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Inching Our Way through Measurement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review how to use an inch ruler and listen to the story, Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni. In this measuring lesson, students work in small groups to create an Inch Poster. Students then use an inch ruler to measure different objects...
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Show Me The Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use "play money" as manipulatives, moving from coin identification to coin combinations totaling one dollar. They combine classroom work with Internet sites. Students use a buddy system to practice writing and solving word...
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Counting Fat in Our Diet

For Teachers K - 5th
Students take home a fat diary and, with the help of their parents, keep track of how much fat they ingest every day. The fat diary should include entries for each day, as well as items eaten, servings, and total fat intake.
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Medieval Castles

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design a scale model of a medieval castle and its surroundings including the following items: castle, moat, bailey, drawbridge, turrets, dungeon, grounds, and outer walls. A perfect lesson for those kids who are fascinated...
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Finding half

For Teachers 3rd
Studentts comprehend how to find half of an object. They divide groups of items in half and students complete a worksheet on halves. Students read "Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! as an introduction to fractions. They watch as the teacher writes...
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Sink or Float?

For Teachers K
Students examine how weight and balance can effect if an item sinks or floats. They listen to the book "Who Sank the Boat?" by Pamela Allen, and discuss how the smallest animal sank the boat. Students then conduct an experiment in...
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Clothespin Magnets

For Teachers K - 6th
Students decorate letter, clothespin magnets using basic art supplies in this Art lesson for the elementary classroom. Teacher preparation should include cutting out letter shapes for each student and connecting clothespins prior to the...
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Children's Literature: math calculations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read the book Sam I Am and complete math calculations on the prices of ingredients that Sam did not want to eat. In this math calculations lesson plan, students list the items Sam would not eat into a computer program and...
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Science: Identifying Properties of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe a demonstration of the the three forms of matter - air, water, and solids - in plastic bags. After discussing the properties, they transfer them to a Venn diagram. Finally, students identify five items in the classroom...
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What are Numbers?: Learning to Add

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify numbers from 0-20. They show quantities to 20. Students work in small groups and take pictures of items demonstrating the numbers that they have beeen taught. They form the number shape using their bodies and take...
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Design Diaries

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars consider their interest in interior design and comment on popular trends. They explore reactions to prolific design ideas that become mundane by reading and discussing the article "Flash in the Can: Designs Soon...
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The Touch N Feel Box

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners discover the characteristics of living and non living objects without the use of sight.  In this sense of touch lesson, students touch items put in a shoe box and must identify whether the item was once living or not by...
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Looking at French Decorative Arts: Makers of Nothing, Sellers of Everything

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners imagine they are a 'marchand-mercier' (or salesman) and write a persuasive letter to sell French items. In this art analysis lesson, students identify the role of a 'marchand-mercier' and write a three-paragraph letter to sell...
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We All Need Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a guessing game. In this tree products instructional activity, students view various household items and try to determine if they were made from trees. They discuss their findings and then read books about trees.
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Source Search

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils discuss the sources of items they use everyday. In this social studies lesson, students sort pictures of items used everyday by their source. Pupils participate in a source relay.
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Health Education: Peer Pressure

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine peer pressure. In this health lesson plan, 2nd graders demonstrate the ability to assertively refuse an unwanted item or pressure from a peer.
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Engineering and the Senses: Smell

For Teachers K
Students define the sense of smell. In this smell sense lesson, students review their five senses and define the importance of smell. Students practice smelling and identifying items in bags. Students discuss the importance of smell to...
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Inchworm

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover the basic concept of measuring.  In this mathematics relationship instructional activity, students identify length, volume, weight, time and area in order to measure different units.  Students measure items...
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Math is Everywhere: Part 2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify shapes and measurements in everyday life.  In this measurement lesson, 2nd graders locate rectangles in their classroom and use standard and nonstandard forms to measure them.  Students view a video clip...
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Putting It Together

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create number combinations. In this problem solving lesson, students participate in a classroom activity that requires them to create as many object combinations as possible and multiplication sentences that compliment the...
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Classifying the Class

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create dichotomous keys to create classifications of students in the classroom by writing instructions. In this classifications lesson plan, 5th graders learn how dichotomous keys are used in science observations.
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A Limnology Study of Drainage Ditches

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students chemically test water, observe microscopic organisms in the classroom, and screen the sample for macroinvertebrates. They design a reporting sheet that list all the items to be tested and a space to record the results.
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I Can Be An Archaeologist Book Share

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read and discuss the book, I Can Be An Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering, and become archaeologists, themselves, as they examine, sort, and record items in a paper bag and trash from their classroom, as well as 2 others.
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students complete a variety of activities designed to encourage them to explore recycling. They complete a quiz and worksheet, sort recyclable items and discuss how recyclable goods are identified.

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