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Tree Identification

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students are introduced to the characteristics of trees and different techniques to identify them. They distinguish between a deciduous and a coniferous tree. Students describe at least four characteristics used to identify trees. They...
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The Sound Monster - Words That Make Sounds

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students watch as the teacher makes sounds with her hands. They think of a word to describe the sound. Students discuss the way the word sounds like the sound. They complete the "The Sound Monster Activity." Students are told that...
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Compound Word Games

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students build compound words out of two separate words using a variety of activities. In this compound word lesson plan, students practice building compound words using word cards. These word cards can be used in a variety of ways to...
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Seed Plants: Angiosperms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers describe flowering plants and see why angiosperms are the most successful plants.  In this angiosperms lesson students identify angiosperms and explain how they reproduce. 
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Jupiter's Weather Forecast

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read information about Jupiter and the planet's weather. In this Jupiter weather lesson, students read information about Jupiter's weather. Students study a chart about the weather on Earth and Jupiter. Students read a weather...
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Orca United Nations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the differences between sets of data and explain how organisms are adapted to their environment.  In this marine mammals lesson students analyze data based on set criteria. 
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Top Secret Rule Reasons!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars read the book The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups and write their own story based on a rule that grown-ups put upon kids. For this writing lesson plan, students focus on the trait of voice.
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Migration - An African-American Adventure During WWI

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the push/pull factors that influenced the South to North migration.  For this African-American migration lesson, 6th graders read an article and answer comprehension questions. Students write a letter to the...
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Solar System: Let's Take a Trip

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders consider outer space. In this introductory solar system lesson, 3rd graders complete a KWL chart and listen to the story The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System, by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen. They will contribute...
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The Absolute Truth

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems of inequalities and equations. In this algebra instructional activity, students add, subtract, multiply and divide to solve inequalities. They graph their solutions on a number line.
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Finding Sums to 6

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the additive identity property where they add multiple numbers to get to the number 6. In this number 6 lesson plan, students also work on their addition charts.
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The Periodic Table of the Elements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the origin of the modern periodic table of elements, and explore an interactive version that teaches them how to extract information from it.
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Organizing Organs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research plant and animals cells and create a Venn Diagram to show the similarities and differences.
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Family Cookbook

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, produce a Family Cookbook by bringing recipes from home.
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Where No Student Has Gone Before

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create a story about an unknown planet invaded by humans as a pre-reading activity for the novel, A Wrinkle In Time. They discuss good versus evil, and identify examples of the theme good vs. evil in books, film, and their own...
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The Land and the Water

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read "The Land and the Water," a fictional short story and an article about John F. Kennedy, Jr. and compare and contrast fictional tragedy to a non-fiction tragedy. They fill out a Venn diagram and write an essay using...
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Symbolic Poem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read and analyze several highly symbolic poems. They create their own symbolic poem, read it to the class, and discuss whether they can guess any hidden meanings.
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Sidewalks to Success in Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a brochure that educates incoming middle school students on how to succeed.
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Living Biographies

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a multimedia slide presentation containing facts, graphics, and sounds relating to a biographical figure based on their reading of a biography or an autobiography. They present their slide presentations before the...
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Lewis and Clark: Reliving the Journey

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore Meriweather Lewis and iam Clark. They explore their contributions to history, and what their significance is in a timeline of Vermillion, South Dakota history.
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Want To... / Need To... / Have To.....

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students demonstrate how to express needs, wants, and obligations. They observe a teacher-led demonstration, complete a worksheet, and listen to a recorded dialogue.
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The Importance of Site Maps in Archaeology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students consider the importance of site maps in archeology. They interpret site maps, draw site maps of their classroom and home and then participate in simulated Paleolithic archeological camp activity.
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A Giraffe Debate

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the life, adaptations, and habitats of giraffes. They investigate the issue of giraffe survival in the wild or in a wildlife sanctuary. They conduct a class debate and present position papers.
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discover how water circulates through the earth and its atmosphere while determine how much of the Earth's water is suitable for drinking. They discover the meaning of evaporation, transpiration, and precipitation and...

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