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Part Part Whole
First graders solve number sentences. In this problem solving lesson, 1st graders construct addition sentences using a part part whole mat. Students demonstrate problem solving strategies using cubes.
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Place Value Popsicles
Students play a place value game using popsicle sticks and dice. They investigate units and tens.
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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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Water Usage and Conservation
Students investigate water usage at school and at home. They use graphs and tables to evaluate water usage. Students describe possible water conservation measures. They use graphs and tables to relate data as part of a written report.
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Pumpkins
Third graders create a pumpkin lantern. They work in groups to illustrate the growth of a pumpkin seed. Students are asked what they think of when they see the color orange. They choice one person from the group to get a piece of...
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Crack The Code!! Oh NO!!!
In this cracking the code activity, students realize that they must crack the code to find Keith the Kangaroo who has been hidden.
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Long Division of Polynomials
In this polynomial learning exercise, students simplify problems through the use of division. This three-page learning exercise contains examples, followed by ten problems.
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What's The Point?
Students solve word problems using the correct math symbols. In this algebra lesson, students use the TI calculator to graph their equation and analyze it. They find the line of regression and use to draw conclusion.
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Noon Project Revisited
Students, just like Eratosthenes, try to use math to calculate immeasurable objects. Teachers need to try out the calculations before having your class do them. They should take notes to be included with their own calculations and drawings.
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Color, Computers, and Math
Young scholars visit a web page that gives a brief introduction to two color models and experiment with mixing different color intensities to create different colors. They visit links that give more detailed information on color.
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Frogs, Frogs, And More Frogs
Third graders review the life cycle of a frog. They use the computer to research specific information about their frog and write a descriptive paragraph using the information obtained on the computer. They access websites imbedded in...
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Where In the World Are We?
Fifth graders read postcards and find their locations on maps. They use the pictures and text on the postcards to write about imaginary vacations. They compute the mileage and compare it to TripMaker data.
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Colorful Solutions
Fourth graders complete a coloring activity and consider where like fractions are actually used in real-life situations. They problem solve in groups using fractions with common denominators.
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Lemonade Stand: Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way
Students run their own lemonade stand and are to figure out what to sell the lemonade at to gain the maximum profit.
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Using Algebra to Solve Puzzles
Students explore basic algebraic operations to solve real life situations. Additional problems are presented to continue the exploration of the concept.
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Fact-O!
Learners practice math facts as they play a game of chance and skill. They correctly create and calculate mathematical equations, using the numbers rolled on three dice, and earn points for marking adjacent numbers on the game sheet.
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The Very Hungry Class
Students listen to a read aloud of Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, as an introduction to their study of the metamorphosis of a butterfly. They participate in a number of cross-curricular activities in this unit of lessons.
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Sieve of Eratosthenes
Students investigate numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems. They comprehend the meaning of operations and how they relate to each other.
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Mr. Payne Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, students study 10 words in a word bank, then locate them in a word search puzzle. The words appear to be related to algebra; the meaning of the title is not known. There is one misspelled word in the word...
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Number the Stars Activities
In this Language Arts worksheet, students participate in a variety of activities related to the novel Number the Stars. For example, students write a list of words form the book in alphabetical order and complete a star-shaped word search.
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Scientific Measurement and Conversion
In this measurement activity, students review the rules of dimensional analysis and then determine if the 3 equations given follow the dimensional analysis rules.
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Poverty & Disease: What is the Link?
Young scholars consider how to reduce poverty and fight disease around the world. In this interdisciplinary instructional activity, students participate in activities regarding global poverty, fighting disease, and connections between...
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The Numbers Behind Hunger #1
Students investigate world hunger. In this global issues instructional activity, students research world hunger issues using the World Food Program website. Students analyze statistics and consider how to address word hunger issues.
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The Numbers Behind Hunger: Rate of Change
Explore the concept of world hunger by having students collect and graph 1990 world hunger statistics. They will analyze the data in order to determine how to decrease world hunger rates and try to determine problems and solutions of...