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Furniture Arrangement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify that the arrangement of furniture is an extension of space planning and a good arrangement of furniture will be both functional and pleasing. They also fill in the Furniture Arrangement worksheet during the lecture and...
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Toco Toucan - Oil Pastels

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a picture of a toucan from the continent of South America using a pencil, marker, and oil pastels. Students identify the continent of South America and discuss the Toco Toucan. They follow teacher directions to create...
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The One-Hundredth Day of School

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners use their fine motor skills to create a pattern of one-hundred fruit cereal O's using the concept of counting by tens in order to create a one-hundredth day of school necklace.
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Skip-counting Practice

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice skip counting. In this skip counting lesson, students practice skip counting using hundreds boards and patterns. Students complete several examples and problems to ensure their understanding. 
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Say It With Shapes

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars create patterns with shapes and words. In this patterns and shapes lesson, students recieve an envelope with shapes with words on them. Young scholars make patterns with the shapes that also create a poem. Students can add...
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Dinosaur Math

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students participate in an activity to discover patterns. They make cutouts of bones and decorate them in patterns. They work together in pairs and removes the number of bones they roll on the die. They also practice writing their numbers.
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Cracker Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are presented with the following problem: A cracker manufacturer has been losing money and has to find a way to save her factory. They are given the task to design a new shape for the cracker manufacturer so that as little...
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Calendar Counting

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate how to count by 2's. In this number sense instructional activity, students review skip counting on the hundreds chart and recognize the pattern of counting by 2's. Students use a reproducible of a calendar to color...
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Alien Math

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify combinations and patterns in this instructional activity. They manipulate an alien picture with 10 arms - 5 red and 5 blue. They use an individual alien picture to identify as many combinations as possible. ...
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Morning Math

For Students 1st
In this math activity, 1st graders complete seven exercises reviewing money, addition, subtraction, patterns, and graphs. Two worksheets are included, each containing seven exercises.
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Pedigrees

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine various inheritance patterns using pedigrees. In groups, they predict what might happen to the offspring of a woman with normal vision and carries the recessive allele gene. They determine the genotypes of the man and...
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Lion Writing Template

For Students K - 1st
In this writing worksheet, students will write a sentence or two on the shape of a lion. Students can then color and cut out the lion.
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An Apple A Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders brainstorm a list of how they can tell if someone feels bad about themselves. As a class, they describe three different apples shown to them. Individually, they cut out shapes of apples and color them to place them on a...
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Dinosaur Vocabulary 2

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this dinosaur vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 11 listed dinosaur-related terms to the appropriate sentences that describe each of them.
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Blow the Roof Off!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Blow the minds of young scientists with this collection of inquiry-based investigations. Based on a series of eight videos, these "hands-on, minds-on" science lessons engage young learners in exploring a wide range of topics...
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Houses in a Row

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this patterns and sequences worksheet, learners determine the color of the houses in a row by using the specific color options but never making the houses the same pattern.
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The Letter Aa

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Pupils explore letter Aa. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main lesson...
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Camouflage and Protective Coloration: A Model of Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate natural selection and differential survival among divergent phenotypes of a population. Using everyday items , they model adaptations of camouflage and protective coloration in two very different environments.They...
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Go Fish card game for recognition of vocabulary words

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play Go Fish card game (with a teacher made deck of cards) for recognition of vocabulary words
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Colored Drops

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars examine the properties of a liquid that contains water and food coloring and a liquid that contains water, food coloring and a liquid detergent. They interpret their data, describe properties, and make reasonable...
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The Window Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify patterns and compute formulas to solve the problems. In this algebra lesson, students come up with a rule given a pattern, and analyze the relationship between data and graphs.
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Bead Weaving on a Loom

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate the process of weaving and how Native Americans wove beads on looms. They research Native American geometric patterns online, design a pattern on graph paper, and create a patterned beaded band.
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19th Century Chandelier

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discuss the lines, shapes, and patterns used to decorate a 19th century chandelier. In this visual arts lesson, students examine the lines and identify the patterns on the chandelier. Students create a papier-mache sculpture...
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Our Sky Clock

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore space science by completing a worksheet in class. In this astronomy lesson, students discuss and identify star patterns in the night sky and relate these patterns to the approximate time they appear. Learners complete an...