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Family gardening in rural North Carolina
This lesson for grade one uses a series of activities related to plants and gardening to help students learn about gardening, plant life, families, and making healthy choices.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living, Science, and Social Studies)
By Penny Willard.
Getting down & dirty with soils
In this lesson, we will explore different kinds of soil (humus, sand, clay). The students will plant seeds in the different soils as part of further exploration.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)
By Amy Rhyne, Paulette Keys, and Sarah Carson.
Hula hoop sorting
Students will use two large hula hoops to form a Venn Diagram. Then, using various colored paper shapes, they will recognize, and identify circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, trapezoids, and parallelograms.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Diane Jackson.
Mud feels good!
Students will listen to Mud Walk by Joy Cowley. Students will experience and describe mud using a bubble map to record their responses. Students will create a class book using chocolate pudding to imitate mud.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
By Amanda Mcalpine, Carol Elliott, and Ginny Devine.
Nephelococcygia - Cloud watching
As part of the 2nd grade science objectives dealing with weather, students will learn the various types of clouds as well as the term and the act of nephelococcygia -- cloud watching.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills and Science)
By Kelley James.