Cornell University
The Physics of Bridges
Stability is key when building a bridge. Scholars explore the forces acting upon bridges through an analysis of Newton's Laws and Hooke's Law. The activity asks individuals to apply their learning by building a bridge of their own.
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Masking Tape Masterpieces
Students create non-objective art based on the design elements of line, color, balance and movement using tape. This simple lesson plan encourages students to create patterns by overlapping and defining lines on a canvas panel. One of...
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt: The Real Story
Students learn how slaves communicated with each other. In this slavery and freedom instructional activity, students learn how slaves used quilts as maps, learn what different quilt patterns meant, draw a picture for their class freedom...
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Physical Education Unit Plan: Soccer - Lesson 1
Physical Education Unit Plan: Soccer has nine lessons to follow this one. These lessons focus on skills and social issues related to the sport of soccer. The skills lessons seem to be assume that the learners already have some basic...
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Spaceship to Mars
Feel like a rocket scientist for the day. Using only paper and tape, scholars create a framework for a spaceship to Mars. Each sheet of paper costs $10 million and each piece of tape costs $100,000. Make sure you stay within budget!
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Pythagorean Triple
Students investigate the properties of the Pythagorean Theorem. In this geometry lesson, students identify the missing angles and sides of a right triangle. They label the hypotenuse and legs of a right triangle correctly.
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Determining the Amount of Transpiration from a Schoolyard Tree
Students calculate the amount of water transpired by a single leaf and estimate that transpired by an entire rainforest.
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Pythagorean Theorem Practice
In this geometry skills worksheets, students examine 10 triangles and use the Pythagorean theorem to identity the lengths of the missing units.
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Multiplying Mixed Numbers
In this multiplying mixed numbers worksheet, students with a partner problem solve and calculate the answers to ten word problems and mathematical equations.
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Dream Bedroom Floor Plan
Students build and apply concepts of geometry. For this geometry lesson, students create a building using proportions and scale drawings. They use Cabri technology to create a virtual drawing first.
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Dream Bedroom Floor Plan
Students construct using Cabri software. In this geometry lesson, students convert between units and apply the correct measurements to build objects. They create the room virtually and manipulate the shapes to the desired measurements.
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Fractions: Multiplying by Mixed Numbers
In this math activity, students solve 30 problems in which a fraction and a mixed number are multiplied. Examples are written horizontally on the page.
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Castle Blue Eagle
Sixth graders read the legend of King Arthur. They complete comprehension activities and research life in the Middle Ages. In groups, 6th graders complete several projects including making shields, crowns, and stained glass art designs.
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New York
In this geography instructional activity, students read a three paragraph text about New York City. Students answer 5 multiple choice questions about the passage.
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Division (No Remainders)
Help young mathematicians build a solid understanding of division with this base ten block activity. With the help of these popular math manipulatives, children model different math problems in order to reinforce the connection between...
Virginia Department of Education
Order Up!
Order in the math class! Scholars learn to evaluate expressions using the order of operations. A game has them rolling number cubes to determine numbers to use when evaluating.
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Which container holds a larger amount of popcorn?
What does popcorn have to do with math? Seventh grade mathematicians are provided an opportunity to develop a conceptual understanding of the formula for volume and to use it as a tool to solve problems. The lesson begins with a...
Illustrative Mathematics
Why Randomize?
Your statisticians draw several samplings from the same data set, some randomized and some not, and consider the distribution of the sample means of the two different types of samplings. The exercise demonstrates that non-random samples...
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Geography Quiz 23
In this geography worksheet, students answer short answer questions about the geography in Europe. Students complete 17 questions.
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Shapes to Forms
Here is a math lesson that is really a visual arts lesson in disguise! In it, pupils utilize their knowledge of geometric shapes and forms to create a detailed version of a cylinder. The instructions on how to go about the task are very...
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The Pythagorean Theorem
Students research Pythagoras and learn how to apply his theorem. They solve real life problems using the theorem and demonstrate knowledge of exponents, equations, and radicals. Students include diagrams in their research papers.
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Historic Journey From Taiwan To China
Students research information about Taiwan. They list information about the relationship between Taiwan and China in the before journey column. In the after journey column, have students predict what happen to this relationship.
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Worksheet 35-Spring 1996
In this math worksheet, students sketch six integrals and rewrite the equations as double integrals with reversed integration orders. Students evaluate four integrals. They sketch all points on a coordinate plane when given complex...
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Volume of Cones
Students identify the volume of cones and pyramids. In this geometry lesson plan, students derive the formula for cones and pyramids. They calculate the volume of cones and other three dimensional shapes.