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What's a Per-"cent"?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students recognize the mathematical connections between fractions and percents. They develop and study graphs to make connections between their data and what it represents. They write about the connections they have discovered.
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Light and Shadows

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars explore shadows. In this shadow and light instructional activity, students predict what will happen to a shadow when the light source is dimmed. Young scholars participate in a whiteboard interactive instructional activity.
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The Case of the Missing Middle Term

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the difference of squares equation, and multiply binomials using the FOIL method. They complete the Case of the Missing Middle Term worksheet.
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Cell Cycle Portfolio

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together in groups to complete various stations on the cycles of cells. Individually, they keep their completed work in a folder after following specific instructions on how to complete each experiment. They use the...
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Building Word Problems

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study addition and subtraction facts. In equal groups, they play a race game to correctly solve addition and subtraction problems. Using a PowerPoint presentation, the teacher demonstrates how to write word problems and...
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Percentages: Calculating Percent-1

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
In this percentages instructional activity, students calculate percentages in eighteen problem solving percentage equations. Students show each step of their work.
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Percentages: Calculating Percent - 2

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Here is a worksheet on which math classes practice calculating the percentage of different numbers. Some of the percentages involve decimals, so this would not be an assignment for first-time percent calculators! You can print the...
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Unit 2 Sun & Stars

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students describe stellar objects using terms such as stars, planets, satellites, orbits and light. In this sun and stars unit, students research stellar objects through seven individual lessons discovering star characteristics, how...
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Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (1 of 2)

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
Here is a set of 24 pairs of numbers for which kids reduce the ratios to their simplest form. It is a simple and straightforward assignment, meant by the publisher to address CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.3. Note, however, that it only requires...
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From Caterpillar to Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read and discuss the book about the butterfly and create their own butterflies using liquid watercolors and pipe cleaners. They then create a butterfly development book, included in the lesson, and color the pictures using...
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Addition and Subtraction of Integers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a pre-test of addition and subtraction of integers, then watch a powerpoint presentation on the concept. In this mathematics lesson plan, 6th graders draw number lines and chip boards to show the process. Students...
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Plant Biotechnology: Controlling Tissue Differentiation

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students demonstrate hormonal control of plant tissue differentiation and relate this differentiation to gene expression. They explore the effects of hormones (auxin and cytokinin) on the genes that control tissue differentiation in callus.
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Plant Biotechnology: Controlling Tissue Differentation

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars demonstrate skills of biotechnology stringent aseptic technique and statistical analysis. They describe hormonal control of plant tissue differentiation and relate this to gene expression. Students observe the effects of...
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Zeros and Blackbirds

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders convert kilometers to miles and calculate the range that historical aircraft can travel. They choose destinations by distance that can be traveled without refueling.
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Fraction Card Shark

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explain the relative size of fractions using symbolic and concrete representations. Groups of four students play a game which uses cards and unifix cubes. The game helps them get a visual understanding for the 'size' of...
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Shapes in Spanish

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students express different shapes, sizes, and numbers in Spanish by using candies.
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Mountain Building

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify variables that influence rates of change. They, through group consensus and using the assigned materials, design and build what they believe to be the strongest mountain possible.
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Estimating Large Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience large numbers by estimating the number of grass blades in a field. They work in small groups to determine numbers of blades of grass in a small area of a field and apply that to determining the total number of blades...
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Snowshoe Tag Games

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students play a new version of tag on snowshoes. Students are able to discover advantages and disadvantages of wearing snowshoes based on their performance in the game of tag.
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Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars cross wild type flies and mutants, both purchased from a biological supply house (Carolina Biological Supply or Wards, for example) in groups from lesson one.
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Identifying Syllables Within Spoken Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a conversation about what they want to become when they grow up, and identify syllables within the spoken words.
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Halloween Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students rotate through Halloween named stations in the gym using their throwing and striking skills.
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Design an Apartment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.
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Percentages: Fractions To Percent

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
In this percentages worksheet, students write eighteen fractions as percentages. Students problem solve each fraction as a percentage.