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Exercise is Fun! - Track Your Move-It Minutes
Get your class up and moving with a fun exercise tracking chart. Kids will be able to see just how much exercise they get in a single week as they color in the grid to indicate how much they moved each day. The grid provides five boxes...
Purdue University
Invasive Plants: Impact on Environment and People
It's the attack of the invasive species! Young scientists simulate the behavior of an invasive species with a game-like activity. They assume the roles of native plants, invasive plants, and resources and watch the invasive plant takes...
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Walking on Frozen Ground
Students listen to an Elder speak about permafrost structures in their area. For this permafrost lesson plan, students listen to the guest speaker, take a tour outside to view permafrost structures, and draw them.
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Number Line Math
Second graders use a number line to practice subtraction. In this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders use a number line to count backwards. Students participate in mad math activities and solve problems.
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Odd Is In
Pupils play a game with coins and then use reasoning skills to develop a strategy for winning the game.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Some Special Sums
Students study addition. In this math lesson, students solve doubles and doubles plus one addition facts. Students roll dice and use the numbers to create addition problems.
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Roman Toothpicks
Second graders make a chart comparing Roman numerals and our number system using toothpicks and construction paper. This clever lesson has students use toothpicks to create Roman Numeral translations for standard numbers.
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It Counts
Learners understand and reinforce how numbers are assigned to objects, as well as think about more, less, or equal values. In this lesson, students are asked to describe, compare, and classify plants. They should be able to use numbers...
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Settling America in 1640
Second graders listen to a presentation on life in colonial America in 1640. They compare early colonial life to the present and use software to write a story showcasing their research.
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The Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (Anymore)
Students listen to the story, The Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (Anymore). They create a Venn Diagram comparing it with the story, The Lorax. Then students plan ways to become advocates for recycling.
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One Square Meter
Students examine various ecosystems using scientific inquiry. Using the local area, they assess the characteristics and conditions in one square meter. They report their findings in the form of a survey map and data sheet. They...
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Honoring Leaders
Learners design and compare monuments that honor an imaginary Roman emperor and a future American president. They explain how the monuments reflect the attributes of the person being honored.
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Science: Backyard Bugs Data Collection
Young scholars practice data collection skills by observing common bugs found in their local environment. Once the data is collected they complete data sheets to compare, contrast, sort, and classify the insects. The lesson includes...
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Wow, Saturn Is Much Bigger Than Earth!
Young scholars compare and contrast the sizes of Earth and Saturn. They create scale illustrations of each planet and label them. They share their models with the class.
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Build a Snowplow
Students design and build a snowplow using LEGO materials. They compete in an Engineer's Challenge to clear a path through Styrofoam peanuts.
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Locating Places - Making a Map Grid
Students learn how to use a letter and number map grid. In this map grid lesson, students look at a landscape map and describe how to locate the airport. They compare the descriptions of different students to determine how they are the...
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Now One Foot, Now the Other
Second graders, working as a whole class, with partners or small groups, use various Web sites to investigate the relationship between generations.
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Coin Comparisons
Students analyze and compare symbols and their meanings on ancient Greek and contemporary coins.
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Food and You
Students examine the types of foods they eat. They describe the different components and resources that go into making their favorite foods. They also compare the resources going into different foods and identify ones which are more...
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Chart Trivia
Young scholars practice addition and subtraction problems and answer questions using greater than and less than. They chart information to create a graph on the computer.
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The Great Cover Up!
Young scholars use non-standard measurement tools such as body parts, beans and counters to find the area of shapes drawn on the floor. They continue to determine the area of other objects in the classroom.
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Place Value to 1,000
Second graders study the concept of place value with hundreds, tens, and ones. In the place value lesson, 2nd graders demonstrate their prior knowledge of place value with tens and ones. Students are then introduced to place value with...
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Measuring a Mummy Case
Students calculate the size of a mummy case and its contents using ancient Egyptian measurements.
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Oh Say, What Can You See?
Students take a walk outside and use their sense of sight to discover things in their world. They record their observations and compare their observations with those of their classmates.