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Meteorologists
Fourth graders investigate the work of a meteorologist and then take on the identity of one to make reports on clouds and temperature.
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Mars: Off the Charts--Until You Put It There
Students explore the night sky and make illustrations which are shared in class the next day. Distinctions are made between the stars and the planets and views of the constellations for the season are made available. The work of early...
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A Visit to Southern Africa - Volcano
Students examine a cookie that represents pumice and lava in order to realize that lava is a composite of many rock particles. They compare and contrast pumice to the cookie by estimating, weighing, measuring and dissecting the cookie...
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Jupiter's Moons
Students predict which of Jupiter's moons will be the "brightest" in infrared wavelengths. Using provided information, they rank the moos from brightes to faintest in infrared.
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Studying Living Organisms
Students discover and discuss the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Using a microscope, they examine various prepared slides of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.
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Technology In The Early Elementary Classroom
First graders explore the creation of the world and what was created on each specific day. They read the creation of the world from the Bible, watch a video, and sing a song about the Creator. Using Kid Pix software, 1st graders create...
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Effect of Acid Rain on Plants
Students observe the effects of acid rain on plants through experimentation and research. Students research types of crops in their area. Students work in small groups to complete the experiments given, as well as write a report and...
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Create Your Own Lightning
Students describe weather conditions and climates. They describe patterns of changing weather and how they are measured. Students explain and predict general weather patterns and storms. They use this experiment as a safe and easy way to...
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Cells and Cancer
Students idenitfy that cancer is a growth of mutated cells and that cancer cells are only one type of cell that causes disease in our body. They also identify that all eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus, cytoskeleton, and a cell...
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The Effects of Solar Energy
Students examine how solar energy is absorbed and used. In this solar energy lesson students complete several activities that allow them to better understand solar energy.
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It's Snowing Inside!!
Students "create" indoor snowballs. In this snow lesson, students tear small pieces of newspaper to act as snowballs. They put this paper on a blanket and shake it to simulate a snow storm.
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Shelter
Pupils study shelter and how plants, animals, and people must have shelter to survive. In this shelter lesson, students read paragraphs about various shelters and their necessity with plants, animals, and people.
American Museum of Natural History
Draw a Monarch
Five steps walk scholars through the process of drawing a Monarch butterfly. Participants research the insect, make observations, trace, then color.
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Glowing Flowers
What a bright idea! Young scientists conduct an experiment on flowers to finish the last of a six-lesson unit on Cells. Putting the stems into dye-injected water and leaving it overnight results in flowers that glow. This is to simulate...
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Documenting the Great Depression
Students compare and contrast two photographs from the Great Depression, and identify the ways in which the photographers depicted the hardships of everyday life during this period. They hypothesize about the story behind each photograph...
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Identifying Adverbs III
Put young grammarians to the test with an activity about adverbs. A five-paragraph passage prompts kids to find the adverbs and circle them, noting their purpose in context.
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Health and Growth
Students identify healthy foods. In this nutrition activity, students review the five food groups and categorize healthy and unhealthy foods on a chart. Students develop their own menus.
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Informed Drawing Through Observation
Students practice observation techniques to improve their drawing skills. In this drawing technique lesson, students assess drawing as an art media and discuss realism. Students view examples of animal drawings and practice drawing using...
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Survival Hunt
Young scholars search for yarn representing insects on school grounds. They discuss which colors where found more frequently and why after the experiment. They use their math skills to determine percentages.
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Sampling Rocks
Students collect and sort rocks based on visible characteristics. In this statistics lesson, students determine adequate sample size and categorize rocks based on characteristics. The book Everybody Needs a Rock is read to...
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Changing Sounds
Pupils identify how the pitch and the loudness of an instrument can be altered by examining the sounds made by three instruments.
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Intermediate Critical Reading - Photography
Inform your class about the origins of photography with this short passage and accompanying questions. After reading a short informational text, leaners answer 3 questions about the content of the text. This resource could be used in a...
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Mighty Earth Movers
Note that although the publisher lists almost all of the Common Core standards for both math and language arts, you will most likely want to take the general topic and choose which area to focus on. Regarding math, pupils measure worms...
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We're Recording
Learners record their experiments or lessons using a video camera. In this technology instructional activity, students explain to the camera what they have learned. They watch these together to help reinforce a instructional activity.