Curated OER
Read All About It!
Young scholars are taught the comprehensions aids them in their reading and will make reading seem easier once they know what they are reading about. They access how th ask themselves the five W's: who, what, where, when, and why....
Curated OER
Earth From Space
Students watch a series of programs from NASA titled "Earth From Space". After viewing the program, they identify ways NASA is researching the reasons why the Earth is changing. They discuss the various levels of the atmosphere and...
Curated OER
The Name Game
Students identify acts of philanthropy in different works of literature. They idenify and illustrate examples in colonial America. They also read "Miss Rumphius" on how they can make the world a more beautiful place.
Curated OER
Love Letters to the World
Young scholars compare three service projects and decide on one to carry out in their community. They determine the opportunity costs of completing one project over another and vote for the one they want to complete. Students realize how...
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Huntington Library: Learning From Leaves: A Look at Leaf Size [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students examine and measure leaf sizes, as well as look at their textures, and draw conclusions about environmental factors that may have influenced their growth positively or negatively.
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Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Which Plant Part? [Pdf]
A lesson in observing a plant or plant community in different seasons for the purposes of recording observable changes.
Cyberbee
Cyberbee: Election Lessons
These Election Lessons contain a variety of activities to use in your classroom, including a history of campaign buttons. Many of the links use primary sources from the Library of Congress.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Minerva Mosaic of the Library of Congress
Students take a close analytical look at the historic Minerva mosaic from the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, and discover what it can tell them about the mission of the Library's founders. They will perform a basic primary source...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Zen Gardens [Pdf]
A instructional activity where students learn about Zen garden design and the symbolism used, then work in small groups to create a miniature Zen garden. This activity is intended to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese...
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Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Air [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students work in small groups to examine stomata on a leaf's upper and lower surfaces. They then conduct an experiment to test whether plants can survive without air, learning about transpiration in the process.
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Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Abiotic Factors [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students explore plant communities and observe different types of soil and weather conditions in an attempt to determine cause and effect relationships. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web...
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Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Soil [Pdf]
A lesson unit where students conduct an experiment to test whether plants need soil in order to grow.
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Huntington Library: What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Light [Pdf]
A lesson plan unit where young scholars conduct an experiment in small groups to test whether plants need light or not.
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Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Biotic Factors [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students explore plant communities and observe and classify different types of vegetation. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web links, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.
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Huntington Library: Learning From Leaves: From Observation to Inference [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which young scholars explore plants from three different ecosystems and make inferences about plant structures and their environments. Includes discussion questions, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.
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Huntington Library: Mini Ecosystems [Pdf]
A lesson activity where learners create a terrarium inside a plastic bottle using a Venus Flytrap and other plants. They then observe growth and changes over time.
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Huntington Library: Coming to California [Pdf]
Detailed lesson plan that uses primary sources to help students learn about the people of California from pre-Columbian times to the Mexican rancho periods.
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Huntington Library: Art Wonders: Neighborhood Notes [Pdf]
In this lesson plan, students observe their neighborhood, record details about it, and collaborate in producing a neighborhood mural.
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Huntington Library: Portrait, Please! [Pdf]
In this lesson, students are guided in how to interpret a portrait and in how to plan a portrait that is a drawing or a photograph.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Information Location Mini Lesson
This lesson introduces using the print encyclopedia for grades 3-5. Students are assigned a topic which is selected from their social studies curriculum. Small groups are sent to the reference shelf to select the correct encyclopedia...
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Suffrage Strategies: Voices for Votes Lesson Plan
Students will learn all about the history of suffrage for women and what influences were used to change people's attitudes. They will then use their understanding to create a modern-day election document of ephemera, for example, a...
Other
Curriki: Butterfly Life Cycle Lesson Plan
Project to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and how the caterpillar becomes to be a butterfly.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Library Card
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Library Card" by Jerry Spinelli. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Garden Vocabulary: Haiku [Pdf]
A mini-unit on haiku where students learn about and write haiku inspired by Japanese gardens. This activity is intended to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden, but this is not essential.
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