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Raising Trout

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate the life cycles of fish as they observe a trout's life in class.  In this fish life instructional activity, students create a proper habitat in a fish tank for the trout eggs to spawn and thrive for several weeks....
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Look Up!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate the sky.  In this weather and clouds lesson, students observe the sky and write journal entries using their five senses to describe what they see.  Students observe, identify, and write about the different types of...
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People Colors

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to the concept of multiculturalism. They explore "colors" of people in a book The Colors of Us by Karen Katz. Students experience the ingredients and materials for Rainbow Stew.
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What You See Is What You Get

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore light and colors. They see how white light is made up of various colors. They need to have some background knowledge about prisms, light wave lengths, and behavior of light, primary and secondary colors, and ratios.
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Diversity: Using Light to Filter Prejudices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils use physics to discuss diversity. In this social interaction lesson, students use their knowledge of colors and filters to relate it to stereotyping and prejudices.
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Making Waves, Making Music, Making Noise

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders watch a demonstration on how talking cans produce sounds. In groups, they compare and contrast the sounds from different sized cans. They participate in a variety of activities to discover how sounds are made and how...
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Altering Text Size, Color, and Font

For Teachers K
Students explore computer text. In this word processing and computer lesson, students practice changing color, font, and the size of their text with guided instruction from the teacher.
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The Memory Invention

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young writers edit their writing to make sure it shows good meaning and clarity. In this writing instructional activity, learners are given a variety of "What If?" scenarios to choose from as writing prompts. A class discussion ensues,...
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Bunny Rabbit

For Teachers K
Students design their own bunny mask to follow-up reading the book, Runaway Bunny.
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Camping/Catching Fireflies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create glow in the dark simulated lightning bug jars after reading stories about fireflies.
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Making a Rainstick

For Teachers K - 4th
Students construct a rainstick. In this music instructional activity, students investigate the history of the rainstick by reading the book Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. Students express their feelings about the...
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Picture Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students write a story. In this picture stories lesson, students write a story on a topic of their choice and then rewrite their story using only pictures. Students share their stories with the class.
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Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students write a poem. In this language arts lesson, students discuss what they hear and see in a garden. Students write a poem about the sights, sounds and smells of the garden.
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Follow the Drinking Gourd: Creative Writing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct Internet research to identify the conflicts and positions of slaves, slaveholders, and members of the Underground Railroad network in the time preceding the Civil War. Students write an essay about their findings written...
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Bully Busting

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students keep a respect journal. In this character counts lesson, students write in a journal what it means to be respectful. They answer sentence stems and share their thoughts with classmates.

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