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Weather "Whys" Lesson 4: Spring
Students explore the attributes of spring. In this weather lesson, students collect data regarding weather from various media. Students graph simple weather data and dress animals for forecasted weather. Students discuss the...
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Weather "Whys"
Students complete activities to explore fall weather. In this weather lesson, students use the given links to examine weather forecasts. Students complete a weather graph activity and watch Internet field trips. Students complete fall...
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Rate of Cooling Experiment
Ninth graders measure the insulation properties of different fabrics by immersing cans of water covered with fabric "socks" in an ice bath and measuring temperature changes. They then calculate heat loss and graph the data individually.
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Microsoft Publisher Country Brochure
Students explore geographic information. In this geography and technology instructional activity, students choose a county and answer related questions on a Webquest. Students create a word web and design a country brochure.
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Money Bags
Young scholars compare budgets of various federal agencies and graph the monetary relations between these top-funded agencies. They propose alternate budgets and justify their own monetary priorities.
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Reflections
Students investigate the concept of reflectons. They investigate how an image has a reflection that is symmetrical. They also choose household objects in order to have real life application for finding lines of symmetry.
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Coordinate Geometry
In this geometry learning exercise, students calculate the midpoint and distance between two points. They use the correct formula to solve the area and perimeter of polygons. There are 20 multiple choice questions with an answer key.
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Proportional Similarities
Students model the geometric relationship with graphing. In this geometry lesson plan, students differentiate between parallel, perpendicular, similar and congruent shapes. They use properties of polygons to differentiate their shapes...
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Variation 2
Seventh graders use previously completed graphs. They discuss what the graph tells them. They discuss height, and discuss the range of the class height. Students graph data of their height with a bar graph, and repeat with eye color.
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Meter Reading Using Place Value
Fourth graders watch a video about reading a gas meter and discuss what they saw in the clip. In this place value lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet where they fill in the missing dials on the meters.
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Snack Time
Pupils brainstorm what they would like for their favorite snack. They take pictures of those snacks and place them in paper bags, one labeled "Yes" and one labeled "No". When those snacks in the "Yes" bag are called they are to color the...
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Using Imported Data in Excel
Students import atmospheric data from the internet. In this earth science lesson, students graph the data they collected. They complete the worksheet after the activity.
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Review for the Algebra One SOLs
Students review the standards for Algebra I. Using the text, they discover two problems that match each standard and solve them showing all steps on paper. They create a PowerPoint slide for each problem and go through the correct...
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How's the Weather?
Students explore earth science by researching the Internet. In this weather pattern activity, students utilize the website weather.com to analyze the weather in different geographic locations. Students view charts and graphs based on...
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Informational Text Features
How can you tell if the text you're reading is informational or narrative? Show your reading class this basic PowerPoint to illustrate the characteristics of an informational text. What makes this presentation especially effective is...
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Site and Situation: Right Place at the Right Time
Young scholars put their geography skills to work. In this geography skills lesson, students research maps and other primary and secondary sources to simulate the site selection process for the Pennsylvania Railroad Shops post World War...
Mathematics Vision Project
Quadratic Equations
Through a variety of physical and theoretical situations, learners are led through the development of some of the deepest concepts in high school mathematics. Complex numbers, the fundamental theorem of algebra and rational exponents...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Fluency: Words, Speedy Rime Words
Learners time each other as they read as many rime words as possible.
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Fluency: Words, Fast Words
Taking turns, pre-readers time each other as they read high-frequency words.
CCSS Math Activities
Smarter Balanced Sample Items: High School Math – Target C
Let units pave the way to success. A set of five questions in a helpful PowerPoint presentation highlights the SBAC Claim 1 Target C high school item specifications. It covers the use of units to steer solutions, identifying appropriate...
Noyce Foundation
Lawn Mowing
This is how long we mow the lawn together. The assessment requires the class to work with combining ratios and proportional reasoning. Pupils determine the unit rate of mowers and calculate the time required to mow a lawn if they work...
Inside Mathematics
Patterns in Prague
Designers in Prague are not diagonally challenged. The mini-assessment provides a complex pattern made from blocks. Individuals use the pattern to find the area and perimeter of the design. To find the perimeter, they use the Pythagorean...
Noyce Foundation
Parallelogram
Parallelograms are pairs of triangles all the way around. Pupils measure to determine the area and perimeter of a parallelogram. They then find the area of the tirangles formed by drawing a diagonal of the parallelogram and compare their...
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Delivery Trucks
Written to assess students' knowledge of interpreting expressions that represent a quantity in terms of its context, this machine-scored task also allows for a good discussion about units guiding the problem solving and solution.