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Next Generation Science Storylines

Why Do Some Things Get Colder (or Hotter) When They React?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Some reactions absorb heat while others release it. Young scholars investigate both types of reactions in a 12-lesson unit. Each lesson presents a lab investigation that monitors temperature and considers the types of reactions taking...
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National Council of Teachers of English

Acrostic Poems: All About Me and My Favorite Things

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Budding poets create two acrostic poems, one for their name and another using a word of their choice. Over the course of five days, scholars compose, revise, publish, and share their work with their peers.
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Nuffield Foundation

Extracting DNA from Living Things

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Help! Someone's trying to take my DNA! An interesting lab experiment has scholars use basic materials to extract DNA. By applying ethanol, cold water, and a protease enzyme, like pineapple juice, they pull strands of DNA from peas,...
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Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford

Similes Activity using Jazz (featuring Duke Ellington)

For Students 4th
Language learners get into the swing of things with a jazzy lesson about similes. They read an article about Duke Ellington, listen to samples of his music, and then try their hand at crafting similes to describe his improvisational and...
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Making a Patriot Inquiry: Are Independence, Freedom, and Liberty the Same Thing?

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
As part of a study of the American Revolution, class members engage in an inquiry-based lesson that has them watch a scene from the play Slave Spy, examine multiple primary source documents, and then discuss the similarities and...
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Curated OER

Things That Go Together

For Students K - 1st
In this things go together worksheet, students circle pictures in rows that go together and put an X in those that do not. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Curated OER

Habitat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to define habitat. They are able to identify the four things that living things need to survive. Students are able to describe how living things are adapted to their habitats.
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Curated OER

Is It Alive?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore living things and their habitats. They create an original It's Alive! book to demonstrate what they have learned.
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Curated OER

Classifying Living and Non-Living Objects

For Teachers K
Students investigate living organisms and define the properties of a living species.  In this life characteristic instructional activity, students examine plants in their class and discuss whether or not they are alive....
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Curated OER

C.M. Beg

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to a pretend boy named C.M. Beg. The initials of the boy be a mnemonic device to help students explain the basic characteristics of living things.
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Curated OER

Investigating Local Ecosystems

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the habitats of local plants and animals. They explore some of the ways animals depend on plants and each other. Students observe living organisms in a local ecosystem and create detailed drawings and descriptions...
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Curated OER

What is Life?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the characteristics of living things. For this life science lesson, students examine several living and non-living specimens. Students determine which things are living and non-living.
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Curated OER

Monster Voices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create stories based upon the techniques of author Maurice Sendak in Where the Wild Things Are.  They use a word processing program and the Apple software program GarageBand to create new voices for the story. ...
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Curated OER

Writing for Different Purposes and Audiences

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how to write for different purposes and for a specific audience or person. They read, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Students create a class book after reading the story. They each create their own...
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Curated OER

Stepping Stones

For Teachers K
Pupils listen to stories read aloud. They examine a work of art by a known artist. Students take a picture using the digital camera. They listen as the teacher reads "Where the Wild Things Are." Pupils compare and contrast the...
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Curated OER

What Are We Reading for Again?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students work to develop comprehension strategies. Through modeling and guided practice they develop a series of questions as they read Where the Wild Things Are. They apply these questions to find answers about the text and make...
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Curated OER

Graphing Our Favorites

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a computer program to follow directions and graph their favorite things into a bar graph. For this graphing lesson plan, 2nd graders have 30 choices of favorite things to graph.
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Curated OER

Visualizing While Reading

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to the story Where the Wild Things Are, and draw pictures to illustrate what they think is happening. Students share their visualizations with their partners.
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Curated OER

ESL Activity: "Name Three, Four and Five Things"

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL naming learning exercise, students are given a list of features and list 3 things that fit the description given, then do the same for sets of 4 and 5 features/descriptions.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Nature's Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Become a member of the Pollution Patrol and stand up to litter! After discussing the life cycle of seeds and discussing how plants figure into the food chain, young conservationists engage in several activities involving podcasts,...
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Curated OER

In the Company of Wild Butterflies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover the life cycle of a butterfly and explain the different stages.  In this exploratory lesson students watch a video and create insect art and they will get an opportunity to view live specimens of butterflies. 
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David Suits

“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating...
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Maryland Department of Education

The Concept of Diversity in World Literature Lesson 6: Culture Clash

For Teachers 10th - 11th Standards
To prepare for a Quickwrite on the question, "How do different points of view create cultural conflicts?" class groups draw examples of religious, cultural, and political conflicts from Things Fall Apart and The Poisonwood Bible to use...
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Curated OER

Living And Non-living Things

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify what is living and non-living in the world around them. They also tell whether these things are natural or man-made

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