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Grouping and Changing Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students feel and observe different types of materials. Using the internet, they sort objects based on the materials they are made from and justify their reasons for putting it in a certain category. They identify objects that could...
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Using electricity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore how a switch can be used to break a circut. Students construct a simple series circuit and use it for a purpose. Students read the "The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch,or one of the "Katie Morag" stories which clearly shows...
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Helping plants grow well

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the effect of water, temperature and light on plant growth. Students are asked if they remember the LAW for plants. This is Light, Air(temperature) and Water, which all plants need for growth. Students are divided...
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Life cycles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed dispersal, and germination. Students recap the following information: that plants need light, warmth,...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Gases Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a whole class discussion about solids, liquids, and gases. Students get involved in a teacher-directed experiment related to solids, liquids, and gases. Students complete worksheet, writing the names of the parts...
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Changing State

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify the changing states of water, water vapor and ice in the water cycle They investigate how each of these stages can be reversible. Students complete a worksheet describing the water cycle.
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Circuits And Conductors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students predict the common classroom items, such as paper clips, chalk, keys, or erasers, that will be good conductors in a circuit. They build circuits using a variety of circuit diagrams to test their predictions.
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Reading Food Labels

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the concept of phonemic awareness in order to help increase reading comprehension. The reading of food labels creates the context for the practice session. They pay particular attention to certain sounds that must be...
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Shhhhh

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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Pathways

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars are introduced to how to use a flow diagram. As a class, they brainstorm all of the steps to a specific task and discuss the importance of completing them in the correct sequence. They read books that have an alternate...
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Water Hardness- Causes and Testing

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine what materials cause water hardness and the relative measure of water hardness in a two part lab activity. In part one, 8th graders add an assigned soap test solution to eleven different test tube solutions in...
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Meet Your Tonsils

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners engage in a lesson that is concerned with tonsils. They identify the parts of the face and mouth as shown on a poster and then conduct class discussion about the function and location of the tonsils. The lesson includes related...
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Ta-Ta- Timer

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify a letter of the alphabet. They recognize this letter in print and in spoken language. The letter and phoneme chosen is the letter t and /t/. They write the letter in both lower and upper case. They read 'One Tiny...
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D says DUH! Duh?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter D, both upper and lower case and recognize and identify the letter d in various words and illustrations. They identify how the mouth moves with the letter D through various word pronunciations. Finally,...
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Tick Tock /t/

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review letter recognition for the letter /t/ and the sound of the letter /t/. They write an upper- and lower-case /t/ and recognize the sound of t as well as the letter when combined with other letters in the form of a word.
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Adopt Good Personal Health Habits

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students, through teacher lecture and instruction, review the personal wellness habits that can prevent illness and maintain good health. Hopefully, if students adopt these habits they will decrease their chance of getting sick.
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Croc Talk

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate and study about the members of the crocodilian family and then create poster presentations and write poetic odes to them. They distinguish between facts and myths about crocodilians and assess the new discoveries...
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Twenty Pages of Children's Recipes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this recipe booklet worksheet, students see twenty simple recipes that include student friendly ingredients and directions. There are no directions given with these recipes.
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Conjugating Verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this verbs worksheet, students analyze 8 pictures. Students read the sentence next to each picture and from 2 choices, select the correct verb to complete each sentence.
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What Are They Doing?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this verbs worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students read the sentence with the missing verb and from 4 choices, select the correct word.
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The Weather

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this weather word and picture matching worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict different weather conditions. Students match these with the words that describe them.
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Is This A ...

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this asking and answering questions worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict common objects. Students read the question next to the picture and answer it. Example: Is this a cat? (No, it is a snake.)
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Where Is the Ball?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this prepositions worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict the location of a ball in relation to the cardboard box. Students match the picture with the preposition word that tells where the ball is.