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Curr/Ref Theme-A-Saurus
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Pencils,
Pennies, and Popcorn Pretend you are a kernal of popcorn being popped. Using your body and no words, show what it looks like to be popped. This and many more poppin’ fun curriculum wide activities are found in this book.
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Sept/Oct Lollipops October is National Popcorn Poppin’ month and popcorn is poppin’ its way across the curriculum. A popcorn collage, drama, shaker, song, and other fun popcorn activities are found in this article. |
Children The Popcorn Book This book is a terrific story that takes you through the history and science of popcorn |
www.popcorn.org Pop! There are no "old maids" found in this huge batch of fun and innovative ideas! Whether it's social studies, mathematics, language arts, science, or health and consumer science this site uses popcorn teaching tools, popcorn recipes, popcorn arts and crafts, popcorn historical information, and more to incorporate popcorn in and outside of the classroom. |
MUSIC
CD “Popcorn”
Shake it up with this poppin’ beat!! Use this song to...
Make a batch of popcorn. The words give directions
on how to. Role-play! Every time that it says the word popcorn have students jump up as if they were a popcorn kernal popping. Make up a popcorn dance. Liven up the room as background music. Have students close their eyes, put their heads on their desks, and imagine what they would do if they were a popcorn kernal. Have them either tell the class and act it out, or have them write and illustrate a popcorn book about it. Use your imagination! The possibilities are endless! |
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Curr/Ref Pencils, Pennies, and
Popcorn Pretend you are a kernal of popcorn being popped. Using your body and no words, show what it looks like to be popped. This and many more poppin’ fun curriculum wide activities are found in this book. |
Sept/Oct The New Good Apple Newspaper From art to math to social science, this article has pages packed with “popping good” fun! Projects such as The Great Popcorn Race, Kernal Kids Fan Club, and Kernal Kids Gazette, a newspaper all about popcorn, are sure to grab student’s interest. For fun story starting ideas found in this article, turn to the back cover of the pathfinder. |
Children The Popcorn Dragon Dexter the dragon discovered a new talent, he could make clouds of smoke. To prove how clever he thinks he is, he puffs it in the faces of his friends. They aren’t his friends for long and soon Dexter becomes a very lonely dragon. By accident, he discovers a way his new found gift can be used to win back his buddies! |
www.jollytime. What’s Poppin? Jolly Time’s website is! Lesson plans, a poppin’ library, a marketing plan for students to design their own products, corny jokes, cozy kitchen, the science behind popcorn, craft corner, and more are all just a click away! |
POPPIN'GOOD
5...4..3...2...1... Blast off! Our spaceship lifted off, and we were finally in space. We headed toward a strange new planet. As we approached, we were amazed to see a sign- Welcome to Popcorn
Planet. I could hardly believe my eyes. I was in my rowboat when I saw
a strange island. Everything was made out of popcorn. Quickly, I rowed
ashore to explore the island. Write a funny story about the first popcorn party on the moon. And they lived happily ever after! Write a fairy tale about a prince who rescues a princess from the evil Popcorn Monster. Calling all detectives! The Corns-a-Popping Company needs your help! Their world-famous rainbow kernals have disappeared. Write a story telling how you solved the mystery. What would you say if you were a popcorn kernal and could talk and were about to be popped? |
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Curr/Ref Read & Respond: NativeAmerican
Literature |
Nov/Dec The New Good Apple Newspaper |
Children Foodworks Try out an at home science experiment that teaches the inside story of popcorn by seeing how important that internal drop of water really is.
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www.theteachers
A Day Full of Popcorn! Popcorn is used as a teaching tool for an entire day with activities in Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, P.E., Music, Art, Science and Eating of course! This and 5 more poppin’ lesson plans can be found on this website! |
POPPIN'
Early colonists poured cream over popcorn for breakfast, introducing one of the first breakfast cereals. Design a marketable cereal box front cover. Design your own popcorn package or have students do a marketing campaign for a new popcorn product. The campaign should include choosing a flavor and a name, and creating a logo and package design. Display this on a poster. Make up a song, but don't write the words. Instead of using words cut pictures or shapes out of catalogs, magazines, or colored paper; glue on actual objects such as popcorn, paper cup, etc.; or simply draw pictures. Invent an inedible popcorn product. Make a poster advertising it. Divide the class into 3 groups. Assign each group the past, present, or future. Have them make research how popcorn was, is, or will be used throughout time. Make a poster of their findings. |
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Curr/Ref Math
Fun with Foods Compare the volume of different brands of popcorn, what happens when there are variables changed before popping popcorn, and can you estimate the number of popcorn needed? |
Sept/Oct The New Good Apple Newspaper |
www.edhelper
net.com/cgi-bin/ Teach the letter P by making popcorn balls and growing popcorn with these lesson plans. |
YUM!!! Stuff
You’ll Need: (www.jollytime.com) |
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Curr/Ref Math Excursions 2 Put on your party hats beacuse it’s party time! Not just any party, but a popcorn party for 100 people! This unit helps your class use a variety of math skills to do just that. |
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POPPIN'
JOKES
What vegetable can you throw away the outside,
cook the inside, eat the outside and throw away inside?
What did the salt say to the pop corn? |
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Curr/Ref Hands-On Science |
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DID
YOU KNOW...
*One of the ancient ways to pop corn was to
heat sand in a fire and stir kernels of popcorn in when the sand was
fully heated. |
What explosive product is known to have been used for more than 5000 years? Although it can be used in more than one way, it is usually eaten. It can be prepared as part of any meal, but most people eat it as a snack. (It’s one of America’s favorites!) With more than 6 billion quarts being eaten each year in the United States, it is a very popular snack. You can buy it in a variety of colors and top it with just about anything you can imagine. For many people, watching a movie would not be the same without this product. Can you name it? If you haven’t figured it out already unscramble the letters below to find out.
o c n p p r o
Popcorn is one snack food that always makes the grade. It is delicious, easy to prepare, and fun to eat. But best of all, it's good for you! In addition to its nutritional value, popcorn has historical, scientific, and technological value making this all-around food a perfect study-aid in any classroom setting. Soon your classroom will be poppin’ with action!
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