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Handprint Flowers for Mother's Day
Students build fine motor skills while creating flowers for a spring bulletin board or Mother's Day gift -- a perfect addition to a multi-disciplinary garden theme unit! more...
Brenda and Tom McGee's Reader's Theater and So Much More offers elementary teachers fun skits, research activities, vocabulary lessons and creative writing ideas. more...
Provide students with guidelines to evaluate authority, accuracy, and relevance of online resources used for academic research projects. more...
Writing business letters takes on new meaning when put in the context of a practical role playing exercise. more...
Apply Bloom's Taxonomy to create fair essay questions that really test what students know. more...
Elementary Halloween Lantern Craft
Students will enjoy decorating the classroom with creative Halloween themed construction paper lanterns. Bats and black cats and witches, oh my! more...
Introduce science students to the three states of matter by growing rock candy sugar crystals. more...
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By: Jessica Turner
Students who read during a speech miss the chance to excel as speakers. Teaching them to speak with confidence will make speech day enjoyable for them and the audience. more...
By: Jennifer Wagaman
Instead of teaching the importance of saving the planet one day or one week out of the year, use these ideas to make going green a way of life. more...
Elementary Lesson Plan: Insulation
By: Elizabeth Pace
A classroom investigation into different insulation materials and how effective they are. more...
By: Elizabeth Pace
This is a crafty project that can be done in the classroom and is a fun way to demonstrate the use of both fixed and moving pivots in a simple machine. more...
Introduction to Soil Lesson Plan
By: Elizabeth Pace
A simple investigation for elementary aged children into the properties of different types of soil. more...
By: Deborah Blair
This article details fun, educational ideas for hosting a party with an ancient Egyptian theme. more...
By: Ellen Wilson
This is a great inquiry based program that teaches students how to manage, preserve, and maintain valuable aquatic resources. more...
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