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Curated OER

Oranges and Stopwatches

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars begin to recognize that objects have many measurable attributes. They examine how to identify and accurately measure attributes of common objects. Also Students report their measurement findings.
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Curated OER

Virtual Field Trip

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students calculate gasoline cost per mile on a virtual field trip. They calculate the gasoline costs and travel time for each of the 2 routes, and record on a data sheet. They use Excel to create data tables for mileage, gasoline...
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Curated OER

Virtual Field Trip/ Gasoline Cost

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete a word problem to determine the cost of gasoline per mile of their virtual field trip. They determine the travel time and gasoline costs for two routes and record the information on a data sheet. They check their work...
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Curated OER

Virtual Field Trip / Route, Mileage and Gasoline Cost Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars use a spreadsheet program to graph and compare milage, gasoline costs and travel time for two travel routes in their virtual field trip in Michigan. They determine the most economical route based on the graphs and...
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Curated OER

Does the falling tree make a sound if no one if there to hear it? (or communication via encryption)

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore encryption. They discuss the importance of cryptography in our daily lives. Students use games and cryptography to discover transformational geometry and modulo systems. They design their own encryption puzzles and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this addition word problems worksheet, students analyze how to develop word solving skills involving simple addition to one hundred.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition & Subtraction Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this addition and subtraction word problems learning exercise, students examine, analyze and develop a variety of word problems solving skills involving both addition and subtraction.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Full Multi-Digit Division Word Problems

For Students 4th - 7th
In this full multi-digit division word problems worksheet, students examine, analyze and determine how to solve division word problems with multi-digit divisors and quotients.
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Interactive
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Writing Numbers Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this number words learning exercise, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the correct way to write numbers as words in sentences.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Students Analyze Data With Scatter Plots

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Scatter plot lessons can help students create different types of graphs by hand or with the aid of technology.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

The Great Eight: Teaching the Eight Parts of Speech

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Integrate grammar activities and review into your daily classroom routine to facilitate practice and reinforcement of this vital skill.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Learning Disabilities 101

For Teachers 1st - 5th
A quick overview of defining learning disabilities, where they stem from, and how they affect learning.
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National Woman's History Museum

Getting with the Program

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A seven-step lesson introduces the emergence of computer sciences and the contributions women made to the profession after World War II. Several science experiments offer pupils a hands-on learning experience that showcases parabolas,...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Initial Consonant Activity

For Teachers K - 6th
Bingo is a super fun game and can be used to reinforce a vast number of recognition skills. These bingo cards are prepared by constructing nine squares, each delineated with raised Wikki Stix or gluedyarn and containing a braille...
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Perkins School for the Blind

One-to-One Correspondence

For Teachers K - 6th
Here is an interesting way to build concept understanding regarding one-to-one correspondence. Learners with visual impairments will use an array of everyday objects in context to foster an understanding of what one-to-one correspondence...
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Curated OER

Human Body Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read "The Magic School Bus in the Human Body" and discuss the importance of maintaining a healthy body. They create a hinge and joint paper skeleton, follow the journey of a hamburger through the digestive tract, jump rope and...
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Curated OER

Ball Bounce Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate different balls' abilities to bounce. They conduct a Ball Bounce Height Comparison and Ball Bounce Time Comparison, complete a worksheet, graph the results of their experiment, and answer investigating questions.
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Curated OER

Blood Cell Basics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a proportional model of blood out of red gelatin, a plastic bag, and rice. They study the components that make up blood and investigate what happens when the arteries in different scenerios. They work in pairs in order to...
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Curated OER

Ecosystems-The Essential Connection

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students develop their abilities to solve problems both in school and in a variety of situations similar to that they have encountered in life. They define the term ecosystem in nature by comparing them to familiar organizational...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Counting in Tactile Journals

For Teachers K - 6th
This is one of those great ideas I totally love. Youngsters with visual impairments practice counting and left-to -right sequencing by counting out a set number of edible objects from the left and putting them in a bag on the right. They...
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Teach Engineering

Exploring Energy: Kinetic and Potential

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
The potential of the energy in the class is moving. The third segment in a six-part unit on energy provides a deeper understanding of kinetic and potential energy. Learners understand the relationship between mass, speed, and energy and...
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Curated OER

Breathe In, Breathe Out

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students study the respiratory system, the lungs and air.  In this respiratory lesson students describe technologies that engineers have found that improve the health of the respiratory system. 
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Curated OER

Plumbing the Deep-Using Sound Waves to See

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore and learn about the concept of echolocation. In this echolocation instructional activity, students explore how animals and engineers use echolocation (seeing under water) and sound waves to look and hear things under the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Systems of the Human Body

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars research systems of the human body. In this biology lesson, students read the book Yucky Story and identify the systems of the human body. Young scholars create a Powerpoint presentation to demonstrate their knowledge of...

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