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Picture Me with Words

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students search in newspapers for words that describe them or what they like. They gather the words and use them to create a self-portrait. They read "boring" sentences and rewrite them using more descriptive words. They write 10 word...
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Valentine's Day Pop-Up Card

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Valentine's Day worksheet, students color, cut, fold and paste a picture to make a pop-up card for Valentine's Day. Teachers are also given a brief history of the holiday and the tradition of sending valentines.
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Radical Reeds

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reed instrument worksheet, students make a clarinet from a straw and use scissors. Students answer 2 questions about testing their clarinet.
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Topic: Military/ Defense

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine ancient military systems. In this history of defense activity, students research the weapons employed defending ancient cities and territories. Students describe how they would defend themselves following a plane wreck...
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DRASING NATURE

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students take samples of local trees and identify the tree using a field guide. They keep data for the tree on the Tree ID sheet. They create leaf, seed, bark, and flower prints and paint them.
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Decode Word Is..

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems using patterns. In this algebra lesson, students identify the relation, domain and range of a function. They graph functions using coordinate pairs.
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A Measuring Adventure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice measuring items. In this measurement lesson, students read the book Measuring Penny and create their own system of measurement. Students measure various items in the classroom, using their creative measurement system.
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What Would You Do With $5.00?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students watch the video Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday.
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Story Wheels

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a Story Wheel to summarize a novel, practice sequencing skills, visualize story elements and recognize story structure. In groups, they each complete a piece of the story wheel and put it all together. They complete the...
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Adding Mixed Numbers with Unlike Denominators

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice measuring skills as they add mixed fractions. For this fractions lesson, 7th graders measure the distance from their wrist to the tip of their finger, record the measurement, and repeat this procedure with other...
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Friction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the force of friction between materials. In this physics lesson, students participate in an experiment using various materials such as wood, waxed paper, and aluminum foil and explore which item produced the most friction.
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4 Steps to Road Safety

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the "4 Steps for Kids" and how they can stay safer. In this important rules lesson, students take measurements and refer to a chart to identify their Safety Seat Number.  Students also...
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Four-Legged Creatures In Amaco Cloud Clay

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students create a creature using Amaco cloud clay. In this sculpting lesson, students use clay, toothpicks, and clay modeling tools to create a unique clay creature. Students shape the clay into a four-legged animal.
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Dream Bed

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners design and write descriptions of imaginary beds. In this interior design lesson, students use various art materials such as paint, fabric, boxes, and string to create a model of a bed. Learners use descriptive words to write a...
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Food Smarts: Mypyramid For Kids

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners create a menu based on the nutritious choices they pick out from MyPyramid and the video they watch. In this nutrition lesson plan, students describe what each color band on the pyramid represents, use charts, discuss nutrition...
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Kool Kumara Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the Kaipara region of New Zealand and practice research and writing skills. For this social studies lesson, students use a template to create their own Kool Kumara Pal. Students explore a day in the life...
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First Day Photo Frame

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this first day of school frame activity, students showcase photos of themselves as they decorate and cut out the 3 by 5 frame template to be used to attach their own photo to.
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Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket

For Students 5th - 8th
In this law of action and reaction worksheet, students build a bubble powered rocket using a film canister, paper and effervescing tablets to create bubbles inside the canister of the rocket. The pressure inside causes the canister to...
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st
First graders understand that pumpkins grow slowly over several months. In this pumpkin instructional activity, 1st graders listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin and recall the sequence of the pumpkin life cycle. Students create pumpkin...
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Optical Illusions

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students view, identify, and construct four optical illusions. In this optical illusions lesson, students are introduced to four types of optical illusions. They construct their own illusions.
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Ten Little Black Dots

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use black and red construction paper to symbolize different one digit numbers that add up to 10. For this sums to 10 lesson plan, 2nd graders discover different combinations and patterns that can lead them to the number 10.
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Plant Power

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the role of plants on Earth's biological system. In this life science lesson, 7th graders explain the process of transpiration and its importance in establishing Earth's climate patterns.
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Tooth Structure and Decay

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the seven parts of a tooth and discuss various foods that can cause tooth decay. They analyze and discuss a poster of the parts of a tooth, discuss what a cavity is, label the parts of a tooth on a worksheet, and...
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Dramatizing Fables

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students familiarize themselves with fables by listening to several of them. They define fables. They identify the moral of a specific fable. They identify characters, plot and sequence of events. They create a mask of a character in a...