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Surface Tension Lab
What constitutes a good soap bubble? In the second installment of a nine-part series, scholars apply their understanding of surface tension to soap bubbles. They experiment to determine the best solutions to use for the...
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The Kindness Company
Students organize themselves into a simulated company complete with applications, interviews and training. They identify a community need they can fulfill related to cooking or sewing and work to make and deliver the designated product.
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Creative Homework Assignments Can Motivate Students
Teachers can make homework more meaningful by giving students interesting and motivating assignments.
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Documents of Diversity
Eighth graders explore the cultural diversity in their own families. They examine the cultural profile and historical development of their own community through developing a walking tour, in booklet or web-based form.
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Here Comes Winter!
Students investigate winter behaviors in animals. They describe winter and write about the characteristics of the season by drawing and labeling a winter picture. Students then conduct research on a chosen animal and create a chart. ...
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Native American Blocks
Learners research information about a Native American tribe and document their knowledge by creating a block (cube) containing pictures about the homes, tools, food, clothing, and transportation for this tribe.
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Make Art Class Merry With Creative Christmas Art Activities
Kids get hands-on with seasonal crafts through Christmas art activities!
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Homeschooling Chronicles - Middle School Years
Teaching middle school for the first time was a rude awakening and a pleasant surprise.
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Read That Label!
Students explore reading nutritional labels and making good food choices through simulation. They prepare and design a label for a product. In addition, they create packaging and advertising to ensure access to the population.
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Making Ships Biscuits
Students research the types of foods that sailors would eat. They focus on "Ships Biscuits" and discuss the role they played in provided sailors' food. They then make the biscuits. They research the rules of basic food hygiene and put...
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Oobleck and the Mystery Powders
Learners listen to the book, "Oobleck," by Dr. Suess before experimenting with mystery powders. They determine the proper ratio of powder to liquid to make the Oobleck.
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How Does the Human Body Use Energy during Various Athletic Activities?
Students investigate how much energy is used during different athletic activities. They conduct Internet research to obtain information on the top three athletic sporting events from around the world, and calculate the calories burned...
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Diet: Cereal Grains and Nutrition
Students identify the nutritional value of various cereal grains. Without adding sugar, they cook with grains and compare the taste to cereal containing sugar. In addition, students complete worksheets about the different grains,...
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Cut-Loose Quilts
Students review basic geometric shapes to use in their quilt. Combining different shapes, they sew together their cut-loose quilt. They share them with the class and describe the meaning of the quilt to them.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Fractions in Everyday Life, a Recipe
Math Forum offers this exciting lesson to help students with multiplying and dividing fractions through a recipe made in the classroom.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Mathematical Recipe Metaphors
For this lesson, Barry Lane's books entitled Reviser's Toolbox and 51 Wacky We-Search Reports are used as mentor texts. Used as a refeference, the concept of recipe poems can be instructed to the students and the genre of "how to" books,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Inch by Inch
In this lesson students will do a variety of learning activities while they meet many math, science, and language arts objectives. Students will measure items, analyze and record data, listen to instructions, and follow directions. They...
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Quebec Ministry of Educ.: Customized Literacy Training: Functional Situati [Pdf]
Adults weak in basic literacy skills often have difficulty with basic tasks that involve Reading, Writing and Math. This guide provides lesson units on teaching tasks such as filling out forms, estimating the amount of a shopping bill...
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Abcteach: Valentine's Day Activities
[Free Registration/Login Required] How do you plan on celebrating Valentine's Day in your classroom? This resource provides links to activities and information that will aid you in your planning. This site features crossword puzzle, math...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Measuring for Cookies
In this lesson, students use math and physics skills to follow directions when making cookies. This is a very detailed and structured lesson!
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The Virtual Vine: Apple Pickin' Time
This is a fun cross-curricular unit on Johnny Appleseed! Provides lots of ideas for integrating apples into the classroom -- from math exercises to recipes. Lots of links to other resources too.