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Observing Decomposition
In this science worksheet, students focus upon the concept of decomposition and collect data in order to make interpretations or observations.
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Literacy Activity: The Perfect Pet
Students develop their listening skills as they listen to the book The Perfect Pet. In this reading lesson, students listen to the book, and then talk about the pets they have. Then they make a graph as a class of all their pets.
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A Look At An influential African American
Students research an influential African American. In this character education lesson, students use a variety of research materials and write a biographical report about a famous African American. Students identify the six pillars of...
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President's Day
Students access prior knowledge about the branches of government to explore foreign policy. In this conflict resolution lesson, students reflect on foreign policy decisions and participate in scenarios based on foreign...
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Protecting the Planet
Students discuss being a responsible student by helping to protect the rainforest. In this citizenship instructional activity, students brainstorm ideas to help global warming, warfare, human-rights abuses and acid rain. Students write...
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Respectful Listening
Students explore the concept of respectful listening. In this listening skills lesson, students discuss and demonstrate good and bad listening skills. Students work in groups to decide what is easy and hard about listening...
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School Safety Survey Project
Students investigate safety issues at school. In this citizenship lesson, students discuss things they are fearful of at school. Students then conduct a school survey asking what others are fearful of.
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The Is No Such Thing as a Perfect Pumpkin
Students explore using descriptive words to describe physical appearance. In this appearance lesson, students look at pumpkins and discuss how there is not a perfect pumpkin. Students also hypothesize about what the perfect pumpkin's...
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Making Soap
In this soap worksheet, students produce soap in the laboratory and test their product by washing away engine oil with their soap. Students answer four questions about tests they perform on their soap.
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Life on the Trails
Fourth graders explore U.S. Geography by completing a worksheet. In this west coast geography lesson, 4th graders discuss the Santa Fe and Oregon-California trails and the people who traveled them in the 1800's. Students define...
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Vocabulary: Matching Exercise III
In this online interactive vocabulary worksheet, learners respond to 20 matching questions regarding vocabulary words. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Be a Good Egg
Students use an eggshell decay to represent what happens when a person loses someone's trust. In this trust lesson, students discuss decay and complete an eggshell decay activity. Students use the experiment to represent what happens...
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Protection
Pupils create dolls in a variety of skin tones to help reinact different community helpers. They make a helping hands mural on butcher block paper. They adopt a doll and demonstrate how to treat others gently. They discuss along with...
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Back to School (Elementary)
Students discover the vocabulary of the Six Pillars of Character and their relation to the school environment. In this character education lesson, students discuss the character pillars and brainstorm about their use in the classroom....
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Warning signs
Students sort and classify different attributes of warning signs, labels, and sounds. In this warning signs lesson plan, the teacher shows students different warning signs, labels, and sounds and tells students what each one means. ...
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Who's Uninsured in 2007? It's More Than Just the Poor
High schoolers explore the concept of health care. In this health care lesson, students read an article about the financial cost associated with health care. High schoolers discuss costs and resources that people in the article have to...
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Solution-Hero
Students analyze the decision-making skills. In this character education lesson, students read a comic book and identify the superhero. Students then analyze the types of decisions the character makes throughout the story and if the...
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The Gulf War and its Consequences
Students study the historical background of Desert Storm/Desert Shield. They determine that not all Americans were in favor of the Gulf War and examine the Gulf War Syndrome. They discover that another possible cause pertains to...
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Energetic Citizenship
Students analyze how to use less energy. In this energy conservation activity, students discuss fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs and experiment to examine the energy of both sources using thermometers. Students complete the...
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Diet, Exercise and AIDS
Students research AIDS and the role of diet and exercise with the disease. In this AIDS lesson, students listen to a mini lecture about the diet and exercise needs of people who have AIDS. Students learn about alternative therapies to...
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Medicine safety
Students identify reasons why people take medicines. In this medicine lesson plan, students are shown different medicines and discuss why people might take them. The teacher poses different scenarios about when it is safe and unsafe to...
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A Fish Tale Fable
Students identify the moral in a fable. In this folktale lesson, students read an included book, Fish Tale, and identify the message in the book. Students discuss what kind of lessons can be learned from reading this fable.
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A Monument to Value
Students build a monument to represent trustworthiness. In this trustworthiness lesson plan, students discuss traits related to trustworthiness, suggest images that represent trustworthiness, and build a monument with those images.
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Celebrating the Legacy of Ella Baker
Students research the life of Ella Baker and examine the importance of Civil Rights through citizen mobilization. For this rights lesson, students read the biography of Ella Baker and make suggestions of things to change in their own...
