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Arranging Chairs (Arrays)

For Teachers 3rd
The creation of arrays is the focus of this mathematics activity. Pupils consider a situation for a theater stage performance: different amounts of people are coming to the show, and they must arrange the seats in rows of equal numbers....
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Box It Up

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students calculate the surface area of prisms. In this geometry instructional activity, students investigate the properties of prisms and analyze ways to calculate the are of a rectangular prism. They derive the formula for surface area.
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Numbers and Operations as Words

For Students 4th - 5th
Teach numbers in word form with this activity. In this numbers and operations instructional activity, learners solve 22 problems in which numbers are written in word form. Students solve the problems and write their responses in word...
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Aquaculture Production in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the basics of aquaculture and how to successfully raise aquatic plants and animals.  In this water lesson plan students perform water quality tests on fish tanks, record and graph their results. 
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The Economics of Valentine's Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of the determinants of supply and demand. They use this understanding to explain changes in how supply and demand affect the price and the quantity exchanged of roses.
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Characteristics of Lift and Wing Area

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students use FoilSim to complete the activity and investigate the factors that affect lift and how wing area and lift are related.
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Powers and Exponents

For Students 7th - 8th
In this powers and exponents learning exercise, students solve and complete 16 different types of problems. First, they write each power as a product of the same factor. Then, students evaluate each expression. They also write each...
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Web of Life - Ecosystem

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders play the roles of various organisms in an ecosystem (focusing on insects) and pass yarn or string around to other organisms from largest animals to the smallest. The end product is a web which shows how all of these animals...
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Is the Earth Warming? a Test of the Effect of Increased Carbon Dioxide on the Thermal Properties of Air

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils investigate the environmental and economic effects of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) content in the atmosphere.
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Uses of Coal

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers be aware of the products made possible by coal by studying about the four major markets of coal: electric utilities, industrial/retail users, the steel industry and exports.
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Looking at Decorative Arts Lesson 1: The Function of Furniture

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify different types of decorative arts objects and their functions. They investigate the difference between aesthetic uses and functional uses.
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Breaking News English: Hopes Fading for Future of Indian Tigers

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Hopes Fading for Future of Indian Tigers," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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"Heritage" - "Hey, That's the Name of Our School!"

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders gain a better understanding of the canal period in U.S. History, and more specifically, discern the importance of the Illinois and Michigan Canal on the development of Illinois as a state and Chicago as a prominent city.
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Volume Of Tetrahedron With Congruent Faces

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the concept of a tetrahedron and how it is formed with its congruent faces. They practice making the shape by practicing the folding paper to create the shape. Students continue the lesson with the estimation...
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Equivalent Fractions - Simplifying Fractions

For Students 6th
In this fractions worksheet, 6th graders utilize 1 or 3 techniques and/or methods to simplify 8 fractions. Students simplify equivalent fractions.
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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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Tobacco

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contract the factors that influence a person's decision to use or not to use tobacco. In this tobacco lesson plan, 5th graders are given candy cigarettes to initiate a conversation on using tobacco. They prepare...
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Phrasal Verbs Quiz: Mixed 8

For Students 6th - 8th
In this phrasal verbs instructional activity, students check their understanding of English phrasal verbs by choosing the answer that best completes each sentence.
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Steps and Examples for Multiplying Ratiuonal Expressions

For Students 9th - 11th
In this multiplying rational expression worksheet, learners are given two examples of how to multiply and then simplify rational expressions.  The examples are complete with steps and justifications.
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Linear Systems/ LU Decomposition

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math instructional activity, students find the values by factoring a matrix A into the product of a lower triangular matrix L. They also make it into an upper matrix U.
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Alka-Seltzer Rockets: How to Build Your Own Rocket

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a rocket using Alka-seltzer of baking soda and vinegar. For this physics lesson, students identify the factors affecting the length of time the rocket is propelled. They relate this activity to actual rocket launched in...
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Capital for Cookies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find the meaning for capital, land, labor and enterprise and relate them to economics of a place. In this economics lesson, 4th graders form a company to make an agricultural product and look for the resources they will...
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A Visit to Mexico City: An Introduction to World Communities

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a variety of activities as they take an imaginary trip to Mexico City, complete with passports, maps, and Spanish dictionaries. They write postcards to send home and create items to sell at the market. The unit...
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Who Wants To Be A "Globalnaire"?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders research geography and the process of creating a Powerpoint presentation. In pairs, they design their own game show, writing geography questions, and creating a Powerpoint presentation for other students to play their game.

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