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Curated OER

Paper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the process of creating paper. They read and discuss a flier and visit centers in small groups to study Paper Fun, Historical Paper, What Paper Is Made Of, and Homemade Paper. After visiting each center, they share the...
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Curated OER

New Forms From Old

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine porcelain objects and observe how their original use has been changed to decorative objects. They choose everyday objects and re-create them into new objects that can be functional or entirely decorative.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

China

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders are introduced to the many contributions China has made to the world. They research and choose an invention to find information on. They will have to use an internet resource tool to guide them for their presentation of...
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Curated OER

Animal Kingdom: Phylum Chordata

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners use a dichotomous key to classify various vertebrate jar speciments into classes. They examine the speciments for general characteristics of each class and fill in a corresponding chart and then complete a few final assessment...
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Other

Ask Asia: Origami Lesson Making a Paper Rabbit

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Follow these simple directions and pictures to make your own origami rabbit. Includes a little bit about the history of origami.
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eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Euclidean Geometry: Origami and Paper Folding

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on a different way to construct geometric figures without tools, Origami. The goal is to make objects out of one or more sheets of paper, without any additional tools like glue or scissors. You can create incredibly...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Origami Math

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Have you ever tried origami? This Japanese form of paper folding is the basis of this math lesson plan. Students will have an opportunity to integrate their creative side with their math skills.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: A Thousand Paper Cranes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This historical fiction lesson plan is for students reading Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, in which they can discuss the tragedy of Hiroshima and its impact as well as other themes.
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Dna Origami Inspired Structure

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Using pasta students will design and construct a container that can travel along a zip line to deliver a cargo which is candy. This challenge is explored on this site as well as tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Folding Way New Origami

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore origami and the use of mathematical patterns to create patterns and folds. Watch a video, answer questions and learn more.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Turing Origami

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson briefly introduces students to the idea of the Turing Machine. In this lesson, students evaluate a number string, where each number corresponds to a certain lengthening procedure...
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California State University

Origami

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students of all ages love learning origami. This lesson gives good outlines on how to set up a classroom for this challenging, yet fun art form. There is a great suggestion to incorporate the picture book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Origami Geometry

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Origami (ori-folding, kami-paper) is the traditional Japanese art of folding paper. Students will discover relationships between shapes as they are actively engaged in this hands on geometry lesson to learn basic geometric shapes, their...
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Education Development Center

Think Math: Getting an Angle on Geometry [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th
In this lesson on geometry and polygons, you use origami to use various polygons to make a heart. Included in this PDF lesson is vocabulary worksheet with answers provided.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Increasing Productivity

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson stimulates students' thinking with stories about rigorous athlete training illustrating the importance of training and practice. After students read the story, they will experiment to see how instruction and practice improves...

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