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Arthur's Birthday
Learners investigate birthdays. In this literacy cross curriculum lesson, students listen to the book Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown. Learners re-read the book orally, graph birthdays, design a word search, and create birthday cards...
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This Lesson is Totally Trippy Man
Third graders interview parents, friends and neighbors to find examples of slang terminology from previous decades. They write slang words and their definitions and chart current and previous appropriate slang on a poster.
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The Chinese Produce Paper as We Know it Today
Tenth graders explore where paper originated and its importance from the Chinese to the rest of the world. They list ten ways that they use paper on a daily basis and rate that use on a scale from one to ten. Each group also brainstorms...
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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs
Second graders conduct survey and sort data according to categories, construct bar graph with intervals of 1, and write a few sentences about their graphs.
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Graphing Water Temperature
Learners graph water temperature using probe software and a Palm on a class field trip to a lake or pond. Emphasis is placed on collaboration with high school science students and the use of ImagiProbe software.
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Explore Your World--Geography Takes You Places
Students examine how the world around them is constantly changing. In groups, they travel between centers in their classroom to role play the role of explorers in Washington D.C. They share their experiences with their classmates and...
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Coin Tossing
Sixth graders examine the use of probability and compare it to actual real world results. In groups, they flip a coin a specific number of times while their other group members roll a set of dice the same amount of times as the coin. To...
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George Washington
Second graders brainstorm what they already know about George Washington and complete a KWL chart as a class. They create a list of words that describe him and write a poem with other classmates. To end the lesson, they make a Washington...
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Candy Land Math
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...