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Dino Dot to Dot: Prehistoric Tortoise
Dino Dot to Dot: Prehistoric Tortoise
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Dino Dot to Dot: Prehistoric Tortoise
First Grade
Life Science
Tortoises lived in prehistoric times, and they looked pretty much the same then as they do today. Get to know this long-living reptile with a fun dot to dot.
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Dino Dot to Dot: Prehistoric Tortoise
Dino Dot to Dot: Prehistoric Tortoise
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Dino Dot to Dot: Prehistoric Tortoise
Tortoises lived in prehistoric times, and they looked pretty much the same then as they do today. Get to know this long-living reptile with a fun dot to dot.
First Grade
Life Science
Worksheet
Dino Dot to Dot: Barosaurus
Dino Dot to Dot: Barosaurus
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Dino Dot to Dot: Barosaurus
First Grade
Life Science
This dot to dot page features giant Barosaurus, a dinosaur with a very, very long neck.
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Dino Dot to Dot: Barosaurus
Dino Dot to Dot: Barosaurus
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Dino Dot to Dot: Barosaurus
This dot to dot page features giant Barosaurus, a dinosaur with a very, very long neck.
First Grade
Life Science
Worksheet
Learn About the Body: Connective Tissues
Learn About the Body: Connective Tissues
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Learn About the Body: Connective Tissues
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Let's learn about the human body. Students will enjoy discovering different connective tissues in this comprehensive science lesson.
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Learn About the Body: Connective Tissues
Learn About the Body: Connective Tissues
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Learn About the Body: Connective Tissues
Let's learn about the human body. Students will enjoy discovering different connective tissues in this comprehensive science lesson.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Types Of Forests
Types Of Forests
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Types Of Forests
Third Grade
Life Science
Use this lesson to teach your students about the various types of forests by drawing them on a box!
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Types Of Forests
Types Of Forests
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Types Of Forests
Use this lesson to teach your students about the various types of forests by drawing them on a box!
Third Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Kindergarten
Life Science
Let your students spread their wings with this lesson that teaches them about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun song will get your class moving and a variety of different worksheets will suit any class.
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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
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The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Let your students spread their wings with this lesson that teaches them about the life cycle of a butterfly. A fun song will get your class moving and a variety of different worksheets will suit any class.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Mammal or Bird?
Mammal or Bird?
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Mammal or Bird?
Third Grade
Life Science
Use this lesson to teach your students about the characteristics of mammals and birds. Teach them about unique mammals and birds that do not have the characteristics of the average mammal and bird.
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Mammal or Bird?
Mammal or Bird?
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Mammal or Bird?
Use this lesson to teach your students about the characteristics of mammals and birds. Teach them about unique mammals and birds that do not have the characteristics of the average mammal and bird.
Third Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Trees, Trees Everywhere
Trees, Trees Everywhere
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Trees, Trees Everywhere
Kindergarten
Life Science
Teach your kids about the different parts of a tree with this neat lesson plan. Young scientists will love examining trees and sharing their opinions about them.
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Trees, Trees Everywhere
Trees, Trees Everywhere
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Trees, Trees Everywhere
Teach your kids about the different parts of a tree with this neat lesson plan. Young scientists will love examining trees and sharing their opinions about them.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Five Senses Artists
Five Senses Artists
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Five Senses Artists
Kindergarten
Handwriting
This fun art-inspired lesson will give your students a chance to dive into a study of the five senses.
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Five Senses Artists
Five Senses Artists
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Five Senses Artists
This fun art-inspired lesson will give your students a chance to dive into a study of the five senses.
Kindergarten
Handwriting
Lesson Plan
Make Rose Petal Beads
Make Rose Petal Beads
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Make Rose Petal Beads
Third Grade
Life Science
Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!
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Make Rose Petal Beads
Make Rose Petal Beads
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Make Rose Petal Beads
Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!
Third Grade
Life Science
Activity
Enjoy a Plant-Part Dinner and Learn Some First Grade Science
Enjoy a Plant-Part Dinner and Learn Some First Grade Science
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Enjoy a Plant-Part Dinner and Learn Some First Grade Science
Kindergarten
Life Science
Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.
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Enjoy a Plant-Part Dinner and Learn Some First Grade Science
Enjoy a Plant-Part Dinner and Learn Some First Grade Science
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Enjoy a Plant-Part Dinner and Learn Some First Grade Science
Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Heartbeats: Learning about the Heart
Heartbeats: Learning about the Heart
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Heartbeats: Learning about the Heart
Third Grade
Life Science
This lesson will make your students realize that even though they take their heart for granted, the heart is working hard to pump blood to different parts of the body to keep them healthy and running!
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Heartbeats: Learning about the Heart
Heartbeats: Learning about the Heart
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Heartbeats: Learning about the Heart
This lesson will make your students realize that even though they take their heart for granted, the heart is working hard to pump blood to different parts of the body to keep them healthy and running!
Third Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
All About the Digestive System
All About the Digestive System
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All About the Digestive System
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Use this lesson to show your students how food travels from the mouth to the stomach. Additionally, show them how the digestive system delivers important nutrients to other parts of the body and also excretes wastes from the body.
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All About the Digestive System
All About the Digestive System
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All About the Digestive System
Use this lesson to show your students how food travels from the mouth to the stomach. Additionally, show them how the digestive system delivers important nutrients to other parts of the body and also excretes wastes from the body.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
EL
Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!
Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!
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Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!
First Grade
Life Science
Provide students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. Use as a stand-alone activity or a support for the Finding the Main Idea and Details in a Nonfiction Text lesson.
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EL
Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!
Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!
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Main Idea or Topic? You Decide!
Provide students with an opportunity to closely examine the difference between a topic and main idea in a nonfiction text. Use as a stand-alone activity or a support for the Finding the Main Idea and Details in a Nonfiction Text lesson.
First Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Producers and Consumers!
Producers and Consumers!
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Producers and Consumers!
Second Grade
Life Science
Use this lesson to have your students learn about producers and consumers by pretending to be one.
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Producers and Consumers!
Producers and Consumers!
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Producers and Consumers!
Use this lesson to have your students learn about producers and consumers by pretending to be one.
Second Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Coral Reef Creatures
Coral Reef Creatures
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Coral Reef Creatures
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Coral reef life comes alive in this fun label and match activity that challenges students’ deductive reasoning skills and allows for artistic expression.
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Coral Reef Creatures
Coral Reef Creatures
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Coral Reef Creatures
Coral reef life comes alive in this fun label and match activity that challenges students’ deductive reasoning skills and allows for artistic expression.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Respiratory System
Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Respiratory System
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Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Respiratory System
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Show your students the parts that work together to make a person breath! Have them compare the lungs of a healthy person, the lungs of a smoker, the lungs of a city resident, and the lungs of a miner.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Respiratory System
Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Respiratory System
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Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Respiratory System
Show your students the parts that work together to make a person breath! Have them compare the lungs of a healthy person, the lungs of a smoker, the lungs of a city resident, and the lungs of a miner.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Make Edible Amber Fossils
Make Edible Amber Fossils
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
Second Grade
Life Science
Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
Make Edible Amber Fossils
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!
Second Grade
Life Science
Activity
Exploring Animal Adaptations!
Exploring Animal Adaptations!
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Exploring Animal Adaptations!
Third Grade
Life Science
Give your students the opportunity to explore the perspectives of different characters by using the "See Think Wonder" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.
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Exploring Animal Adaptations!
Exploring Animal Adaptations!
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Exploring Animal Adaptations!
Give your students the opportunity to explore the perspectives of different characters by using the "See Think Wonder" Visible Thinking Routine from Harvard's Project Zero.
Third Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
EL
Describing the World Using Sensory Language
Describing the World Using Sensory Language
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Describing the World Using Sensory Language
First Grade
Life Science
What are the five senses and how do we use them everyday? Students get a chance to practice using sensory language as they think about the world around them. Can be used as a stand alone or support for the Writing a Five Senses Poem lesson.
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EL
Describing the World Using Sensory Language
Describing the World Using Sensory Language
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Describing the World Using Sensory Language
What are the five senses and how do we use them everyday? Students get a chance to practice using sensory language as they think about the world around them. Can be used as a stand alone or support for the Writing a Five Senses Poem lesson.
First Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Pumpkin Investigation
Pumpkin Investigation
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Pumpkin Investigation
Third Grade
Life Science
Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin
Activity
Pumpkin Investigation
Pumpkin Investigation
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Pumpkin Investigation
Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin
Third Grade
Life Science
Activity
Identifying Living and Nonliving Things
Identifying Living and Nonliving Things
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Identifying Living and Nonliving Things
Pre-K
Life Science
Teach your students about living and nonliving things with this interactive lesson that keeps your class engaged as they learn!
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Identifying Living and Nonliving Things
Identifying Living and Nonliving Things
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Identifying Living and Nonliving Things
Teach your students about living and nonliving things with this interactive lesson that keeps your class engaged as they learn!
Pre-K
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Move Like an Animal!
Move Like an Animal!
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Move Like an Animal!
First Grade
Life Science
Have your students get energized while they learn about animal locomotion and move around like various animals!
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Move Like an Animal!
Move Like an Animal!
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Move Like an Animal!
Have your students get energized while they learn about animal locomotion and move around like various animals!
First Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
I Spy Nature All Around
I Spy Nature All Around
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I Spy Nature All Around
First Grade
Life Science
Get your young scientists out of the classroom and into nature with this interactive science lesson.
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I Spy Nature All Around
I Spy Nature All Around
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I Spy Nature All Around
Get your young scientists out of the classroom and into nature with this interactive science lesson.
First Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle
First Grade
Life Science
In this lesson, you will use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students about the butterfly life cycle. After listening to the story read aloud, students will use their knowledge to create their own butterfly life cycles!
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle
In this lesson, you will use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students about the butterfly life cycle. After listening to the story read aloud, students will use their knowledge to create their own butterfly life cycles!
First Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
EL
Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk
Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk
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Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk
First Grade
Reading
ELs will gain valuable practice learning about text features as they practice close reading and communication skills during a nonfiction picture walk. Use on its own or as a support for the Classifying Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
EL
Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk
Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk
Lesson Plan
Going on a Nonfiction Picture Walk
ELs will gain valuable practice learning about text features as they practice close reading and communication skills during a nonfiction picture walk. Use on its own or as a support for the Classifying Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.
First Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
Where is My Home?
Where is My Home?
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Where is My Home?
First Grade
Life Science
Students will go wild for this hands-on habitat lesson. Who can help the animals find their homes?
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Where is My Home?
Where is My Home?
Lesson Plan
Where is My Home?
Students will go wild for this hands-on habitat lesson. Who can help the animals find their homes?
First Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Sensory Language: Writing a Five Senses Poem
Sensory Language: Writing a Five Senses Poem
Lesson Plan
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Sensory Language: Writing a Five Senses Poem
First Grade
Life Science
Combine the power of poetry and storytelling to teach your first graders about sensory language in this exciting lesson.
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Sensory Language: Writing a Five Senses Poem
Sensory Language: Writing a Five Senses Poem
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Sensory Language: Writing a Five Senses Poem
Combine the power of poetry and storytelling to teach your first graders about sensory language in this exciting lesson.
First Grade
Life Science
Lesson Plan
Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
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Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
Second Grade
Vocabulary
This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words in a nonfiction text about a chicken's life cycle to support comprehension.
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Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
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Understanding Academic Vocabulary in a Nonfiction Text
This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words in a nonfiction text about a chicken's life cycle to support comprehension.
Second Grade
Vocabulary
Lesson Plan
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Activity
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Fourth Grade
Life Science
This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.
Activity
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Activity
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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