPoint is here for your charges. It provides an effective overview of the Solar System; specifically the Earth and the Moon. The slides contain illustrations of the planets and focus on the Earth's...
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Lesson Plan
Desert Discovery

Saguaro Seasons

For Teachers 3rd
Elementary schoolers take a look at how the saguaro cactus adapts to the four seasons of the year. This amazing plant has distinct flowering and fruiting cycles within the summer season, and other cycles during the other seasons. Your...
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Worksheet
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Reading a Dialect

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Reading a dialect can be difficult; show readers that it can also reveal fascinating details! They read two extracts from Jane Gardam's The Hollow Land, which is written in a British dialect. Readers answer comprehension questions,...
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Worksheet
Macmillan Education

Comparative Adjectives

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
How can you show that an item is colder than something else? Or that it is more beautiful? Use a worksheet to reinforce the concept of comparative adjectives. With fill-in-the-blanks, word banks, and multiple choice questions, the...
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PPT
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Past Time

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Review important grammatical rules. Focusing on the past tense, learners practice concepts that are used to form sentences in the past tense. This could a good activity at a center.
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PPT
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Forest Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Forests are briefly defined and broken down into four different types in this PowerPoint. Facts and photos are provided for each type, including: deciduous, tropical rain, coastal, and coniferous forests. This is a wonderful presentation...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Turn the Ordinary into Something Extraordinary!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Summer writing ideas that encourage young authors to find their own writing prompts.
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Worksheet
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Third Grade Social Studies

For Students 3rd
In this social studies worksheet, 3rd graders answer multiple choice questions about crops, supply and demand, bartering, and more. Students complete 15 questions.
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Printables
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Dr. Seuss Enterprises

A Poem a Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Celebrate National Poetry month with a quote a day from Dr. Seuss's books. Each poster includes the date (a day in April), a quote from a book, an image from the book, and a thumbnail of the book cover. 
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Writing
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Teacher's Corner

Haiku

For Students 3rd - 7th
The haiku, one of the most popular fixed forms, is the subject of this writing activity, the seventh in a series of ten poetry exercises.
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Lesson Plan
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Hurricane Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the factors that influence hurricanes to develop.  In this hurricane instructional activity students research atmospheric trends that affect hurricanes and create a summary.
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Lesson Plan
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Dirt Babies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Dirt babies are an excellent way to show young botanists the plant life cycle. They explore the functions and industry behind grasses before growing some of their own. Use the informational text here and consider implementing some...
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Lesson Plan
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Mud Painting

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners invent mud mixtures to paint with. For this mud painting lesson, students experiment with different mixtures to develop the perfect mud paint. Learners paint a picture.
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Lesson Plan
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Altering Climate in the Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students experiment with moderating temperature extremes in the classroom. They experiment with ways to vent and block air.
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Worksheet
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Climate Types

For Students 6th - 8th
In this weather instructional activity, learners describe the rainfall distribution found in two different areas of the world. Then they compare the various types of climates found around the world using the graphs shown on the sheet.
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Weather Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider the effects of topography on climate patterns. In this earth science lesson, students research weather patterns and make inferences of how the land forms may create different climates. Students compare Celsius...
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Lesson Plan
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Weather and Seasons Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is the weather like in the summer? What’s your favorite season? Language learners fill in the blanks of a series of prompts with weather and seasons words, and then respond to these same prompts to complete a crossword puzzle. Be...
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Worksheet
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Habitat Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science learning exercise, students will read the clues to identify the various habitats of living creatures. Using the 18 clues, students will complete the crossword puzzle of horizontal and vertical answers.
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Lesson Plan
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Shop projects Summer Smile Program

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the list of products available to make and choose at least 2.  In this project lesson students pick and choose their own projects to create in a shop class.