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Sparky's Engineer Activity Book
Students complete their Sparky's Engineer Activity Book. In this engineering lesson, students are guided by their teacher in completing their Sparky's Engineer Activity Book which reviews what engineers make and what tools and materials...
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Birds of Wisconsin
First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...
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Facts of Matter
Students make group decisions about matter as they explore and interpret many types.
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Five Senses-Introduction
Students explore the parts of the body that are used to develop the five senses. They conduct a nature walk. Students identify the things they see, hear, smell, and touch. They create a graphic organizer to organize their answers.
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Keep Cool
Learners design an experiment to determine which type of container would be best to use to keep drinks cool on a hot day. Students test paper cups, styrofoam cups, and metal cans by filling them with ice water and they use a thermometer...
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Powerful Images
Students discuss and define the idea of a powerful image. In groups, they use the Internet and magazines to search for images they deem as powerful. They develop a hypothesis to why some people believe an image is powerful while others...
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Why Is An Apple Like A Suitcase?
Students examine a variety of fruit to discover that each has seeds. Through experimentation, they discover the role that fruit and seeds play in a plant's life cycle.
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Classifying Rocks
Students classify rocks into groups after they observe the rocks and identify properties that can be used to divide them into groups. They then identify other properties that could be used to classify other objects into groups.
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Away We Go!
Students study types of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students survey several classes to gather data on how they get to school. Students create a transportation graph.
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Classifying Candy I
Students explore the observable properties of matter. They develop two binary classification systems using concrete objects. based on two different properties of the concrete objects.
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Integrating Art Into Other Content Areas
Here are some ideas to help add an art lesson to every math, science, social studies, or language arts unit.
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S Letter Ideas
Students participate in activities that start with the letter "S". They also expand their vocabulary.
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MEDIA COLLAGE
Young scholars use old magazines to create a collage. They may focus on elements of design. They discuss their collage or they may write a brief essay.
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Classifying Candy III
Students create a classification tree based on grouping candy with eight different properties. This allows students to understand how living things are classified.
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Transportation Types
Students answer questions after listening for details that identify many different kinds of transportation.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sorting by Color
Counting bears that are the same size and shape help students focus on just one attribute.
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Better Lesson: So Many Squares! Red & Blue Sort It Out
SWBAT sort squares by color into 2 sets or groups.
Other
Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: Guess My Button
This website gives students an opportunity to sort and classify attributes of a group. The applet responds to each selection made and guides student to the next step.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Bar Graph Sorter
An applet allows students to sort shapes into a bar graph by color and shape. The learning resource consists of the activity, instructions, instructor notes, and additional resources.