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Activity #4 The Density of Irregularly Shaped Solids
Learners comrehend that water displacement is a simple way to measure the volume of a solid object. They pour water into a graduated cylinder or measuring cup and its volume is read and recorded. Pupils the volume of an object by...
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So Fast! So Slow!
Fifth graders give examples of objects that move slow and fast. In this physics instructional activity, 5th graders rank animals according to how quickly they move. They create a bar graph of organisms versus rates of speed.
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Pumpkin Math
Learners discover how to measure the circumference of objects. In this measurement lesson, students use a pumpkin and a tape measure to estimate and find the circumference of the pumpkin.
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Meet the Plants
Students examine the difference between living and non-living things. In this living versus non-living lesson, students complete a KWL worksheet and a Living and Non-Living Chart. They examine a variety of plants and non-plants before...
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Motor Skills and Movement Patterns
Students explore the human body by participating in physical activities. In this physical education instructional activity, students demonstrate their physical prowess and motor skills by performing tasks such as climbing and rope tying....
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Sorting and Classifying Worksheet
In this classifying words worksheet, students read 12 words that are forms of transportation. Students sort these into two groups of two based on a classification of their own choosing.
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Count the Objects and Circle the Number
In this early childhood counting to 10 worksheet, students count the 3 groupings of objects and identify the total number in each group.
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Color the Groups That Has More
In this early childhood math worksheet, students practice their counting skills as they identify which of 3 item groupings has the most items. Students color only the grouping of objects with the most items.
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Identifying Fewer Objects
For this counting worksheet, students count the number of shapes in each group and circle the group that is the fewer number. Students complete 2 problems.
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Counting Shapes: Identifying Fewer Objects
In this counting shapes worksheet, students count the shapes in each group, and circle the group with the fewer amount of shapes. Students complete 2 problems.
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What Does Not Belong? (Groups of Pictures)
In this categorizing pictures worksheet, students analyze four sets of pictures. Each set has three objects that go together and one that does not belong. Students circle the picture that does not go with the others.
Doing Maths
Metric Measurements – Length
Seven word problems make up this metric worksheet where scholars convert measurements and find the length of objects in real-world scenarios.
Illustrative Mathematics
A Bobbie Bear's Buttons
Young mathematicians help Bobbie Bear pick colored buttons out of a box as they learn how to decompose numbers less than 10 into pairs of smaller numbers. To support students with the process, consider creating a worksheet or graphic...
Illustrative Mathematics
Shape Hunt Part 1
The hunt is on! Send young mathematicians on a search for shapes in the first lesson of this two-part series. Each time a child finds a hidden shape, he draws it on his paper, and continues searching for the rest. Perform this activity...
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Math Investigations 2
Young mathematicians practice measuring and graphing skills while working in groups to measure objects found in the classroom. Using their measurements, they create one bar graph displaying the lengths and another displaying the widths.
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Lab 2: Drag Racing
In this lesson, students, Analyze the relationship between velocity and acceleration * Calculate an object's average acceleration * Collect data and interpret it* Create and analyze a graph showing acceleration.Students also work in...
Creative Educator
Fantastic Fractions
Groups of learners create an animation illustrating fractions using common objects. They choose everyday objects that they can divide into fractions. They take pictures of the objects dividing into fractions and create an animation with...
American Chemical Society
Density: Sink and Float for Solids
Steal cubes sink, but steal ships float. Lesson explores the density of solids as well as the density of water in determining what will sink and what will float. A hands-on group activity helps pupils see that weight and volume are...
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Earth Day Number Sense
Elementary schoolers count and order objects using numbers 1-300. They bring recyclable items from home. Learners group the items, skip count by 2's, 3's, and 5's, and arrange the items on a number line. Recyclable plastic bags are put...
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Figurative Language
When is a staple remover a fanged monster? In your ELA classroom when you're teaching this fun figurative language lesson, of course! Get your young writers using figurative language by making a game of it. Give groups a paper bag full...
NTTI
Putting Together Ten
Groups explore sets of 10 items in two varieties (i.e. 3 white buttons and 7 black ones, or 5 bears and 5 bunnies). They brainstorm about their objects, write math sentences to represent what they have, and report their discoveries...
American Chemical Society
Finding Volume: The Water Displacement Method
We have formulas for finding the volume of geometric shapes, but what if the shape is irregular? Lesson describes how to find volume through water displacement. After a demonstration, scholars practice in small groups. Then analysis...
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Direct, Indirect, and Reflexive Pronouns
Provided here is a thorough review of direct, indirect, and reflexive pronouns. First learners study the chart for direct object pronouns, reading through the Spanish and English equivalencies. Then, they read the bulleted information...
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Pattern Power
Young elementary young scholars will discover there are patterns all around them in their daily lives. In groups, they sort pattern blocks by size and color. Using the internet, they create their own type of patterns and share them with...