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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Shapes on the Playground

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this one page website the problem will require you to use your problem solving skills to find your solution. You can then check it right at the website against the solution they have available.
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Public Health Agency of Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada: Be an Action Hero!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Kids staying safe is number one in importance! Believe it or not, injuries are the number one cause of death for young Canadians. This site will help you learn to stay safe and uninjured, and that makes everyone happy!
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Math Fact Cafe

Math Fact Cafe: Flashcards: 3rd Grade: Math Facts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Practice your basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts using these interactive flashcards. Each section gives you 20 flashcards. After each correct answer the card turns green. If you get an incorrect answer the...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Hop, Hop, Hop Scotch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn how to play hop scotch in a different way on a spiral design. Book includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: How Do You Play Safely?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the safety rules to follow when you are playing outside. Includes audio narration in 12 additional languages with text in English.
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Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Risky Business

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore odds ratios and risk ratios. Framed in the context of a possibly contaminated playground on which children who play show signs of toxic exposure, students...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Charting the Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson plan, learners will gather data from temperature and water gauges set up on the playground to learn about weather patterns. Then students will build a spreadsheet with data related to temperature, wind direction and...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Hide and Seep

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to percolation theory and the possibilities of cellular automata. Framed in the context of a playground which disappears into a sinkhole, students model a...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Vernier a Speedy Slide With Easy Data App and Cbr 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use a CBR 2 motion detector to determine their speed or velocity going down a playground slide. They will also experiment with different ways to increase their speed going down the slide.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Exponential Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students' to Activity Center and represents a suggested TI-Navigator classroom procedure for students to explore an exponential model for the rebound heights of a playground ball.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Graphing Fall Leaves

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use leaf classifications they created to graph the properties of leaves they collected on their playground.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: A New Park [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"A New Park" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about how a school in need of a playground got a city park instead. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Letter to the Mayor [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
"Letter to the Mayor" is a one page, nonfiction letter written to the mayor by 2000 school children in Chicago. In the letters, the children addressed issues such as trash, gangs, computers, playgrounds, and safer streets. After reading...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Dig into this collection of dinosaur resources offered for dinosaur walkers of all ages. Hit the Dinosaur Playground with younger students to engage in a variety of games, activities, and puzzles.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balancing Act

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about balance by placing objects on a playground teeter totter. Take the challenge to show what you learn.

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