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Mixing colors with Little Blue and Little Yellow: This is an integrated lesson based on a French book entitled Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni. Within the lesson, students will experiment with various colors to create new colors and eventually write their own version of this story.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science); By Lisa Tartaglia.

Modeling volume: This activity helps the students see how the volume of something includes the third dimension (width or depth) which is different from area. This activity also helps the students "prove" that the volume formula actually works. Students will already know that the volume of a rectangular prism is found by multiplying the object's length, width, and height. By using the blocks as models of volume, the students should come to realize that volume can be calculated simply by multiplying the area of the base by the height of the rectangular prism. Thus, they will come to realize that there is no need to try and fill the entire box with the tiny 1cm cubes, they can simply fill the bottom (to see how many cubes are there) and figure out how many rows there will be and multiply.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Erin Foerster.

Money counts: Lesson introducing counting money and making change.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics); By Angie Horne.

Monster symmetry: Students will make a "monster" through symmetry using white paper, pencils, and scissors. This activity will help students visualize how to identify objects that can be divided symmetrically.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Mary Allen.

More or less: This lesson contains a series of activities on more or less. These activities can be used over several days or combined into a one-day lesson.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Sarah Owens.

More, less, and equal: Students will identify sets and numbers that are more, less, or equal to each other while participating in a variety of games and activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Rachel Fiscus.

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.

Mummy madness: This is a lesson for seventh grade Social Studies students to learn and demonstrate the mummification process used in ancient Egypt.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Social Studies); By Jo Oliver.

Nature journaling: A new way to enjoy nature: Nature journaling is a way to record and re-create an image experienced in nature. By combining drawing and writing, the student uses their senses to record what they feel, see, hear and touch at a particular point in time.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); By Steven Sather.

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.

Newspaper words: Students will use newspapers to find the letters for certain words, such as spelling words, or words with certain beginnings or endings, and then create those particular words by cutting and pasting.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Emily Goodson.

Notating a rainy day: Using manipulatives, students will notate a familiar song.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education); By Melissa Vincent.

Number combinations: Students will use green and blue craft pom-poms to explore number combinations to five.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Beth Deyton.

Observing connections: Art, poetry and the environment (Lesson 1): Students will explore the poem of Pat Lowery Collins, “I Am An Artist” and create their own poem from what they see and experience. They will then illustrate their poems with a visual design. This is the first lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Observing Connections —Art, Poetry, and the Environment (Lesson 1); Observing Connections—Changing Landscapes (Lesson 2); Observing Connections—North Carolina Pottery and Face Jugs (Lesson 3); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts); By Lisa Mitchell.

Observing connections: Changing landscapes (Lesson 2): The students will learn about the changing environment through study and observation. They will reflect on these changes in the environment and create their own landscape and habitat. This is the second lesson in “Observing connections,” a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education); By Lisa Mitchell.

Open the gate, close the gate: Open the Gate, Close the Gate is a variety of activities to provide practice identifying and discriminating between open and closed figures. The activities are designed to meet varying learning styles, and to move students from the concrete level to the abstract level of learning.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Mary Deans.

Origami geometry: Students apply their knowledge of geometric terms to follow directions while folding an origami sculpture. Students then solve math problems which relate to the project with follow-up discussions about the project relating to geometric terms such as symmetry, faces, edges, square, triangle, plane, etc.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); By Cherl Hollada, Libby Morrison, Michelle Kaczynski, and Susan Pope.

Our class band: In this lesson students will play percussion instruments that have been divided into four groups: Drums, Woods, Metals and Shakers/Scrapers. They will perform a song sung to the tune of 'Old MacDonald had a Farm' and perform the instruments of these groups.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Music Education); By Barbara Tilton.

Our geometric world: The students will use newspaper and magazine pictures to recognize geometric figures within the real world. They will make a collage of pictures showing various geometric shapes. They will write a summary of the shapes that are represented in their collage.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Robin Ward.

Painted cylindrical sculptures: Students will experiment painting a variety of lines as directed in addition to inventing their own on 12" x 18" paper. Students will also glue pre-cut paper strips onto their sculptures experimenting with a variety of paper sculpture techniques such as bending, folding and curling.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics); By Rose Szabo.

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