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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: African American Honorees in Alabama History

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will create a PowerPoint slide show presentation and brochure on a famous African American icon from the Alabama Calendar. Students may select famous African Americans from Alabama such as Rosa Parks, Vonetta Flowers, Dr. Mae...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Let Me Grow

For Students K - 1st
Let Me Grow is an entertaining puzzle game. Help get water to the thirsty flowers by removing blocks and opening levees. Be careful not to get the garden gnomes wet! Younger children might need help from adults beyond the first six levels.
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Activity
Other

Robert Frost: America's Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: If I Should Cease to Bring a Rose

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If I Should Cease to Bring a Rose", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: If She Had Been the Mistletoe

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If She Had Been the Mistletoe", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jocelyn Medawar and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Graphic
University of California

University of California, Berkeley: Cal Photos: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Need a photo for a project, report, multimedia presentation on plants from around the world as well as California? Find fair use images of specific plants by searching with the scientific name, common name, or location.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Montana

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from Enchanted Learning provides a colorful display of information about Montana. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Mexican Activities for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students of all ages will enjoy these creative art projects and recipes! Provides photo examples and step-by-step instructions.
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Interactive
TVOntario

Tvo Kids: Games: Get Growing

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Choose and plant your seeds, and then give them everything they need to grow in this interactive garden.
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Curated OER

Conifers Use Cones and Seeds Since Flowering Plants Had Not Appeared.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This engaging article on gymnosperms offers good descriptions and background on these seed bearing plants. Learn about their characteristics and what makes these plants different from angiosperms.
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Interactive
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Colonial Gardener

For Students 1st - 5th
Weed the garden to keep the flowers alive in the gardens at Colonial Williamsburg.
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Handout
Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Henri Fantin Latour

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of French realist painter Henri Fantin-Latour who was known for his flower paintings.
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Activity
Other

The Mudcat Cafe: Blocks, Bells, Box Drums and Mallets

For Students 3rd - 5th
Have you ever wondered how to make homemade musical instruments? Use this site to find out how to construct sandpaper blocks and mallets.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Monocot vs. Dicot

For Students 3rd - 8th
One way plants have been classified has been based on the number of cotyledons in the seeds. The differences between monocots and dicots are listed along with some helpful facts.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Plants and Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
For this lesson plan, young young scholars will be able to identify a plant's parts, explain their functions, diagram a plant, and create a mobile to demonstrate their understanding.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Icon of Saint Stephan

For Students 9th - 10th
This icon of Saint Stephan is drawn on a rectangular wooden panel. The picture is surrounded by a frame of plants with yellow flowers and white leaves.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Piece of Band Textile

For Students 9th - 10th
This small piece of textile consists of a decorative band with floral designs in the form of flowers and small rosettes. This piece of textile is in the Kapati style, for which the Egyptian Copts were famous throughout the ages.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Anne Vallayer Coster

For Students 9th - 10th
Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was an eighteenth-century French painter. Known as a prodigy artist at a young age, she achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Royal Academy in 1770, at the age of...