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Bar Graphs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate bar graphs.  In this third grade mathematics lesson, 3rd graders collect and analyze data and use the internet’s Graph challenge to create their own graphs.  Students write questions for the other...
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Pocket Change

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners practice identifying coins and their values. In this money identification activity, students play a game, where they toll a coin, determine the value, and compare totals to win.
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Size Them Up

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners arrange containers by their capacity. In this volume lesson plan, students place containers in order by increasing capacity. Learners discuss how the tallest container doesn't necessarily hold the largest amount.
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Valentine Hearts Investigation

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars practice analyzing data and making predictions. In this 2nd - 3rd grade lesson plan, students investigate and compare data gathered using boxes of valentine candy hearts. Young scholars examine the different boxes of...
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Money and Business (Art)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate world currency by creating their own coin art.  In this government activity, 3rd graders examine the characteristics of different coins and create their own design for a new one.  Students discuss and...
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Classroom Builder

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore music theory by discussing a classic song. In this musical notation lesson, students listen to the song "My Favorite Things" and discuss and share their personal tastes with the class. Students practice writing notes on...
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My Bank, My Budget, My Decisions!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build a budget. In this philanthropy lesson, students write a personal budget that includes spending, saving, investing, and donating. Student philanthropists donate money to charities.
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Value Your Digits

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders work with place value. For this place value lesson, 3rd graders write three digit numbers and tell the place value of each number. They compare numbers and money, regroup, discuss the value of coins, and count money.  
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The Robot Artist--Aaron

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This is a creative multidisciplinary lesson which will involve learners in art, technology, and psychology. Students learn about Harold Cohen who created a robot programmed to create art. Learners will also enjoy the sand pendulum...
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Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the garden with all five senses. In this Science lesson plan, students collect specimens from the garden to classify. Students use adjectives  to describe the objects collected.
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Thiebaud Cake Math: Elementary

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore the American artist Wayne Thiebaud. They practice addition, subtraction, fractions, money problems, and classification problems by carefully examining his painting entitled Cakes. They create a bold cake painting.
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Different! Diverse! Dynamic! Lesson 1: Late Bloomers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how people grow and mature at different rates. They create a graph and a timeline to organize the data they collect.
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Rainy Day Games And Lessons

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Bad weather can be a great reason to take a break from the regular curriculum and learn using the imagination, and games.
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What Is It?

For Teachers 3rd
 Students explore the likelihood of events.  In this logical thinking lesson, 3rd graders are given several scenarios and determine whether the possibility of the described event actually happening is likely, unlikely, or...
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Congruent Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this geometry lesson, pupils trace the capital letter "T" in different directions to learn how a shape is congruent. Students trace this letter on a sheet of paper, then turn, flip it, and trace it in different directions, only to...
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Chef for a Day

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.
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Pizza Fraction Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students solve for fractions using a pizza. In this fraction lesson plan, students listen to a read aloud, decorate pizzas, then cut their pizzas apart to show equivalent fractions. Once their pizzas are cut apart, they share different...
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students play a math game which assesses their mastery of selecting the appropriate operation to solve specific problems.
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Teachers.Net Tootsie Pop Pull - Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners pull tootsie pops from a large grocery bag and tell the teacher three three things: 1. their favorite flavor, 2. probability of them getting their favorite flavor and 3. keep a tally of flavors drawn from the bag at the bottom...
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Cyberchase

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in math games to learn to count combinations. In this counting combinations activity, students complete the 'Cyber Chow Combos Organizer' to practice counting combinations. Students then complete a combinations...
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Comparing Distances

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice estimating distances by analyzing a map. In this length measurement lesson plan, students view a map with a distance key and use their measurement skills to estimate the distance between two cities. Students utilize an...
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Graphing Aquatic Insects

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify aquatic insects. For this organism lesson, students locate aquatic insects near a local waterway and collect them. Students graph the amount of insects that they collected.
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Teaching Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils identify coin/money values, write amounts of money and calculate change. The poem, "Smart" by Shel Silverstein is used in this lesson.
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"School Shape Scavenger Hunt"

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars, in groups, venture onto the schoolground on a scavenger hunt for shapes. They are given tasks: recorder, team leader, presenter, reporter, and behavior guidelines and a time limit. They search the school for shapes found...