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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Optical Images

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study optics and the law of reflection.  In this optical images lesson students use a laser and conceptualize the law of reflection.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Floating Golf Ball

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss density.  For this floating golf ball lesson students complete a lab activity on density while working in groups. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Around and Across

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the circumference and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders relate circumference to diameter. They create a scatter plot to estimate the value of pi.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measuring the Diameter of Our Star

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars conduct an experiment to measure the diameter of the sun. In this astronomy lesson,  students construct a simple equipment to collect scientific data. They calculate the sun's diameter using a given formula.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Curious George: Bug Catcher

For Students Pre-K - K
This game from Curious George helps children learn numbers, counting, comparing sets, and numerical relations. Help Curious George figure out which group of bugs is bigger, and then catch them.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Meters (Grade 4)

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This learning module features three videos and a set of practice questions in which students measure and/or compare lengths of objects measured in meters.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiple Object Length Comparison (English Units)

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to measure and compare the lengths of several objects lined up along a ruler. Includes video demonstrating a sample...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Estimating the Metric Lengths of Objects by Image

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students must analyze the information they are given about the metric heights of three objects and answer questions that compare them....
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Objects Longer Than a Foot or a Yard

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to compare the lengths of everyday objects to a foot or a yard and state whether they are longer or shorter. Includes...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Numbers 1 10 Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will explore simple math activities using the numbers one through ten. Children will represent numbers in different ways, such as drawing quantities; writing numerals; and using number...
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Activity
SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Observing Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a performance task for Grade Four students where they observe two different pendulums and compare the two types of motion. The activity is designed for a lab setting where students work at individual stations. A rubric and...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Paintball Ballistics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, use a paintball gun to compare the calculated vs. the actual range of a projectile. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Building Towers

For Teachers 1st Standards
SWBAT count a set of up to 20 objects by 1's. SWBAT use number names and written numbers to label the quantities they represent. SWBAT order a set of numbers and quantities up to 12.
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Other

Hubbard's Cupboard: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Math and literacy meet in this extensive lesson plan based on the familiar children's story, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Learners will be engaged in math activities such as, "Cookie Count," "Who Took the Cookies," and "Cookie Jar...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Visual Differences in Length (English Units)

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must make visual comparisons of the lengths of objects. The process is demonstrated in the accompanying video. [0:46] A set of...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: To Imitate Two Nature Writers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson each writer will compose and revise a "showing" description inpsired by an object or a place in nature. Long before drafting, students will discuss and compare the writing styles and techniques of published authors who...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Measurement: Greater Than or Less Than a Yard?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to compare the lengths of everyday objects to one yard and state whether they are longer or shorter. Includes video...