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Science and Art Design
Young scholars explore the scientific process by completing a pegboard activity. In this art design lesson, students identify the similarities between the art process and the scientific method while experimenting with art beads and...
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Associative Properties
Students investigate the associative property of addition. In this associative property of addition activity, students work in pairs and build addition problems with six blocks. They sit on either side of a desk so that they can "read"...
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Calculator Count to 1000
Learners develop an understanding that large numbers are made up of smaller ones. They develop multiples by skip counting with a calculator to 1000. They share their lists and patterns.
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Divisibility
In this divisibility worksheet, students read divisibility rules and then check the boxes in the chart if the 3 digit number can be divided by numbers 2 through 10. Students do this for 5, 3 digit numbers.
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Number Scrolls
Students write the number line. For this numbers lesson, students write numbers in numeric order on a number scroll. They find patterns within this number line.
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2 digit subtraction
Second graders subtract numbers 0 through 10 from 2 digit numbers using different subtraction methods. In this subtraction lesson plan, 2nd graders practice crossing out numbers in a number line, using a 10, and using their fingers to...
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Strong Arm Iteration
Young scholars solve exponential functions and inequalities. In this algebra lesson, students find the roots of equations and use it to graph and evaluate exponential functions. They simplify exponents using the law of exponents.
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Balancing
Students use a balance to complete subtraction problems and weigh out the items they take away. In this subtraction lesson plan, students use a pan balance and record their equations.
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Using Variables And Ratios To Get You in the Right Gear
Students examine the use of variable and ratio in everyday situations including figuring out the gear ratios for the gears on a 12 speed bike. They use the bubble sort technique to write a computer program which will determine the...
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Using Integers
Given nine clues, investigators write down a positive or negative integer that represents the scenario. Then they compare pairs of integers and identify which is less or which is greater according to specified directions. This is a...
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Numbers and Operations- 24
Young scholars construct number sentences. In this computation lesson, students participate in a game using four numbers to make the number 24.
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Thinking About Credit
Middle schoolers explore the concept of credit. In this credit lesson, students discuss what it means to buy items using credit. Middle schoolers discuss how interest accrues and how much is really being paid with a credit card. Students...
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All About Shoes
Students sort shoes. In this sorting lesson plan, students use shoes to explore attributes and practice sorting. This lesson plan encourages the use of a Venn Diagram to aide in student sorting.
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Investment Investigator
Students investigate and model how to invest money. In this business lesson, students investigate 4 methods to investment. They discuss risky and safe investment.
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The Dart Problem
In this dart problem worksheet, students write an algorithm to determine the greatest impossible score for a dartboard game. This one-page worksheet contains 1 problem. The answer is listed at the end of the problem.
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Standard Deviation
In this algebra worksheet, students identify the mean, median and mode. They use the standard deviation to solve problems. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
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Zero is Our Hero (Grades 6-9)
Students become interactive participants in introductory and practice activities involving positive and negative numbers. After watching a video, students play games together which help them use positive and negative numbers effectively.
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Lemonade Stand: Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way
Students run their own lemonade stand and are to figure out what to sell the lemonade at to gain the maximum profit.
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Mandala Art
Learners investigate art elements such as color schemes and proportion by creating their own personal Mandala Circle on paper or canvas. This also allows students to investigate mathematical concepts such as tesselations or social...
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Investigating Median, Mode, and Mean
Students develop strategies to organize data while following teacher demonstration. They calculate the mean, median and mode of a data set while determining the relationships between the numbers. They analyze data from tables and double...
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Jelly Belly: What a Wonderful "Bean"!
Students explore how jelly beans are produced. They discuss the origins of the jelly bean and view a video about how jelly beans are prepared, tested, shaped, finished, and shipped and estimate the amount of jelly beans in a jar and sort...
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Dino Cylinders
Learners investigate the capacity of containers using small dinosaur figures as the unit of measure. They work with a number of different shaped containers to compare the capacity as they practice counting the dinosaurs. They complete an...
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Revolving Shapes Around an Axis
Learners design a wheel that could be used on a CO2 car. In this engineering instructional activity, students investigate cylinders and volume as they perform rotation around an axis. They create patterns using circular turns about an axis.
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EMS Lesson 2: Outrageous Offspring
Students investigate the principles of probability that can be used to predict hereditary traits.