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Quilts

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore geometric shapes and patterns. They view the provided paper display of a quilt to identify geometric figures it contains. Afterwards, they draw and color their own quilt on a activity sheet.
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Buttons, Buttons, Everywhere!

For Teachers K
Students compare, sort, and describe shapes. Using a button collection, students identify the shape, color number of holes, etc. Students play a description game with the buttons. They create a chart and name items that are the same...
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How do they make glass into different shapes?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the process of glass blowing.In this simulation of glass blowing experiments students experiment how glass is formed and why not all glass is the same.
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The Element of Color

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study and analyze the elements of color by creating an personalized color wheel. Emphasis is placed on constructive criticism of student work by others for assessment. Students create short poems for their color wheel...
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Beans and Genes/Genetic Probability

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use 2 sets of colored beans to represent the genes of an organism. In this genetic probability lesson plan, students use the colored beans to represent the genotypes of offspring which they pull out of a box at random...
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Problem Solving

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice problem solving strategies. For this problem solving lesson, 2nd graders use strategies such as guess and check, acting out, drawing pictures and looking for patterns to solve problems. Students work in groups to...
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Color

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students color in one of Keith Haring's design 3 different ways to compare how color effects a drawing. For this color lesson plan, students display their paintings and compare them as a class.
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Patterns to the Rescue

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch "Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case" and analyze patterns. They complete a patterns assignment worksheet and then they make up patterns using numbers, shapes or colors, for their classmates to solve. They use patterns to...
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Bubbles

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars blow bubbles using various wands and observe the shape of the bubble. They design and construct new wands and then measure and illustrate the bubbles.
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The Shape of Things

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this family activity worksheet, students work with family members to discover the various shapes of objects around them. Students complete the presented activity and respond to 2 short answer questions about what they have discovered...
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An Apple A Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders brainstorm a list of how they can tell if someone feels bad about themselves. As a class, they describe three different apples shown to them. Individually, they cut out shapes of apples and color them to place them on a...
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Shapes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss different shapes each day of the week. Students connect shapes they are learning to shapes they see in the real world.
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Shapes and Colors: Rectangles and Squares

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shape and color worksheet, students trace rectangles, coloring them purple, and trace squares and color them grey. Students then trace and color a picture of a robot made of shapes.
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Shapes and Colors: Circles and Ovals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shape worksheet, students trace circles, coloring them yellow, then trace ovals and color them blue. Students also color a picture of a flower made of ovals and circles.
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Shapes and Colors: Squares and Ovals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shape and color worksheet, students trace squares, coloring them grey, then trace ovals and color them pink. Students also trace and color a picture of a face made of squared and ovals.
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Shapes and Color: Rectangles and Triangles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this shape and color instructional activity, students trace rectangles, coloring them pink, then trace circles, coloring them purple. Students then trace and color a set of 6 circles.
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Hands and Feet of Many Colors

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform activities that involve color and shape discrimination. They play games to practice memory skills. Students recognize body parts to participate in activities.
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Addition of shapes

For Students K - 2nd
In this addition worksheet, students add up different colors of the same shape and complete a number sentence with the numbers. Students complete 6 number sentences.
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Graph Groups (Two Colors)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this graphing worksheet, students count the colors of the shapes given to them, and put them into a graph representing a bar graph. Students complete 5 problems.
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Aquatic Shapes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this artistic activity, students utilize a set of twelve aquatic shapes for their dioramas, posters, book covers and stick puppets. Students in addition color each shape with vibrant colors.
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Science: When Autumn Leaves Fall

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students conduct Internet research to discover the reason why leaves change color in autumn. On a nature walk around school grounds, they collect leaves of various colors and shapes over a three-week period. finally, students select...
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Find the Pictures

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
There are hidden pictures here, but scholars must find the rhyming words to uncover them. They follow directions by coloring in only the shapes that rhyme with a given sound. Although the pictures aren't that well hidden, this puts a fun...
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Lascaux Cave Art on Ceramic Stones

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Here is a great way to incorporate art into your next unit on prehistoric people. The class makes stones out of ceramic clay and then creates paintings like those found in the Lascaux Caves in France. A video link, full day-by-day...
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Bird in the Cage

For Teachers 5th - 9th
When your life science class is learning about the eye and how it works, you can add this activity as a demonstration of how the retina holds an afterimage. After staring at a red, green, or blue bird shape, pupils glance at a cage and...

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