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Birthdays and the Binary System
Students explore binary mathematics. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students investigate patterns and place value in the binary system. Students examine applications of binary mathematics by creating a birthday-guessing device.
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To Infinity: A Numbers Game
Students explore number values by participating in a class game. In this number sense lesson, students utilize dice, cards, and chess pieces to move their piece closer to the end of a number line, the point of infinity. Students answer...
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Fractions and Decimal Equivalents: Fifth Grade
Sometimes a skeleton is all you get. This lesson outline provides teachers with a basic lesson flow. Pupils will pre-test, order place value names, use manipulatives, and build and compare numbers. How this is to be done is not...
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Relationships to Places
Young historians take a look at how the Indian tribes of California promoted a mindful relationship between people and the land. They begin to understand how the Indians were champions of conservation, and at preserving the natural...
Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement (COSEE)
One Ocean: It Matters!
Here is the first of four poignant lessons on how humans and oceans interact, even if people live far from the coast. This particular lesson also examines studies that are taking place in Antarctica of how climate change is affecting the...
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Put Your Hands on the Values-Math Manipulatives
Fifth graders visit Web sites on the World Wide Web for interactive practice in recognizing place value for numbers. They work in teams of two to practice identifying place values of whole number and decimals by creating place value cards.
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Place Value Practice (Tenths)
Students practice strategies solving problems with basic facts, framework, domain and early additive part-whole. They recall the compatible numbers to ten, solve problems with small numbers using a part-whole strategy and recall ten and...
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Pattern Block Activities
Pupils practice various math skills by using manipulative activities. In this math manipulative lesson, students sort shapes, build hexagons, and build shapes using manipulatives. These activities would be great for parent ed or homework.
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Where I Am From
Students study selected poetry to gain an understanding of influences on values and personal identity. They explore language terms such as personification, imagery metaphors and allusion. After reading a poem and discussing it,...
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Introducing money (Elementary, Mathematics)
Students study the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, one each day for four days, using a magnifying glass to identify the similarities. Then students discuss differences and value and learn a 'rap' to memorize values.
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Wonderful Wetlands
Fourth graders create a model of Utah wetlands using clay, sponges and soil. They identify the value the wetlands have to plants and animals. They simulate rainfall to observe how wetlands help filter silt and pollutants from the water.
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What is An American?
Students consider American values. In this individual responsibility activity, students discuss democratic ideals that the nation was founded on and participate in an activity that requires them to create "What is an American?" collages...
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Coin Carnival
Learners investigate the value of coins. In this coin value lesson, students read The Penny Pot by Stuart Murphy. Learners expand on skills learned in the book and engage in activities to determine the value of a mixed set of coins while...
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Money Math Carnival
Third graders explore money in a carnival format. In this money lesson, 3rd graders create a carnival of mathematics activities. Students determine the value of money in mixed amounts and explore how to create representations of money.
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Values
Students determine their work values through "The Work Importance Locator Assessment" and discover occupations that match those values.
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Pardon Me. Do You Have Change For a Dollar?
Upper elementary and middle school learners explore currencies from a variety of countries. They use the Internet, video, and engage in hands-on activities. They practice converting U.S. currency to foreign currency and vice versa. This...
Illustrative Mathematics
Make 9
Learning how numbers are put together as parts and wholes is a big step in building the foundational number sense of young mathematicians. Here, children are given a number less than 10 and are asked to find as many pairs of numbers as...
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Children's Museum of Houston - Pre/Post Classroom Activities - Nets
Students make three dimensional shapes with nets. In this nets lesson, students receive nets which they fold to make a three dimensional object. They predict what shape each net will make and verify it after making the net. They use the...
Carnegie Mellon University
Battery Workshop
Introduce your class to the workings and parts of a battery-operated circuit. Pairs of pupils use lemons to make batteries and measure voltage and current with a multimeter. An accompanying worksheet is used for recording values and...
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Perfect Places!
Second graders study the decimal point and study tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. They explain ways to read and write decimals.
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Sense Of Place
Young scholars study ecology, listen to speakers and research conservation topics. In this investigative lesson students discuss wilderness resources, learn about Native Americans and participate in activities that help them to better...
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The Commonwealth - people and places
Students study the commonwealth as an example of a global community. The study what the Commonwealth is, its values, and its function and they reflect upon personal connections with the Commonwealth. After they investigate their own...
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How Much is a Million?
Fifth graders explore the relationship between customary and metric units of measurement. Through discussion and hands-on activities, they discover how units of measurement are related. Students create a millions book to aid in their...
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Music Activity at Family Math Night
Students work with a family member in placing all of the music notes on a staff board. They try to match the rhythm on the rhythm board and show their completed song to the teacher.