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Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Estimate Sums & Differences of Whole Numbers

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Estimating is an essential skill used in everyday life. This presentation explains how to apply prior knowledge about rounding numbers to estimating sums and differences. Example problems and assessment include large numbers, making this...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Same and Different Through Music and Art

For Teachers K
This instructional activity is intended for a music class but would be a great way to teach compare and contrast to any class. Kindergarteners dance the Hokey Pokey to four different styles of music and examine two paintings of Humpty...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Which One's Different?

For Students Pre-K
One of these things is not like the others! Preschoolers identify which sock and glove is different from the rest, and draw a ring around the outlier. Then, they draw a sock and glove that are different from given pictures. Color the...
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Lesson Plan
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Differences Among Colonial Regions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Classes look at and analyze primary source images to explore the differences between the colonial regions during the Revolutionary era. They break into groups to tackle each region and then present their findings to the class. A final...
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Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

Same and Different

For Teachers 1st Standards
A take on "If You're Happy and You Know It" opens a lesson about similarities and differences. Scholars speak in-depth on the unique characteristics that make up their classroom. The teacher or counselor records responses. Class members...
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Continental Differences

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students break into groups and closely investigate primary sources associated with the seven different continents. After deciding which continent their primary sources relate to, representatives from each group present their findings to...
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Teaching Tolerance

Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice | Affirming Our Commonalities and Differences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Photos can challenge stereotypes. To gain an understanding of the big picture, groups examine a series of photographs and analyze how a photographer's choices can shape a viewer's reaction to an image. For the first set of photographs,...
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Curated OER

Finding the Item That is Different - Autumn Theme

For Teachers Pre-K
In this comparison worksheet, students make an X over the picture in each of 5 rows that is different They examine autumn themed pictures such as apples, pumpkins, and scarecrows.
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Curated OER

How We Are Alike And Different

For Teachers K
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the similarities and differences as part of knowing other children. They use examples of different drinks to illustrate the differences or similarities that are present in the student...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Same or Different

For Students Pre-K - 1st
It is really important for learners to know when objects are the same and when they are different. Here are five rows of objects, they circle the objects in each row that are the same or different from the first object in that row. 
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Worksheet
Dorling Kindersley

Which flag is different?

For Students Pre-K
Little ones build visual discrimination skills and fine motor control, while identifying differences. They circle the flag that is different, then they draw a flag that looks different than the others and the same as the others shown....
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Curated OER

Which is Different?

For Teachers K
In this which is different worksheet, students will choose the different object from a row of 4 similar objects. Students will circle the figure that is not like the others.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Different

For Students Pre-K
Sometimes, we forget how much there is to learn for a preschooler. This simple activity allows them to practice differentiating animals that are the same, from animals that are different. They must circle the animal that doesn't belong...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Estimating Sums and Differences

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Work on rounding, estimating, adding, and subtracting with a helpful math activity! Fifth graders study different sets of addition and subtraction problems, and after rounding each number to the leading digit, they estimate what the sum...
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Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

How We Are Alike And Different

For Teachers K Standards
Scholars develop social awareness by exploring the concept of similarities and differences. Learners examine two beverages and use a Venn diagram to identify similarities and differences. They tally each item to identify if they are more...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Successive Differences in Polynomials

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Don't give your classes the third degree when working with polynomials! Teach them to recognize the successive differences and identify the degree of the polynomial. The lesson leads learners through a process to develop an understanding...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Sums and Differences of Decimals

For Students 6th Standards
Sometimes dealing with decimals is so much easier than dealing with fractions. The ninth lesson in a 21-part module has the class consider situations when it might be easier to add or subtract fractions by first converting to decimals....
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Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

Similar and Different

For Teachers 4th Standards
Using a Venn diagram, pupils compare the similarities and differences between two classmates. Next, they review the CARE acronym (Collaboration, Acceptance, Respect, Empathy) and discuss how it applies to diversity in the classroom.
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American Chemical Society

Different Substances React Differently

For Teachers 5th Standards
Looks don't tell the whole story. Young experimenters explore reactions with substances that look similar. They observe the reactions that take place when combined with baking soda and use indicators to conclude they react differently...
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Worksheet
Common Core Sheets

Comparing Numerically (Different Denominator)

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Compare fractions with different denominators in a handy Common Core based worksheet. Fourth graders decide which fraction is larger or smaller based on the parts that make up a whole (denominator) and the parts being described...
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Activity
Curated OER

Create Your Own Book: The Different Tales of Raven

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The raven is the focus of a lesson that examines trickster tales and the different stories about the bird. After listening to three tales about the raven, scholars pinpoint and discuss descriptive words. Pupils use one story to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Different Worksheet - Preschool Learning

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this comparison worksheet, students will examine a three different groups of four words to determine which word in each group is different from the others.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Comparing Quadratic, Square Root, and Cube Root Functions Represented in Different Ways

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Need a real scenario to compare functions? This lesson has it all! Through application, individuals model using different types of functions. They analyze each in terms of the context using the key features of the graphs. 
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Organizer
PBS

Venn Diagram: My Partner and I Are Different

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Celebrate your class's diversity with this Venn diagram template. A perfect resource for building a classroom community at the beginning of the school year, pupils are able to learn about their peers while discovering what makes them...

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