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Curated OER

Multiplication With Two Digits

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders multiply one and two digit problems, identify place value, and maneuver manipulatives to solve problems.
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Curated OER

Build a Snowplow

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students design and build a snowplow using LEGO materials. They compete in an Engineer's Challenge to clear a path through Styrofoam peanuts.
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Curated OER

Box of Chocolate Adjectives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using descriptive words. In this adjectives instructional activity, students are given a piece of candy and write as many descriptive words as they can about the candy. Students make sure to use descriptions that...
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Curated OER

Electrical motors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate and experiement with a 9-volt motor. They will use the connecting wire and battery pack to discover fans.
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Curated OER

Baga Drum

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine a Baga Drum in order to explore the history of the Baga people of West Africa. In this art history lesson, students recognize figures used in Baga Drum design that represent aspects of Baga culture. They also design and...
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Curated OER

Habitats: Rainforest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the internet to find reasons the rainforest is endangered and ways that affects the rest of the world. They read for information, perform experiments, locate rainforests on maps, and write about this ecosystem.
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Curated OER

Sink or Float?

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars predict and explore to discover which objects sink or float in fresh and salt water, predict how salt affect objects, write predictions on T chart, discuss difference between man-made and natural waters, and graph results.
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Curated OER

Eggs'ceptional Experiments

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students see evidence of chemical reaction and follow the scientific method to hypothesize, observe, and reach conclusions. They conduct a series of egg based experiments such as forming crystals and complete journal activities as a...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Straight Line Motion

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Students examine gravity, mass, and friction. For this speed and motion instructional activity, students investigate how straight line motion is impacted by gravity, mass, and fiction as they participate in a hands-on activity.
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Curated OER

Painted Story Quilt

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Emmulate some of Faith Ringgolds famous painted story quilts in your classroom. Have your class choose a story or you choose one for the whole class to portray. They will select their favorite scene to paint onto their story quilt. What...
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Curated OER

Cardboard History

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars investigate the history of baseball and create baseball cards based on research they have collected about early baseball players.
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Curated OER

Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars review Mexico's location and language and learn to pronouns 10 new Spanish food words. Students listen as the book, Corn is Maize is read, touching and passing around an ear of Indian corn. Young scholars discuss the...
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Curated OER

Oobleck and the Mystery Powders

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils listen to the book, "Oobleck," by Dr. Suess before experimenting with mystery powders. They determine the proper ratio of powder to liquid to make the Oobleck.
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Curated OER

Life in a Cup

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make and maintain a mini terrarium. They keep a daily journal of what happens in their terrarium and record daily observations and measurements.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Bridging Literature and Mathematics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five 50-minute interdisciplinary lessons that ask students to write about math-related, informational books such as "Actual Size" (Jenkins, 2004) and "If You Hopped Like a Frog" (Schwartz, 1999). Students use books...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Lesson Plan: Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich..

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This multipart lesson plan the cost of opportunities when you have limited resources. It uses the hilarious children's book, "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" by Judith Viorst to drive the lesson home.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Lesson Plan: Simple Ways to Assess Math Sense

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site has two lesson plans are presented by Marilyn Burns and associates that use children's literature to help assess math sense. One lesson plan is for use with primary students while the other is for use with intermediate students.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Lesson Plan Non Standard Measuring

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a short, fun lesson plan with a literature connection, "Miss Nelson is Missing". It uses candy bars as non-standard units for measuring objects in the classroom.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Lesson Plan Non Standard Measuring

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a short, fun lesson plan with a literature connection, "Miss Nelson is Missing". It uses candy bars as non-standard units for measuring objects in the classroom.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Lesson Plan: Measurement, "Inch by Inch"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This is a great measurement lesson plan with a literature connection, "Inch by Inch" by Leo Lioni. It uses a variety of activities where students use the inch unit.
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PBS

Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are introduced to...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Stories From Africa

For Teachers 1st - 5th
At the end of this lesson, students will have a better understanding of the size of the African elephant. This could be used in an animal science unit, a measuring unit in math, an extension to literature, or for social studies...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Explorations in Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Explorations in Place Value is an interactive math mini-unit that incorporates the use of children's literature, mathematical learning stations, and small group instructional strategies to reinforce basic principles of place value and to...