Girl Scouts
Daisy Making Choices Leaf
Shed light on the concept of financial literacy with a series of four activities that examines needs vs. wants, gives scholars the opportunity to buy products using paper money, and set goals to save money.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Amazing Birds
What's so amazing about birds? Find out just how amazing birds are with a physics of animal behavior unit created by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Have learners explore and tap into their observational skills and notice how birds fly, what...
Orlando Shakes
Arms and the Man: Study Guide
Few aspects of life make better fodder for a comedic play than politics. A study guide introduces George Bernard's Shaw comedy Arms and the Man. Along with summaries of each scene and brief biographies of the main characters, two lesson...
Read Works
How to Say “I Ruff You”
Who says you need a human to be your valentine on Valentine's Day? Give your dog-loving readers an inspiring perspective on how a sister givdes her brother a valentine from the family dog. They then answer 10 questions thatd involve...
Curated OER
Mound Math
Students examine the many different burial mounds in Wisconsin. In groups, they use the internet to discover how long it took to build a specific mound. They must calculate the measurements of the mound to make a scale model.
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Stock Market Game
Fourth graders are introduced to how the stock market operates. In groups, they practice reading and analyzing the Standard and Poor's 500 index. They participate in a simulation of buying and selling stocks on the market trying to...
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Golden Ratio
Tenth graders investigate the Golden Ratio. For this geometry lesson, 10th graders explore the Fibonacci sequence in the context of The Fibonacci Rabbit problem. Students examine how the ratio of two consecutive Fibonacci number create...
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Reference Resources: Being a Good Detective
Learners explore a variety of reference resources while seeking information. atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and online search engines as well as library card catalogs are utilized in this instructional activity.
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Following a Recipe
Students create a cookbook. In this recipe and writing lesson, students brainstorm the skills necessary to follow a recipe, watch a cooking show and write down a recipe used. Students use a word processing program to write a paragraph...
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Data! Data! Graph that Data!
Fifth graders create data graphs using Microsoft Excel. In this data collection instructional activity, 5th graders create and conduct a survey, then use Excel to organize and graph their data.
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Pumped Up Gas Prices
Learners calculate gas prices. In this transportation lesson, students tally the mileage and gas costs of their car for one months. They figure out how much was spent on gas and create a graph showing average gas prices over time.
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Smarty Pants
Students graph the colour distribution found in a packet of Skittle lollies, M&M's, Smarties or similar sweets. Results are compared and recorded against the results of other class members.
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Singular and Plural Nouns 2
In this singular and plural nouns worksheet, students complete fifteen sentences using either 'is' or 'are' in them to make them grammatically correct.
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Math: O.R.E.O. Woes
In this math worksheet, 3rd graders apply basic operations to answer six questions about Oreo cookies. Next, they create four math problems using pictures and number sentences.
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I Can Do This! Systems of Equations
Students solve systems of 2-by-2 linear equations using tables,
graphs and substitution. In small groups, classmates work together to discover strategies for solving equations. They use a calculator to graphically represent their answers.
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Histograms and Statistical Graphics
In this statistics worksheet, students solve 6 data problems. They construct a histogram of given data, they create a frequency polygon, and a stem and leaf diagram. Students create a dot plot and a pie chart for given data sets. On the...
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English as an Additional Language: Topic Book 9: Questions and Answers, Shapes
In this ESL questions, answers, and shapes worksheet, learners respond to 13 matching questions, 37 short answer questions, 13 coloring questions, and 6 fill in the blank questions pertaining to colors, directions, and counting.
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Atoms
Eighth graders explain what makes up matter. In this atoms lesson plan students define an atom and what its components are and identify properties of elements.
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Pump Up the Volume
Fourth graders calculate volume. In this volume lesson, 4th graders calculate, estimate, and compare units of volume in English and metric systems.
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Using a Spreadsheet
Young scholars create a spreadsheet to analyze data. In this technology lesson, students develop and use an Excel spreadsheet to log their data. They solve real life word problems as they set it up using the spreadsheet.
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Salinity
Learners define and discuss salinity, conduct classroom experiment to determine salinity of water sample by using hydrometer, record predictions, and demonstrate understanding of how salinity influences object's ability to float in water.
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English as an Additional Language: Topic Book 5 Prepositions
In this ESL prepositions worksheet, students respond to 5 matching questions, 12 drawing questions, and 55 short answer questions pertaining to colors, directions, and counting, and the location of items.
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies
Number Theory Worksheet 3
A nine-row data table has novice number crunchers fill in columns for the greatest common factor, least common multiple, product of the two, and product of numbers. The pairs of numbers to work with are all single- and double-digit...
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Units Multiplication Closure Activity
In this multiplication worksheet, students complete multiplication word problems dealing with numbers 1 through 9. Students complete 8 problems.