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Telling Time to 5 Minutes
In this second grade lesson your class will practice telling time. The goal is to tell time to five minutes using an analog clock. Your young students count by 5 minute intervals and discuss elapsed time.
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Fine Tuning a Nation: Using Cartoons
Students examine political cartoons to gain an understanding of the political issues that George Washington faced. In this historical perspectives instructional activity, students analyze political cartoons about the National Bank, the...
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Getting It Right!
Students construct right triangles, measuring the sides and recording the measurements in spreadsheets. They analyze their measurements for patterns and research the Internet for information on Pythagoras.
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The Beagle Brigade
Students develop an understanding of animal behaviors through reading a case study about detector beagles. They explore the interaction of innate abilities and learned behaviors.
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Striking a Balance
Students participate in an activity that demonstrates the principles and dynamics of food chains. They discover that the sun's energy is captured by individual plants and transferred to animals.
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Making Pretzels
Young scholars explore how people use plants for food. They use pretzels to see how wheat can be turned into food.
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Galileo's Thermometer: Measuring the Density of Various Unknown Liquids
Sprouting scientists explore the concept of density by making mass and volume measurements for five different liquids. From these measurements, they calculate densities. They apply their learning to explain Galileo's thermometer works...
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Modeling Integer Multiplication
Pupils multiply positive and negative integers. They represent word expressions with both positive and negative integers and then multiply them. They also create multiplication problems to solve as a class. They create a rhyme, a story,...
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Now That's News To Me!
Students observe how newspapers help to build a sense of community. They identify the important events and people within their school community and create a newspaper page/section. They choose photographs or clippings to use on their...
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Worksheet 39 - Polar Coordinates
In this polar coordinates worksheet, students graph polar coordinates and determine the values of a given series. This one-page worksheet contains 14 multi-step problems.
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Countdown
How many days until summer? Find a special day, and use this activity to determine how many days, weeks, hours, even seconds until it arrives! There are three levels of difficulty, which can provide differentiated instruction with...
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Let's Take a Trip!
Sixth graders plan a trip for a family of four choosing their travel plan by studying maps to decide upon a route and visiting Websites to get airline and travel schedules. They use ratios and proportions as well as converting fractions...
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Basics of Estimation
In this estimation pre-test worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice estimation word problems. This is an interactive pre-test.
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Study Buddies: Estimating Quotients
In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to solve a division problems by estimating quotients. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.
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Multiplying Decimals
Students explore multiplying decimals. In this lesson about decimals and multiplication, students follow steps to better understand the concept. Students learn two different ways of multiplying decimals. Students maintain a fuller...
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Vocabulary Challenge
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students choose which multiple choice answer best defines twenty-five mathematical terms. Students place their answers on the lines provided.
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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 21: Overview
Students become familiar with the process of subtracting fractions. In this subtracting fractions lesson, students complete examples and then write a story problem. Students continue to practice while sharing their problems.
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Freckle Face
Students collect and record data. In this early data analysis lesson, students gather data about their partners face. As a class, the students use tally marks and pictographs to record the data and answer question about the information...
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Planning for and Surviving Earthquakes
Students work in small groups to explore the FEMA for Kids site. They take the role of FEMA officials. Student list three items they may need to survive an earthquake. They complete a worksheet and discuss their results with the rest of...
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Vocabulary: Addition Terminology
In this addition terminology worksheet, students complete many activities where they define and match addition terminology. Students complete 11 pages of activities.
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Coin Carnival
Learners investigate the value of coins. In this coin value lesson, students read The Penny Pot by Stuart Murphy. Learners expand on skills learned in the book and engage in activities to determine the value of a mixed set of coins while...
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Mental Math in Percent Problems
In this math worksheet, students are given 21 percentage problems which they are to work out mentally. There are story problems, tables and simple conversion.
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Metric Meals
Sixth graders investigate metric measurements. In this metric measurement lesson, 6th graders explore mass, capacity, and length. Students examine graduated cylinders and balance scales to obtain measurements. Resources are provided.
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How Can You Measure This?
Third graders work in small groups to complete a number of investigations in which they have to use measurement. They determine the fractional part of the newspaper that is used for news, sports, etc. They compare their height to their...
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