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Jack and the Beanstalk: Plant a Bean and Watch It Grow

For Teachers K - 1st
Students plant bean seeds, watch them grow, and measure them with non-standard objects. They describe the bean's growth in a journal and record the growth on a calendar.
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Shape City

For Teachers K
Students add to a class Shape City by designing and constructing new buildings.
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Flexible Fractions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice solving problems involving fractions.
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Hypothermia on the High Seas

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify and present the effects on humans when the body temperature falls, demonstrate and explain how the body loses heat, and understand hypothermia and cold water survival techniques.
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Surface Area of Rectagular Prisms

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the area of polygons. For this geometry lesson, 6th graders calculate area of prisms using geometric formulas. They work with prisms and other rectangular shapes.
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Measurements

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders solve word problems involving real world situation. For this geometry lesson, 7th graders solve problems related to volume. They apply the formulas taught in geometry.
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Piggies

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book, Piggies, and act out the events of the story with premade puffball pigs.
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Volume & Candy Creations Model

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate surface area.  In this surface area instructional activity, 6th graders design a box of candy that has a volume of 30 cubic inches.  Students are trying to minimize surface area while keeping volume constant. ...
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Egyptian Diary Project

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders complete a journal activity in conjunction with a study of ancient Egypt. In this history and writing lesson plan, 7th graders write a journal entry based on the life of an ancient Egyptian pharoah they create.
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Wacky Water Critters

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students visit a local creek or stream. They collect water samples from the creek and observe and sort the "water critters" they find in the sample, observing smaller organisms under a microscope if necessary. They identify each organism...
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I'm so Crushed

For Teachers 5th - 6th
As an experiment is demonstrated for them, students write down their observations and brainstorm questions that can help them understand what they saw. After watching the experiment again—which demonstrates a soda can collapsing due to...
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Fruity Counters

For Teachers K
Students use fruit counters. In this patterns lesson plan, students identify different fruits, sort the fruits by color, shape and size, and make a pattern using the fruits.
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Role Models and Heroes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify characteristics of heroes.  In this role model and heroes instructional activity, 5th graders research a Canadian hero and design a bulletin board to display their presentation.
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Pattern Play

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create their own number patterns to reinforce their understanding of the concept of patterns. They also search for the unexpected guests in each other's patterns.
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Measuring Weight

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use tables showing the ratios between ounces and pounds, grams and kilograms, and pounds and kilograms. They estimate whether an object should be weighed in ounces or pounds and whether an object should be weighed in grams or...
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Rainbow Spelling (Kinesthetic Approach To Encoding)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate their encoding skills by spelling words using color coded paper, match correct letters with the colored paper to spell the words in standard form, and self correct any errors made in the spelling with colored...
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Number Strips

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice recognizing numbers with number strips.
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Food Advertising Tricks

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students recognize techniques used to make food look appealing on television and in advertising, and explore the separate elements that compose media messages and products.
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Create A Map!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine two- and three-dimensional shapes, and discuss map skills and attributes. They plan and create their own school campus maps using pre-cut building site shapes.
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Picnic Safety

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students plan a picnic menu using the food safety rules. They pack a cooler with different types of cold packs and also pack a basket with food that does not have to be kept cold.
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Pattern Search

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review the commutative and associative property in mathematics. Using a worksheet, they work together to identify the patterns between the 32 triangles. To end the lesson, they create their own array and exchange it with...
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Model Construction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students explore shapes and forms in architecture. Students understand that the function of architecture influences its form as well as construst a simple architectural model. As an assessment, have students with a...
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Geometric Solids

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify various shapes in everyday objects. in pairs, 1st graders go on a shape field trip to locate various objects of different shapes. They photograph the objects and later use the prints to write sentences describing...
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Pumpkin Seed Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice multiplication facts. In this multiplication lesson plan, students participate in a pumpkin seed multiplication game where they match up addition sentences and multiplication facts. Game board and number sentences are...

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