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Touring Delmarva
Young scholars plan a trip. For this trip planning lesson, students use a map to find where they would like to visit with a pretend family of 4. They get a specific amount of money and time and need to decide where they will stay and...
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Place Value
Second graders complete math problems. In this place value lesson, 2nd graders read the book "One Grain of Rice" and use it to learn about place value. Students use index cards and rice to complete a place value activity.
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Teaching Atomic Structure Using Cooperative Learning
Individuals in a group of four each take on a different role: atomic number expert, mass number expert, isotope expert, and nuclear atom expert. They teach each other about their area of expertise. As an assessment, a short quiz is...
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World Population Study
Students explore an exponential relationship and how it relates to human population growth and the current global population crisis. They graph both exponential and linear information.
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WORLD POPULATION STUDY
Students explore an exponential relationship and how it relates to human population growth and the current global population crisis.
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Debt
Fourth graders read a book about debt, credit, and interest rates and write a story about these topics. For this debt and credit lesson, 4th graders read the book Four Dollars and Fifty Cents, define the terms "debt" and "credit," and...
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Positive Future Fair Project
Ninth graders view the film "Pay It Forward" and discuss what kind of public campaign is needed to move people to positive action. They consider different ways of presenting information (graphs, visual displays, etc.) as tools for...
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Technology - Chaos Theory Lab
Ninth graders gain an understanding of Chaos Theory that exists in one's everyday environment.
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Ecology - Biodiversity Lab
Studnents examine the degree of biodiversity that exists in one's everyday environment, in order to develop an understanding of how scientists classify organisms and to explain why biodiversity is important for living things.
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Protecting Our Water Resources
Teach young environmentalists to protect their planet's resources with a set of interactive experiments. Kindergartners and other youngsters learn about watersheds and the water cycle, while older elementary learners focus on fertilizer...
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Mechanical Properties of Gummy Worms
Learners won't have to squirm when asked the facts after completing an intriguing lab investigation! Hook young scholars on science by challenging them to verify Hooke's Law using a gummy worm. Measuring the length of the worm as they...
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Third graders practice adding and subtracting fractions. In this addition lesson, 3rd graders use paper fraction kits made from colored construction paper and complete several fraction problems on the chalkboard.
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Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Young scholars compare and organize different fractions. In this fraction lesson, students use wax paper divided into squares to represent fractions. Young scholars put them in different orders based on their value to complete their...
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Students practice adding and subtracting numbers with decimals. For this decimals lesson plan, students use grid paper and money to learn how to add and subtract decimals.
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Line Symmetry
Fourth graders identify line symmetry. In this geometry lesson plan, 4th graders are given various pictures and identify if they are symmetrical. Students search through magazines for symmetrical pictures.
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Dividing By 3 and 4
Third graders are introduced to how to divide by 3 and 4. They are told that are going to use the same procedures as they did on yesterday, except with new divisors. Students turn their attention to the Paddle Problem on page 206 of...
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Finding Perimeter and Area
Third graders understand the perimeter by units and now find perimeter by addition. In this perimeter instructional activity, 3rd graders relate their prior knowledge to adding the sides of the perimeter by answering a series of questions.
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Writing and Solving Equations
Fifth graders identify specific words in a sentence to solve the correct operation and write equations. In this writing equations lesson, 5th graders follow the teacher through several word problems on an overhead projector and isolate...
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Operations with Decimal Numbers
Sixth graders demonstrate operations with decimal numbers. In this computation instructional activity, 6th graders play the game "Diabolical Decimals." The objects of this game is to construct the largest number after rolling a die five...
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Fractions and Wholes
Second graders explore fractions with a worksheet and marbles. In this fraction lesson plan, 2nd graders recognize the fractional parts of a shape pictured and find equal fractions.
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Geometry
Students build replicas about nature and sports. In this geometry lesson plan, students build 3D replicas of nature and sports objects in teams.
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Multiplying Fractions
Fifth graders explore the multiplication of fractions. Using paper folds, 5th graders observe multiplying by a fraction. They extrapolate multiplication problems from studying a written graphic.
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Relating Division and Subtraction
Third graders relate the process of division to subtracting equal groups. Through guided practice and teacher demonstration, they complete division problems using a subtraction method. Students complete problems independently for...
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Organizing Data
Third graders investigate ways to organize data. In this tally marking lesson plan, 3rd graders practice drawing tally marks to represent an item of data. Students also make connections with skip counting by fives.