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Valentine Candy Count

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students analyze a bag of Valentine candy to create a graph. In this graphing activity, students make predictions, sort by color, record data and make a graph. Students discuss results and make generalizations. Students generate their...
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Using Key Words to Unlock Math Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify word problem strategies. In this problem solving lesson, students act as "math coaches" to identify key words that indicate mathematical operations. Students use a white board to complete each word problem
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Profit From Pumpkins

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders cut open a pumpkin. In this math lesson, 3rd graders complete the worksheet "From Seed to Pumpkin" and then clean out their pumpkins to see how many seeds are in it.
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I Want It All!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders understand the economics of choices in buying. In this goods and services lesson, 3rd graders participate in activities to make choices about purchases. Students write stories, answer questions, and complete worksheets to...
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Mental Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students access prior knowledge to round numbers and add decimals. In this mental math lesson, students share the book Betcha and calculate estimates for three jars based on the book. Students calculate money answers based on coins...
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Butterfly Lesson 2 - Monarch Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the Monarch Butterfly life cycle. In this Monarch Butterfly lesson, students examine what happens prior to a caterpillar hatching, how often it sheds its skin, and what the caterpillar goes through when it is preparing to...
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Colorful Nutrients

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an experiment to understand how plants get nutrients. In this plant nutrition, lesson students examine how colored water goes through the stem of a plant to the flower. Students discuss the parts of the flower and...
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Size-Wise:Healthy Eating Habits

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Learners become familiar with portion control.  In this healthy habits lesson, students create a meal using pizza and toppings.  Learners continue adding toppings and cutting away portions until there is none left.  Students recognize...
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Equadorian Rainforest: The Tropical Supermarket

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars study the concept of sustainable agricultural practices through cocoa farming and the lives of the people who are the producers. Students watch a slide show and read a story which helps them understand the origins of...
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Fractions of a Band

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate fractions. In this time lesson, 3rd graders determine the amount of time it takes to perform certain tasks.
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What Comes Next?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore patterns.  In this what comes next lesson, students explore patterns and determine the next item in the pattern.  They compare and contrast items in a sequence.  Students justify their reasoning.
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Building a Box

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create different two dimensional nets that can be folded to create a cube. In this visual spacial awareness lesson plan, students explore different ways that two-dimensional objects can be laid out to create a three dimensional...
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Mr. Lincoln's Hat

For Teachers K - 5th
Bring out the inner artist with this Abraham Lincoln lesson plan. Elementary students work on a home project creating a hat similar to Abraham Lincoln's hat. They will use geometry and measurement to create the scale of the hat, then...
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The Number Tool Box

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this solving a math terms crossword puzzle instructional activity, students read the clues across and down and write the math terms in the blanks. Students write 19 answers. 
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Rational Number Project

Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 4: Overview

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
First-time fraction fiends make paper-folding models for unit and non-unit fractions. They follow teacher-led directions to make models that show  2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 equal parts. An array of fraction review worksheets are included to...
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Krypto Math Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play a math game. In this number sense and mental math lesson, students play a game where they use mental math to form equations that result in the target number required to win the game.
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Funtastic Fractions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover fractions by creating models. In this fractions activity, students read Give Me Half! by Stuart J. Murphy and view a video about what fractions actually represent. Students divide a square piece of paper a certain...
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Give Binary a Try!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Learners apply binary code in software applications for computer engineers. In this binary code lesson, students read about binary code and its applications to computer engineers. They download software and read an online binary clock....
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Circumference Review

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this circumference lesson plan, learners review how to find the diameter and circumference of a circle, they apply their skills to a real life application. Students are presented with the task of determining the circumference of trees...
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Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students recognize the features of geometric shapes.  In this geometric shapes instructional activity, students listen to Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes. Students create solid figures with marshmallows and toothpicks.  Students...
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Following a Recipe

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners 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.  Learners use a word processing program to write a paragraph...
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students learn how to count money.  In this money lesson plan, students review the names and values for each coin.  Students learn how to count bills and coins and how to write amounts of money.  Students complete web activities...
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What is Matter?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate what matter is and how it changes states.  In this physical properties lesson, students examine the vocabulary database and identify the characteristics of the three phases of matter.  Students perform a liquid vs....
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Oklahoma's Berry Best

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Ask your learners to complete activities related to Oklahoma's agriculture, berries in particular. The lesson is cross-curricular and has class members investigate an article about berries, write an acrostic poem, and discuss new...

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