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ABC's of Banking
Students explore the concept of managing money. For this managing money lesson, students discuss how to write checks and keep an accurate check registry. Students discuss the importance and uses of debit cards and deposit forms.
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Minerals
Students explore the concept of minerals. In this minerals instructional activity, students discuss how cooling affects the size of crystals. Students discuss how the structure of minerals is a tetrahedron. Students discuss the structure...
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Resources of the Three Little Pigs
Second graders, after listening to the The Three Little Pigs, identify the natural, human, and capital resources involved in creating each house.
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Transportation and Communication Timeline
Students discuss the growth of transportation and communication technology since 1500 C.E. Individually or in groups, they research lists of developments in the two areas. Finally, students create timelines indicating the development...
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Speech Marks
Students will read through a transcript. They then brainstorm words that demonstrate that people are talking. Students then rewrite the transcript report as a description of the actual conversation.
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Internet: Introducing Email
Students discuss the use and misuse of email and identify six new technology terms. After opening a word document, they experiment with fonts and sentence writing before pasting it into their email. The lesson concludes with students...
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From Home To School
Students locate and use internet maps to trace a route from their home to school. They calculate the distance of the route using the map legend then determine the distance they travel to school and back in a regular school week and over...
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Making It All Add Up!
Students use technology resources for problem solving. They complete math problems or integrated science problems dealing with math concepts using an online calculator.
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Fly Away With Averages
Pupils discover the process of finding the mean, median, and mode. Through guided practice and problem solving activities, they use a computer program to input data and create a graph. Graph data is used to calculate the mean, median,...
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Fly Away With Averages
Students study mean, median, and mode. They construct paper airplanes and test them to see how far they fly. They measure the distance and then find the averages of their throws. They use spreadsheet software to record the data in a...
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Using Categories With Keywords
Students practice choosing key words when searching for specific topics to start a research assignment or project. They select appropriate technology tools and resources to address a variety of tasks and problems. Each student assesses...
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Explore the Transformations of Linear and Absolute Value Functions Using Graphing Utilities
Young scholars explore the concept of transformations. For this transformation lesson plan, students use an applet that is an interactive absolute value graph applet. Young scholars manipulate the applet to examine the change in the...
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Just the Facts! Exploring Order of Operations and Properties of Real Numbers
Sixth graders explore the concept of order of operations. In this order of operations lesson, 6th graders view a powerpoint about order of operations in society. Students post on a blog about order of operations.
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Factoring by Mack
Learners explore the concept of factoring trinomials. In this factoring trinomials lesson, students use the Mack Method to factor trinomials. Learners watch a video on how to factor a trinomial with a coefficient of 1 with the x...
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Writing Word Equations
Young scholars explore the concept of chemical formulas. In this chemical formula lesson plan, students watch a video about balancing chemical equations. Young scholars conduct an experiment using silver nitrate and sodium phosphate. ...