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The five senses
This lesson will help students describe how objects look, feel, taste, smell, and sound using all senses.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
By Kathy Gravitt.
The five senses
The children will learn in this study the five senses through observations and experiments.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
By Nancy Ziegler.
A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown
Poem by Walt Whitman.
Format: poetry
Decomposition
Students will observe decomposition in a pile of grass clippings and in a compost heap over time.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
By Monica Dubbs.
Millis Regional Health Education Center
Visitors are sure to have fun while they learn about the human body and how to stay healthy at this health education facility.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Fun with fruits and vegetables
The activities will help the student identify, describe, and classify fruits and vegetables, and learn how each grows.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science)
By Suzie Overholt.
Do you know your body?
Students learn to identify different body parts and how they move. They explore moving and using these parts in general and personal space.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living)
By Bill Knight.
Buddhist festival explanation
Part of a ten day Buddhist festival in Trang, Thailand. Here, we can hear Hans, who is originally from the Netherlands, explaining the sights we are viewing in a local temple. At the beginning, we are looking at something which portrays an recurring theme...
Format: audio
"I Spy": Using adjectives and descriptive phrases
Students will review definitions for adjectives, learn and practice sensory adjectives and imagery, and use adjectives and descriptive phrases in writing a paragraph and/or story.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
By Elizabeth Hutchens.
Bus with durian fruit on rooftop along road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City
Bus with durian fruit on rooftop along road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City
A bus transports dozens of large durian fruits on a rooftop rack along the road from Dalat to Ho Chi Minh City. Durian is a greenish-brown, spiky, Southeast Asian fruit, which grows larger than a soccer ball or an American football. Inside its sharp outer...
Format: image/photograph
Time - Light and shadow (visit)
This lesson focuses on light and shadow. Students will examine several paintings at the Ackland Art Museum for light and shadow.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)
By Denise Young.
Exploring patterns you can feel and hear
The following lesson will enable students to develop tactile and auditory patterns. As students observe, analyze, and make predictions about patterns they will enhance their problem-solving and reasoning skills.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Carlene M. White.
Soup's on!
This lesson integrates children's literature and math. The students will listen to "Stone Soup" by Marcia Brown and bring items from home to make "First Grade Soup." The children will use the items to create a graph and share information about their graphs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Vicki Rivenbark.
Seasons change
This lesson introduces students to the characteristics of the changing seasons and allows students to see how plants, animals, and people adapt to the changes.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
By Beth Herron.
Buddhist vegetarian festival, food preparation
Ani wants me to eat something, but I am hesitant to order when I learn they cannot eat. There is a misunderstanding during this conversation. I am with Hans and Ani, who live in Trang, Thailand and operate a shop selling crafts and souvenirs. They took me...
Format: audio
The Battle of Gettysburg
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.9
The diary of Confederate soldier Louis Leon in the first days of July 1863, describing his experiences at the Battle of Gettysburg. Includes historical commentary.
Format: diary
Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
Think like a scientist
Written to accompany a sixth-grade science lesson, this article explains important concepts in scientific inquiry, including observation, inference, prediction, classification, model-making, and communication.
Format: article
By April Galloway and Christine Scott.Edited by Julie McCann.
Walking pathways
Second PE lesson in school experience of Kindergartener. Students explore walking movement and pathways.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living)
By Bozena Mielczak.
Traveling on the Mayflower
Students will participate in a role-play to understand the experiences of Pilgrims on the Mayflower.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
By Ellen Douglas and Melissa Park.
Non-Halloween activity for October 31
Students will rewrite the lyrics to a well-known song focusing on Autumn sounds, smells and sights, but without any of the usual Halloween trappings.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)