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Reusing Winter Waste

For Teachers K - 4th
Students use waste materials to build a snowman decoration. In this reusing activity, students create a new object out of disposable items left over from the holidays. Students discuss ways of cutting down waste. Students understand how...
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"EA" Beach

For Teachers K - 4th
Students are introduced to their new spelling words for the week which have the sound "ea". In groups, they brainstorm a list of other words with the same sound, draw them and write them on a worksheet. They share their new words with...
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Human Beings / Human Rights

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students brainstorm and discuss what it means to be "human." They relate human rights to human needs and discuss what a universal right is and read about Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Needs And Wants

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars make cards illustrating things they think they need and want to be healthy and happy. Groups then sort these cards into "wants" and "needs." The whole class discusses what it means when people's basic needs are not met and...
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Looking At Science And Technology From a Human Rights Perspective

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students answer discussion questions and analyze technological innovations, scientific discoveries, and environmental crises from a human rights perspective. They research and report back to the class about a related topic.
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Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners actively search a the ground outside and find several types of leaves, lichen, feathers and trash. They place items into journals, write entries, draw pictures and ask questions about the items found on their exploration.
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Reading to Learn: How Do We Sum That Up?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the topic of summarizing. They read the book, Dolphins at Daybreak, to practice summarizing. They determine what information is important and choose sentences to summarize the passages they read. They write a summary...
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Why We Save

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students discover how to save money. In this financial planning lesson, students read the story Spend or Save? and discuss ways to save money. Students choose a character from the story and write about a financial decision they had to make.
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Effects of Lung Disease

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students illustrate the chronic lung conditions associated with smoking and write a persuasive argument against smoking. In this lung disease lesson, students use straws and balloons to illustrate the problems created by smoking. They...
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History of Street Names

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider how streets in their community were named. For this research skills lesson, students brainstorm the names of streets in their city or town and find out why they were named after certain individuals.
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Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify and label parts of a plant. They will construct a plant from art material and describe the purpose of each part for the plants survival. Students author a book with pictures and words or a story about a plant.
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Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read poems from the book Runny Babbit and do language arts activities based on the book. In this language arts lesson plan, students read poems from the given book and do activities that include a word finder, rhyming...
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Trustworthy Images

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate metaphors. In this writing instructional activity, students brainstorm traits of a trustworthy person and create a metaphor for a trustworthy person.
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Documenting Women's Lives - Anglo-Saxon England

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars read excerpts from poems from women who lived during the Middle Ages. They match the correct document to statements on a workshee they are to complete.
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study nutrition and the food guide pyramid. They follow established procedures for use of programs :print in color only when directed, print only the number of copies directed by the teacher, select and use the programs...
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Endangered Species and Extinction

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore endangered species and extinction. They discuss and write three reasons why it is important to save animals from becoming endangered or extinct. They discuss The Great Kapok Tree and write a letter discussing...
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Could You Make an Oak Basket?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to an imaginative scenario in which they would need a white oak basket. They evaluate the photographs to determine whether there is enough information to make a basket. They write a brief statement expressing their...
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Save Me: Mother Earth

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read stories and articles about protecting the Earth. They collect data for a computer generated graph, and provide a key to show what the symbols represent.
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NATIVE AMERICANS

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the importance of nature to Native Americans and discover the growth stages of Northern beans and mustard seeds.
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Rainforests

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video about the rainforest and create a large wall mural of rainforest features. Students write a first person point of view article by an endangered rainforest animal and discuss logging.
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Perspectives

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders describe an event, a situation, etc. through the eyes of two people or two inanimate objects.
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Dealing with Growth and Change

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss the right and wrong actions of a young Navajo boy. Using that information, they compare and contrast his culture to their own. In groups, they create a newspaper or poster showing the cultural contributions of the...
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February Friendship Bugs

For Teachers 1st
First graders select five behaviors from a class web that promote kindness and strengthen friendships. In this random acts of kindness instructional activity, 1st graders create friendship bugs with corresponding Kindness...
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Lung Disease

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students simulate breathing for a smoker and someone with a chronic lung disease. In this health science lesson, students examine the short and long term effects of smoking. They write a persuasive argument against it.

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