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Butterfly Lesson Plans
Students study the life cycle of the Monarch Chrysalis. In this butterfly life cycle instructional activity, students study the monarch butterfly life cycle and focus on the fourth stage of the life cycle. Students draw a picture about...
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Minimal Pair Pronunciation Lesson
Students distinguish minor differences between English vowel sounds.
Curated OER
Creating a New Society
Students must decide which laws be followed and how many freedoms be allowed in a new society they create. This lesson works well for students of most levels - except beginners - as the subject brings out many opinions.
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SALLY RIDE
Pupils express what it would be like to launch off into outer space in a space shuttle. They include what it might feel like, look like, sound like, and any thoughts that go through their mind as they dart away from the Earth's atmosphere.
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Concrete Canoes
Students explore and analyze the relationship of buoyancy and displacement needed to make an object float. They examine various boat designs, then design and build clay and aluminum boats that hold a cargo of marbles.
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What is American Culture
Students create what they feel is American Culture using a video camera and capturing 5 frames. They are animating parts of a poem in small groups. They decide the set up, create movable figures, and have a music section. Each person...
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A Bicycle Trip
In this bicycle worksheet, students learn how the gears of a bicycle transfer energy. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions and 5 problems to solve.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpret Time in Exponential Models
Given a function that models an exponential situation, find the time interval over which the quantity changes by a given factor. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Digging in for Dirt Day!
This lesson plan is managed through stations that students will rotate around every 20- 30 minutes. Each second grade teacher conducts one station. Parent volunteers can also be used to manage stations. Students will use an auger to...
The Math League
The Math League: Using Data and Statistics
This site contains two short examples of line graphs, charts that show change over time. This is a quick introduction to the topic of statistical graphing.
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: What You Need to Know About Immigration Reform
Interpret graphs showing changes over time in the percentage of foreign-born US residents and in annual deportations in this interactive from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the interactive and look at how...
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Poverty Trends: What Does It Mean to Be Poor in America?
Use math to learn about changes in US wealth distribution and poverty rate over time in this interactive from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students interpret the graphs and consider how the poverty rate spike following...
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Made in America: The High Cost of Fashion
Investigate data on changes over time in where our apparel is made and how much we spend on it in these images from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the interactive and graph the data. They also look for...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra I: Linear vs. Exponential Growth: From Data
Given a table with values of two quantities over time, determine whether the quantities grow linearly or exponentially. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Family Storytelling Bingo: Pre K and K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, we are learning about how our family changes and stays the same over time.