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Geometric Shapes at the OK Corral

For Teachers K
Students explore geometry by utilizing computer software. In this shape identification lesson, students define several geometric shapes by the characteristics that classify them. Students draw and cut out geometric shapes using their...
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Basic Budgeting

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students create a personal budget.  In this creating a personal budget lesson, students create a list of 3 necessary things they need to survive.  Students rank these things in order of importance and determine their...
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Estimation Investigation

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students view an interactive video to explore the concepts of estimation. They work cooperatively to measure, make comparisons, make predictions, and verify results.
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Let's Talk Trash

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify class and types of materials in our environment.  In this investigative lesson students work in groups to process information about what actions should be taken concerning solid waste.
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Tasty Mapping

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create an edible map. For this civics and geography lesson, students research their town's features and local government. Students work in groups to design and create a physical map of their town based on research.
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Mathematics: Steps to purchase a home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are partnered as couples who have a variety of financial realities, and must complete a real-life financial analysis to see what it would take them to purchase a home.
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Are We There Yet?

For Teachers K
Students continue to study rhyming words. They use words and illustrations to help develop their vocabulary.
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What's the Matter with that Cup?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure volume, circumference, and height of fast food cups, find which one has the greatest volume, and compare/contrast those measurements to discover any correlations between them.
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Choosing a Summer Job

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
What did you do over your summer vacation. Young wage earners must compare summer job options, and determine when each job earn the same amount and what that amount be. This be done by creating, graphing, and solving systems of...
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Statistical Analysis of Data by Gender

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine and identify gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in school materials, activities, and classroom instruction. They apply descriptive statistics knowledge to real-world data.
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Recycling

For Teachers K - 6th
Students investigate how to reduce, recycle, and reuse items in order to conserve natural resources. They complete a trash graphing activity after discussing different types of trash. Finally, the examine ways to buy recycled products to...
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Give and Take

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the differences between goods and services. In groups, they discover whether a given occupation offers a good, service or both. To end the lesson, they pick one occupation that interest them, draws a...
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Running a Student Cooperative

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars form a classroom cooperative. In this service learning lesson plan, students explore how to form and run a cooperative and decide as a class how to implement their cooperative plan. Young scholars use funds raised from the...
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CSI: Chemistry Student Investigators

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils study chemistry.  In this laboratory lesson students watch the CSI episodes and investigate their laboratory techniques and discuss what they saw.
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Class of 2000 - Student Loans

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners determine how they will finance their postsecondary education. In this student loan activity, students create spreadsheets that help them budget their first year of college. Learners identify methods to fund the budgets and...
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Innovation in a Bag

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a business plan to start up their own business. In this algebra lesson, students think of a product they can produce and sell. They create on paper what they should do and then put into practice creating a mock business.
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Ratio

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the ratio and apply it to construction. In this geometry instructional activity, students convert between different units and use decimals and fractions interchangeable. They find the fraction of a given amount...
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Chors, Secants, Tangents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify the relationship between chords, secants and circles. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the length of the chords. They sketch the secant lines on a circle.
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Musical Teddy Bears Number Cards 1-12

For Students Pre-K - K
In this musical teddy bears number cards worksheet, students cut out and color 12 cards. Each card has a number on the hat of a teddy bear. Coming out of the bear's trumpet are the correct number of music notes to match the number....
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Area of irregular Polygons: Historical Motivator - Lewis and Clark Adventure

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders find the area of irregular polygons. In this lesson on calculating area, 7th graders use the adventures of Lewis and Clark as motivation to learn how to calculate the area of irregular polygons.
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The Good Life

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the world of credit. In this finance lesson, students examine the use of credit and discuss financial fitness. Students create a brochure or poster to educate others on the types of credit and how to stay financially fit.
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Plotting Slave Population Density in Connecticut in the 1700's

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore slavery in the U.S. by researching the web. In this U.S. history lesson, 10th graders identify the geography of Connecticut and the overall involvement the state had in the slavery process. Students view data of the...
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Graphing Dairy Production Statistics

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect data about dairy production. In this geometry lesson, students formulate and model problem solving. They collect data and plot it on a graph.
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Using Active Learning to Reinforce Mathematics

For Teachers All
Students predict, then measure how far a bug can travel on a "course" over a specified amount of time, then construct graphs based on the data they acquire.