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Race Car Derby |
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3,4,5 |
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Students will use the scientific method to develop a derby race car made from a 4" piece 1" by 2".
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Title: |
ROUNDING! |
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Mathematics |
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3,4 |
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Students will be introduced the steps of rounding numbers to the ten thousands, the practical uses of rounding, and practice rounding numbers.
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Title: |
Natural Disasters |
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Science |
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4 |
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Students will be able to use topic specific vocabulary to identify a variety of natural disasters. They will then describe and give the sequence of events that take place in each disaster.... |
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Title: |
Habitat Field Study |
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Science |
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4 |
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Description: |
The students will view a Powerpoint which introduces and explains the vocabulary/academic language asociated with the Field Study and the rubric which will be used to assess their work. Each student will be given a Field Study booklet to fill out during the field trip on an animal of his/her chosing. Upon their return to school, the students will share their data and produce a multi-paragraph report in which they describe their selected animal, discuss the animals behavior, describe thier animals habitat, and classify their animal.... |
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Title: |
Beak Adaptation |
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Science |
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4 |
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Description: |
The students will conduct an experiment using models to understand birds adaptations in different ecosystems.... |
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Title: |
Using Technology for Research |
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Writing Workshop |
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1,2,3,4,5 |
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Description: |
Studens will learn how to use the internet to gather information for researching topics and/or authors for Writing Workshop. This lesson can be used for various genres in the Writing Workshop program.... |
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Title: |
Math Intervention |
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Mathematics |
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Grade: |
1,2,3,4,5 |
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Description: |
Students use an on-line program for reteaching, practicing, and testing for competence. This lesson is used by the resource department in a pull out program to help students be more successful in the general ed classroom.... |
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Title: |
Food Chains |
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Science,Computers |
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Grade: |
4 |
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Description: |
Using their prior knowledge of food chains and ecosystems/biomes, students will create a PowerPoint illustrating a possible food chain in the ecosystem/biome (tundra, grassland, rainforest, etc.) of their choice. Students will need to think of a producer, a decomposer and at least three consumers in the food chain. After they decide what their food chain may look like, students will use Google Images or Flickr to download copyright-friendly photos of the organisms in their food chain, including a photo of the ecosystem/biome that they can paste in as the background to the PowerPoint slide. Students will then paste the photos into the slide in order of the food chain. The photos will be labeled and will be joined by arrows (from the PowerPoint Drawing toolbar) showing the path of the food chain. More advanced students can add transitions to the PowerPoint slide to show animation. (A PDF example is included.)... |
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Title: |
The Giving Tree |
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English Language Arts |
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Grade: |
3,4,5,6 |
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Description: |
Students will express their understanding of the message in Th Giving Tree, and will give a heartfelt give to a person/people in need.... |
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Title: |
Finding the Way |
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Mathematics,Maps/Geography |
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Grade: |
3,4,5 |
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Description: |
Students will be able to find the route from Milpitas to our field trip destination at the Marine Science Institute in Redwood City. They will be able to tell which roads will be traveled and the approximate miles, while working together in pairs. Students will also learn the geography of the area.... |
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