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Making Patterns

For Teachers K
Students utilize skittles and unifix cubes to practice the recognition and creation of a variety of patterns. The created patterns are copied onto sheets and the colors are labeled.
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Learning about the World of Color, Object and Shape Patterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice identifying and creating patterns by using unifix cubes.  In this visual design lesson, 1st graders investigate reoccurring patterns using colors and shapes and extend what is being made with their unifix...
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Calculating Volume

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers evaluate mathematical problems using the formulas for volume. They recognize "perspective" in different shapes including cubes, pyramids and cylinders. Students practice on brainstorming all the different shapes and how...
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Surface Area

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars calculate the surface area of cubes, solids and cylinders. In this geometry instructional activity, students define the surface area formulas for different prisms. They calculate the surface area with 100%, and 80% accuracy.
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Fraction and Decimal Garden

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write fractions and decimals using unifix cube models and grid paper. They draw a garden using grid paper and label each section with the correct fraction and decimal to the tenths. This is a clever way to use manipulatives...
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Symmetry with Manipulatives

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate symmetry in patterns by utilizing unifix cubes.  In this pattern lesson plan, 1st graders practice creating patterns that are perfectly symmetrical no matter which way it's looked at.  Students utilize...
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Probability

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students complete various activities for probability. In this probability instructional activity, students use coins, cubes, peanut butter and jelly, playing cards, number cubes, darts, and a Gauss Curve to study probability. Students...
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Collecting Data and Graphing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice collecting and graphing data using interlocking cubes. In this graphing instructional activity, partners count cubes and graph them. They also use a meter stick to measure arm span and height then compare the results...
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Polyhedra Book

For Students 9th - 12th
In this math instructional activity, students are asked to read the book that focuses upon the creation and explanation of three dimensional shapes.
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Carrying to Tens

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students learn to carry to the tens place in addition. Students solve 8 problems, each with pictures of tens rods and cubes which illustrate the concept.
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Estimating Sums and Differences

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students learn to estimate sums and differences by completing step by step exercises. There is one word problem which is the example, and then students can choose from other estimation activities to do with a...
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Courts of Measure

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students practice their area and perimeter measurement. In this measurement lesson, students watch a video about perimeter and area. Students measure a gym for perimeter and area. Students write number sentences for the area and...
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Carrot Bunch

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders solve a variety of math addition word problems related to planting and cooking carrots. They discuss a story from their math storybook, then read and solve a carrot word problem on a worksheet as a class. Students then...
Interactive
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My Test Book: Geometry skills

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding geometry skills. Students may view the correct answers.
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Measure Mania

For Teachers K
Students measure their own silhouette using Unifix cubes. They measure a drawing using non-standard measurement. They swap drawings and compare their measurements.
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Bears Odd Bears Even

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners listen to a read aloud of Harriet Ziefert's Bears Odd Bears Even. They count cubes and counters to classify and show numbers as odd or even.
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To Be (Half) Or Not To Be (Half)

For Teachers 1st
First graders demonstrate various ways to represent and verify a whole or set separated in two, three, or four equal parts. Using interlocking cubes, Students model a part of a whole or a part of a set. They use appropriate tools and...
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Number Theory

For Students 6th - 7th
In this number theory worksheet, students solve and complete 14 different problems that are related to number theory. First, they determine if a number to a particular power is the same as stating the two numbers times each other and...
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Groups of Ten Ones

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this "groups of ten" worksheet, young scholars circle groups of ten cubes, then write how many rows of tens they have. Worksheet includes a brief introduction to counting groups of ten.
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Twenty Volume Of Solids Problems

For Students 9th - 11th
In this volume worksheet, students solve twenty volume of various solids problems.  The solids examined include: cylinders, cubes, rectangular prism, including how the volumes of these figures change with increased in length. ...
Interactive
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Cuboids

For Students 10th
In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders calculate the surface area and volume of a cube. The one page interactive instructional activity contains ten questions. Answers and hints are included. 
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Explore Three-Dimensional Shapes

For Teachers K
Students are assigned to shape groups and explore three-dimensional shapes. They review math skills and two-dimensional shapes.
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Light Plants and Dark Plants, Wet Plants and Dry Ones

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners plant sunflower seeds in plastic cups, and once germinated, these are exposed to different conditions of light levels and/or soil moisture contents. Students measure growth of the seedlings every few days using non-standard...
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Problems Involving AND & OR

For Students 8th - 9th
In this probability worksheet, students solve 10 different problems that include the word and or or. First, they determine the probability that the value of a roll will be a multiple of 5 or 11. Then, students determine the probability...