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Completing the Circuit
Students use a battery, wires, small light bulb and a light bulb holder to learn the difference between an open circuit and a closed circuit, and understand that electric current only occurs in a closed circuit. They describe the...
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Using Excel, the Internet, And Word To Create a Spreadsheet, Chart, And Instructions
Learners improve data entry in a spreadsheet.
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Economic Choices for Exploring the Fronteir
Fourth graders explain the hardship of economic limitations in Westward Expansion . They describe the effects of fluctuations in supply and demand. They put themselves in the place of pioneers hoping to build a homestead.
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Gravity
Students perform inquiry in response to the question "Do objects fall at the same rate?", teacher candidates discuss a model experiment for secondary students to discover the answer, including recording and analyzing data.
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American Indian Flute and Math
Students investigate the Math behind Musical instruments in this cross-curricular Math lesson on the Native American Flute and waveforms. The lesson can be accomplished in 6 days and includes an extensive materials list for successful...
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Estimation
Third graders practice using money. In this estimation lesson, 3rd graders show their ability to figure out the cost of lunch. Students then set up a "store" and students choose the products and estmate the cost. Students visit...
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How Many Is Too Many?
Students explore the population explosion. They view a video depicting the exponential growth of human population. Students research the internet to project future population data. They perform hands-on, multimedia activities to study...
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Taking Estimation and Measurement Outside
Eighth graders gain a better understanding of visual distances and estimation. They actively practice using metric measurement and conversion. Students practice cooperative exploring and team building.
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Prime Time Math: Emergency
Eighth graders, while using Prime Time Math: Emergency software, use math and medical data to participate in the diagnosis of a girl. Just like the medical team in the story, they will be using math to respond to a medical emergency- a...
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Combien co¿¿te?
Students engage in conversation using the target vocabulary and grammar structure while discussing prices in euro. They also engage in listening and writing skills related to these topics. Finally, students identify and analyze the...
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Teaching and Learning Through Objects
Students identify and interpret the function, usefulness or utitlity, form, beauty or aesthetics, and meaning, context or story, of objects and how they learn new skills and make things that they learn traditionally, by observation and...
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Investing Money
Sixth graders participate in an simulated investment activity. They examine the purpose of different types of investments before they predict which will be the most successful. Finally, they simulate investing $1,000 in stocks, $1,000 in...
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Drawing Plans to Scale
In this drawing plans to scale worksheet, students examine how to convert small scale drawings to real life plans. They work with perimeters and areas when given the scale ratio. They complete 7 multi-step questions. They enter the...
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Comparison Practice
In this comparisons instructional activity, students fill in the blanks in 4 sentences with the words "like" or "unlike". Students then change the form of the adjective provided in 10 sentences that compare two things.
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The World is a Village
Students observe Americans through the eyes of the world. For this human population lesson, students utilize the Internet to view the World Pop Clock and follow the world's population by the minute. Students predict what the...
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AC Phase
In this AC phase learning exercise, students answer 24 questions about AC and DC voltages, phasor diagrams, sine wave graphs and Lissajous figures.
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From Trees to Paper
Sixth graders investigate logging and the process of paper making. In this forestry lesson, 6th graders analyze pictures of trees being processed into the paper they use everyday. Students solve and create math problems based...
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Once Upon A Math Story
Young scholars write a math story. In this math operations and writing lesson plan, students work in small groups to brainstorm ideas for a math story, write a rough draft, revise their story, edit their story and add clip...
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Time Zones
Students solve time zone problems and chart travel around the world. In this time zone activity, students learn about the history of time zones and view a time zone map. Students use the time zone map to solve time zone...
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Death On Board La Belle: Finding Clues from Old Bones
Students practice analyzing skeletal remains for clues by using the Internet. In this scientific investigation lesson, students research the La Belle shipwreck using the Internet and written materials, later completing a Skeletal...
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Subtraction
Students explore subtraction. In this mathematics lesson, students practice how to subtract numbers from 20, 100 and other whole numbers. Students realize that there are number bonds which can help with subtraction like 3 and 17 bonds to...
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Graphing Surveys and Analyzing Data
Students analyze data and graph the results of their surveys. In this statistics lesson, students create graphs using excel to make graphs to be able to better observe their data. They conclude how great we as unique individuals.
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How Good Is Green?
Students explore the amount of electricity used and wasted in homes and at school using kilowatt meters. In this environmental energy activity, students compute power usage by appliances over time and identify ways in which...
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Different, Yet the Same
Students explore cultural differences. In this cultural differences instructional activity, students complete a webquest traveling to different countries. At the conclusion of the webquest students create a slide show on KidPix.