Curated OER
Nature Scavenger Hunt with Pedometers
Students integrate the study of plants/soil/rocks within a physical education classroom.
Curated OER
Developing Relationships with Older People
Learners read books and view movies about older people. They write a questionnaire to interview older people at a retirement center, interview the people, record their information on graphs, and write follow-up letters.
Curated OER
Worth a Thousand Words-The Photography Essay
Students act as a public relations firm representing the school district and use photography to develop positive attitudes toward all programs. They brainstormed alternative methods to use photography and selected the photographic essay.
Curated OER
It's Alive! Using Microorganisms in Cooking
Students create a KWL chart about food. In this chemistry lesson plan, students differentiate physical and chemical changes. They explain how microorganisms are used in food preparation.
Curated OER
Bringing the Solar System Down to Earth
Students develop a scaled down model of the solar system. In small groups, they calculate the scaled-down diameters of the planets and the sun, the scaled-down distance of the planets from the sun, complete two charts, and create a...
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Introduction to Topographic Maps
Tenth graders create a topographic map and see how it represents different elevations. In this topographic maps lesson students read and interpret topographic maps.
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Multiple Intelligences
Learners investigate Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. In this research based instructional activity, students compare theories of intelligences and examine the implications of using these theories in schools and society.
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Camouflage and Protective Coloration: A Model of Natural Selection
Students investigate natural selection and differential survival among divergent phenotypes of a population. Using everyday items , they model adaptations of camouflage and protective coloration in two very different environments.They...
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All About Me
Students answer short answer questions, state their likes and dislikes, say what roles they have, and more about themselves. For this all about me lesson plan, students read books about how we are all different and the same.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Place Value
A huge collection of teacher resources for teaching place value. There are games, PowerPoint presentations, pdf files, Word files, Excel files, Publisher files, and smartboard activities available for download at several different skill...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Place Value Activities
These hands-on activities help students in grades K-3 understand place value.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Place Value Puzzler
An engaging and fast-paced game from FunBrain, where players activate their knowledge of place value and rounding. Numbers range in difficulty from easy to hard. However, for those who are up for a more serious challenge, there's also a...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Place Value Expanded Form
You'll find an explanation of place value in expanded form in this lesson. There is also an interesting game that helps to show place value.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Number Power Activity Plan
In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will use number powers to solve problems and save the day! They will use grouping power to save a parade, skip counting power to catch a pie-snatching thief, and speed counting and place...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Division Using Place Value
In this activity, the concept of using place value to solve division problems is introduced. Students can then practice this skill, receive immediate feedback, and get hints as they try questions repeatedly.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Place Value Game
This interactive math game lets you create the largest number possible as the computer gives you numbers.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
Math Cats
Math Cats: Place Value Party
In this interactive activity you must move value from column to column to create equal values using addition and subtraction skills.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Follow Me "Loop" Math Games
An extensive collection of premade cards for "loop" games in math. These "I have, Who has?" cards are available for counting on and back, capacity, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, money...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Counting Place Value Graphs
[Free Registration/Login Required] Math Activities: Counting, Place Value, Graphing
Other
Active Maths Limited: Decimal Number Lines: Whiteboard Resources
This is an excellent resource for teaching and learning about decimals. Three different interactive number lines help students visualize units in tenths and hundredths and decimals.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Multiply and Divide by 10
Students practice multiplying and dividing by 10 in this activity.