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The Solar System

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Students explore the Solar System. In this cross-curriculum space instructional activity, students identify the planets, name them in order according to distance from the sun, and describe major characteristics of each planet. Students...
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Seven Wonders of the World

For Teachers 6th - 9th
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World lesson plans offer students a chance to learn about history and use their creativity as well.
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Problem Solving: Calendars

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this calendar worksheet, students use a given set of calendars to answer 6 related questions. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Creating a Graph

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm favorite things to do during the summer. They survey classmates to collect data, arrange it in a chart, and create graphs using ClarisWorks.
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Summer Trip

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders search for information and directions to specific cities from their homes, figure cost of trip when given miles per gallon, distance, and cost per gallon of gas, develop outline budget for summer trip, and draw and label...
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Sixth Grade Mathematics Test

For Students 6th
For this mathematics worksheet, 6th graders are tested on the mathematics skills. Students use problem solving strategies to work the given equations and situations.
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Patterns and Functions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners investigate properties of perimeter and area. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students explore patterns in a problem solving context. Learners model and solve problems using various representations for the data as they...
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Ants in Your Pants

For Teachers 1st
First graders read "One Hundred Angry Ants" by Elinor Pinczes. They identify various sums that equal ten and display them on a chart.
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Calendar Activity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this calendar worksheet, students complete word problems based on the November calendar given. Students complete 5 word problems.
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Snowfall Statistics for Snowboarding

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use the Internet to collect the current daily snowfall amounts and also to find the price of a lift ticket for snowboarding at different ski resorts in the United States.
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"So Tell Me About Your Trip..."

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research destinations and the factors involved in taking a trip and explore how averages play a part in making decisions. They explore how to find the average speed and the distance to a particular destination, they...
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Calendar Questions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this calendar worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about the calendar. Students complete 10 multiple choice word problems.
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An Introduction to Elementary Statistics

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students explain and appreciate the use of statistics in everyday life. They define basic terms used in statistics and compute simple measures of central tendency.
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Mathematics Within: Algebraic Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the concept of using proportions to compare quantities while also practicing calculations for foreign exchange rates. They develop the skill of solving for unknown quantities of money while using an algebraic...
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The Very Hungry Kindergartner

For Teachers K
Students read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and write their own book called The Very Hungry Kindergartner. They illustrate pages and complete sentences that are laid out for them. They share their book with other classes.
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Return from Winter Break Without Losing Progress

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Hope is not lost when pupils return from lengthy breaks seeming to have forgotten everything you’ve taught them.
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Internet Research Assistant

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are required to become Internet Research Assistants to a staff member or someone in the community and take that person on as a client. They develop a letter informing potential clients that they are available to do research for...
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate possible career paths in forestry they may pursue.  In this vocational lesson plan, students discover the many careers possible in the world of science by researching teacher approved career websites on the Internet....
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Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Fun and Sun Rent a Car

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A wide range of math skills is incorporated into a lesson that involves planning a family's vacation to Florida. Travel expenses are gathered and compared, graphed, and analyzed in hopes of finding the best prices. There are extension...