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Showing Results for identifying the main topic in non fiction texts

Use this lesson with your students to practice comparing and contrasting the key details in two texts on the same topic. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a pre-lesson for the *What's Similar? What's Different?* lesson.

Similarities and Differences

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore non-chemical means of preserving fruits by using thermotherapy.

Thermotherapy and Strawberries

The purpose of this science fair project is to investigate which food wrapping works best to keep refrigerated and non-refrigerated foods from spoiling.

To Wrap or Not to Wrap? Which Food Wrapping Works Best to Prevent Food Spoilage?

How do different plants respond to hot or cold temperatures? In this hands-on worksheet, students will analyze two different texts, comparing and contrasting details in both texts.

Hot or Cold? How Temperatures Affect Plants

Use this lesson to help your ELs quickly find information on a specific topic by looking for a noun and its pronouns in a nonfiction text. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Ecosystems Explained.

Information from Multiple Sources

In this lesson, students will learn how to decode unknown words in a texts using context clues. Students will be introduced to the idea of opposites and will practice identifying opposites. This lesson can be used on its own or as support for the lesson Is It the Same?

How Pictures Can Help Us Read

How are plants’ traits affected by environmental factors? In this integrated science and reading lesson, students will use multiple sources to identify and determine how traits are influenced by the environment.


What’s Similar? What’s Different?

Explore how dielectric heating comes into play when microwaving various liquids in this science project. This test will help you understand how microwaves work!

Microwaving Liquids: Dielectric Heating

Before students can respond to literature critically, they must have a strong grasp of big ideas and summary writing. Support your ELs in these foundational reading skills by introducing a three-sentence paragraph frame for summary writing.

Summary Writing with Big Ideas

Cookie catastrophe! In this project you will determine if different types of cookie sheets can cause cookies to bake differently.

Types of Cookie Sheets

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Growing Garden Pictograph

Germination: "The Birth of a Plant"

Store seeds under three different environmental conditions. Plant seeds in carefully marked groups, watch them grow. Compare results.

Seed Storage Study

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

Chocolate-Covered Apples

This experiment investigates the relationship between the temperature of a candle and its burn rate.

Does a Candle's Temperature Affect Its Burn Rate?

In this fun lesson plan, students will get to think about what kinds of clothing is needed for all kinds of weather! Kindergarten students will love choosing their favorite weather and deciding what to wear!

What Kind of Weather?

In this science fair experiment, high school students fit the growth pattern of bacteria to a mathematical model and predict future colony expansion.

Mathematical Modeling of Bacterial Growth 

These pretzel reindeer cookies are a great holiday recipe for kids to make. Rudolph and the whole gang agree!

Pretzel Reindeer Cookies

This science project challenges students to take learned information about weather and climate control and apply it to come up with creative ideas of their own.

Do It Yourself Weather!

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

The Role of Fat in Food

This experiment will evaluate bacterial content on toothbrushes before and after different cleaning methods to determine which method of disinfecting is best.

What is the Best Way to Disinfect a Toothbrush?

Science fair project that cultivates slime mold and monitors the stages of its development.

Blimey! It's Slimey!

This science fair project idea determines what factors influence an individual's reaction time using a web-based timed reaction test.

You've Got Some Nerves!

Analyze competed scientific studies to determine the effectiveness of ancient remedies. Create a chart that illustrates the effectiveness of these treatments.

New Wives' Tales

Hiding protein-rich quinoa and a variety of fresh vegetables, these meatballs are the perfect answer to kid food woes.

Quinoa Meatballs

Help your class gain a foundational understanding of matter by learning how to conduct inquiry and gain an understanding about the characteristics of gases. This lab will have your students amazed at what is really in the air. 


You Can't See Me!

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Making Candles from Old Candles

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

Fruit Leather

This science fair project idea determines effective strategies to help students stay awake and attentive.

Pay Attention!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

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