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Here is a wonderful bundle to create a memorable and educational unit about the Arctic and Antarctic Regions! Each resource is hands-on and includes informational blurbs. Many of the activities are easily differentiated and can be used with elementary to middle or even high school-aged kids! WHAT'S INCLUDED: "Antarctic Food Chain": A fun flipbook to learn about ecosystem interconnections in Antarctica."Arctic vs. Antarctic": A graphic organizer to learn about the weather, seasons, geography, lan

DESCRIPTION Create an adorable paper plate elephant with 7 included fun-facts! Did you know that baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort, just like human babies suck their thumbs? Did you know that an elephant can drink over 200 pounds of water at one time? This craft is easy to make and geared toward elementary aged kids. Simply paint a regular sized (9in diameter) paper plate, cut out the elephant ears, trunk, tusks, and fun facts, and then glue together. This activity is a perfect additi

DESCRIPTION Teach kids the famous Gospel story about the story of Easter with this hands-on accordion book. Kids will learn about the Last Supper, the betrayal of Judas, Jesus’s crucifixion, Jesus’s resurrection, and how we remember Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross for our sins with wine and bread. This activity gives young students practice in coloring, cutting, pasting, and placing pictures in the correct order, while teaching students the true reason for Easter. Each part of the story also incl

DESCRIPTION Here is a fun, hands-on, and ready-to-go activity to see who would beat who in a race on the African savanna! There are 10 animals pictured (hippopotamus, cheetah, rhinoceros, African buffalo, zebra, elephant, lion, ostrich, impala, and giraffe) with their top running speeds included. Students will color and cut out each animal, and then glue them in order from slowest to fastest. This would be a great activity for any Safari or African Animal Unit. It would also be a wonderful math

Here is a bundle perfect for any African Savanna Animals or Safari Unit! This bundle includes 4 hands-on activities. There is a flipbook to teach about diurnal and nocturnal animals that live on the savanna. A fun cut-and-paste activity to show which animals would win a race on the African savanna. An easy-to-create book focusing on 12 savanna animals. This book includes information about what a group of each of these animals is called, as well as other fun-facts. Finally, there is a cute elepha

DESCRIPTION Here is a fact-filled and fun graphic organizer/flipbook to learn about the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Compare and contrast the North and South Poles easily with this engaging activity! Students will learn about the weather, landscape, geography, animals, people, and seasons of each of these frozen places. You will even learn some history! Did you know that Antarctica has the most volcanoes out of any place on Earth? Did you know that the Arctic has 4 million inhabitants? Your stu

DESCRIPTION Here is a fun, hands-on, and ready-to-go activity to learn about the history and traditions of Groundhog Day! Did you know that Groundhog Day was first celebrated in 1887 in Punxsutawney, PA? Did you know Phil is taken out of his burrow at exactly 7:25am each year on February 2nd? This activity gives younger students practice in sequencing a story and counting 1-7. However, this activity would be fun and informative for older students too. This resource is a perfect addition for any

DESCRIPTION Create an adorable nativity accordion book to teach kids the famous Gospel story about the very first Christmas! Kids will learn about the journey of Mary and Joseph, the birth of Jesus in the stable, the prophesy of the angel, the excitement of the shepherds and wisemen to see the newborn King of the Jews, and the jealousy of King Herod towards this baby. This activity gives young students practice in coloring, cutting, pasting, and placing pictures in the correct order, while teach

DESCRIPTION Create this flipbook as a fun way to teach the history behind this incredible US National Memorial! Kids will learn about the 4 Key Chapters of United States History that each president on Mount Rushmore represents and consequently the reason each president was chosen. There are also fun facts about the making of Mount Rushmore. Did you know that a full upper body was planned for each president, but due to lack of funding the end result was only there faces? Did you know that the nos

DESCRIPTION Here is a fun, hands-on activity to teach about diurnal and nocturnal animals of Africa. This flipbook not only includes definitions and pictures for “diurnal” and “nocturnal”, but also includes fun-facts about each African savanna animal used as an example in the flipbook. The fun-facts of the diurnal animals focus on the adaptations they have to deal with the intense sun and heat of the African savanna. The fun-facts of the nocturnal animals focus on what they do while everyone els

DESCRIPTION Here is a wonderful book to learn about 12 different animals of the African savanna! In the book kids will learn the name of a group of each of the 12 animals, as well as 2-3 fun-facts about each animal. Did you know a group of zebras is called a “dazzle”? Did you know a herd of wildebeests is called a “confusion”? Each page of the book is a half page, so the book is easy to hold in small hands and uses less paper for printing. The book is easy to make and assemble – simply color, cu