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Map Your School

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners participate in a project to map their school. They measure and graph various areas around the school. Students find the longitude and latitude of the school and research the school's history, and highlight special important areas.
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Life-Sized Drawing

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Ocean explorers or mathematicians research the wreck of the CSS H.L. Hunley. They investigate the actual dimensions of the Hunley using math and measuring skills. Afterward, they sketch a large scale drawing of the submarine outdoors on...
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Scaling it Down: Caves Have Maps, Too

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Measurement and map skills are the focus of this lesson, where students crawl through a "cave" made out of boxes, desks and chairs, observing the dimensions.  Your young geographers measure various aspects of the cave and practice math...
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Come Into my Parlor

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
An interesting cross-curricular lesson plan on dairy farming awaits your students. Elements of language arts, math, social studies, and agriculture are all present. Many excellent worksheets and a good article on dairy farming are...
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Lady Liberty

For Teachers 4th - 6th
If you're looking for a fantastic cross-curricular lesson on the Statue of Liberty, then this lesson is for you! Learners watch a Reading Rainbow episode which focuses on the Statue, then gather facts about the creation, construction,...
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Energy Audit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students collect data about energy usage and use mathematical calculations to analyze their data. In this energy conservation and statistics math activity, students survey their homes to complete an energy usage worksheet. Students...
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More Chocolate Candy?

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Everyone knows that candy is the best part of any holiday—but which holiday's candy gives you the most bang for your buck? Analyze a chocolate heart, a chocolate bat, and a normal piece of chocolate to decide which piece of candy has the...
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Johnny Appleseed Walkabout

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders calculate mileage for a journey. For this place value and measurement lesson, 2nd graders read Johnny Appleseed, work in groups to locate his birthplace on a map, locate the other states he stopped in, and measure the...
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A Measure of Happiness

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners share opinions about the factors that contribute to or detract from their happiness. They create survey to determine how people in their community measure happiness, and write reflections on the relationship between money and...
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Using Seasonal Cooking to Practice Math Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students can use holiday recipes to practice measurement, conversion and other math skills.
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Measuring Cloud Coverage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Earth science by completing weather symbol worksheets. In 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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Halloween Math Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Halloween math activities provide a perfect way to make this subject relevant and fun.
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Holiday Math Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
December is filled with holiday traditions using numbers. Here are some holiday math lesson plans that you can do with your students.
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Monument Museum

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners design monuments, taking into account what is known about geometric shapes and measuring. Students create a museum complete with monuments and descritions of the monuments. Learners provide guides at each monument in order to...
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The Mathematician And The Archaeologist

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students decorate clay pots and destroy them in order to learn the techniques of modern-day archaeologists and practice mathematical measurements. This is an exciting lesson suitable for Social Studies, Math, Science, or Art classroom.
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Using a Calendar and Using a Time Line

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math/social studies instructional activity, students examine 2 calendar pages and answer 12 questions about them. Students then investigate a time line of important math inventions and discoveries and answer 8 questions.
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History of Toys and Games

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research history of popular toys to learn when those toys were first introduced. They use measurement skills to create an accurate timeline.
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Create Your Own Samurai (Breastplate) Armor

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Your class is going to love this activity. They get out their rulers, cardboard, and paints as they make Samurai breastplates. The simple art lesson lends itself to many different subjects such as, math/measurement, world history, and...
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Measuring Me

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the importance of accurate measurement both in customary and metric units. Through hands on measurement activities, they compare and contrast the accuracy of their measurements with the measurements of other...
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Dr. Dirt's Archaeology Lab Artifact Analysis

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students simulate analyzing artifacts in archaeological lab by using real techniques that archaeologists use. Students practice measuring skills, drawing, writing, and brainstorming, and make inferences based on evidence.
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Seasons--Measurements of Time

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this seasons worksheet, learners read a short article on the 4 seasons, put the 4 seasons in correct order 4 times and then draw a summer picture and a winter picture in the 2 boxes provided.
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Measurement Word Problems

For Students 8th
For this measurement worksheet, 8th graders solve 10 different word problems that include illustrations to match. First, they determine how long ago the railway coaches started on the tracks in the US. Then, students determine the number...
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Scaled Drawings

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Your carpenters will enjoy learning scaled drawing techniques and applying their new knowledge to make some real-life scale drawings of gardens. Your carpenter scholars will be reviewing some basic skills in a warm-up section of problems...
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Social Justice-Water in Developing Countries

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore how water shortage affects everyday life. In this social justice lesson, students discuss information about water shortage in Ghana. A water shortage simulation/game is played in which a "Canadian" team starts with a...

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