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Alex: It's Automatic! More or Less With Ten
In this lesson, students will observe patterns with the use of a Hundreds Chart, web-based practice (IXL Hundreds Chart Practice), and by playing a game (10 More or 10 Less). The patterns noticed through the various activities will help...
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Alex: Recycle to Renew
In this lesson plan from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), renewable resources, such as trees, will be explored. This lesson plan is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson plan is provided by Julie...
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Alex: Conserve It to Preserve It
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation and describing ways to sustain natural resources will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is...
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Alex: Earth: We're in It Together!
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation and describing ways to protect the Earth will be explored. Students will also create a mural of ways to protect our planet. This lesson is one from...
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Alex: Beep! Beep! Move Over! I Am Going to Be Late!
During this lesson, students will investigate how to "clear up" the "Traffic Jam." They will be using large manipulatives (their bodies), small manipulatives (carpet squares), and technology (the Java applet) to find the relationship...
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Alex: Why Do We Carry the One?
The students will critically think through the traditional algorithm for addition and compare to an alternative strategy.
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Alex: Those Number Aren't Just Moody.
Rational numbers can sometimes cause problems when they're converted to repeating decimals. That, we can handle. But, what about those irrational numbers that can only be "sort of, like approximated"? How can we expect middle schoolers...
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Alex: Mission Addition With Subtraction Action
This lesson uses manipulatives, acting out situations, and verbal explanations along with technology to work on addition and subtraction with kindergarten students. Students will work in groups to practice different methods of adding and...
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Alex: Peep Peep
Students will take a virtual tour of a Peep Candy factory. Students will observe the way Peeps are packed in rectangle shaped arrays, 2 rows of 5.
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Alex: What's Wrong With Global Climate Change?
Students will identify factors that affect the solubility of a salt and test one of the factors (temperature). They will apply their experience to ocean salinity, the effects of temperature on the composition of ocean water, and what...
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Alex: The Pattern of Graphing Quadratic Equations
The students will develop an algebraic expression from geometric representations and ultimately graph quadratic equations with understanding. The students will also develop a better understanding of algebraic expressions by comparing...
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Alex: Operation to Exploration
Students will use solve mathematical expressions using the order of operations to find artifacts of American History. Students will complete order of operation problems, which will help them explore and solve the route to their final...
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Alex: Tan Ii
The Chinese character mark for Tan II (pronounced she-tow-bah) is the second of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students...
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Alex: "Tan"
The Chinese character mark formerly known as "Tan" is the first of two lessons to introduce first grade students to geometry using tangrams. This lesson incorporates history, math, and language arts. In this lesson students will be able...
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Alex: Napier's Bones a Useful Calculation Tool
This lesson deals with John Napier's historical contributions to the field of mathematics. Focus is given to Napier's Bones or Rods. Students will create a set or will use an online interactive set to perform calculations involving...
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Alex: There's Perimeter in the School!
Students will work in groups to measure the perimeter of items around the school. They will record their data on a spreadsheet in the form of a line plot.
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Alex: Ye Ole Angles and More
Students will explore shapes and their attributes through a variety of resources including web sites, story books and manipulatives. Students will create a presentation of a shape adventure.
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Alex: Slide Into the Past
Young scholars will be introduced to the slide rule through A brief history on its use. They will practice simple calculations (multiplying and finding values of trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions) using a virtual...
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Alex: Ice Fishing Is for the Birds
In this lesson, students will represent addition sentences with pictorial representations. Students will also solve an addition problem by using cut out objects to represent the problem.
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Alex: Can You Crack the Code?
Students will conduct guided research on the Navajo code talkers and briefly discuss their impact on WWII. Students will also be introduced to other forms of cryptology and use number pattern skills to crack their own code and create a...
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Alex: It's Number Time
This lesson can be used during whole group such as circle time or math moment. Students work with numbers in a variety of ways. This lesson can be used after students have been introduced to time, place value, skip counting,
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Alex: Transform Me! Types of Energy
Students will understand the law of conservation of energy and the transformation of energy from one type to another.
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Alex: From Knotty to Calculating
In this lesson, learners will work within their math and English language arts classes to research the development of mathematical tools and their applications. A research paper will be produced for and graded by the English language...
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Alex: Camp Add 'Em Up Iii
Camp Add 'Em Up is a series of lessons for first grade students. Students will use prior knowledge of friendly numbers (two number combinations that make a "10") and "adding on" as they master the ability to add three numbers. In this...