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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Minnesota

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site has a colorful display of information about Minnesota. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Missouri

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site has a colorful display of information about Missouri. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Nebraska

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site has a colorful display of information about Nebraska. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Wyoming

For Students 3rd - 5th
A colorful display of information about Wyoming. Contains a map, pictures, a state symbols list, and links to related information.
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Handout
Globio

Glossopedia: Stars

For Students 3rd - 8th
Many of the objects you can see in the night sky are stars, large objects in space that produce light. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains more than 100 billion stars. Stars are so far away that their light does not reach us for years....
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Handout
Globio

Glossopedia: Solar System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Planet Earth is part of a vast space neighborhood called the solar system. Our solar system is an amazing place. It's even more amazing that many other solar systems have been discovered. This article examines the solar system.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Pause and Think

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, the Digital Citizens teach students how to be safe, responsible, and respectful online. Includes slideshow, video, lesson plan, song and lyrics, poster, coloring book, and resources for...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Third Grade Writing Lesson #2 / Science Prompt

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders will invent a gadget using one or more simple machines and write about it.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Outrageous Ooze

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can make ooze and learn about different qualifications of matter. An easy procedure is provided to make gooey ooze that you can play with when you are done.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Salt Volcano

For Students 3rd - 8th
By making oil float on water--with the help of other ingredients--students can create a lava-lite effect.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Hoopster

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students create their own airplane using straws and other materials and learn the principles of aerodynamics.
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Interactive
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Pardon or Pillory

For Students 1st - 5th
Guess the letters in the words to save the colonist from the pillory. This play on hangman reviews historical vocabulary.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Conceited Pig

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Conceited Pig by John and Charles Mozley, a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Cousin Lucy Among the Mountains

For Students 2nd - 4th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Cousin Lucy among the Mountains by Jacob Abbott, a fiction book for children.
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Website
The Book Report

Kids reads.com: Brian Jacques

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site gives you a biography of Brian Jacques as well as an interview with him about his writing.
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Inappropriate Shifts in Verbs

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Find fifteen worksheets designed to provide practice on maintaining verb tense. These exercises have been created expressly for elementary students. All worksheets are available as PDFs.
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Activity
Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Triangles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan provides students with an opportunity to practice drawing and measuring triangles and angles. It also shows pictures and gives definitions of each type of angle and triangle.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Three Branches of Government

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended for early elementary students, ReadWorks provides an information text about the three branches of government. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Character Types Worksheets and Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This online learning module offers lessons about "characters" and practice exercises about "characters" in stories. These lessons are organized according to the grade levels to which they apply.
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Activity
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Characterization Group Project

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this learning module, students will learn more about characterization. Worksheets are provided to reinforce the understanding of character traits. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III students.
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Activity
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Cling to Me

For Students 3rd - 8th
A set of four station activities involving static electricity that can easily be done in the classroom.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, by Judith Viorst

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This site features several links to lesson plans and activities for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Jurassic Period O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn a few facts about the Jurassic period from this interactive Ology card that also includes questions that can be answered. There is some information about Pangaea and dinosaurs.
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Website
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Walk Two Moons

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discussion question, a lesson plan, and links to related resources for teaching students reading "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech.