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Tools, Technologies and Inventions through the years
5th graders will gain an understanding of how, what, and why people invent tools. This PowerPoint provides a complete description of what tools are, types of tools, why we make tools and what impact they have had on society. There are...
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Inventing a Musical Instrument, a Tool And a Toy
In this inventing a musical instrument, tool and toy worksheet, students look at all the materials they have available to them and as a team design a unique musical instrument, tool and toy.
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What Category do I Best Fit Into?
Use this pre-reading exercise to help learners sort familiar objects into categories. For each of these three sets, they draw a line from the object to the category in which it belongs. There are two categories for each set. If scholars...
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Shapes and Tools
Young learners view different shapes drawn by the teacher on the board. The teacher identifies each shape by name and discusses the importance of knowing the difference between shapes when building something. The pupils complete the...
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Checker Board Patterns
Make these funky checker board patterns. They will not only add fun decoration to your classroom, but your pupils will be able to practice using simple geometry tools.They will use tools to make lines and circular shapes using a ruler,...
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Career Investigators - Jobs of Family Members
Students investigate the concept of a job and how they can differ for each household. They examine a tool box filled with different tools and identify the types of jobs could be done with them. Then the teacher conducts a class discussion.
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Location
Students explore the tools used by Columbus to chart his latitude. They study the change of a location over time.
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Native Americans of Texas
Fourth graders research Native American tribes and their way of life. They locate picture of artifacts such as arrowheads and describe tools used and the purpose of each. In groups, 4th graders create a model Native American village and...
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Introduction to Welding
Students explore how to weld and the safety procedures that are in place. In this welding instructional activity students take a safety test on welding and once they know all the rules they use the angle grinder.
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Applied Science - Technology (KA) Pre Lab
Students explore tools. In this tool instructional activity, students see how tools and machines were invented to help people work easier. They see different types of simple machines such as wheel and axle, lever, and wedge.
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Scavenger Hunt for Lengths
Students practice measurement using real world objects. In this scavenger hunt for lengths lesson, students collaborate to measure with rulers, yardsticks, trundle wheels, and tape measures. Students must estimate the length then...
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Reading a Science Textbook
In this skill learning exercise, students get ideas about how to read a science textbook for understanding. They practice reading two paragraphs and identifying key terms and phrases.
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Photoshop Brush and Shape Tools
Students are introduced to Photoshop and the tools to assess it properly. They are shown how to manipulate a piece of writing with shapes utilizing the brush tool. Each students writes an original haiku to describe their painting.
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Stone Tool Scavenger Hunt
Seventh graders use Internet to familiarize themselves with variety of stone tools used by early man, create information chart describing each tool and its purpose, and discuss why tools have survived thousands of years.
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Community Helpers
Students bring in a tool that represents the work their parents do. They present and discuss the tool and write a story about how the tool might be used. They discuss what they would like to do when they grow up.
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Rocks: Minerals Mixtures
Basic information about the rock cycle, fossils, and the value of rock to civilizations is given in these 6 slides. There is no explanation of information other than to present the terms, and so it could be used to start a unit
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Simple Machines
Students investigate simple machines. For this simple machines lesson, students explore how tools increase productivity and make life easier. Students experiment with simple tools and discover the parts of each tool.
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Simple Machines
Young scholars research simple machines. In this simple machines lesson, students explore the many types of simple machines such as the lever, pulley, and screw. Young scholars discover simple machines in the classroom.
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Making Concrete and Safety Instructions
Students demonstrate using tools correctly in order to make concrete. For this concrete lesson plan, students brainstorm on how to use waste to make concrete and take a safety exam.
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What does the rice farmer use to get the rice to the mill?
Students use a ramp, sheet, and rice to demonstrate how rice farmers get the rice to the rice mill. In this rice lesson plan, students perform this experiment at home and answer short answer questions.
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Screw: Print and Color
In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "screw," write the word independently, and color the picture of the screws.
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Tools - What is This?
In this ESL tools names activity worksheet, students respond to the question "What is this?" using the 9 picture clues and the word answer bank to assist them.
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Spelling by Picture- Household Tools
In this spelling worksheet, students examine 10 colorful, clip art pictures of tools before filling in the blanks with the names of the tools. They use the pictures and the letters given as clues to the words.
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Beginning Matching-- Tools
In this tools word and picture matching worksheet, students draw a line from ten pictures of common tools to the words that name them.