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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Will they grow?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders plant seeds and see how they will grow in a specific temperature and are questioned about different environments and how they think crops would grow there. They form a hypothesis, perform an experiment, and then collect...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Counting on Good Health

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in fun activities in order to understand the food pyramid and how to make healthy nutritional choices. The lesson is used in order to help students make healthy lifestyle choices.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spellbound

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crossword worksheet, learners complete a crossword puzzle by solving a variety of clues. For example, "Rome is the capital of this boot-shaped country."
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Negative Constructions

For Students 7th
In this negative constructions worksheet, 7th graders review and discuss what negative constructions are and how to avoid using them in sentences. Students build three sentences with a set of words for each one.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Louisiana Folklife Bingo (North Louisiana)

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Louisiana folklife bingo learning exercise, learners test their knowledge on a game board that displays information on Louisiana folklife.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Your Patience: Nonsense Quiz

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this testing patience worksheet, students read through the quiz that doesn't make sense. Students then try to answer the 20 questions to taste their patience.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wheat Berry Sprouts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students prepare a wheat berry sprouts sandwich and discuss digraphs.  In this wheat berry sprouts lesson plan, students circle the digraphs in the recipe for the wheat berry sprouts sandwich.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze the calorie content of food. In this health science lesson, students discuss how excess calories affect our body. They write a healthy meal plan for their family.
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Unit Plan
Practical Action

Practical Action: Squashed Tomato Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Challenge students to take on a real-life problem affecting people in Nepal. Many farmers living on the mountainside there grow fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes. To earn a living, they need to sell these at the local market. The...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Oh Noah! Games in Videos: I Say Tomato

For Students K - 1st
See what happens when Noah confuses the Spanish words for newspaper and tomato, and learn the Spanish words for items in a purse and vegetables.
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Website
US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: All About the Vegetable Group

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the vegetable group, including what foods are vegetables and how much of each type counts as a serving. Three broccoli spears counts as a cup of vegetables, as do one large ear of corn, and two large stalks of celery. What...
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Unit Plan
Language Guide

Language Guide: Los Vegetales

For Students 9th - 10th
Colorful pictures and audio files model correct Spanish pronunciation for vegetables. Pop-ups of the correct spelling for each new vocabulary word will appear as you move the mouse over the picture.
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Unit Plan
Language Guide

Language Guide: Los Vegetales

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colorful pictures and audio files model correct Spanish pronunciation for vegetables. Pop-ups of the correct spelling for each new vocabulary word will appear as you move the mouse over the picture.
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Activity
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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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Fipa

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fipa are a Bantu-speaking people of southwestern Tanzania in East-Central Africa. The name "Fipa" appears to have been bestowed on them by nineteenth-century traders and means "people of the escarpment." It was later adopted by...
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Activity
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.