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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 1: Math in Motion

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, through large screen monitor, study geometric design. They participate in a diagnostic assessment in which they use pnecils, scissors and paste.
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Interactive
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 9 - Exercise 4b

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills activity, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Airplanes and Airports: How To Take Off Without Ever Leaving the Ground

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students plan an airport visit. In this Airplanes and Airports instructional activity, students observe the people, activity, and machinery at airports. Then students compare the characteristics of their observations at the airport....
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Through the Lens of Robert Capa

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use Guided Reading techniques to learn about Capa's style and to discover the techniques that made him a great photographer. Students examine the basics of telling compelling stories through photos and each student creates a...
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The High and the Flighty

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners study women aviators and act out a talk show-style interview with one of them. They plot Amelia Earhart's flights on a map.
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Introduction to Fractals: Geometric Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study and observe the patterns made by the areas of the Sierpinski Triangle. Students use the computer to draw two or three iterations to discover the number patterns. Students complete worksheets based on Geometric Fractals.
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Tessellations

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify and construct figures that tessellate. They investigate which regular polygons tessellate and how to modify them to make other tessellating figures. Students explore how naturally occurring tessellations have been...
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Transport, Past and present

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students view the reverse side of coins and discuss vehicles shown.  in this past and present transportation lesson, students complete worksheets matching current and past transportation.
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Transformations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students draw on graph paper. In this geometry lesson, students review types of triangles and quadrilaterals. Students investigate geometric transformations, including translation, rotation and reflection. Students practice each...
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Change Happens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research different inventions that have changed over time. They use a comic strip format to illustrate how an area has changed. They share their comic strips with the rest of the class.
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Interactive
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Homonyms -- Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this grammar worksheet, students are assessed on their knowledge of homonyms. Students choose a homonym to complete the sentence.
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Are you in Golden Shape

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students solve and verify the solution for unknown measures. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify the properties of circles. They use the arc, angle and segment relationship to find the missing measures.
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Radius, Diameter and Area

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students identify the radius and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the volume and area of a cylinder and circle. They relate the circumference of a circle to Pi.
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Invention

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners create an invention, or simple machine, out of items taken from the recycling bin. Students draw diagrams of their proposed inventions, then create simple machines.
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Tantalizing Tessellations Lesson III: Creating a Slide Translation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners watch and discuss an M. C. Escher video, use what they have learned to explain and apply their knowledge of tessellations in order to create a slide translation, present their findings in a 12" x 18" poster, and explore...
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Distortion Unleashed

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils view examples of man-made structures and create a building that matches the style. Using the internet, they research the style of Frank Lloyd Wright and create plans for creating their own community. They use a painting of...
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Trade Missions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research the products of countries in Central and South America. t research which products from the countries they represent are imported to the United States. They create tables and/or graphs to indicate annual totals.
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Parabolas Exist Where?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars recognize how parabolas are used in architecture and calculate a constant of variation.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
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Graphic
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: m.c. Escher

For Students 9th - 10th
An awesome review of the M.C. Escher exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. There are 24 images of Escher's works here out of the 330 that the National Gallery has on hand. There is also a biography on Escher that is very useful.
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National Gallery of Canada

Cybermuse: Introduction to Pictorial Space

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A site featuring the work of Cezanne, Monet, Picasso, and Mondrian, among others, that explores pictorial space in a composition There are lesson plans for ages 4-18, and a great section where works are juxtaposed for comparison. Use the...
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Mark Harden's Artchive

The Artchive Jasper Johns

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides access to 29 images of work by American artist Jasper Johns. Popup ads must be exited before you can see the image.