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Making Observations and Recording Data for Solar Powered Water Pumping

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Get pumped about an activity with water pumps. The fifth of seven installments in the Understanding Science and Engineering unit has pupils learn how to make observations, record data, and create data displays. Each group measures the...
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Curated OER

Hackenbush: Math Game

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students collaborate with classmates to play a group problem solving game called Hackenbush. The directions for the game are somewhat confusing.
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Curated OER

Mini Games

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play a series of mini games in order to learn basic concepts in science and math. For this data collection lesson, students weigh rice, count time, participate in a marble grab, look at big feet, participate in a sponge squeeze,...
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Who Am I?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore study different mathematicians. For this mathematician lesson, students research twelve mathematicians. Learners question one another to guess who their mathematician is. Students create a timeline of big events in math.
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Problem Solving

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore problems and solutions. In this math lesson plan, 1st graders brainstorm problems they have encountered and how they solved them. Then students watch a video about how professionals solve problems. After sharing...
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The Effect of Math Anxiety on Cardiovascular Homeostasis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the effect stress due to test anxiety may have on the heart. As part of the experiment, students hypothesize, collect data, graph data, analyze data and formulate an understanding of their personal level of...
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What Makes Ten

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the concept of ten and how it is part of the real number system. They find the quantity of ten using as many combinations as possible. They can count using manipulatives, write on paper, or by doing mental math.
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The Nature and Science of Technology

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice using the scientific method by observing and creating mold.  In this bacteria instructional activity, 5th graders experiment creating their own mold and fungus using petri dishes and oatmeal.  Students...
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Problem-Solving Math 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss the different ways we use numbers in everyday life. They walk around the classroom for 5 to 10 minutes, students are asked to point out examples of numbers they find in the room. Students are asked to image a world...
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Math Club #4: Combinatorics

For Students 8th
In this combinatorics worksheet, 8th graders work in a group to solve 5 problems finding the total number of combinations in a situation.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Modeling Spatial Relationships

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students model spatial relationships using math manipulatives. In this spatial relationships lesson plan, students work with a partner, and either connecting links or linking cubes that are three different colors. They explain to each...
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Coastal Threat: A Story in Unit Conversions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students convert measurements from one unit to another. In this math lesson plan, students study the environmental consequences of oil spills. They replicate an oil spill event by modeling and scaling.
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Fractions!!! math club worksheet 33/3

For Students 6th - 10th
For this fractions worksheet, students simplify their answers after they solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fraction problems. Students complete 14 problems total.
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First Willett Math Club Contest

For Students 5th - 8th
In this word problems worksheet, students complete word problems involving combining outfits, probability, magic, and more. Students complete 5 problems.
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Math Club #7: Logic

For Students 8th
In this logic worksheet, 8th graders work in groups to solve 8 math problems requiring critcial thinking skills.
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Rockets Away with Newton's Laws of Motion

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders comprehend Newton's Laws of Motion and to use the scientific method in rocketry sub-unit. They work through the scientific method. Students illustrate how science and Newton's Laws can be used in everyday situations and...
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Caesar Ciphers: An Introduction to Cryptography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students brainstorm and discuss the concept of cryptography, the science of secrets in today's world and then focus on a system for sending secret messages used by Julius Caesar. They make a Caesar wheel assessing encrypting and...
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Measuring Cloud Coverage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Earth science by completing weather symbol worksheets. For this cloud identification lesson, students identify the different types of clouds in the sky and how they are formed. Students complete a cloud measurement...
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Understanding Hurricanes and the ER-2

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students study hurricanes; in particular, what they look like, how they are formed, how they are categorized, how they are named, and how they are tracked. They examine the science of hurricanes as well as the mathematics of hurricanes.
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The Trip Around the Sun

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the relationship between the tilt of the Earth's axis and the seasons. In this earth science lesson, 6th graders sing the song "Why Do We Have Seasons" and use simulate the Earth's tilt by using their bodies.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Light Reflection and Absorption

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover what types of objects reflect and absorb light. In this science inquiry activity, students use flashlights to determine whether different objects absorb or reflect light.
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Creating AB Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work with patterns. In this pattern lesson, students find AB patterns in nature and the manmade world. They create their own AB pattern using math manipulatives and visual arts. 
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Alabama Learning Exchange

A Rockin' Investigation

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scientists identify the rock cycle. In this earth science activity, students participate in web-based research to understand how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks form. As a follow-up, they collect various rocks and...
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Get a Half-Life!: Student Worksheet

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this math/science worksheet, learners will work in pairs to conduct an experiment based on a decay function which is often used to model radioactive decay. Students will shake M & M's in a cup to rub off the M and then record...

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