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Strawberry Girl: Outdoors in Florida

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners explore nature by researching the state of Florida. In this animal identification lesson, students read a children' story and research the Internet to discover the difference in animal life between the early 1900's and present...
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Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the story Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday and discuss money issues. In this money lesson plan, 4th graders create a budget.
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Sorting Buttons

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students demonstrate how to sort buttons by attributes. In this classification instructional activity, students are given buttons and are asked to sort them independently by their attributes. Additionally, students are given one extra...
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Stacking Chips

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students examine the outcome of adding one to a group of items. For this number sense lesson, students create stacks of chips and count them. Then, students add one more chip to the stack and count the chips again. Students discuss their...
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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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Guess the Container

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students become familiar with appropriate containers for various shapes.  In this container lesson, students find containers that best fit their object. 
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Months of the Year

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners develop a pictograph using the months of the year. In this months instructional activity, students place their name with their birth month on a large pictograph. They discuss the information they can see on the graph using the...
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Estimation Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use a balance scale with beans or seeds to estimate how many of them would weigh as much as a teddy bear counter. In this estimation lesson plan, students hold items to estimate.
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Making Graphs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore statistics by conducting class demographic surveys. In this graph making lesson, students identify the family members of each classmate, pets they own, and favorite activities. Students organize their statistics and...
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Indoor and Outdoor Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners explore geometry by participating in a visual illustration activity. In this pattern identification lesson, students explore inside their classroom and discuss patterns they find while tracing them on paper. Learners attend an...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Fractions and Ribbons

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders solve division problems using partial quotients. In this long division lesson, 5th graders practice seeing division as a process of repeated subtraction and estimation. This lesson provides a script for the teacher.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Round Numbers to Nearest Ten or Hundred

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review telling time. For this lesson on telling time, 3rd graders discuss various items that show length of time, including clocks, calendars and sand timers. Students review and practice what they already know about...
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Weather Tools

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore Earth science by participating in a weather identification activity. In this scientific instrument lesson, students identify several weather related tools such as the weather vane, thermometer and rain gauge. Students...
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Mass vs. Weight

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore physical science by conducting a measurement experiment. In this mass lesson, students identify the differences between mass and weight and define a list of other vocabulary terms. Students utilize electronic scales and...
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Describing an Object's Position

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore language arts by participating in a shape identification activity. In this geometry shape lesson plan, students discuss the vocabulary terms used to describe the location of an object. Students complete a worksheet based...
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"Heat Transfer and Ice Cream!"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners analyze earth science by creating a frozen treat in class. For this heat transfer lesson, students discuss how matter is transformed from solid to liquid and liquid to gas when energy is removed from the equation. Learners...
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Sketch Up

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students estimate and measure exact. In this geometry lesson, students create different object in three-dimensional pattern. They use SketchUp to create their shape and perform measurements on their shapes.
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WHY DOES MONEY HAVE VALUE?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn that money has value by examining the history, meaning of money. market structures and pricing. In this analysis lesson, students use exchange rates to find the cost of an item different currencies.
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FINANCE AND RESPONSIBLE LENDING.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the role of banks, lending and their services. In this analysis lesson, students learn about savings, checking accounts and lending and the importance of banks as financial intermediaries.
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Finding Rates

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of rates and how to solve them in problems. They solve the problems using multiplication. The majority of the lesson is direct instruction with the students being included in the process.
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Counting Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice counting, reading, and writing the numbers 0 through 5. In this basic counting lesson, students review a counting book, use macaroni as a manipulative, and learn a song as a means to learn and practice writing and...
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Skip Counting by Two's

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice their counting skills. In this skip counting lesson, 1st graders review counting by 1's with a song, use number lines to learn to skip count by 2, practice counting forwards and backwards, complete a leapfrog...
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Astronomical Scales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe the different units of measurement. In this space science lesson, students calculate astronomical distances using a scale. They explain the significance of using scientific notation in expressing very small or very...
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A.P. Exam Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the cumulative concepts introduced in a Calculus course. They review exponential growth and how it is used to measure increase in values. Students also apply the use of the differential...

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