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What Does Time Have to Do with it?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate time. In this investigative lesson, students run through an obstacle course using standard timers. They record the time and apply this knowledge to problems in math. Students record their predictions, and graph...
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A Plop and Fizz

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders perform an experiment to determine the effect of temperature on reaction rates. In this chemistry lesson, 7th graders take measurements and record data. They create a graph and analyze results.
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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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Parking Meters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the problem with a short discussion about parking. They then solve with a partner. As they work ask questions that focus on the strategies they are using to make the calculations.
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Barefoot and Pregnant

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers address the problem of a reduction in the world population growth rate being offset by a growing world population base. This problem is particularly true with the rapid population growth in many Third World countries. The...
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Electrical Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare and contrast a cell and a battery. In this physical science instructional activity, students explain how they create energy. They conduct an experiment to apply what they have learned in this instructional activity.
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Telling Time to the Hour

For Teachers 1st
First graders, in groups, tell time to the hour.
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Lost in Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study time and how to accurately calculate it.  In this time lesson students complete a lab activity in pairs and discuss their findings. 
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Introducing Temperature Measurement

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore temperature and use Celcius thermometers to measure and graph the temperature in the classroom daily. They estimate what they think the temperature might be and then find the actual temperature in the room.
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Shapes

For Teachers K
Students review basic shapes, such as circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles, find objects in those shapes in classroom, watch Clifford's Fun with Shapes video, practice reproducing four shapes, and rotate through four classroom...
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Heat Retention

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students test 4 materials to see which would be best for use as a heat mass. They then graph the temperature verus the time of the substances and decide which material would make the best heat mass.
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Voltmeter Design

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this voltmeter activity, students design and mathematically analyze a circuit they design. They also answer 17 questions about voltmeters, the voltage in given schematics, and the resistance in voltmeters.
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Arithmetrivia

For Students 6th - 9th
In this arithmetrivia activity, students read and solve word problems.  They translate from word problems to written equations and then solve them.  This one-page activity contains 12 problems.  Answers are provided.
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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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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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Divisibility Buzz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play Divisibility Buzz to reinforce divisibility rule for three.
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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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Intro to Adjectives

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars analyze the need for adjectives in everyday speech. They explain in their own words the importance of adjectives in everyday speech. Students also write a formal definition for an adjective.
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Hot Friction

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use small electronic devices known as thermistors to measure the temperature beneath an object such as a coffee cup as it slides across a surface. By choosing different surfaces, 6th graders can compare in a quantitative...
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Tell Me the Tooth

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate the proper teeth brushing technique. In this dental hygiene lesson, students read the book I Know Why I Brush My Teeth and invite a dentist into the classroom to demonstrate the proper way to brush teeth.
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Design Team Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars work in groups to build a robot. In this robotics lesson, students create an electronic robot and program it to follow directions. They create an obstacle course for the robot to follow and test its performance. 
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Chucky Chickadee's Bird and Breakfast: Sing in Please

For Teachers K - 1st
Students observe bird feeding and complete a tally and graphing activity for their observations. In this bird graphing activity, students work in teams to observe bird feedings. Students complete a bird reporting sheet and collect data...
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Dating Popcorn

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students simulate the dating process with popcorn. In this geology lesson, students discuss how geologist find the age of rocks by gauging the amount of decay of radioactive elements. They have 6 bags of popcorn and each group microwaves...
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Year Two: Time

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students review math vocabulary words that have to do with time. Students complete this for 21 words.

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