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Math: Checking Scale Drawings for Accuracy
Students critique their own drawings for accuracy and make constructive suggestions prior to reworking them. They discover how scale in maps and drawing relate to relative size and distance. In addition, students comprehend the...
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Natural Hazards
Students evaluate the hazards of naturally occurring events. After watching a video concerning safety hazards, students work in groups to discuss the safety issues involved in taking a trip to a mountainous region. Recommendations are...
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Wind
Fourth graders are read a story and answer the comprehension questions about sound and wind. In groups, they make their own wind vane and how to determine the direction of the wind. To end the lesson, they make their own Anemometer to...
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Westward Movement
Students explore the concept of philanthropy in historical context. In this Westward Movement lesson, students read Our Journey West and explain examples of settlers working together for the common good.
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Earth's Heavenly Treasures: Hummingbirds
Young ornithologists watch an informative video and use the Internet to gather data about the life, size, habitat, and migration of hummingbirds. The interdisciplinary lesson includes activities that target art, science, math, and...
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Science: Reading a Compass
Students demonstrate how to take bearings using a compass. In pairs, they select objects in the classroom then write down its first initial and bearing. They exchange papers and try to disciver their partner's object.
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Three Scale Drawing Activities
In this scale drawing worksheet, students complete three different scale drawing activities. One activity is making a scale drawing, one involves answering questions from a given scale drawing, and one is a cross-number...
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Scatter Plots
Seventh graders investigate how to make and set up a scatter plot. For this statistics lesson, 7th graders collect data and plot it. They analyze their data and discuss their results.
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Is the Hudson River Too Salty to Drink?
In this estuary instructional activity, students examine data about the salinity of the Hudson River, create a graph from given data and complete 12 short answer questions about the data and graph.
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The Pythagorean Theorem
There isn't a more popular geometry formula than the Pythagorean Theorem! Learners understand the special side relationships in a right triangle. They use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing sides and to solve problems. They begin...
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Real World Investigation- Math and Geography- Elevation Changes
In this math and geography real world investigation, 6th graders plan a driving trip to a city that is located several states away from their home while recording the elevations of three cities that are included in the trip. They use...
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Where's the Water? Stream Side Science
After a whole-class discussion of water reservoirs, ten liters of water are given to each lab group to represent Earth's total amount of water. They divide the water into smaller containers, each representing one of those reservoirs. The...
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Creating Community - A Function Of Design
Students discuss the physical and human impacts of community design. They identify traditional neighborhood design elements and evaluate them with features of conventional suburban development.
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Parallels and Meridians
In this parallels and meridians worksheet, students read about parallels and meridians and answer questions about lines of latitude and longitude. Students complete 8 problems.
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Alexander the Great
Ninth graders explore how Alexander the Great expanded his empire and spread Greek culture. In this World History lesson plan, 9th graders research the concept of Hellenistic Culture.
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Springbreak Trip
Twelfth graders plan and calculate the cost of taking a specific Spring Break trip, with a certain budget and given set costs. they determine miles traveled, gas costs, hotel expenses, etc.
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The Mini-Me People Iditarod
Young scholars participate in the "Iditarod" sled race. In this Iditarod activity, students build their own sleds and pull their classmates to checkpoints. They use mushing terms and get timed to see how fast they go.
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The Flow of Fresh Water
In this water flow worksheet, students complete 15 word puzzles, a word search, and 2 picture puzzles about the flow of water and erosion.
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Change & Conservation of City Landscape
Seventh graders participate in fieldwork by observing and photographing buildings.
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Scale Drawings
Students discuss the importance of scaling drawings. In this math activity, students create a scaled drawing of circuit boards. They explain why accuracy is very important when scaling.
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Betrayal of Penn's Promise - The Walking Purchase
Pupils role-play the 1737 Walking Purchase. For this Pennsylvania history lesson, middle schoolers role-play the 1737 Walking Purchase and analyze its effects. Pupils also consider how it would affect their community today.
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What's Its Slope
Students identify the slope of a lines.In this algebra lesson, students define the meaning of slope and write an equation given the slope. They graph linear functions using the slope and y-intercept.
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Directing Me
First graders practice the language of directions and positions in this unit. They follow sequences in which they rotate their bodies and other objects through quarter and half turns while participating in games.
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Science: What Is a Barometer?
Fourth graders discover how barometers help to predict the weather. Using newspapers, they examine the weather forecast and determine the meaning of high and low as they pertain to pressure. After making cluster diagrams, 4th graders...