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Chromosomes

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore genetics, chromosomes and DNA.  In this genetics lesson students design a chromosome and identify a family tree through genetics. 
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Mixed Addition/Subtraction Word Problems One -Version 1

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word problems activity, students read the word problems and use addition or subtraction to solve the problems. Students solve 5 problems.
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More Pizzas and Things

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students are introduced to the problem by playing a guessing game of "I am a number, which is half of 6 and 6, what am I?" They explain their answers and see if anyone else had an alternate solution checking for reasonableness.
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Needs versus Wants

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the difference between needs and wants. They explore the three important things that people need to survive.
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Animal Groups

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore animal groups. In this animal science lesson, students use pictures from magazines and classify the animals into five categories. Students share why they categorized the animals the way they did.
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Finding Addition Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Pupils practice finding the sums of two-one digit numbers. In this addition lesson plan, students also record facts onto an addition chart.
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Finding Sums to 6

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the additive identity property where they add multiple numbers to get to the number 6. In this number 6 lesson plan, students also work on their addition charts.
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Comparing Three Religions: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils work together in groups to research either Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. Once the research is complete, they share their information with the other groups in the class. They complete a worksheet on rituals and holidays in...
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The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a Cirlce Map about time. They recall times during the grouchy ladybugs travels, and add dots on ladybugs using turn-around facts. Pupils correctly sequence the events of The Grouchy Ladybug. Students compose new...
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Use Symbols to Subtract

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice crossing out items in a group in order to complete subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students watch a PowerPoint presentation and then practice problems on their own.
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Hoop Jump/Hop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars integrate locomotor skills and math skills.
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Sentence Auction

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in a sentence auction activity. Groups of students attempt to purchase as many correct sentences as possible. Each group has $3,000 to spend. The winning group is the one who has bought the most correct sentences.
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Investigating Acidity

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students classify liquids as an acid, base or neutral. They use purple cabbage juice as an indicator to test several liquids in order to group them as acids, bases or neutrals.
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Motion of the Sun and Earth: Using a Playground Model to Explore Rotation and Revolution

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners experience the rotation of the Earth and the Sun and the Earth's revolution around the Sun, using a playground mode.
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Snuggle Up To Pattern Blocks

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners view and discuss a video about the use of pattern block shapes to form pictures. They, in groups, form garden and quilt designs using pattern blocks and then decorate the room with their art.
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2nd Grade - Act. 06: Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore concept of fractions.
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Spending Spree

For Teachers K - 4th
Students collect objects to use in a classroom store. In groups, they must place a value on each object and take turns spending their fake dollar in the store. They predict how much they can buy and use addition and subtraction to...
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Walking on Maps

For Teachers K - 4th
Students are introduced to the various types of maps and their functions. As a class, they play a game similar to twister to review map concepts. They answer questions about the map and use the internet to view larger maps of the world.
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Classroom Rules

For Teachers K - 7th
Students participate in selection of language needed to form rules for the classroom. They explore the categories of: things you have to do, things you can't do and things you can do if you like. Then they break into groups and create...
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Q-tip Pointillism

For Teachers K - 12th
Students discover artist Georges Seurat and his technique of Pointillism and create Pointillist examples using Q-Tips and watercolors in this exciting multi-level art lesson. This lesson can be adapted for various grade levels and...
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Build a Simple Circuit

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars construct an extremely simple series circuit that powers a lamp on and off with a switch. They are in groups of 4 and are given a set of components and have to build the circuit working together as a group. Finally, they...
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Build a Weather Vane

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct a weather vane using their knowledge of some geometric shapes. In this weather instructional activity, students work in pairs to create a weather vane in order to measure wind direction. Students follow precise...
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Extending Pattern Understandings

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students use shapes and manipulatives to demonstrate patterns. In this patterns lesson plan, students also break up patterns to identify a pattern unit.
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Calculate the Answer

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars solve basic multiplication or addition facts using a calculator and product cards. They draw a card, read the sum or product, and press single digits on the calculator to display the number on the card.

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