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Kansas Foods A Data and Probability Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners study a number of food products and anticipate which are derived from Kansas crops. They make a list of words associated with the food stuffs and graph the results.
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Vocabulary Matching Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary matching instructional activity, students choose from a drop down list to correctly fill in the blanks in sentences. Students may check their score online. 
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Take A Chance Or Two

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A two-part lesson immerses young statisticians in the concept of probability. On the first day, will conduct experiments with a two-colored coin and learn how to write probabilities as fractions, ratios, and percentages. In the second...
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What are the Odds

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students predict the-outcome of an event. In this algebra instructional activity, students compare and contrast the probability of an event occurring. They calculate the odds of a simple event and make estimation.
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Fair Games

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the statistics of playing games. Many games of chance and activities in maths text books involve rolling two dice and combining the scores, usually by addition. Students often find the probabilities of such events...
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A Sputtering Image

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explain the role of genes in heredity. In this biology lesson plan, students predict the offspring's genotypes and phenotypes using the Punnett Square. They compute the probability of genotypes and phenotypes.
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Counting Principle

For Students 7th - 8th
In this probability and statistics worksheet, students work with a family member to determine the number of outcomes in a given situation. The two page worksheet contains four questions. Answers are included.
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Making Predictions

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of probabiility and outcome through several decision making activities. Making accurate predictions in daily life including weather forecasting, stock market selections, or job changes are all dependent on...
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It's All in the Genes

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders investigate the inheritance of traits through several hands-on activities that illustrate the transmission of genetic characteristics. Students study advanced topics including multiple alleles, polygenic traits,...
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Environmental Risk Management

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are engaged in cooperative learning strategies and critical thinking activities to introduce topics of analysis, probability, assessment, and management as they apply to environmental risk. They choose a risk from the class...
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Real Family Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research genetic disease and mutation causing traits in family pedigrees simulated in a class activity. Students are each assigned a genetic trait and a "spouse" and must conduct research on their traits and the probability of...
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Teacher Preparation Notes on Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore genetics through various hands-on activities. In this biology lesson plan, students predict the probability of offspring genotypes and phenotypes using the Punnett Square. They explain the causes of genetic abnormalities.
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Rollerblade Scarf Tag

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars particpate in a rollerblading activity to increase their aerobic capacity. They who are comfortable on rollerblades participate in the game while others practice basic skills.
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Pet Training

For Teachers 7th - 12th
There are lots of pet owners who would probably like their pets to behave a little better. In this activity, students will learn how to train a pet and create a pet training guide that anyone can use.
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Cancer as a Multistep Process

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze the causes of cancer from a genetic standpoint. They explain the increase in cancer with age and create a hypothesis for cancer development. They use the laws of probability as well.
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What Is Your Explanation for the Evidence?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students encounter an interactive computer program activity designed as a diagnostic of student beliefs related to the theory of evolution. Students process the Hypercard cascades structured around a set of biological topics related to...
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Genetic Disorders with Cultural Roots: International Insects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize that certain populations have specific genetic disorders that could benefit or harm them in their environment, work out punnett square problems and infer offspring probabilities from results, and provide advantages and...
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Forces and Masses and Motion, Oh My!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore how varying force and mass effect the motion of an object.  In this motion lesson students participate in a class activity and demonstrations.
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Independent and Dependent Clauses

For Students 6th - 7th
In this clause worksheet, students read a passage about ninjas and underline independent clauses and circle dependent clauses. Activity is printed 3 per page for copying purposes.
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Misleading Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore number relationships by participating in a data collection activity. For this statistics lesson, students participate in a role-play activitiy in which they own a scrap material storefront that must replenish its stock....
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Lesson 3: What Happens When a Bank Makes a Loan?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students role-play to show how bank loans made to people can have an impact on others in the community. In small groups, they analyze hypothetical loans, using flow charts or other diagrams to describe the probable impact of each.
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"Afternoon on the Amazon" by Mary Pope Osborne

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read and complete activities dealing with the book "Afternoon on the Amazon". They create webs of words used in the book and write about what they have read.
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Listerine: Miracle Liquid or Product in Search of a Purpose?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze and research the claims of Listerine advertisements and commercials. They observe commercials and ads, then participate in numerous activities to determine the credibility of the claims made by Listerine. ...
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Where Did We Go on Holiday This Year?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this differentiated whole-group activity worksheet, students list all the places they visited over the summer, record the places on a flip chart, calculate the distances on a road map and graph the data they collect.