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Curated OER

Up, Up and Away with the Scientific Method

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners utilize the scientific method to design a way for a balloon to be suspended between the floor and the ceiling.
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Curated OER

Ins and Outs of Respiration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine their respiratory rate and explore the factors that affect breathing rate.
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Ant Writing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students become effective writers. They need to practice strategies for working through the writing process. By presenting the students with a creative problem, they must choose a position and support it accordingly.
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Curated OER

Telling Time to the Hour

For Teachers 1st
First graders, in groups, tell time to the hour.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Divisibility Buzz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners play Divisibility Buzz to reinforce divisibility rule for three.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Speed of Sound

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the phenomenon of sounds traveling slower than light. They discover why they see things before they hear them and how to estimate the speed of sound as homework.
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Curated OER

Pulse of Life

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students calculate their pulse rate and explore how heart rate is affected by various activities.
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Curated OER

Gazillions!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine the total value of a collection of coins. They convert money and make money exchanges. Students create and solve money-story problems. They demonstrate the ability to summarize conversations and discussions.
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Curated OER

Thirsty Rocks: Please "Porous" a Drink!

For Teachers 4th - 10th
A simple activity goes a long way in demonstrating the property of porosity to your rock hounds. They will mass a specimen of dry sandstone and then soak it in a pre-measured amount of water. After seven minutes, they once again measure...
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Curated OER

How Tall in the Fall?

For Teachers 1st
First graders use nonstandard measurement to measure. After reading Inch by Inch, 1st graders pair measure leaves that they have collected. They glue their leaves onto tag board to make a display.
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Keeps on Pumping

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars measure and calculate heart rates per minute and for other units of time. They determine the amount of blood pumped by their heart during various intervals of time.
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Marking the Minutes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students mark seconds, minutes, hours, days, etc. on class timetable report to keep track of time spent on Uninterrupted Silent Reading.
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Memory in Your World

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students rotate through three classroom stations and identify similarities and differences between machines with and without memory, such as typewriters and computers, and illustrate how machines with memory fit into their world.
Worksheet
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Time Before and After the Hour

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this time before and after the hour worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Sound poems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a class poem based on the use of sound to create effects. They investigate use of onomatopoeia and how to write in a tight structure.
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Calendar Time

For Teachers K Standards
Use circle time to work on counting. Kindergarteners practice the months of the year, say the full date, chart the day's temperature, count to 100, and sing the alphabet song. This kind of daily routine cultivates deep roots for...
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Weights in Pounds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders define "pound," estimate and compare weights, and classify objects as weighing more or less than a pound.
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Discovery Pacing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students run a lap as fast as they can. They discuss the problems of running that fast for longer distances and strategize a plan to pace themselves. They work with timing, distance and observation to practice monitoring their pace.
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Discovery Pacing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover strategies for pacing themselves when running longer distances on a quarter mile track.
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Truce Unlikely In DVD Wars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore basic DVD technology and discover the differences between Blu-ray discs and HD DVDs. In addition, students find advertisements of two very similar products from different manufacturers in the newspaper, and compare them.
Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Ticktock Clock Fun

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Use these various learning games in your classroom to teach about clocks and telling time. Reproducibles are included.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: The Right Time

For Students K - 1st Standards
Students learn how to tell time to the hour and half hour in this interactive web lesson.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Mr. Crocodile's Busy Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will listen to the book What Time is it Mr. Crocodile? by Judy Sierra. The students will read and use Mr. Crocodile's schedule to answer questions as well as read analog and digital clocks to the hour.This lesson plan was...
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Nearpod: Telling Time to the Nearest Five Minutes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
In this lesson plan on telling time to the nearest five minutes, young scholars explore analog and digital clocks by learning key vocabulary and exploring how they are the same and how they are different.