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Silly Pumpkins: Just for Fun

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create works of art from pumpkins. In this art lesson, students decorate pumpkins in fun and goofy ways. Students use their imaginations while decorating.
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Water Saving

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Water conservation and management is the focus of this lesson plan. Students identify the need for being "water wise" in society through research and discussion. and present their findings in many different formats (short story, poetry,...
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Is It Alive?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore living things and their habitats. They create an original It's Alive! book to demonstrate what they have learned.
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Our Special Keepsake

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe the procedure for writing a single paragraph. They listen to a story and write a single paragraph response including a topic sentence, with supporting sentences.
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Henri Rousseau Fantasy Jungle

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils discuss the life and artistic style of Henri Rousseau, identify traits of artistic perspective, and create paintings using simple shapes and oil pastels in this 4th through 6th grade Art Lesson. Resource links are included with...
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Caribbean Culture Day

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students are introduced to about Caribbean culture through the preparation and sampling of Caribbean food, as well as become familiar with Caribbean folk songs and poetry. They also experience blindness in order to form a deeper...
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Capture the Running Flag

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students become are flag holders. Each one has a flag tucked into back pocket or waist band with flag exposed down to at least the knee. Once the flag is in pocket they can no longer touch flag. The goal for the non-flag holders is to...
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Music in Nature

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars research the Incan civilization. For this Incan civilization lesson, students study the geography of the Andes mountains and play an Andean siku. Young scholars discuss how the sounds of nature influenced their musical piece.
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Simple Present and Present Continuous

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this simple present and present continuous worksheet, students choose the correct words to complete the sentences. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Ladybugs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, learn about the letter l, and eat bug crackers all to learn about ladybugs. In this goldfish lesson plan, students also color pages and decorate ladybug cookies.
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Civil War Museum Exhibit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders summarize the participation of Indiana citizens in the Civil War. They research an assigned topic and build a museum exhibit that displays at least five points of information relating to the topic. Students write a...
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Xeriscaping In Your Community

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a service-learning project to design landscaping that maximizes water use and utilizes indigenous plant species.
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Green Leaves

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, after having conducted one experiment three times, record their observations results in a chart. They predict what hidden colors they believe that a leaf holds. Students record their predictions in their science note books...
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Decomposition

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of decomposition. They examine decomposition in their school orchard. They write about their findings in a journal.
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Sharin the culture of food production

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils compare food production and procurement in Alaska and the Russian Federation. They compare food production and procurement within Alaska. Pupils comprehend and appreciate the differences Alaskan students meet children from...
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Launching Rockets

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss experiences of watching a rocket launch either on television or in person before making paper rockets. They make and color rockets which they attempt to launch using a strong breath blown through a straw at the...
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Zoobilation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research and use their findings to design a PowerPoint presentation and zoo-type habitat with the correct ecosystem for their animal group using a variety of materials such as cardboard boxes, aquariums etc.
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Percent

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students find the percentages of an actual value using the operation of multiplication for the ten problems.
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Whose Bud Are You?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils visit an orchard and examine tree branches. They discover the buds on the branches looking for signs of life. They share their observations in their journals and with their classmates.
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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a variety of information resources to identify local environmental issues and examine the ways that people have tried to solve these problems. They read "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" and create a list of three...
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Where to shop?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study a topic of an environmental nature that is relevant to them (as individuals) on a local level, but with global implications. They consider whether their family's shopping habits have any lasting effects on the environment.
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Clean Sweep

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students organize and conduct a cleanup of a local beach, lake, or stream. They keep track of the types and amounts picked up and analyze this information in the classroom.
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Think Green

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
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"Water, Water Everywhere and None to Drink"

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discover the importance of maintaining an unpolluted source of water for the city. They brainstorm ideas they can take to make their communitie's water better. They can also write letters to their local politicians for help.