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IBM

The Human Body

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Every moment, the systems in your body are working together to keep you breathing, standing, and thinking. Elementary schoolers explore the human body and its systems with an impressive, 15-page lesson plan that should leave your...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Attitude Determines Altitude

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
A fabulous lesson which combines mathematics with space science. Middle schoolers work in cooperative groups in order to research early astronauts and their accomplishments. They look at a variety of rocket and space shuttle designs, and...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Identifying Similar Triangles

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Math whizzes work with angle sums and exterior angles to figure out the measure of other angles. This particular publication provides comprehensive support in the form of an anticipatory activity, questions designed to prompt discussion,...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Solving Linear Equations in One Variable

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A thorough and professional appearance characterizes a activity on linear equations. Maturing mathematicians are taught to identify and exemplify linear equations with a single variable. They also classify equations according to the...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Interpreting Distance–Time Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Pre-algebra protégés critique a graph depicting Tom's trip to the bus stop. They work together to match descriptive cards to distance-time graph cards and data table cards, all of which are provided for you so you can make copies for...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Jane's TV

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Jane wants a new television, but she's not sure what size to buy! Your middle schoolers can figure it out when they apply the Pythagorean theorem. Produced especially for meeting Common Core standards in geometry, this activity appeals...
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Desert Discovery

Leaping Lizards

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Here is a fine biology instructional activity that introduces youngsters to reptiles. They study their feeding habits, their habitats, and the adaptations they must make to survive in their environments. The outstanding instructional...
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Curated OER

Dividing Whole Numbers by the Power of Ten

For Teachers 5th Standards
Knowing how to properly place the decimal point when dividing by powers of ten is an important skill. Here is a activity which should give your learners a good understanding of this technique. One nice thing about the activity is the...
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Fraction Bars

Subtraction of Decimals

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Here is a fabulous lesson on subtracting decimals with different numbers of decimal places. There are teacher-led activities for learners to engage in, including, modeling decimal subtraction through decimal squares, looking at place...
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Curated OER

Reading and Writing Decimals

For Teachers 5th Standards
Decimals are quite often confusing for young mathematicians. Pupils engage in three activities: writing decimal names, understanding place value, and comparing decimals to thousandths. At the end of the lesson, there is a motivating game...
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Fraction Bars

Multiplying Fractions Times Whole Numbers and Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Fifth graders make the connections using models between multiplying a fraction times a whole number and multiplying a fraction times a fraction. After completing three teacher-led activities, pupils access a website on their own to play...
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Curated OER

Subtracting Fractions - Unequal Denominators

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Subtracting fractions that have unequal denominators is a tricky process. The lesson plan utilizes fraction bars as a manipulative, in order to understand subtracting fractions and estimating differences. After completing three...
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Curated OER

Adding Mixed Numbers - Unequal Denominators

For Teachers 5th Standards
Working with fractions that have unequal denominators is one of the most difficult concepts for young mathematicians to master. Here you will find a fine lesson that should help youngsters begin to get a grasp on this important...
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Florida Center for Instructional Technology

A Human Number Line: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Twenty-one pieces of tagboard can lead your class to a greater understanding of integers when you use them to form a human number line. After creating this math tool, two strategies for adding and subtracting will have your...
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Oklahoma State University

A Hundred Bales of Hay

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
This lesson combines math, visual arts, and language arts activities that all focus on the making, and baling of hay. The activities can be adjusted to address different age ranges. Most of the activities focus on gaining...
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Curated OER

Rational and Irrational Numbers 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is the circumference of a circle always, sometimes, or never rational? Learners answer questions individually and also work in groups to look at sums and products of rational and irrational numbers. They must also be able to use the...
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Curated OER

Selling Fuel Oil at a Loss

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Learners are asked to advise a fuel oil dealer on a possible investment. They must use two different rates to set up an equation and solve to determine how much oil he should sell now to break even after selling the remainder the next...
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SeaWorld

Shark!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Here is an impressive collection of lessons on sharks. In them, pupils undertake a serious study of sharks, their habitats, their social structure, and how humans adversely impact their existence. These lessons effectively integrate...
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Curated OER

Count by 5's Teaching Idea

For Students K - 2nd
Creating while learning is great for visual, spacial, and kinesthetic learners. First graders can use the provided quilt squares to construct their very own count by 5 quilt. Each quilt square shows a picture of a hand with a 5s number...
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Curated OER

Blood Highways

For Students 5th
Fifth graders read an informative paragraph about how blood travels through our bodies. Then, they fill in the missing letters for words that label things in the circulatory system. An answer key is provided on page two. An interesting,...
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Curated OER

Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 4th
Here is a very nice resource that presents 12 math word problems suitable for third and fourth graders. All four of the basic operations are used in these one-step problems. An answer key is provided on page two. This would make a very...
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Curated OER

Dinner in a Woodland

For Students 5th
After reading a short paragraph about what makes up a woodland habitat, fifth graders attempt to identify the primary consumers, secondary consumers, and third order consumers in two separate food chain scenarios. They also name a hawk's...
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Curated OER

Venn Diagrams

For Students 1st
The Venn diagram is such a useful tool! It can be used to provide a visual when comparing things across the curriculum. In this case, learners consider three Venn diagrams that each have a unique set of things in them. They must answer...
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DK Publishing

Simple Use of Parentheses

For Students 5th Standards
Fifth graders take a look at how to solve equations where parentheses are present. There are addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems included. Learners practice solving 22 problems altogether, and there is an answer key...