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Unit Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope Eggmath: The Shape of an Egg

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive page offering a view of a rotating egg, information on rotational symmetry, and definitions of related topics.
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: How Thermal Energy Is Stored in Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and thermal energy. Other topics covered include kinetic energy, translation, rotation, vibrations, density, and more.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Eclipse Predictions and Earth's Rotations

For Students 3rd - 8th
An insightful website from NASA that presents a series of different questions about the rotation of the Earth.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: Volleyball Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are four different games to review common volleyball terms and what they mean. This would be great for coaches, players, physical education teachers, and physical education students.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Rotations

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson introduces and defines rotations.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Rotating on a Coordinate Plane: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson demonstrates how an object can be rotated in space and on a coordinate plane about different points. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Rotating On a Coordinate Plane."
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from NASA contains a collection of 91 questions pertaining to the Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, ionosphere, rotation and origin of life.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Pentominoes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use geometric sense to create congruent shapes and figures in multiple orientations using transformations.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Transformations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students apply multiple transformations to create congruent and similar figures in any or all of the four quadrants. Students apply their geometric sense by using multiple...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Transformations

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a simple flipchart to explain the vocabulary of transformations.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Tanagrams Puzzles for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore shape recognition and visual spatial reasoning when you play this interactive tangram game. Answers can be checked immediately.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Weather

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses the weather, sun, earth, day, night, and rotation.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Day and Night

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will understand how the Earth rotates during a 24 hour period giving us day and night.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Earth and Space Day and Night

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart illustrates a view of the earth from space and how day and night happens.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Earth, Sun and Moon

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this unit children learn about the shapes and relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon. Using models they learn how the three bodies move relative to each other and how these movements relate to...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Earth's Movements in Space

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains definitions for axis, rotation, revolution explanation of seasons and an assessment using Activotes.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Symmetry Artist

For Students 3rd - 8th
The learning activity explores symmetry. Students combine mathematics and art as they investigate reflection and rotation symmetry.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Symmetry

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn about symmetry. Topics explored are reflection, rotational, and point symmetry. Examples and definitions are included.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Rotation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn about geometric rotation. An activity, animated example, and definition are included.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Puzzling Cube

For Students 3rd - 8th
See if you can figure out which symbols are on which cube face at this one page website. The solution is just a click away once you have your solution in mind.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Three Cubed

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use the shapes provided and figure out how they fit together to make a 3 X 3 cube at this one page website. The solution is readily available right at the website.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Tantaliser Tantrix Discoveries

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This game combines tangrams and pattern recognition to offer you a challenge. The page has a "Printable page" link if you want to print it out to help you work with the problem.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Building Stars

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive activity gives you an opportunity to color in a tessellation that is different from the usual. Read the short introduction to find out more about this tessellation that doesn't repeat.
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Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Shapely Tiling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On this one page interactive website expand your logic, Motion Geometry and pattern recognition knowledge while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.