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Counting On

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math instructional activity, students practice addition of one digit numbers and adding on addition. Students start with one set, then add more. Example: Gus Plus has 5 cubes. He collects 8 more. He now has----. There are 18...
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How Tall are Plants?

For Teachers 1st
First graders measure a plant using unifix cubes and record their measurements on a class chart.
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How Much Gift Wrap Do I Need?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students estimate the area of boxes using centimeter cubes. They find the actual area and compare it to the estimates.
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Exploring Probability

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a lesson that explores probability. They use candy and model cubes to experiment with different outcomes that can be charted if the students can proceed to the objective of the lesson. They discover how...
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Rolling Records

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a game to determine the likelihoods of different outcomes when rolling two number cubes. Students play a game to determine the likelihoods of different outcomes when rolling two number cubes.
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Towers of 10

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete four worksheets of activities to use cubes to count by 10s. In this counting blocks lesson, students use blocks to count by 10s and complete block counting activities.
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I'm Melting

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students estimate the time it takes for an ice cube to melt completely.
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Float My Boat

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, experiment with density and the displacement of water by creating and designing their own boats and seeing which boat holds the most centimeter cubes without sinking..
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Groovy Grooping

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the teacher read "The M&M's Addition Book." They estimate the number of gum balls in a bag. Students use unifix cubes to estimate the number of gum balls each student will receive. The indicated worksheet and...
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New Boxes from Old

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders take a rectangular box (e.g., a cereal box) and cut it up to make a new, cubical box with the same volume as the original. In so doing, they will discover that because the cubical box has less surface area than the...
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Help Save the Polar Bear

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students use ice cubes to demonstrate how the polar ice caps are melting and how it effects the polar bears. In this polar bear lesson plan, the teacher explains how polar bears live on the north pole and how they are having trouble due...
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Freezing and Melting

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this freezing/melting worksheet, students observe ice cubes and answer a set of 8 related questions.
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Precipitation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners investigate the formation of rain. They experiment by boiling water in a tea kettle and placing ice cubes and water in a pan. They hold the pan of water over the steaming spout so that the steam strikes the bottom and sides of...
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The Challenge of Ice and Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in teams to solve a variety of challenges involving water. They move an ice cube from one glass to another without touching the ice or the glass. They move water from one glass to another and they estimate the number of...
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Science: How Solids Become Liquids

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover how matter changes from one state to another by observing melting ice cubes. They decide on means to warm the ice and predict what will happen. Students record how long it takes for the cubes to melt.
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A Water Cycle Chamber

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are shown the water cycle by watching a demonstration by their teacher. In groups, they are given one two-liter bottle with a starter hole and follow instructions to complete the set up. They place ice cubes into the...
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Groups of Ten Tens

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this place value worksheet, students read about counting by tens using rows of cubes. They circle groups of 10 rows and write how many hundreds they make.
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What's Our Length

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this measuring length worksheet, students use centimeter cubes to measure the length for each illustrated picture. Students write the number of centimeters for each picture and add the centimeters for both items. Students write the...
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Race to the Sum: Addition Game

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this addition worksheet, students play an addition game using a number cube, spinner, 8 counters and game pieces. Students add the sum of a rolled number and spinner number to move forward.
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Calculate Area Using Shaded Grids

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this area worksheet, students calculate area of shapes using shaded grids, writing answers in cube units. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Funky Food Farm

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research about ways to keep food from spoiling. In this health science lesson, students design an experiment to keep the ice cubes from melting. They present their designs and results in class.
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3-D Figures Part 2

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work with three dimensional objects. In this geometry lesson, students examine models of spheres, cones, cubes, prisms, and pyramids, and identify them by their edges, vertices, and faces.
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I See a Rainbow

For Teachers K
Students identify the different colors in a rainbow. They experiment with dropping food coloring into a water and then making ice cubes. They discuss what happens to the water in the freezer
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Don't Box Me In

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils explore the relationship between flat and three-dimensional shapes. They identify the names of 3-D shapes and construct cubes from squares.

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