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Does Size Matter?
Students explore the surface area to volume ratio in cellular respiration. While participating in an interactive lab experiment, they examine proportional surface area and discuss nanotechnology. Students observe the effectiveness of...
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The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment
Young scholars develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish. In this scientific experiment lesson students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment.
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Mineral Identification
Learners investigate the environment by examining mineral characteristics. In this mineral activity, students perform scientific observations in groups in which they identify minerals found in everyday objects by using a...
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Find the Area or Missing Length of the Polygon
In this area and perimeter worksheet, students find the length or area of seventeen figures. The figures examined are triangles, trapezoids, parallelograms, rectangles, and hexagons. Some examples and solutions are...
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Area and Perimeter
For this geometry worksheet, 10th graders use single variable equations to solve problems focusing on area and perimeter of triangles, trapezoids, parallelograms, rectangles, and hexagons. The one page worksheet contains seventeen...
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Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography
High schoolers investigate modular clock arithmetic and cryptography. They perform basic operations in modular (clock) arithmetic and encode and decode messages using simple shift and affine ciphers.
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Polygons And Polyhedra
Students recognize and name two-dimensional and three-dimensional geometric figures. One group of students will extend the study of polygons to quadrilaterals while another group of students will extend the study of polygons to...
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This Land is Your Land - Delaware
Students determine how land was divided and marked for boundaries in the early days of settlement in Delaware. Students mark out land on the playground according to the methods used by the early settlers. Students write a description of...
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Melt the Ice
Learners examine and discuss how water changes from a liquid to a solid to a gas. They explore this concept by having an ice cube race, competing to see which group can change the solid water back into liquid water first.
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Angles and Algebra
Middle schoolers calculate angle measure for triangles and complementary/supplementary angles. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice.
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Doing Battle With Radical Equations
Students observe and solve examples of equations involving radicals. They complete a Doing Battle With Radical Equations worksheet and checklist.
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Fickled Fractions
Students explore which fractions are made real in our world. They also show the relationship of cross multiplication and equivalent fractions To reinforce fraction skills.
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The IMF in Action: What Does the IMF Do?
Students use newspapers and the internet to discover what the IMF does. They work together in groups to brainstorm occupations which need another language to be spoken. They also examine data related to trading among countries.
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The IMF in Action: Who is the IMF?
Students use the internet to examine IMF member countries. They work together in groups to read information about the different IMF representatives. They discuss what they have read.
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Are We There Yet?
Students estimate the time needed by the Corps of Discovery to complete its expedition. They problem solve and estimate the distance covered by the Corps on its expedition. They compare their findings to the expedition's actual rates...
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Copyright Ethics
Students examine the issues surrounding intellectual copyrights. They research the examples of DVD and CD piracy and participate in a class discussion about the related ethics.
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Two-Step Equations
Sixth graders work through a two-step equation with their teacher. After reviewing one-step equations, they complete a worksheet using tiles and colored pencils to complete two-step equations. To end the lesson, they write out the step...
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Decision Making - A Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the establishment of a tank farm. They focus upon the issue in class discussion in the form of a mock town meeting. Students come up with possible solutions to its establishment and...
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Air Masses
Pupils are given maps depicting two or more air masses and they then categorize bodies of air by temperature and moisture characteristics. They recognize large regions of similar type air. Students are given a map of air temperatures and...
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Multiplication: 4x Table
In this multiplication facts practice worksheet, students solve 35 problems that require them to multiply 1-digit numbers by the number 4.
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Multiplication: 3x Table
In this multiplication facts practice worksheet, students solve 35 problems that require them to multiply 1-digit numbers by the number 3.
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Multiplication: 2x Table
In this multiplication facts practice worksheet, students solve 35 problems that require them to multiply 1-digit numbers by the number 10.
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Multiplication: 6x Table
In this multiplication facts practice worksheet, students solve 35 problems that require them to multiply 1-digit numbers by the number 6.