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Keeping a Physical Activity Log
This study asks students to keep a log at home of their daily physical activities for at least one or two weeks. They bring their logs back to class. They compare the activities and discuss different levels of intensity.
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Families and Communities
Here is a week-long lesson on the roles of family members designed for first graders. In it, learners share stories of their families, listen to books about families read to them by their teacher, complete homework assignments and...
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Environment: Water & Air
The introduction to the lesson mentions a sailor's limited capacity to store drinking water on his ship. Pupils then set up an overnight experiment to remove freshwater from salt water by distillation. There is a math and map activity to...
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Wildlife
The centerpiece of this lesson plan is a predator-prey simulation in which colored paperclips represent different species of animals camouflaged against a colored background. Relevant follow-up questions are provided. The activity is...
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Where's My Mummy: Preservation Techniques
To observe preservation techniques firsthand, learners dry a flower in sand and compare cucumber slices soaked in salt water for a week with slices left out to dry in the open air. Video resources (not attached) include one about mummies...
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Learning Number Words in Spanish
Combine Spanish vocabulary with a little bit of math. Learners practice the numbers one through twelve in Spanish by completing the sentences on the page. Various other vocabulary words are included in each sentence.
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Service-Based Engineering Design Project
Do some good for the community while learning about engineering. Groups complete a service-based engineering design project over the course of five weeks. The resource provides guidance on how to conduct the project and help pupils get...
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Quiz: Intermediate Word Problems
In this intermediate word problem worksheet, students read word problems, translate them into algebraic equations, and solve for the unknown. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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How Many Pieces of Mail?
Fourth graders explore their multiplication skills. In this number sense lesson plan, students use their problem solving skills to solve a word problem that requires them to multiply 2 or 3-digit numbers by 1 or 2-digit...
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Level 2 Fraction Sets
In this mathematics worksheet, learners solve various word problems by selecting the correct fraction for each response. There are eight problems to solve on the sheet.
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Math Word Problems
In this math word problem worksheet, students complete a total of 5 simple word problems. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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How to write the date
In this date worksheet, students view videos to learn the days and months and then complete a word search, crossword, put them in order, and more. Students complete 8 activities total.
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The Five Houses
In this deductive reasoning learning exercise, students use clues to tell the nationality, beverage, snack, house color and pet of five people.
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Brothers and Sisters
In this deductive reasoning worksheet, students use 7 clues to determine the ages and relationships of 8 people. The page opens to the answer sheet.
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The Pascal Problem
For this Pascal worksheet, students begin at the center of a rhombus to identify the number of ways the word "Pascal" may be found. This one-page worksheet contains 1 puzzle. The answer is provided at the bottom of the page.
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What is the Smallest Number of Pourings Needed?
In this word problem worksheet, students solve the problem of how to give two students two quarts of milk each with an empty five-quart pail and an empty four-quart pail. The students are provided with two ten-quart cans full of...
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Decimal Word Problems
In this decimals worksheet, students solve 10 different word problems that include using decimals. First, they determine the amount of change received from a cashier given a specific amount. Then, students write a decimal representing...
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30 Days Hath September
Fourth graders memorize the poem, Thirty Days Hath September in preparing for learning about the number of days in the months and year. Once memorized, they practice using the calendar to count the number of days in different problems.
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Mathematicians Research Projects
Students research a famous mathematician and create a presentation of their research. For this famous mathematician research lesson, students decide on a famous mathematician that they would like to learn more about. They conduct...
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Pythagorean Theorem
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of the Pythagorean Theorem. After conducting independent practice to find the hypotenuse of a triangle, they work with the teacher using examples in the lesson plan. The direct instruction is...
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Math Word Problems Worksheet 1
In this math word problems worksheet, students solve word problems involving money, collections, fractions, and more. Students solve 5 word problems.
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Fraction Conversion Bingo
Students reinforce previous math lessons involving the relationships between fractions, decimals and percents.
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Egyptian Puzzles
A great way to make a lesson interdisciplinary, these thirteen math word problems are all Egyptian-themed, allowing you to cross your social studies unit with a set of math skills. Note that a few questions from the first page are...
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Place the First Digit
In this math graphs worksheet, learners use the table for the 'States with the Fewest Full-Time Firefighters' math table to find the first digit value places for the word problems.