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Curated OER

The Five Senses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore and study about the five senses. They focus on their sense of smell and interact with certain ingredients, including white vinegar. Each student also helps to create and share a concept map on the sense of smell...
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Curated OER

Georgia Performance Standards Framework for ELA Unit 6-8th grade

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore figurative language through the study of picture books. In this figurative language lesson plan, 8th graders listen to books and chart the figurative language that they hear.  Students discuss examples in groups.
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Curated OER

All About Titan and the Huygens Probe

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars examine the characterisitics of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. They discuss what they think is on Titan and what the Huygens probe can tell them about the moon. They write a summary about the information they gathered...
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Curated OER

BEE a Part of Our Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners reflect how to form a respectful classroom community. In this communities instructional activity, students construct a "community web" of positive comments and predict what happens to the web when negative comments are made....
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Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Sensory Play

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun sensory activities to do at home with the family.
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Sensory Integration: Tips to Consider

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article gives examples of how it looks when a child is experiencing sensory processing issues and gives tips on how to provide a sensory diet to "nourish" a child's nervous system. The examples and tips are categorized into groups...
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Other

Ontario Council for Technology Education: Sensory Garden Design [Pdf]

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this project, students will design a sensory garden. The area to be designed is for a flower bed 3' wide, 5' long and 3' high. The design must be wheelchair-accessible from all sides. Students will research the different sensory...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Teacher Resources: Air, Air, Everywhere Teacher's Activity Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This teaching guide includes 10 hands-on activities to teach about air quality and the importance of keeping our air clean. Students will complete activities that include simple sensory experiments to discover the characteristics of air,...
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Other

Nhs: Sense Able Ideas: Activities to Improve Oral Motor Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This booklet is to give you ideas and activities to help support your child / young person to improve the awareness and co-ordination of their oral motor skills.
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Other

Tsbvi: Sensory Integrative Dysfunction in Young Children

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An article on Sensory Integrative Dysfunction. Beginning with a definition of sensory integration, the author goes on to trace the history of what is now called sensory integration and its dysfunction. Included here are discussions of...
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Other

Child Mind Institute: Treating Sensory Processing Issues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article looks at ways to address sensory processing disorders with therapy. The idea behind SI therapy is that specific movement activity, resistive bodywork, and even brushing of the skin can help a child with sensory problems...
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LD Online

Ld Online: Learning Disabilities Online: Phoneme Awareness Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
What do you know about phoneme activities for collaborative classrooms? This site will show how to develop your own activities to sharpen your students phonemic awareness skills. This informative resource will support any teacher's work...
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Other

Come Unity: Sensory Integration Dysfunction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This interview with Carol Kranowitz, author of "Out-of-Sync Child," offers information for parents and others in contact with children who have sensory integrative dysfunction. The author discusses the most common sensory problems, what...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Sensory Butterfly Garden

For Teachers K - 1st
This activity requires a small butterfly garden. For this case, the class had created one. Student explore the garden and record scientific observations made using their senses.
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Other

Bright Hub Education: Two Dimensional Art Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - K
You don't have to be a trained artist to create beautiful two and three-dimensional art projects with your preschoolers. Many simple activities, such as painting and coloring, can be modified to include sensory elements to increase...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Seashore Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Come and learn with this incredible seashore science resource. The content includes fun facts, experiments, reproducible activities, resources and more.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Commanding a Robot Using Sound

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students continue their exploration of the human senses and their engineering counterparts, focusing on the auditory sense. Working in small groups, students design, create and run programs to control the motion of LEGO TaskBots. By...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Protect Those Eyes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and build prototypes for protective eyewear. They choose different activities or sports that require protective eyewear and design a device for that particular use. Students learn about the many ways in which the eyes can...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hearing: How Do Our Ears Work?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn about the anatomy of the ear and how the ears work as a sound sensor. Ear anatomy parts and structures are explained in detail, as well as how sound is transmitted mechanically and then electrically through them to the...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Senses

For Students K - 1st
In the following activities students can learn about the basic characteristics and structures of the brain, skull and sensory system; investigate sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch; and discover how the brain and the senses are...
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University of Utah

University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: The Basics and Beyond

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers a clear definition of the science of Genetics, highlighting DNA and genes. There is a neat, easy-to-understand animated tour of the basics and an opportunity to go inside an animated cell. Student can build a DNA...
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National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
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Other

Kid Sense: Strength and Endurance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Strength and endurance are important to enable children to perform every day functions such as fine motor skills, gross motor skills, playground skills, and sporting skills. This article explains how to tell if your child has problems...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Do Sensors Work?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Through six lesson/activity sets, students learn about the functioning of sensors, both human and robotic

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