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As If Numbers Weren't Complex Enough Already!
The class explores the concept of complex numbers on a website to generate their own Mandelbrot sets. They will practice performing operations with complex numbers and then to get a visual understanding, graph the absolute value of a...
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Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
The identification of various parts of the human body is the focus of this biology lesson plan. Young scientists sing the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes," and trace the human body onto butcher paper. Additionally, they label the...
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Exploring the Hudson in 1609
While this lesson plan focuses on a study of the Hudson River, it could be used as a template for a discussion of map skills, converting measurements, and plotting a route. The lesson plan includes vocabulary and other resources to make...
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Who Were the Tired, the Poor, the Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free?
Elvira Woodruff's The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time Travel Adventure is the core text in a interdisciplinary unit study of immigration at the turn of the century.
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Out to Lunch
Fourth graders use their computation skills and a menu from a local restaurant to plan a lunch with a cost of $5.00 or less.
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Lagoon Lake
Students develop skill in using co-ordinates. Up to eight cardinal points of the compass are used making this a useful activity in simple map and grid work. They utilize educational software to gain practice.
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Poison Boxes
Students utilize the Poison Boxes activity on The Nature Park is used to practice the recognition of 2D shapes and their properties. They utilize a mathematics educational software program to gain practice.
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Is It a Triangle?
Students explore the concept of triangle inequalities. For this triangle inequality lesson, students cut spaghetti noodles into given lengths. Students use the noodles to complete a worksheet about triangle...
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Trapezoids: What's Equal or Right About Them?
Pupils explore the concept of trapezoids. In this trapezoids instructional activity, learners identify legs and bases of a trapezoid. Pupils discuss the similarities and differences between isosceles trapezoids and right...
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The Moon
Young scholars explore the phases of the moon. In this solar system lesson, students listen to several books about the moon including The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons. Young scholars complete a KWL activity concerning the phases of the moon...
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A Rockin' Investigation
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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The Birth of Rock(s) - Identifying Rock Types
Young scientists investigate types of rocks in this instructional activity. They collaborate to examine groups of rocks, make written descriptions of them, and use websites to help them identify the types of rocks they are.
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Foods and Languages of the World
Students study world cultures with an emphasis on languages and cultures. In this world cultures lesson, students study the countries of Spain, China, Italy, and the United States. Students read the story Everybody Cooks Rice and move...
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The Five Senses: How They Relate to our World
Students explore the five senses and the significance of each sense. In this five senses and diversity instructional activity, students listen to You Can't Smell a Flower With Your Ear by Joanna Cole and take a walk observing...
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The Solar System
Learners explore the Solar System. In this cross-curriculum space instructional activity, students identify the planets, name them in order according to distance from the sun, and describe major characteristics of each planet. Learners...
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Light Reflection and Absorption
Students discover what types of objects reflect and absorb light. For this science inquiry activity, students use flashlights to determine whether different objects absorb or reflect light.
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Trees: The Inside Story
Students explore trees. In this math lesson, students identify the basic parts of trees. Students create a model of a tree and label the parts.
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Math Made Easy
Pupils evaluate word problems. In this problem solving lesson, students are presented with word problems requiring graphing skills and pupils work independently to solve.
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Introduction to Slope Fields
Students plot slope fields. In this introduction to slope fields lesson, students plot 12 slope fields for given differential equations.
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Graphing Ordered Pairs
Seventh graders investigate the concept of ordered pairs as found in Algebra. They are introduced to the data set that corresponds to the coordinate system. Also students practice the graphing the ordered pairs using the x and y axis.
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Constructing and Measuring Angles
Fifth graders complete an introduction to the Geometer's Sketchpad software. They explore various beginning functions and practice using required tools. Using the sketchpad, 5th graders measure given angles. They complete follow-up...
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Types of Triangles
Fifth graders explore the required functions of the Geometer's Sketchpad. Using the computer software, they construct similar triangles and identify them by angles and sides. Students classify triangles. Afterward, they complete problems...
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Interior and Exterior Angles of Polygons
Students identify interior and exterior angles of polygons. In this geometry lesson, students add interior and exterior angles of polygons. They use angle theorems to solve the problems.
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Properties of Special Parallelograms
Students identify properties of trapezoids. For this geometry lesson, students are put into groups and use computer programs to analyze polygons. They drag and move the shapes around as they make predictions.