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Curated OER

Applied Science - Science and Math Lab

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students make a prediction. In this applied science instructional activity, students guess the number of items in a jar. Students create a bar graph to show the predictions and the actual amounts.
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Curriculum Corner

Guest Teacher Plans (Grade 2)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Be prepared the next time you're in need of a substitute with a daily plan equipped with an assortment of activities covering subjects math, reading, word work, writing, and science. 
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University of Colorado

Are All Asteroids' Surfaces the Same Age?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Did you know scientists can tell the age of an asteroid by looking closely at its craters? This final activity of a six-part series focuses on two asteroids, Gaspra and Ida, in order to demonstrate the concept of dating asteroids....
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Bowland

Speedy Santa

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Santa sure is fast. In the assessment task, learners calculate the number of minutes Santa can spend at each house. This calculation requires the use of given population demographics data.
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Curated OER

Cuisenaire Chefs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Favorite family recipes and cuisenaire rods are used to help learners understand fractions. They bring in recipes from home and then use their cuisenaire rods to model the fractional values needed to prepare various dishes. A great way...
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Bowland

Cats and Kittens

For Students 6th - 8th
Can a cat have 2,000 descendants in 18 months? To determine if this claim is realistic, individuals must take different pieces of information into account when justifying their responses.
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Bowland

The Z Factor

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young mathematicians determine the number of hours it would take judges of the "Z Factor" television talent show to watch every act. Participants make estimates and assumptions to solve the problem.
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Curated OER

Modeling Multiplication and Division of Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Create models to demonstrate multiplication and division of fractions. Using fraction tiles to model fractions, pupils explore fractions on a ruler and use pattern blocks to multiply and divide. They also create number lines with fractions.
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K5 Learning

The Story of a Wise Woman

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The Story of a Wise Woman tells the tale of South Carolina's, Eliza Lucas Pinckney and how she persevered to plant and harvest indigo. With this short story and questions worksheet, your early readers test their comprehension with...
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Curated OER

I Can Buy Anything I Want: Consumer Debt and Social Responsibility

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A clear, comprehensive overview of consumer debt, credit, interest, international currency, and social responsibility, this 45-minute session falters in the application stage. You'll need to create a way for learners to demonstrate their...
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Reed Novel Studies

Little House In The Big Woods: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Author Laura Ingalls Wilder takes readers back to the good ole days. In Little House in the Big Woods, she tells scholars about a family living in the woods during the 1870s. While reading, they complete sentences with vocabulary words,...
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Curated OER

Through India and Back

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play a game based on "The Amazing Race" to practice using rates and fractions. In this fractions and rates instructional activity, students work in small groups competing to complete the tasks in the quickest time. At each stage...
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Curated OER

Multiplication BINGO

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students receive a multiplication BINGO card. Students are given the answers to the fact cards that may be given during the game. Students arrange these answers in random places on their BINGO board. As each fact card is shown, students...
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Curated OER

Reinforcement Lesson in Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a wonderful place value game for your pupils that is played with dice. Very clear instructions on how the game is played are included in the plan. According to the author, they will "groan in disapproval" when it's time to stop...
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Curated OER

Computation with Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Upper graders are introduced to the topic of fractions and percentages. In groups, they discuss real world situations in which fractions are present, and they complete a worksheet solving problems with common and uncommon denominators....
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World Wildlife Fund

Take 6

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Investigate the various properties of the number six with this elementary math lesson. From simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems to the creation of hexagonal tessellations, this lesson covers all aspects of...
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Curated OER

Attributes of Polygons: Stretchy Shapes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use dancing methodology in a polygon and shape activity. In this shape and dance instructional activity, 4th graders discuss shapes in dance, math, and everyday life. Students use dancing activities to recognize and...
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Curated OER

What's The Story?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Teams of learners integrate reading, writing, math, social studies, and science in this simple, yet effective lesson. They work in groups in order to solve a ten-step problem which requires internet research, the use of a calculator, and...
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Curated OER

Using Proportions to Solve Problems

For Teachers 6th
Skittles and math? Pupils will work as a class to determine how many orange Skittles are in a large bag by using proportions. They will problem solve, estimate, and share their thinking. Then, they will each receive a small bag of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Bike Race

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A graph not only tells us who won the bike race, but also what happened during the race. Use this resource to help learners understand graphs. The commentary suggests waiting until the end of the year to introduce this topic, but why...
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Curated OER

Finding Your Pulse Rate

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders demonstrate how to find their pulse and count the beats after a certain amount of time. In cooperative pairs, 5th graders use a stopwatch to keep track of their partner's heart rate in seconds. Pairs make a graph from their...
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Curated OER

Do You Know Your Schedule?

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students identify classes in their schedules and associate the class with the time of day it is held. They then name classes in sequential order according to the period during which it occurs.
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Curated OER

Try Tessellation

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Most middle schoolers probably feel that quilting is at best an activity left to their grandmothers. This lesson uses the Zome modeling system to get them to realize how shapes in quilting are really tessellations and repeating patterns....
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Curated OER

Toothpick Tops

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students assembly tops and name them 1 - 12 so that they can compare their results. They guess which top they think will spin the best and then record data on "Toothpick Top" table. Using a stopwatch or clock to measure and record the...

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