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The Bernoulli Effect - Conceptually
Students observe and/or conduct five experiments which address the Bernoulli Effect. In this conceptual lesson based on the Bernoulli Effect, the students construct atomizers, and make concrete observations and inferences in connection...
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Number Scrolls
Students write the number line. In this numbers lesson, students write numbers in numeric order on a number scroll. They find patterns within this number line.
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Night and Day Talk
Students practice writing and saying the letter O. They examine pictures and discuss what is going on in them depending on the time of day. They write about what they do during the day and night.
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An Encyclo-ME-dia for Every Child
Students create a digital scrapbook that shows information-text and pictures that are specific to each child. They make charts and graphs. They use digital cameras, scanners, software, to write captions, stories, poems, letters, and...
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Building Sets of Nine
Students match quantities to their number. In this building to nine lesson, students put groups of objects together to make a group of nine.
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Learning Numbers
Students are introduced to their numbers and practice counting by ones, fives and tens. In groups, they match numbers and words and discover what numbers come before and after a given number. They also practice writing numbers and words.
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Eggshell People
Students observe grass growth. In this agricultural lesson, students use empty eggshells and fill them with soil and grass seed. Students record eggshell "hair growth" on a chart.
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Balancing Discoveries
Students use a balance to help them with their addition facts. In this addition lesson plan, students also play the seven up game to memorize their facts.
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Using the Number Line to Compare
Learners determine differences using a number line. In this math lesson, students use the number line to solve subtraction problems. Learners solve puzzles using subtraction.
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Geoboards
Learners describe shapes to their classmates using specific properties and practice making triangles on geoboards. In this geoboards lesson plan, students use string on the geoboards.
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Counting People
Students practice counting. In this counting activity, students are used to help visually represent a number for their classmates.
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Stacking Chips
Learners examine the outcome of adding one to a group of items. For this number sense lesson, students create stacks of chips and count them. Then, learners add one more chip to the stack and count the chips again. Students discuss their...
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Guess the Container
Students become familiar with appropriate containers for various shapes. In this container lesson, students find containers that best fit their object.
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Estimation Skills
Students use a balance scale with beans or seeds to estimate how many of them would weigh as much as a teddy bear counter. In this estimation lesson plan, students hold items to estimate.
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Coin Hunt and It's Variations
Students play a game designed to give them practice identifying coin names and values. They form two lines with coins spread out in between the teams and when the teacher calls out a coin, the two in front scramble to find the specified...
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Geometric Shape Dances
Students use movement and dance in order to strengthen mathematical understanding of different geometric shapes. The movements are imitating the drawing of shapes and they pick one to make into a dance. Upon beginning the dance music can...
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100 Stamps for 100 Days
Students recognize similarities and generalize patterns. In this math and technology lesson plan, students develop an understanding of number patterning by grouping stamps and counting by 10s.
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Water 1: Water and Ice
Students investigate water in its solid and liquid form. In this states of matter lesson, students experiment to see what happens as water goes from a solid, ice, to a liquid, water, and back again. They write about and illustrate the...
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Numbers All Around Us
Students recognize numbers and their value. In this numbers lesson, students observe where numbers and how numbers are used everyday. Students identify why these numbers are important.
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How Many More?
Students complete subtraction problems where they use goldfish crackers as their manipulatives in the problem. For this subtraction lesson plan, students use words and pictures to also show their problems.
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Sorting Buttons
Students demonstrate how to sort buttons by attributes. In this classification instructional activity, students are given buttons and are asked to sort them independently by their attributes. Additionally, students are given one extra...
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Modeling Spatial Relationships
Young scholars model spatial relationships using math manipulatives. In this spatial relationships lesson, students work with a partner, and either connecting links or linking cubes that are three different colors. They explain to each...
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Months of the Year
Students develop a pictograph using the months of the year. In this months lesson, students place their name with their birth month on a large pictograph. They discuss the information they can see on the graph using the proper names for...
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Classroom Idea: Building a Road
Students explore technology by conducting a infrastructure role-play in class. In this road building lesson, students identify the techniques and manpower used to build a modern day road. Students utilize building blocks to create a mock...