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Story Framing Legends
Students review, examine and study the seven stages to a traditional legend or modern story in legend form. They locate two traditional legend stories and see if they fit into the two categories listed for them in two boxes. Each student...
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Regions of Virginia
Fourth graders research an assigned region of Virginia. They work in groups to create a PowerPoint presentation. They present their information to the class. Students are tested on the information from their region as well as the regions...
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Drugs And The Law Opinion Poll
Students are given statements about the war on drugs and they are to decide if they agree or disagree with them.
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Heroes Portrait
Eighth graders investigate art appreciation and Renaissance portraits through time. They create a portrait.
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Coordinate Geometry
Grab your class and get them graphing polygons on a coordinate plane! They investigate the four quadrants, discover the x and y axis, and correctly plot ordered pairs. To show their comprehension, each child creates a coordinate picture...
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Electronic Mapping
Students identify countries, oceans, and capitals by building an electronic map.
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Dream House
Students solve real world problems involving area and perimeter in this unit culminating activity.
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Graphing Greenery
Middle schoolers gather leaves and trace them on graph paper. They plot coordinates that approximate the shape of the leaves and share those coordinates as "worksheets" for other students to complete.
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That's Kind of Corny!
Students apply math skills to determining how much corn seed to plant in 100 acres. They compute the amount of weed killer needed and after totaling how many bushels per acre they harvest, they calculate their profits.
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Treasure Hunt: Coordinate Graphing
Two of the best words any one can hear– treasure hunt! Your class will be excited to practice graphing on a coordinate grraph as they identify and write coordinates for landmarks they see on a treasure map. They trace their route to the...
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Sam Houston for President...Again
Fourth graders discover the political career of Sam Houston. In this Texas history lesson, 4th graders research primary resources and create a modern-day version of Sam Houston's political campaign of the 1840s.
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Area of Parallelograms - Lesson 1
Here is an area of parallelograms practice worksheet in which learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.
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Pythagoreum Theorem
Middle schoolers practice assessing how to apply the formulas for the area of parallelograms and triangles. They recount the contributions of Pythagoras and apply the theories of the Pythagorean theorem in a group project to calculate...
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The Histogram
For this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students construct and analyze histograms to develop a visual impression of the distributions of data. The two page worksheet contains five problems. Answer key is provided.
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Classified Ad Job Searches
Students discuss and list the various ways to conduct a job search. In groups, students review the classified ads and decide on a number of jobs that appear interesting and for which they are well qualified. This lesson is intended for...
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The Area of a Circle
Eighth graders find the circumference and diameter of several lids, show the relationship of the two measurements and derive the formula for finding the area of a circle. In this area of a circle lesson plan, 8th graders find...
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Perfectly Puzzling Pentominoes
Second graders utilize manipulatives (pentominoes) to demonstrate knowledge of: lines of symmetry, slides, reflections (flips), rotations (turns), area, and perimeter. This lesson gives students a meaningful way to practice these...
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Space Geometry
Students explore points, lines and planes as it relates to geometry. In this geometry instructional activity, students analyze space and explain wy it is 3-D and not flat or 2-D. They solve problems involving volume and 3-D shapes.
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Effigy Mound Activity
Students research effigy mounds of Native people in Wisconsin. They create large models of effigy mounds in a given area based on factual information from their studies and research.
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Symmetry
Second graders find the lines of symmetry in pattern blocks and alphabet letters. In this symmetry activity, 2nd graders discuss what symmetry is, view examples of lines of symmetry and apply what they have learned by finding the line of...
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Clubhouse Design
Fifth graders design a blueprint and floor plan for a one-story clubhouse. In this architectural design instructional activity, 5th graders view several floor plans and blueprints on the Internet then design a one-story clubhouse...
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Fire Alarms for Safety
Students create a fire safety rules poster. In this fire safety instructional activity, students inspect their classroom and discuss the best way to exit in case of a fire. Students then make a poster stating the rules and exit plan.
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Hop To It!
Young scholars explore grasshoppers. In this grasshoppers lesson, students measure the jumping distance of live grasshoppers. Young scholars then record the jumping distance of people in their group. Students record the...
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Name the Constellation
Students read stories about constellations. They create constellations by filling in the letters of their names on a test bubble sheet and tracing the design onto white paper. They make up stories about their name constellations.