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Inching Our Way through Measurement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review how to use an inch ruler and listen to the story, Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni. In this measuring lesson, students work in small groups to create an Inch Poster. Students then use an inch ruler to measure different objects...
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Two of Everything

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to story Two of Everything, illustrate coins they would put into the Magic Pot using paper and pencil, and solve Magic Pot riddles by viewing slide show and predicting coin totals. Students then create table listing...
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The Meaning of Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this fractions worksheet, students complete different kinds of fraction problems. Students complete 50 problems total where they solve, shade, and put numbers into a chart.
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Learning to Use a Scale

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this scale learning exercise, students measure items on a scale, and read examples. Students complete 4 questions on their own about scale measurement.
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Finding the Shape of a Web

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars examine spider webs they find as they explore outside. They make T-chart of the shapes found in two different webs and draw them on geoboard paper. Next, they measure length and width of a spider's web before checking to...
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Nutrition and Fast Food: Making Informed Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the components of a balanced diet and their importance to good health. Students research their favorite types of fast food to determine how healthy they really are. Links to websites of popular fast food companies are...
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Drip, Drip, Drip

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars gather scientific data and be able to utilize the data to generalize results over a long period of time. They use the appropriate tools to measure quanities of liquids and analyze the data to determine the cost of a leaky...
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Chart Trivia

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice addition and subtraction problems and answer questions using greater than and less than. They chart information to create a graph on the computer.
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Decimals in the Garden

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this math worksheet, students are given pictures of garden tools and prices (in pounds). They select the items they would like to purchase for their garden and calculate the cost to buy these items. Students may use the internet to...
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Growing Up With A Mission

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Student measure heights and graph them using growth charts for which they find the mean, mode, and median of the data set. They graph points on a Cartesian coordinate system.
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Fly Away With Averages

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners 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,...
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Hermit Crab Races

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students predict the speeds of humans and hermit crabs and investigate their predictions using ratios and formulas. AppleWorks is used for this lesson, which includes a data worksheet.
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Too Many Tamales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The lesson plan uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
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Dino Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners use the Internet to gather information about dinosaurs. They practice navagating through the different websites. They also practice listening to directions and also explore how to fill out a KWL chart.
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How Far Will It Roll?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students construct a car with the longest roll using a ramp. They construct Lego cars, modify the wheel sizes and car configurations to evaluate which car design rolls the longest distance, develop a graph, and complete a worksheet.
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Car Maze competition

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students 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 Dentist

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read a short story about visiting a dentist. Then they use toothbrushes in order to demonstrate the correct way to brush teeth. Students use the internet to investigate how some foods are healthier for teeth than others. Then...
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Musical Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in the game Musical Money. The game Musical Money is fashioned after the game Musical Chairs, but students count money using a time limit.
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The Nesting Habits of Folders

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create an organized web of nested grade level folers. Within each grade level folder, they create a Language Arts/Social Studies folder and a Math/Science folder. All folders be color coded.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Length Comparisons Using Data Tables

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a data table to answer questions comparing length.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Transportation Schedules 1

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a transportation schedule to answer questions based on the schedule. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Transportation Schedules 2

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to use a schedule to answer questions based on the schedule.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Division Patterns Within the Multiplication Table

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice with basic division facts using a multiplication table. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100
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Ck 12: Elem Math: Division Patterns Within the Multiplication Table

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students relate division patterns to the patterns in a multiplication table. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:21] and a set...