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Some Rocks are Heavier Than Others

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners observe several rocks and try to tell by looking and feeling, which rock is the heaviest, and which is the lightest. They take turns putting two rocks at a time in the balance scale to see which rock is the heaviest, then they...
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P.E. Bees

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice positive social skills and manners in this short lesson that is used to start each session of P.E. class. They identify a positive behavior, such as be on time, written on a bee cutout pasted among others on the gym...
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Historical Witness Social Messaging Beginning Level Activity

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore women in history. In this lesson about nineteenth century women, students analyze paintings looking at women and their clothing, expressions, body language, and the setting and color. Students understand how paintings...
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Three-Dimensional Figures

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore three-dimensional objects. Using various objects found in the classroom, they identify faces, edges, and vertices of objects. Students create their own objects. They describe the polydron, telling the faces,...
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Expected Outcome

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars determine expected values of experiments and explore distributions of experiments. They guess as to how many times a coin will flip heads in fifty tries. They flip a coin fifty times graphing the results on a histogram....
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Newsworthy Images

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Young scholars examine images from newspapers and create their own photos to tell a story. In this photojournalism lesson, students analyze a photograph using the elements and principles of art then create a photographic image that...
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Newsworthy Images

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students examine images from newspapers, the photo cropping process, and create their own photos to tell a story. In this photography analysis instructional activity, students analyze a photograph using the elements of art and analyze...
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Winter

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of hibernation. In this winter lesson, students read Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming and discuss the content of the story. Students participate in classroom activities that require them to develop their...
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The Truth And Owning Up

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners investigate the moral obligation of telling the truth and what the implications are for not doing so. They define what a lie is and how it deviates from the truth. The skill of mending a mistake is taught to encourage students...
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Family traditions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss family traditions. For this family tradition lesson, 2nd graders identify traditions in their family that have been passed down and bring in 3 things to share that have to do with these traditions.  They...
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My Caring and Sharing Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They consider when they have shared with someone or expressed caring. They write, illustrate and compile a fish book that tells of their caring and sharing experiences.
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Let's Race to the Top

For Teachers 3rd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, 3rd graders complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Constellation Mapping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars plot constellations on a grid map. They discuss the various ways early explorers planned their travels. Students identify and recognize major constellations. They color their maps and take them home to try to find various...
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Lightning Speed Reading

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students focus on improving their reading fluency. They discuss what it means to be a fluent reader and practice repeated readings with a short story. They work in partners and take turns timing one another for one minute reads.
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Extending our Knowledge of Place Value

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate their knowledge of place value through auditory, visual, and kinesthetic channels. In this place value lesson plan, kinesthetic learners work with a partner using both sets of hands to represent 2 digit numbers....
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My Candle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is probably my students' favorite writing assignment. They obviously tell their friends about it, because every year my ne
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Piecing Together the Story of Glenn Cunningham: A Kansas Champion

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners use primary and secondary sources to conduct research about Glenn Cunningham. In this Glenn Cunningham lesson plan, students tell why he was a hero, and tell facts from what they learned.
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Pre-k Book Talk

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read the book Corduroy and tell if they liked or didn't like the story. In this books lesson plan, students have a stuffed bear to hold while reading the story.
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Help! I Need Five Minutes to Study

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students learn to use a time grid or a calendar to increase productivity of their studying.  In this studying lesson, students record how they spend their studying time and then adjust as needed.  Students recognize various...
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Teachers.Net Tootsie Pop Pull - Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners pull tootsie pops from a large grocery bag and tell the teacher three three things: 1. their favorite flavor, 2. probability of them getting their favorite flavor and 3. keep a tally of flavors drawn from the bag at the bottom...
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Three Young Pilgrims

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the story of the voyage of the Mayflower told from the view point of the three Allerton siblings who were on board the ship. The book tells of their voyage across the Atlantic and their first year here on the North...
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Past Tense Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students demonstrate that verbs can tell about actions that happened in the past, as well as name past tense verbs when given present verbs. They practice sentence construction and apply their new knowledge through creative writing.
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The Global Grapefruit - Maps vs Globes

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Young scholars tell how maps differ from globes, state some characteristics of 3 different types of map projections, and realize that distortions are inherent in various systems of map projections.
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All Aboard the Peace Train

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the story "The Little Engine That Could" and highlight the quality of perseverance. They write a paragraph about a time they needed perseverance to succeed.

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