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Musical Genre Pie Charts

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
For this pie chart worksheet, students transpose musical genre data to the charts and then answer questions about the results.
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Rep Tiles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use pattern blocks of one shape at a time to try to create a similar shape. They compare the perimeter of the new figure with the perimeter of the original shape and look for a pattern. Students use the pattern to predict...
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Tessellations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn and review basic geometric terms, definitions, and theory, including regular polygons, lines, angles, points, etc. They make a tessellating stamp and create a repeating work of art.
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Picnic Field Day

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Using laminated paper cookies, get your class exploring the concept of division.  Read them One Hundred Hungry Ants, by Elino R.J. Princzes, and have learners model what is happening with toy plastic ants. There are many more fun...
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Reaction Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students record reaction time data and calculate minimum, maximum, mean, median, and mode. They participate in a class reaction time activity, observe and conduct an online experiment, and discuss and analyze the activity results.
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Jelly Bean's Galore

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the origins of the Jelly Bean. They complete a Scavenger Hunt using the jellybean website. Pupils create a bar graph using information collected about jelly beans. Students discuss the time of year that Jelly Beans...
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Soak It Up

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners 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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Perimeter and Area

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars calculate the perimeter and area of given figures and lengths.
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Balloon Rocket

For Teachers K - 4th
Students observe a balloon rocket and how it relates to Newton's Third Law of Motion. In this balloon rocket lesson plan, students make a balloon rocket out of balloons, clothespins, straw, fishing line, and duct tape.
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Magnitude of the Richter Scale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine how a Richter scale operates. They create a booklet illustrating each rating on the scale. They discover how engineers use different measurement tools.
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Water

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete activities to examine the properties of water. In this water science lesson, students read a book about water's forms and study a map or globe of the Earth to investigate water. Students discuss living things that need...
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Seismology in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars work together to use a sample seismograph. They role play the position of an engineering firm that is to analyze the machine. They discover how engineers develop new machines to take measurements.
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Strong as Newspaper

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore architecture. In this science lesson, students build a structure from newspaper. Students place weight on the structure to measure how strong the structure is.
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Deforestation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the effects of deforestation. In this environmental lesson, students view a PowerPoint slideshow about the importance of trees. Students read The Lorax and discuss what the characters represent in our society.
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Estimating Butterflies

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this estimation worksheet, students estimate how many butterflies are in the picture and have 25 or 55 to choose from. Students estimate and eventually count 25 butterflies.
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Classification

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore classification. In this science lesson plan, students observe various apples, contrasting them, and classifying the apples based on structure and color.
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Pond Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate organisms and animals by examining a nearby pond. For this ecosystem lesson, students participate in a field trip to a local pond where they utilize a net to gather animals, plants and pollution items, Students...
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Science: Suddenly Snow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in snow-related activities during the first winter snowfall. After explaining the elements needed for it to snow, they preserve snowflakes on frozen slides and observe them under a microscope. Then, they write diamante...
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Read the Label

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read the Nutrition Fact labels to make healthy choices. For this health lesson, students look at labels to identify fat content, protein, carbohydrates, and serving size. They play games with different labels such as Narrow It...
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Look Ma! I'm a Rocket Scientist!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use a ball to push and pull to demonstrate the concept of force. In this force lesson plan, students talk about the importance of force in space and use balls to demonstrate this phenomena.
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Heat: Mini Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students experiment with heat. In this physical science lesson, students engage in hands-on activities to develop concepts related to heat. Students offer explanations for their observations using given vocabulary.
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Wet Weather, Wet Climate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the differences between weather and climate in this long-term lesson introduction. They create rain gauges and practice reading rainfall measurements, view a website showing the cloud cover in their location and draw...
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Flying Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners apply measurement techniques to create a flying object. They measure, draw, and cut out a flying wheel out of a six inch card.
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Making Paper

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students make paper from recycled paper. The student estimates, counts, and measures he amount of paper consumed in a classroom daily. They discover that if we use too much paper, it fills up landfills. Some activities they are doing...