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Word Problems of Equal Share and Equal Groups
Explore this engaging approach to division problem solving with young scholars. They construct story problems after drawing 3 cards that give them a type of object, how many they have of that object, and the number of groups the object...
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Compare Human-made Objects with Natural Objects
Students examine and observe how many human-made objects get their basic design from things in nature. They listen to the book "Nature Got There First," compare/contrast hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks and tool pliers, and...
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Millie's Math House Lesson Plan
Students count, match and arrange unordered fixed objects. Millie's Math House Cookie Factory educational software is used in this lesson.
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So Fast! So Slow!
Fifth graders give examples of objects that move slow and fast. In this physics lesson, 5th graders rank animals according to how quickly they move. They create a bar graph of organisms versus rates of speed.
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Number Search in Monterey Bay Aquarium
Youngsters search for an animal with body parts for each number from one to ten during a field trip to an aquarium. They count rays, fins, feet, gills, eyes, spots or anything. When they get back to the classroom, they compile their...
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Applied Science - Science and Math Pre Lab
Students find Fibonacci sequences. In this applied Science lesson, students solve Fibonacci sequence problems. Students explore the mathematical patterns of objects in nature.
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M&M Counting Chart
Students practice classifying objects while utilizing candy. In this sorting instructional activity, students observe an assortment of M&M's and analyze the candy based on color. Students create a color chart based on the number...
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Question of the Day Counting
First graders answer daily questions, then count to see how many responded with yes or no. They record their answers in math journals and discuss the results.
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100 Day Chick Hunt
Students investigate how to count to the number 100 with the connection to using chicks as objects. They use cutouts of chicks and place them into the counting chart and recognize the different numerals while counting at the same time.
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Fair Shares
Young scholars investigate division by sharing food items with their classmates. In this division lesson, students are given a food item which they must equally share among the class using division. Young scholars predict how...
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Bears Wear Buttons
Students practice counting sets of objects and numerals. In this numerical identification instructional activity, students listen to the story, Bears Wears Buttons, and participate in a flash card activity where students must...
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How Old Is That Tree?
Fifth graders study environmental changes by examining the annual rings of a cross-section of a tree trunk. They access websites to complete a worksheet on the parts of a tree. They count the annual rings on a tree slice while observing...
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Proportions in Flight
Sixth graders explore physics by utilizing their math skills. In this flight properties lesson, 6th graders examine the flying capabilities of planes and birds. Students utilize math to find how many wing-beats are needed to keep a bird...
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Name Fame
First graders learn the uniqueness of their names by reading the book, Chrysanthemum, and completing other integrated math counting and graphing activities.
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I've Seen That Shape Before
The objectives in the resource allow students to explore the characteristics of simple solid shapes. Youngsters learn to recognize the face shapes, corners, and edges that make up 3-D figures by filling in a chart. Lastly,...
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Blow and Go
Students discover how air can move things by using their breath. In this physics lesson plan, students hypothesize then attempt to move a pencil 1 meter using nothing but their breath. Students record data from their experiment including...
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Place Value: A Place for Apples
Second graders explore number values by completing math worksheets. In this place value instructional activity, 2nd graders identify the use of decimals in numbers and read a book about math called Apple Pigs. Students create number...
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Geometric Solids
First graders identify various shapes in everyday objects. in pairs, 1st graders go on a shape field trip to locate various objects of different shapes. They photograph the objects and later use the prints to write sentences describing...
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Teaching with Nature
Students participate in a nature walk to learn about their natural environments. In this nature study activity, students brainstorm a list of things to look for on their nature walk. Students go on the nature walk and locate objects they...
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M & M Madness
Second graders graph M & M's by color. In this graphing lesson plan, 2nd graders first predict how many of each color they think are in a handful of M & M's. Then they graph the amounts of each color on a computer program....
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Number Recognition Games
Students explore number sense by participating in a math recognition activity. In this number identification lesson, students practice pronouncing names of numbers and matching the number with an amount of objects. Students practice...
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Searching For Protoplanetary Disks
Students download NASA Hubble Space Telescope views of star-forming regions in nebulae and look for evidence of planetary systems forming beyond our own solar system. They hypothesize about mysterious objects in NASA HST images.
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Jellybean Graphs
Second graders predict and graph data based on the color of jelly beans they think are in a handful. In this prediction lesson plan, 2nd graders will predict how many of each color jellybean are in a handful. Then they graph these...
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Book Club Order
Students complete a simulated book order form for their class. For this book club lesson, students budget and plan an order form for their fellow students, discussing why they chose specific books.