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Exploratorium

Skin Shield - Explore the Body’s First Line of Defense Against Pathogens

For Students 6th - 12th
Make pathogens and the body's defense systems come alive for young biologists in a hands-on activity. Investigators model the skin's protection against infection by observing and comparing changes in a punctured tomato and an intact...
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Curated OER

Easy Garden Birdbath

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a birdbath. In this art lesson, students take string and criss-cross it in between the rungs on the tomato cage and paint it all green.
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Curated OER

The Fixed-Up-One Routine for Weak Syllable Deletion

For Teachers K - 2nd
Saying words correctly is an extremely important part of the communication process. This resource is intended for use by a SLP or speech language pathologist working in an educational setting. It contains nine words children can practice...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Syllables, Feed the Animals

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An activity challenges scholars to sort picture cards based on the number of syllables they count as they say the item's name on each card. Depending on how many syllables they count, they place the card in the corresponding box...
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Lakeshore Learning

Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
A hands-on activity brings the alphabet to life in your kindergarten! Fill tubs with items that begin with the same letter or end with the same sound, and let kids make the connections between the items. 
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Poetry4kids

That Doesn’t Sound Right to Me

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Does pajamas rhyme with llamas to you? If it does (and even if it doesn't), an online lesson on rewording poetry for regional pronunciation may be helpful for you and your students.
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Curated OER

Vegetable Flowers with Homemade Ranch Dip

For Teachers K - 6th
Vegetables aren't just things we can grow to eat; now they are things we can grow to create art! Use this cute and kid-friendly recipe during your next Earth Day celebration. It includes step-by-step instructions on how to turn...
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Curated OER

Foamie Fun Stuff

For Teachers K
Students use foam pieces for matching games and other activities.  In this foamie craft lesson, students make a foam pizza puzzle and other forms. Students use the foam shapes to do the puzzle or create the other forms.
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Read Works

Read Works: Magic Tomatoes

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Luke who lives on a farm. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Garlic Prevent Crown Gall?

For Students 9th - 10th
Crown gall is a plant disease caused by the soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens. This project uses tomato plants to investigate whether garlic extract can prevent crown gall infection. Though this is a lengthy experiment, a...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Toxic Trees: Just How Toxic Is That Black Walnut Tree?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The goal of this plant biology science fair project is to make and test an herbicide made from the leaves of the black walnut tree and investigate the toxicity of black walnut trees.
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Read Works

Read Works: Be a Juice Sleuth!

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the difference between juice and juice drinks, cocktails, and beverages. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Science: Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
Site offers an internet WebQuest on phytochemicals and a healthy diet. Provides internet resources to aide the user in their quest for knowledge.

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