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Grades
3 - 5
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Explore and Write About Nature

In this activity, children look closely at living things in their natural environments and then make books about what they see.

Grades
K - 2
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Blast Off to Learn New Words

Boost vocabulary by taking an imaginary trip into space. After a lunar "landing," children return to Earth with a galaxy of new words.

Grades
1 - 4
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Become a Young Archaeologist

Want to visit a museum without leaving your computer? Virtually dig for famous historical artifacts from around the world found in the British Museum.

Grades
7 - 12
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It's Raining Cats and Dogs! Make a Children's Book about the Weather

Kids learn about weather sayings throughout history while writing and illustrating a book for younger children.

Grades
K - 6
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The Natural World as Inspiration: An Outdoor Art Show

Children incorporate materials from outdoors with paints or crayons to create pieces of art to display on their clotheslines, fences, or porches for a neighborhood art show.

Grades
9 - 12
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Special Memories & Significant Moments: Making an Electronic Scrapbook

Using a variety of artifacts, mementos, and technologies, teens can create an electronic scrapbook of their most important moments in high school.

Grades
9 - 12
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Telling Good from Bad in Movies and Television

In this activity, you can discuss with teens how they can tell the "good" characters from the "bad" ones by watching for clues that the movie makers have left.

Grades
6 - 8
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Have You Seen the Movie Yet?

Before seeing a film based on a book, classic or contemporary, children can learn about filmmaking and create their own scenes based on their favorite moments from the book.

The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846.
Grades
1 - 8
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846.
After exploring an exhibit online, students use the information they learned to write "A Day in the Life" narratives that tell about a person, animal, or object they saw in the exhibit.
Monarch butterflies begin their migration in the fall.
Grades
K - 6
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Monarch butterflies begin their migration in the fall.
After exploring the ways that monarch butterflies react to seasons, students complete an inquiry study to examine how other things change because of the seasons and create a class anthology.
The first picture of Earth was taken by the U.S. satellite <em>Explorer VI</em> in 1959.
Grades
5 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
The first picture of Earth was taken by the U.S. satellite Explorer VI in 1959.
After students view the first picture from the Explorer VI Satellite, they discuss the differences between this first image and the images of the earth that we typically see today.
Grades
3 - 8
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
The prototype for the World Wide Web was created in 1990.
Students look at pictures from the past using the WayBack Machine and brainstorm a few websites to explore to think about how they have changed over the years.
Grades
K - 8
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Let's Go On A Poetry Walk!

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and you're surrounded by brilliant shades of green! Observe and collect sensory images from nature and use the sights, sounds, smells, and textures to create original nature poetry.

Grades
3 - 5
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Go Wild with Webcams!

Can't make it to a zoo? After reading a book about apes, observe animal habits and habitats using one of the many Webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world.

Grades
3 - 5
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Star Light, Star Bright: Reading and Writing about the Nighttime Sky

Children watch the nighttime sky come alive as the read a book about fascinating elements in the night and write a poem/story about the things they learn!

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