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Football Mania

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice previously- learned throwing and catching skills and offensive/defensive strategies in a game-like situation.
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Diversity Expectations

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners categorize different items into categories of characteristics to demonstrate diversity. In this diversity lesson plan, students then relate the items to people and their diversity.
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Finding Addition Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students practice finding the sums of two-one digit numbers. For this addition lesson plan, students also record facts onto an addition chart.
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Finding Sums to 6

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the additive identity property where they add multiple numbers to get to the number 6. In this number 6 lesson plan, students also work on their addition charts.
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Making Cents

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play a game in which they create monetary amounts using different coin combinations.
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Hello, Fractions!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover fractions through the use of pattern blocks, literature, website activity and making a fractional pizza.
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Chips Ahoy: Chip Off the Old Block

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare and contrast adult and baby animals to identify similar characteristics shared by both.
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Statistical Analysis of Data by Gender

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine and identify gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in school materials, activities, and classroom instruction. They apply descriptive statistics knowledge to real-world data.
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Choose The Operation

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this choose the operation worksheet, students write when they would use given operations, list words or phrases that help them know when to choose an operation, then solve 2 word problems.
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Battleship

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice passing and shooting a hockey puck with accuracy when in a game situation.
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Candy Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete math activities with donated seasonal treats. They estimate, count, sort, name and graph bags of treats. They can eat treats when finished.
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Linear Inequalities

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore solving linear inequalities. They discuss vocabulary words and symbols associated with linear inequalities. After a demonstration by the teacher, 9th graders solve and graph inequalities. Students complete a...
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The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish.  In this scientific experiment instructional activity students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment. 
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Rome's Influence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify ancient Roman influences in the modern world. In this ancient Rome instructional activity, student research the government, religion, economy, inventions and contributions of Rome.
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Associative Properties

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students investigate the associative property of addition. In this associative property of addition lesson, students work in pairs and build addition problems with six blocks. They sit on either side of a desk so that they can "read" the...
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Mean, median, and mode... Use the data

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders participate in a lesson focused on the concept of basic statistics. They find the mean, median, and mode of different data sets. More advanced students could practice creating a bell curve from the data.
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Let's Make a Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate pollution reduction policies in place at their school. In this pollution reduction lesson, students interview people in their school to determine what pollution policies are in place. They create a plan to increase...
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Twelve Order of Operations Problems

For Students 8th - 10th
In this order of operations instructional activity, students evaluate twelve expressions using the order of operations.  The solutions are provided.
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Choosing Sides

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the alliances in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. For this drama lesson, students read the play and act out the conflict and controversy among Brutus, Caesar, Cassius, and Marc Antony.
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Can You Find the Difference?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners create their own balance to determine a difference in the weight (and composition) of cents made in different years.
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The Politics of Big Business

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers role-play the responsibilities of the House of Representatives as they consider how to solve the problem of undue influence by big business monopolies. They evaluate their proposed solutions and write an essay with their...
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Diversity Geography

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the diversity of people found throughout the world. For this Geography lesson, 9th graders create a short oral report describing that area.  
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Who's In The Fact Family?

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students study related addition and subtraction facts. In this math lesson, students use related addition and subtraction to solve problems. Students use manipulatives to explore fact families.
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Mexican and American Views of Texas

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the territorial status of Texas in 1830, 1840, and 1846 and interpret an historical timeline. They develop a general statement of Mexican and American views of Texas.