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Size Them Up

For Teachers K - 6th
Students arrange containers by their capacity. In this volume lesson, students place containers in order by increasing capacity. Students discuss how the tallest container doesn't necessarily hold the largest amount.
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Wheels for Jack and Jill

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students design, make and appraise a model wheeled vehicle that is capable of carrying a small load. This activity is part of the unit `Wheels in motion'.
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Twix-n-Tween

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Yummy! Use Twix candy bars to teach a instructional activity in comparing length! Learners will love this instructional activity and you will be addressing Common Core standards at the same time!
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One Centimeter

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this centimeter instructional activity, students read about and view examples of length in centimeters, then draw lines shorter and longer than 1 centimeter. A website reference for additional activities is given.
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Trigometric Ratios

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This instructional activity requires a worksheet that is not connected. It is integral to the instructional activity.
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Distance Formula

For Teachers 1st - 11th
Students calculate the distance between two points using the distance formula. For this geometry lesson, students derive the distance formula using the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Freckle Face

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students collect and record data. In this early data analysis lesson, students gather data about their partners face. As a class, the students use tally marks and pictographs to record the data and answer question about the information...
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The Very Grouchy Ladybug: Telling Time

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice telling time by reading a children's story.  For this time keeping lesson, students read the book The Very Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carl, and create a schedule for the ladybug to complete certain activities....
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That's So Square

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students familiarize themselves with the three most common geometric shapes: circles, triangles and parallelograms. They sketch, sort, and name the shapes.
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Wiggle Worms

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate worms, collect and analyze data. In this worm and data instructional activity, 1st graders listen to Chick and Duckling from the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill reading series. They conduct experiments with worms, collect...
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Teddy Bears Everywhere

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the history of teddy bears. In this comprehension lesson, students bring a bear of their own to compare and contrast with their classmates. Students read book and discuss the events and draw pictures of the scenes.
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Flying the Friendly Skies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the power of wind by flying a glider.  In this weather instructional activity, students describe their thoughts on wind and practice using weather related vocabulary.  Students construct model gliders in class...
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Shadow Games

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create different shapes by putting light on different objects. They change the distance from the object, the light source and angles to make the shadows different. They are to describe the relationship between the light, object...
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Soak It Up

For Teachers K - 5th
Students role play where they assume the role of business executives who must decide which of three prototypes of paper towels would be the best buy for consumers. Students compare three products to determine the best value by using...
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Grade 1: More Land or Water?

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen as the teacher reads a story involving cross-continent traveling. Students collect a random sample by tossing an inflatable globe and recording whether they touch land or water each time they catch the globe in order...
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Traveling aroud Our Town

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are asked to describe to a partner how he or she walks to school or the bus stop. They are shown on the overhead an one-inch grid paper, and at the intersection of two lines on the grid paper, students are shown a house and...
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Pent-up Pentominoes

For Teachers 1st
Students explore pentominoes in this activity. They build shapes as directed and color the tiles on their grid sheet.
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Teaching with Collections

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students examine collections. In these real-world collections lessons, students examine and describe buttons and shells. Students will then sort, classify, and graph items according to various indicated descriptors.
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Circles to Spheres

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate circles and spheres. In this space shapes lesson plan, students compare and contrast two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. Students investigate the relationship between plane and space shapes.
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Magician Squares

For Teachers K - 3rd
Elementary school learners investigate the attributes of a square. They discover that squares are polygons and examine squares found in everyday life. They concentrate on connecting the word, square, with the shape. As an...
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Graph Groups

For Students K - 1st
In this mathematics worksheet, students solve a number of problems by counting each shape and graphing the amount to the right in height. Then they circle the shape that appears the most often on the sheet.
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Car Maze competition

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars use graphs to calibrate an RCX car. They must then program the car to traverse a maze using their calibrations
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The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a Cirlce Map about time. They recall times during the grouchy ladybugs travels, and add dots on ladybugs using turn-around facts. Pupils correctly sequence the events of The Grouchy Ladybug. Students compose new...
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Ramps 2: Ramp Builder

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students design, build, and test their own ramps. They are introduced to a variety of materials and explore putting them together. Students engage in an inquiry-based learning experience to reinforce math, science, and technology...

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