Curated OER
Combining Coins
Students explore counting coins. In this money counting lesson plan, students are given an assigned number of coins and calculate the least amount of coins that could be used to equal the same value. Students participate in guided...
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Tantalizing Tangrams
Students create puzzles of animals based on the 12-animals cycle of the Lunar Calendar. They use logical or spatial relationship skills. Students comprehend the mathematical term geometry. They research the history, beliefs of the...
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Subtraction Shopping
Students subtract two digit numbers. They check each other's answers for accuracy.
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Folding Fractions
Students create a set of fraction circles using a paper folding technique. They fold 10 inch circles of paper into the indicated fractions, identify the fractions, and use them to show equivalency.
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Word Power
Fifth graders identify a set of data from a real world problem. In this statistics instructional activity, 5th graders identify the range, mode, median and mean using some manipulatives. They write words randomizing the letters.
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Hot Dog Stand: The Works
Students strengthen skills in mathematics, problem solving, and communication skills by working together in groups using "Hot Dog Stand: The Works" educational software.
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The Key to Word Problems
Students learn the key words to look for in multiplication and division word problems, to help them decide which operation to use. They analyze, wrte, and solve multiplication problems.
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Area Lesson Plan
Learners manipulate a variety of materials and computer applets in order to explore area and the units used to measure it.
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How to Teach Students about Acid and Acid Rain
How acidic is your rainwater? Use these lesson plans to get students thinking about how acids affect the environment in which we live.
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Making a Multiplication Lesson Matter
Teaching students about multiplication can be made a little easier with lessons that will peak their interest.
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Wildflower Beautification Project
Students, in cooperative groups, design and create a wildflower garden for the community. They write letters to property owners requesting use of their land and then write invitations to their parents and to local, state, and federal...
University of Minnesota
Beautiful Brain: Do You See What I See?
Can art play tricks on your eyes, and can a still painting really appear to vibrate? The second lesson in a four-part series discusses the way our beautiful brains translate visual images. It highlights the style of optical art and...
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Animal Science Research Report
Students research an animal. In this research lesson, students utilize various types of technology to gather information about an animal. Students create a class blog and use digital photography for their research.
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What Is Kwanzaa?
Students use vocabulary related to Kwanzaa. They identify main ideas and details related to the celebration of Kwanzaa and summarize information about Kwanzaa. They make picture books appropriate for first and second graders.
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Set Up Your Own Apartment
Students divide into groups and 'set up' an apartment together making lists of items to purchase from an allowance of money. They gain practice with basic equations in a real life context.
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Lesson plan: History Underfoot
Students study Native Americans of Virginia. In this Virginia history lesson, students take on the role of archaeologists as they analyze a site and its artifacts. Students use the information to draw conclusions about the natives who...
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Learning About the Great Inventor: Thomas Edison Lesson Plans
Thomas Edison facts can inspire students to create their own inventions, and persevere despite adversity.
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Family Fitness
Students visit sites that contain information about a variety of health and fitness activities. They analyze the activities according to several criteria, and describe how their particular activity choices can contribute to a healthy...
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Whale of a Web Site
Pupils research the characteristics of toothed/baleen whales in books and on the internet. The students participate in whale projects, quizzes, and activities on the internet sites provided.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition: Complete the Addition Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video [0:56] and practice questions where students find a missing number in addition sentences with sums to 1000.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition Select the Incorrect Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice finding the addition sentence that is not equal to the desired sum.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition: 3 Digits
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video and practice questions on adding 3-digit numbers with regrouping. [1:32]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition: Select the Correct Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A video and practice questions with sums to 1000 where students determine which addition sentence matches the given sum. [1:07]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Addition Select the Correct Sentence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine which addition problem matches the given sum. The video is followed by practice problems covering the topics in the video.