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What is a Wheel and Axle?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Stuents explore wheels and axles and how they maka machine move. After a teacher demonstration, students construct a wheel and axle. Students explore the circumference of the wheel. They compare the wheel sizes, speed, distance, and load...
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Graphing Pasta

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students sort and graph various types of pasta. Using pasta construction paper patterns or real pasta, they sort the pasta by color, size, and type, and record the data on a graph.
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Reflections in the Plane

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Have your class explore the concept of reflections as they use Cabri Jr. to construct a triangle and reflect it over a line. Learners reflect shapes across the coordinate plane and across the lines y = x and y = -x.
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Today's Brainstorming Problem

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this brainstorming worksheet students will analyze tasks in order to focus on quick thinking. Students will alphabetize words, list zoo animals, construct a mathematical equation, and complete analogies.
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Polygons

For Students 7th - 8th
In this polygon activity, students identify similar polygons and corresponding sides. They use a compass and ruler to construct polygons, determine the sum of the angles in a given polygon. There are 4 multi-step problems in this...
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Using a Rectangle to Make Shapes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In his making shapes and describing their features worksheet, learners use rectangles to make a hexagon and an octagon. In this drawing worksheet, students construct a minimum of two patterns.
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Make Shapes and Describe Their Features

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this shapes and their features worksheet, students construct triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and heptagons using four designated shapes. In this problem solving worksheet, students create as many of the types of shapes...
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Making Number Stories

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this making word stories learning exercise, students use addition problems to create word problems. In this short answer learning exercise, students construct two word problems.
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A Class Census

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students recognize that data represents specific pieces of information about real-world activities, such as the census. In this census instructional activity, students take a class and school-wide census and construct tally charts and...
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For The Birds

For Teachers K - 3rd
Student make bird feeders and describe feeding behaviors. In this bird feeder lesson plan, students construct simple bird feeders. They then put them outside and observe the feeding behaviors of birds. Then they graph the number of birds...
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Mirror Symmetry/Mirror Images

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore lines of symmetry in geometric shapes. In this geometry instructional activity, students construct angles using mirrors and rubberbands, then predict the number of images that will appear in the reflection. Students...
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The Effects of Sunspots on Climate

For Students 8th - 10th
In this sunspots and climate change learning exercise, learners use a diagram of a tree stump and its rings to determine the age of the tree. They use sunspot data from the internet and they construct an Excel spreadsheet to compare the...
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Fly Me to the Moon!

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this Moon travel worksheet, learners construct a simple rocket trajectory called the Hohmann Transfer orbit using a compass, string, paper and a pencil. Students solve 2 problems which include finding the number of hours it takes to...
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Popular Paper

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the benefits of recycling paper. In this recycling lesson, students use statistics to calculate the amount of paper that is thrown away each week and construct a graph. Students analyze the data and calculate the...
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Logic

For Students 10th
In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders investigate and solve various logic problems including the constructions and use of two way tables and Venn diagrams to assist in problem solving.  The eleven page instructional...
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Cleaning Water: How Filters Work

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students construct their own water filter to obtain clean water. In this filtration lesson, students produce tainted water in order to properly filter it with filtration devices made in class.
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Finding Area and Perimeter in a Miniature House Using Standardized Units

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the concept of area and perimeter. In this area and perimeter lesson, students construct miniature houses. Students determine the area and perimeter of their model in order to buy glue, carpet, and wall paper.
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Maximum Power Point

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate energy using a photovoltaic cell. In this electricity lesson, students collect data from current-voltage and power-voltage curves to determine if photovoltaic systems have an advantage over conventional...
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How to Graph in Excel

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct data graphs on the Microsoft Excel program. In this statistics lesson, 4th graders formulate questions and collect data. Students represent their results by using Excel.
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Diversity: Appearance

For Teachers K - 5th
  Students collect several 'diversity beans' and sort them into piles based on the color of the beans and if they believe they will enjoy the flavor concluded from the outside appearance.  In this diversity lesson, students...
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3 Kinds of Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students construct three different graphs-a line graph, a bar graph, and a circle graph.  In this graphing instructional activity, students use different graphs to display various data that they collect. 
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Circles and Parabolas

For Students 6th - 11th
In this circles and parabolas learning exercise, students follow directions to draw parabolas. They fold paper to represent a parabola. Students also use straight lines to create a circle. This one page learning exercise contains three...
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Creating a Simple Telegraph Machine

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students experiment and discuss circuits and how they work. In this science instructional activity, students construct a telegraph machine using cardboard, wires, battery, electric tape and masking tape. They investigate what happens as...
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Angles

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students measure angles using a protractor. In this geometry lesson, students solve for the missing angles using equations set to the theorem of triangles. They measure missing angles through construction and identify congruent angles.

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