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3D Houses
Pupils construct 3-dimensional structures from 2-dimensional paper. They design and compile their structures to resemble a neighborhood community.
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February Facts Internet Hunt
In this February facts Internet hunt worksheet, students use search engines and linked websites to answer 30 questions about topics from all subject areas. This page has numerous links to helpful web resources.
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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 17: Overview
Students use chips to represent units to show examples and non examples of fractions. In this fraction lesson plan, students show what chips can be used for different fraction scenarios.
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Box and Whisker Plots
Seventh graders explore the concept of box and whisker plots. In this box and whisker plots lesson, 7th graders plot data on a box and whisker plot. Students discuss the mean, median, and mode of the data. Students discuss range,...
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Spaces and Places
Pupils identify three-dimensional forms in various buildings and construct three-dimensional paper forms.
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A Bridge in Balance
Learners explore how the Michigan Avenue Bridge works and the
importance of it being perfectly balanced. They make a model of a bascule trunnion bridge and balance their bridge by calculating the weight
of the necessary counter weight.
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Subtract From 8 or Less
In this subtraction with counters learning exercise, learners use counters to create 3 of their own subtraction sentences. Then they answer a multiple choice test prep question.
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Inchworm
Young scholars discover the basic concept of measuring. In this mathematics relationship lesson, students identify length, volume, weight, time and area in order to measure different units. Young scholars measure items using different...
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Connecting Downtown
Students examine how engineering and design make cities more livable and efficient. They study different types of walkways including elevated and underground walks, and where and why they would be used. They design their own walkway...
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Finding a Difference
Students find a small difference by counting up from the smaller to the larger number. They count the ones that don't match, lay them horizontally to match them to the orientation of the number line and show the two numbers on...