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Climbing the Pyramid

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars examine the Food Pyramid to discover the foods they need to eat to have a healthy body. Using food brought to class, they must place the food in the correct category in the pyramid. In groups, they test food samples for...
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How to Cook Rice

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover how to cook rice. In this cooking lesson, 4th graders discover how to cook rice correctly. Students read and follow cooking directions and discuss how their rice turned out.
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Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students observe a demonstration of regular soda versus diet soda.  In this exploring density instructional activity students complete a lab on density and present a PowerPoint presentations of their results.
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The Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the temperature change in open and closed containers. In this earth science lesson, 7th graders relate this lab activity to greenhouse effect. They create a line graph from data collected in the experiment.
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Artist in Schools Program

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the medium of watercolor paints. They observe basic watercolor painting techniques (such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and dry-on-dry). Then students experiment with these techniques on small squares of watercolor paper.
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Distance over Time

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students analyze velocity and how it is determined. They experiment with velocity in order to measure and calculate the magnitude of speed. They use examples in their novel "Skateboard Renegade" to relate velocity to real life situations.
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You Either Know it or You Don't 6

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Internet research skills worksheet, student respond to 15 short answer trivia questions. Students may use reference sources if they don't know the answers.
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Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize that all of the water on earth cannot be used for drinking and that the percentage of ground and surface water is a small percentage.  In this water lesson students identify ways to conserve water. 
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Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students make a variety of recipes that include fruits and vegetables. In this fruit and vegetables lesson plan, students make recipes, learn about the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables needed per day, describe how to sanitize...
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Blackeyed Peas

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the history of black-eyed peas. For this black-eyed peas lesson, students read about the history of the peas/beans and about how they are Oklahoma's number one vegetable crop. They also read that they are considered to...
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Egg Carton Stories

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create stories with better structure when they are able to focus on its characters, setting, and plot. Teacher creates settings, character, and problem cartons with information written on strips of paper.
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Water - Solid and Liquid

For Teachers 1st
First graders conduct a science inquiry by comparing water in its liquid and solid form. The students describe the different stages of water and complete a worksheet answering questions about each form of the water. Teacher assessment...
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Measurement Tools

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students understand the concept of how to use different measurement tools for specific purposes. Students take pictures of various objects that can be measured using a digital camera and then making a power point presentation.
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Minerals and You

For Teachers K - 12th
Students study how mineral are used in everything around us-- from cereal to satellites. After informing the students about minerals they will discuss the ones that are in the area of the students.
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Altering a Plant Environment

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars investigate what a controlled group is by creating an experiment.  In this plant growth lesson, students identify the different parts of a plant and discuss what is needed for a plant to be successfully grown....
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Use Proprotions To Solve Word Problems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore ratios and proportions and how they are used in day to day life. As an activity, they find their own heart rate and then take a survey of other heart rates in the room. After organizing the data, 8th graders use...
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What is a River?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the various types of bodies of water: rivers, oceans, lakes and ponds. They observe models of each and then use clues to discuss how they are alike and different. They imagine they have found a new planet and draw a map...
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Rules for Forming Plural Nouns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this plural nouns worksheet, students learn rules about plural nouns and then correct noun errors in a three paragraphs through adding 's,' and add apostrophe's to incorrect sentences. Students also read about possessive pronouns and...
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Cranes, Crosswalks, and Big Gulps

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students watch a video and answer questions based on wildlife jobs. In this wildlife lesson plan, students learn that biologists don't just play with animals but that there is a lot of study involved.
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Turtle Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students watch videos and fill out worksheets about the turtles and their journey to the Costa Rican beach. In this turtles lesson plan, students learn and discuss survival, predator and prey, and stages of development.
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Earthquakes & Volcanoes I: What Causes Them and Where They Are

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners study the properties of volcanoes and earthquakes.  In this earthquakes and volcanoes lesson students write a story on what they did during their experiment. 
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Soybean Science

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore food science by participating in a cooking activity. In this soybean oil lesson, 4th graders listen as the teacher gives them a background on soybeans and their use by humans today. Students grind soybeans and...
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Marvelous Mathematics

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make a table on the computer, but create fractions and equivalent fractions through the use of color. They are able to manipulate fractions in order to gain a greater understanding of the meaning of whole number that is broken...
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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

For Students 4th - 6th
In this famous people worksheet, students read a selection about the life of Sheikh Mohammed Al-Maktoum, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.

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