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Making Pictures from Smaller Shapes
Students investigate shapes. In this dimension and orientation of shapes lesson, students identify and color shapes, use shape stamps to form animals, glue shapes together to make other objects and describe how shapes are used.
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Same or Different #4 A Preschool Worksheet
In this same or different instructional activity, students examine 4 pictures of fruits and circle the fruit that is different. Next, students examine 4 pictures of dogs and put a square around the dog that is different. Then students...
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Shapes and Colors- Square Pyramid
In this geometric shapes worksheet, students recognize the square shapes in a pyramid picture. Students trace the squares and color them each a different color.
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Prokaryote Coloring
In this prokaryote coloring activity worksheet, 7th graders read an informative passage about prokaryotes. Students answer questions about the passage and color the picture.
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Patterns with Shapes and Pictures
In this patterns worksheet, 6th graders identify and complete 12 different problems that include patterns of various shapes and pictures. First, they analyze the pattern seen in each problem. Then, students determine what comes next...
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Shapes Worksheet: Learning Ovals
For this shapes worksheet, students practice tracing 4 ovals and then draw 2 ovals on their own. Students try to recognize the 5 ovals in a box of different shapes and color each one.
Science Friday
Colorful Chromosomes
Everything is in the genes. Individuals observe 14 different traits of themselves. Using pipe cleaners and beads, the learners create models of a chromosome representing their traits. The class then compares and contrasts everyone's...
American Museum of Natural History
What's This? Colorful Creatures
An online resource shows learners some species that are very good at using their camouflage as well as other ways species use their coloring for survival. Interactive and digital, the lesson is perfect as a remote learning resource.
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Color the Trucks
Young scholars become familiar with the jobs of different types of trucks. In this color of trucks lesson, students decorate trucks with decorations based on the job of the truck. Young scholars describe the trucks they've...
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Word Recognition
Students recognize and spell color and shape words. In this color and shape words lesson plan, students reinforce their vocabulary and spelling skills.
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Multi-Color Leaf Prints
Pupils create multi-color leaf prints. Using different shapes and sizes of leaves, they trace them onto a plate and cut it out after adding the veins. They color it with one color and turn it over to make a print and repeat the process...
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Trace the Dancing Shapes
In this shape tracing worksheet, students will trace and color seven different dancing shape people. The shapes include a star, heart, and diamond.
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Crepe or Tissue Paper Blots
What happens when you drip vinegar onto tissue paper? The colors bleed, leaving an interesting and organic design. Get your class observing and creating with this quick-and-easy art project. Tip: This can also be done using coffee...
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Quadrilaterals Pack 1
Thirteen different quadrilaterals make up this page of shapes with endless possibilities to learn and discover.
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Shape, Color, and Number Match
In this shapes and colors learning exercise, students solve and complete 8 different problems that include matching numbers, shapes, and colors. First, they use the guide at the top of the sheet to match the number to the correct color....
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Fine Art to Animation With Keith Haring
Fifth graders create their own morphes in the computer lab emphasizing lines and color and explain them. In this art lesson plan, 5th graders base their creations on the work of Keith Haring.
Illustrative Mathematics
Polygons
Identify shapes based on their attributes. Second graders are tasked to color triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons specific colors. The one thing these shapes have in common? They are all polygons.
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I Can Build It.....Yes I Can!
Kindergartners listen to a story read by their teacher, then use magnetic shape pieces to construct simple designes. They "build" their own house using pre-cut paper shapes. This age-appropriate lesson would be an excellent choice for...
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Applied Science - Science and Math (K) Lab
In this shape lesson, learners cut out tangram shapes and create different pictures with them. They look at 3-D shapes as well. There is a nice, hands-on component built into this lesson.
Southwestern Medical Center
A Classroom Demonstration of Protein Folding
Does the mention of proteins and polypeptide relationships in your classroom result in mass confusion? Does the attempt to teach this important concept generate multiple questions and, at times, lead to a room filled with blank...
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Greek Pottery Designs
Get creative while exploring the art and history of the ancient Greeks. Learners create construction paper representations of Greek pottery, focusing on the differences between geometric and organic shapes. This project could enhance an...
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Woodsies "Extraordinaire"
Allow your class to use their imaginations and create fun creatures with various wooden shapes and other embellishments. What a great way to encourage your young artists to stretch their minds!
Bytes Arithmetic
Geometry Pad+
Graphing paper, pencil, ruler, protractor, and compass, all get replaced or supplemented with this dynamic geometry application. Here, you can create, move, and scale many different shapes, as well as, explore and change their properties...
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The Science of Color and Light
Students listen to a story about colors and then conduct various experiments to determine how people see colors, identify which colors stand out best from a distance, show the results of mixed colored lighting and explain the phenomenon...