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Lesson Plans - All Year Long

Seasoning the School Year

Grade school botanists and climatologists investigate seasonal changes, and create class books for the National Arbor Day Foundation.

Teacher’s Pet

In an effort to choose the perfect pet for their teacher, primary students study the habitat requirements of domestic animals and learn what it takes to be a responsible pet owner. Students compare the needs of pets to those of their untamed counterparts in the wild, and students learn to be better friends to animals everywhere.

From Concrete to Memory: Scrapbooking the Berlin Wall

In this lesson, students consider how ordinary citizens contributed to and experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall. They then develop scrapbooks depicting how people experienced the wall and use the books as symbolic bricks in building a classroom Berlin Wall.

Where is Japan? Basic Map Skills

The purpose of this integrated unit is for first graders to learn basic map skills and use these map skills to solve a problem.

What Makes Me Who I Am?

Students begin to understand who they are by first analyzing their genetics, and second, by taking a closer look into their cells and how these cells interact within the body