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Math All Around Us!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find math concepts in every day items. In this math concept lesson, students take ten photographs of things they find interesting. They analyze the photographs to find hidden math concepts such as counting, lines, angles,...
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Solving Equations

For Students 11th
For this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders use the properties of equality to solve multi-step equations in one variable.  The tow page worksheet contains explanation, guided examples, and fifteen practice problems.  Answers...
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Descriptions

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students describe things using sensory words.  In this adjective instructional activity, students practice conversations describing items they touch.  Students use words to describe properties of items such as size and texture.
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Coastal Threat: A Story in Unit Conversions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners convert measurements from one unit to another. In this math lesson, students study the environmental consequences of oil spills. They replicate an oil spill event by modeling and scaling.
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Pendulum Activity

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders conduct a lab activity that measures the factors that change the swing rate of a pendulum. They create a hypothesis and test it during the experiment. They record their observations using the recording sheets and journal...
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Hip-Hop Warm Up Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students in a middle elementary physical education class participate in a warm-up activity in which they perform several hip-hop dance moves. They do the mountain climber, the coffee grinder, the seat spin, and others. They even come...
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Fractions: Parts of a Set

For Teachers K
Students identify, model, and label simple fractions. They describe and define them as equal parts of a whole, a region and a set. Students use words to describe fractions. They use manipulatives to explore the many different fractions.
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Taller/Wider/longer

For Teachers 1st
In this unit, 1st graders use measurement language and counting to compare objects in a variety of game situations. Students also practice the advanced concept of counting to advanced counting.
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Dayna Lykins, Leanna Prater

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and contrast gliding flight and true flight. They investigate the basic principles of aeronautics. The class participates in activities to observe lift and the effect of air. Students design and fly their own...
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Projectile Motion

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders experiment with a projectile that is launched horizontally after a demonstration and small discussion about two pennies, one dropping from a table top and the other being slide off the top and hitting the ground at about...
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Energy Is Everywhere

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners determine the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources and identify the different forms of energy. They discuss life without energy and where energy comes from before reading an article about the different...
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Social Studies Lesson: Apartheid

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the Apartheid system of South Africa through a role-play activity. The role-play activity ends with a class discussion on how the events affected each individual. A class discussion continues after reading an article...
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The Geometry of Means

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this geometry worksheet, students are given a rectangle and a square. They verify ratios when given equal perimeters or areas. Students are given adjacent squares. They find the distance between the centers, and identify the means...
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Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners read the book Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken and do language arts activities based on the book. In this language arts lesson plan, students read the book given and do language arts activities that include taking a class pet...
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Reinforced Concrete Bridges

For Teachers All
Students analyze bridge designs and functions.  In this reinforced bridge lesson plan students brainstorm bridge ideas, divide into teams and give an oral presentation to the class to show them their bridge design. 
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The Metric System

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students convert measurements within the metric system. For this measurement lesson, students explore the different units of the metric system and practice converting numbers from one unit to another.
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Decimal Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this decimals instructional activity, students solve word problems containing decimal numbers and one step problems. Students complete 5 problems.
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Decimal Word Problems: Two Step

For Students 5th
In this decimal word problems worksheet, 5th graders solve 6 word problems with addition and subtraction of decimals. This worksheet in interactive and students will receive immediate online feedback.
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Paper Gliders

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study friction and drag. In this science lesson plan, 6th graders use different models of gliders and test to see which of the gliders fly the farthest. Students analyze their data and construct a graph.
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Volcano Activity

For Students 7th - 9th
In this volcano worksheet, learners measure the slope of a volcano and its baseline and summit degrees. They identify the type of volcano, the type of lava and the type of eruption.
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Footprint Detectives: Making Inferences Using Dinosaur Trackways

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars analyze and discuss footprints and dinosaur tracks. They listen to books about paleontologists, create and analyze their own trackways using black paper and chalk, examine the data, and form hypotheses about footprints and...
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Shining the Light on Skin

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the relationships between certain environmental factors and levels of exposure to sunlight. The variables of location, time of year, and day, and the weather which affect the intensity of the sun are explored in this...
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Rising Waters

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders rank balls by size from smallest to largest and from lightest to heaviest and then by how much they made the water rise. They then discuss why certain balls make the water rise higher than do other balls.
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Temperature School

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students observ the cooling and warming of room temperature, hot, and ice cold cans of water by measuring the change in temperature over time. They then attempt to develop explanations for the observations made and apply their findings...