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Foods and Languages of the World
Students review Mexico's location and language and learn to pronouns 10 new Spanish food words. Students listen as the book, Corn is Maize is read, touching and passing around an ear of Indian corn. Students discuss the contribution of...
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Self Portrait, What Nerve!
Learners conduct an experiment to determine the distance between touch receptor fields in parts of the right-hand side of the body. They enter data into the data table.
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Shapes And Colors
Students distinguish between circles, squares, and rectangles and various colors in which they utilize the KidPix program on the computer to create them. They alternate; allowing each student to have a turn constructing and coloring in...
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Bridge Design and Bridge Building
Seventh graders conduct an investigation into the design of bridges and their construction. Students design bridges and draw detailed plans. For assessment they construct a model of a bridge that is made entirely of toothpicks. Students...
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Calendar Dance
Students name the days of the week and months of the year by engaging in an interpretive dance or other movement with their bodies.
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Hotter or Colder
Students participate in an activity in which they determine the temperature. They are given different scenerios and they are to state whether it is hot or cold there and comparing it to other scenerios.
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What Comes Next?
Students explore the concept of A-B and A-B-B patterns, and show this by creating a pattern with concrete objects and on the Kid Pix Deluxe computer program.
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Counting to 10
Students count to 10 by using cheerios as manipulatives, identify numbers 1-10 by sight, and go to a website by using the Internet and computer keyboard (numeric) to answer questions (with help of teacher).
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Introduction to functions
In this functions activity, students plot points on a graph according to the rule. Students plot 7 points on each of the 2 graphs given to them.
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The Greedy Triangle
Third graders use the book "The Greedy Triangle" to practice measuring perimeter and area. They also calculate the length of objects.
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The football and Braking Distance; Model Data with Quadratic Functions
Students use the quadratic formula to solve application problems. The first problem relates to the path of a football thrown from the top of the bleachers. Students compute the time it will take the football to reach certain heights. In...
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Graphing Functions With 2 Points and From a Graph
Students plot points on a coordinate plane. They describe, in words, methods for finding the slope of a line. After given a worksheet, students read instructions, draw a Cartesian plane, plot ordered pairs, and graph lines. Papers are...
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Using Positive and Negative Numbers
In this positive and negative numbers worksheet, students solve 5 problems in which a positive or negative number is used to describe a situation.
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Fractional T-Shirts- Visual Thinking Reteaching Worksheet
For this fractional t-shirts visual thinking worksheet, 4th graders read each problem to determine what fractional portion of a design should be colored in to be placed on a t-shirt. They complete 4 problems.
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The Legend of the Poinsettia
Students explore the poinsettia and its symbolism as a Christmas flower. Students will listen to a story about the poinsettia and its origins in Mexico and discuss what they know about Mexico. They will discuss the poinsettia's...
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Mapping A Stream
Learners participate in mapping an actual waterway. They include reach lengths, transects, compass reading, and scale determinations. They include windfalls, plant cover, types of streambed composition, and landmarks such as trees and...
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Hula Hoop Hullabaloo
Second graders use hula hoops to represent the zero as they count objects into ones, tens, hundreds and thousands. They complete an activity to after they have practiced counting objects.
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Unexpected Answers
Students explore and complete a variety of activities demonstration probability. They make observations about the results of the activities. Students complete and discuss conditional probability. Also, students draw conclusions about...
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Tree Bagging
Students bag trees to determine the mass of the water given off in the evapotranspiration process.
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Balloon Round-Up
Students practice using paddles to hit objects. For this striking skills lesson, students use wooden paddles to round up balloon farm animals without touching the balloons with their hands.
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Think Differently
Students will think differently to solve a problem and create a personal action plan to reduce GHG emissions. They evaluate their plan using a decision grid and sign a pledge committing to taking personal action.
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M&M Statistics
Students determine the difference between guessing and making a prediction. They discuss what they could graph using a bag of M&M's. They take a Raw data sample and convert it into a sample. They graph the actual results and combine...