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Forest Management ~ Diseases and Pests that Effect a Good Harvest Stand

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The forestry presentation found here lists and describes a variety of tree diseases. A few unappetizing photos are included to show symptoms of some of these diseases, or the insects and fungi that cause them. If you have a class that is...
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Prime Factorization

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In these prime factorization worksheets, students make a factor tree of the given numbers and then write the answers using exponential notation. Students then use multiplication to check their factoring work. Students evaluate the...
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Mathematics: Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore how to apply the commutative property and the rules of divisibility. They examine the difference between prime and composite numbers.
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Science Matters

Formative Assessment #1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Discover how much your young scientists know about biotic and abiotic factors with a two-question formative assessment that requires them to observe, list, and describe. 
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Unhealthy Forests and the News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Everyone knows a tree makes a sound when it falls, but what do we know about dying trees? Class members learn background information about Laurel wilt disease from a teacher-led presentation. Team members work with partners to read and...
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Science Matters

Plot Study

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Small groups investigate plots of land to discover how abiotic and biotic factors interact. After recording their findings, scholars share observations with peers and self-reflect on the learning process. 
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Super Size It, Please!

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Pupils take photos from a given distance and determine the height of the person using a scale factor. Pupils calculate the ratio of student actual height to student photo height. They take pictures from 3 different distances to see if...
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Alliance Theater

The Jungle Book Post-Show STEAM Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An ecosystem is really just the flow of energy through many different living organisms. A study of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book leads to an environmental science activity in which learners study how various factors can affect...
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Lesson: Paul Chan: Tree of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Paul Chan's work has been known to show the cycle of change. Learners explore the concept of change by analyzing his work and reading the poem "For Which it Stands." They consider symbolism, communication, art, and society as they use...
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Conversion Factors

For Students 8th - 12th
In this conversion factors learning exercise, students read word problems, convert them to equations, and compute the answer.  They determine the distance between two points and find the cost to travel a predetermined distance.  Students...
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What Effects Do Trees Have On The Environment?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the interrelationship between trees, soil and people focusing on urban areas. They collect and analyze data about trees in their research area.
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Finding Prime Factors

For Students 6th
In this finding prime factors activity, 6th graders read two strategies for finding prime factors, then practice using these methods by doing factor facts drills.
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Young Author Books: I Am a Leaf on My Family Tree

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create family tree books. They discuss culture and brainstorm interview questions for family members. They write stories, poems, and captions for family photos. They interview family members and assemble the interviews...
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Animals, Soil, Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe the various kinds of soils and how plants and animals are affected by them. They describe the baic needs of plants, scoring at least a 3 or 4 on a 4-point rubic. Students are able to predict and/or infer what...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Probability

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Probability, especially conditional probability, can be a slippery concept for young statisticians.  Statements that seem self-evident on the surface often require a daunting amount of calculations to explicate, or turn out to be not so...
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University of Florida

A Walk in the Woods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Take class members on a field trip to the forest without leaving the classroom. Scholars learn content-related vocabulary and factors affecting forest health with class discussions and during a presentation. Scientists combine forestry...
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Prime Time

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice determining the prime factorization of composite numbers. They create Christmas factor trees for prime numbers greater than 100. They decorate their final products with markers, crayons, colored pencils, glitter...
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Mission: Finding the LCM using Prime Factorization

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this prime factorization worksheet, students find the least common multiple of the given pair of numbers using factor trees. Students solve 10 problems.
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Addition: Equation to 10 (Missing Addend)

For Students 1st - 2nd
Use this worksheet as a way to solve missing addneds up to 10. Learners are given base 10 blocks and make number sentences by completing 16 missing addend number sentences. The structure of each problem is similar to a factor tree and...
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Factorization

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, learners factor number using their prime factors. They use a factor tree to help them find their prime numbers as they factor out. There are 20 factoring problems with an answer key.  
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Transition to algebra

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars recognize the difference between a prime and a composite number.  In this prime and composite number lesson, students  use a factor tree model to show prime factorization. Young scholars participate in a bingo activity....
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Trees: Recorders of Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study cross sections of trees or tree "cookies" to discover how the rings on tree sections give clues to the climate during the time the ring was produced. They study simulated cross sections of trees to determine the climate...
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What Are You - Prime or Composite

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of prime factorization. In this prime factorization activity, students participate in an activity where they find the prime factorization and greatest common factor of a number derived from their name....
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System Interactions: The Lorax and the Truffula Tree

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
If the Lorax were to write a letter, what would he write? Introduce your class to systems and feedback loops through the whimsical stylings of Dr. Seuss. Learners take on the Lorax's point of view to write a letter, among other activities.

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