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Self Portrait Pots
learners create a self-portrait bust while demonstrating craftmanship in forming clay and glazing/underglazing. After the correct procedures are demonstrated, students create their own self-portrait bust.
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Playing with Money (From the New Zealand Point of View)
Students explore the exchange rates for five countries. They identify the units of currency of a number of countries. Students convert money amounts accurately from New Zealand dollars to another currency. They graph currency...
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Playing with Money (From the Other Point of View)
Students explore exchange rates. They identify the units of currency of a number of countries. Students convert money amounts accurately. They graph currency fluctuations and interpret graphs.
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Leonardo Lives
Students investigate the concepts of force and motion. They describe how motion is created by force. Also students define a simple machine and the factors of application to creating force or motion. They analyze the plans of Leonardo De...
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Percents Less Than One and Greater Than 100
Sixth graders express numbers as percents greater than 100 and less than one. In this lesson on percents, 6th graders work in groups with real life scenarios to develop an understanding on percentages greater than 100 and less than one....
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Portrait and Figure Drawing
Young scholars investigate the self-portraits and figure drawings of famous artists such as Käthe Kollowitz, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt and others following their own attempts to create their expressive original drawings.
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Will There be Enough Water?
Students investigate water usage, water available, and water demand historically in the local area. They use projections of water usage, availability and demand up to the year 2050. Students use graphs to relate as well as compare and...
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Water - Planning for the Future
Students explore and examine the increases and/or decreases for water user groups: irrigation, municipal, manufacturing, steam electric power generation cooling, livestock, and mining. They utilize percentage changes during their...
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The Circle's Measure
Pupils explore circumference and diameter. In this math lesson, students apply their knowledge of circumference and diameter to solve mathematical riddles. Pupils apply this knowledge to find circumference and diameter of various objects.
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Are you in Golden Shape
Students solve and verify the solution for unknown measures. In this geometry lesson, students identify the properties of circles. They use the arc, angle and segment relationship to find the missing measures.
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Congruence with Robot Gobot
Students identify the properties of solids and polygons. In this geometry lesson, students identify the different measurements of a triangle. They use congruence parts and theorem to prove their answer.
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Geometry Shapes Playground Safety
Learners create a new playground design to present to elementary students during Playground safety week. They review basic geometry to use in observing and recording the equipment on a local playground. They research playground safety...
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Calculus at the Battle of Trafalgar
Students read an article on how calculus is used in the real world. In this calculus lesson, students draw a correlation between the Battle of Trafalgar and calculus. The purpose of this article is the show everyday uses for calculus in...
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Introduction to Linear Functions
Students are introduced to the basic ideas needed for understanding linear functions.
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The Adoration of Shepherds
Students create bas-relief sculptures of themselves after studying the principles of bas-relief sculpture.
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Patterns in Pascal's Triangle
Young scholars examine the patterns that exist in Pascal's Triangle. They explore multiples and factors. Sudents use an applet to create and color the multiples in Pascal's Triangle.
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Finding Patterns in Fractals
Students discover patterns and sequences. They use a website to explore patterns and fractals. Students share their discovery of fractals and their patterns with the class. They develop a list of patterns used in everyday life.
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From Probability to Combinatorics and Number Theory
Students see how division is used to help solve probability problems. They use tables as data structures where they are used to count outcomes and to compute probabilities. Students use games to help solve probability problems.
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More Complicated Functions: Introduction to Linear Functions
Learners explore the concept of linear functions. In this linear functions activity, students translate linear functions from tables to graphs to equations. Learners use an applet to write a function rule for a linear function in...
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Build an Anemometer
Students investigate wind speed. In this wind instrument activity, students build an anemometer to measure wind speed and discuss the importance of wind speed knowledge in various professions.
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Kites
Students build a kite while integrating math and science. In this kite building lesson, students construct a blueprint and apply mathematical formulas while constructing a kite. They use appropriate flight and kite terminology to...
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Electromagnetic Spectrum/Spectroscopy
Students examine the electromagnetic spectrum and demonstrate the elements within. In this investigative lesson plan students complete a demonstration and calculate the energy of a photon.
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Unexpected Answers
Students consider probability problems with unexpected and surprising answers.
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TIMS, The Bouncing Ball: Math, Science, Measurement, Graphs, Variables
Learners determine the exact relationship between the height from which a ball is dropped and the distance that it rebounds.