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NASA

Soda Straw Rockets

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Three, two, one, blast off to a better understanding of force and motion with this exciting science lesson! Beginning with a discussion about rockets and gravity, young scientists go on to complete a series of worksheets about net...
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Penguin Books

An Educator's Guide to Jan Brett

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Prepare to teach Jan Brett stories by taking a look at this teacher resource, which includes text-based questions, writing assignments, discussion ideas, and vocabulary practice for 18 different stories.
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US Mint

Desert Dwellers

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
What can a quarter possibly teach young learners about desert ecosystems? More than you might think. After displaying and discussing the included picture of the Arizona state quarter, the class participates in a series of...
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US Mint

Symbols in My Eyes

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Explore the hidden meanings behind the images on US currency with this elementary school lesson on symbolism. Starting with a class discussion about symbols, children go on to brainstorm different objects that represent the Unites...
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Critical Thinking Cooperative

Doing Our Share

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Whether at home or in the classroom, each member of a community has certain responsibilities they must tend to. With the help of the children's story Piggybook by Anthony Browne, kids learn how to assign jobs in a fair and safe...
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California Academy of Science

Tropical Belt

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Where in the world is the equator? Explore a world map with your class, coloring in oceans, continents, and rainforests while locating the three major lines of latitude: the equator, Tropic of Cancer, and Tropic of Capricorn. Discuss how...
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Common Sense Media

ABC Searching

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young scholars explore English by completing an interactive computer activity. In this alphabet lesson, students research the Internet to create a picture dictionary which they share with classmates. Young scholars locate digital images...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Once Upon A Bear

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Students study the characteristics and habitats of a variety of bears in this series of cross-curricular lessons.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Introducing Practical Speaking Skills

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
If you really speak WELL, people will love to listen! In this lesson, students will practice routines to help them speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. Teaching this in the first weeks of school sets...
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Read Works

Read Works: "As I Was Going to St. Ives"

For Students K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A riddle poem by an anonymous poet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Professional Doc
Axelson Academy

Axelson Academy: Asking and Answering Questions About Unknown Vocabulary

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will receive support and prompting as they listen to informational text and then determine the meaning of one of the words in context.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Things That Can Go

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an online story for early readers about things that can go into motion, and things that can't. It offers help for readers as they can click on a words and it will say the word aloud. It also provides a list of words used in the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lesson Plans: Using Personal Connections to Understand Emotions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which younger learners draw on prior experiences that made them happy or sad, build two-sided masks, work with Venn diagrams, and connect personally with the emotions conveyed by poems in The Way I Feel by Janan Cain...
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Education.com

Education.com: W.1.8 Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to practice the Common Core Standard of recalling information from experiences or gathering information from provided sources to answer a question.