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Math Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars work on solving arithmetic problems with a game of tag. They must solve a problem to be unfrozen.
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The Way Animals Move: Fly, Crawl, or Swim?

For Teachers K
Students use "Kid Pix" to stamp and sort animals in groups to show the way animals move: fly, walk-slither-slide-crawl, or swim. They need to have knowledge of a variety of animals and how they move from one place to another.
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Finding Your Stride Length

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an estimation activity to determine the length of a hallway or to estimate how many people can fit in the school stadium or gym.
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Imagery Instruction

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study how imagery affects their comprehension of stories. They participate in a guided journey of The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body. They compare the information from the book and their guided journey.
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Functions and Equations

For Students 8th
In this problem solving worksheet, 8th graders focus on functions and equations. Students respond to 6 problems solving for the missing variable in each.
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Measuring & Graphing Motion

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study how to measure distance.  In this graphing motion lesson students complete a lab activity that shows them on the computer how to make graphs. 
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Happy Feet=Healthy Body

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the benefits of regular exercise.  In this physical health studies lesson, 4th graders create visual demonstrations to track their progress with physical fitness related goals.  Students discuss various types of...
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Math All Around Us!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students walk around their neighborhood and school to find objects that remind them of a math concept or vocabulary term. In this real world math lesson, students find math concepts in various familiar locations and take pictures of...
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Granny's Flower Pressing Adventure

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review the rules of a classroom garden. In this gardening lesson, students review the rules of a classroom garden and are given the opportunity to pick a few flowers to keep. Students are taught how to press the flowers they...
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Puppy Poop Pouch

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create a device to hold dog poop to help keep trails clean.  In this animal care lesson, students utilize donated fabric to create a couple hundred pouches to help people clean up after their dog.  Learners spread awareness of...
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders select and read a variety of stories and discuss what happened in the story that made the day so special. Using a graphic organizer, 2nd graders brainstorm ideas about their best day at school. They compose a story...
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Youth Participation in Nonviolence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the use of nonviolent resistance. In this social justice lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as the Apartheid Movement in South Africa.
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Proper Nouns in Sentences

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this proper nouns activity, students circle the proper nouns in the sentences given to them. Students circle proper nouns in 10 sentences total.
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Family Fitness Night

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars invite their family members to participate in a family fitness night at the school to encourage fitness and to promote and inform parents about physical fitness testing. They use a map of the school to locate the different...
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The Large and Small of It

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explore the extreme between the distance to the moon in comparison to the size of a particle of moon dust and solve problems related to the Apollo space missions.
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Water Cycle: Weather Lesson 1

For Teachers 1st
First graders go on a water walk, collect weather data, and measure rainfall for a month. They examine the water cycle in this series of lessons.
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Inexpensive Marrionette Puppet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils follow directions to create a marionette puppet using Styrofoam balls, fishing line and feathers. They practice making it walk, dance, eat, sit, and walk backwards.
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Factors That Shaped Indiana

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct a model of Indiana which displays the effects of the glacial period on the state's physical structure. Students work in groups to plan and execute their model based on an established rubric.
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Addition & Subtraction Properties With Integers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use a number line to solve addition and subtraction problems. In groups, they play a game of "Human Number Line Relay." They use a deck of cards to randomly create addition and subtraction equations and physically walk a...
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DON'T TREAD ON ME

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore how the habits and practices of people affect the soil and growth of plants. They are introduced to the phrase "soil compaction." Students play the Soil Particle Game in the related activities section. They go outside...
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Food From Trees

For Teachers K - 2nd
Student use online resources to describe and compare food from trees. They take a nature walk, look for trees that give animals or people food and place foods found on a chart. In addition, they visit related sites for information.
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Exploring 'Wild' Places With GIS

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore "wild" places. In this technology lesson students use ArcGIS Explorer to investigate wild places near them in their neighborhood. Students view the landscape from both above and the ground.
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Paulo Coelho

For Students 4th - 8th
For this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Paulo Coelho  and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Larger than Life Line Dance

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are encouraged to enjoy dance, feel comfortable dancing, and perform a few simple moves to the beat of the music