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Eye From the Sky

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of aerial perspective and scale. Students will use satellite technology to view their neighborhoods and sketch the area surrounding their schools. They will take part in a neighborhood walk to view...
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Chasing Shapes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders sit in a circle and are given geometric attributes, i.e. four equal sides, etc. They run around the circle when a shape is called that corrolates to their attributes. They try to tag other students also running around the...
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Home on the Biome

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study six major biomes, graph temperature and rainfall, and present their findings to the class.
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Com-Post With Us? Learn About Recycling While Having Fun

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars examine the importance of recycling to help the environment. In groups, they make a compost bin on the school grounds recording how the material changes from week to week. They collect other materials for recycling like...
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Goobers. Goobers? Goobers!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students begin the lesson by noting the many ways in which to use peanuts. In groups, they use the internet to research the work of George Washington Carver. They discover the allergies and nutritional information of the peanut and...
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Technology Across the Curriculum

For Teachers K - 5th
Students take pictures of items they believe have at least one line of symmetry. They print their photos out in class and analyze the items they photographed. They continue by entering the names of their pictures into a spreadsheet. They...
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The Key to Word Problems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
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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A Real Difference

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use the Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers to compare temperature readings. They use the Internet to find the temperatures of selected cities. After data is collected for five days, 5th graders graph the temperatures.
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Downhill Discoveries

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are involved in hands-on activities to determine how course conditions affect bobsled, luge, and downhill ski races.
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Toy Planet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners design a toy store, supply it with merchandise (on paper) and create advertisements. They also manage the store's debits and credits by using a spreadsheet. They consider how to promote the sale of their merchandise.
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Maximizing Lumber Cuts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how lumber companies use each tree to the fullest extent. They practice using a saw blade in which they cut a piece of wood in different configurations to see which cut can waste the least.
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Food and You

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the types of foods they eat. They describe the different components and resources that go into making their favorite foods. They also compare the resources going into different foods and identify ones which are more...
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Life with Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify forms of energy and the advantages/disadvantages of different forms of energy. They describe ways in which technology affects the environment both good and bad. Finally, benefits are determines as well as the...
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Windsor Opposes Waste - WOW!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students participate in paper recycling. They are taught to environmental awareness of recycling and its importance in their future. Students discuss and identify the problems of how they can minimize waste. They brainstorm suggestions...
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Beginning Multiplication Worksheet - Part One

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice multiplication skills. In this multiplication lesson plan, students complete beginning multiplication problems. Students multiply the given numbers by ones and twos. Students complete 25 problems.
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Paper Pool

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze the measurements of rectangles. In this analysis lesson, students will investigate patterns by looking at ratios. Students will also hypothesize the probability of a ball going into a certain pocket when playing pool....
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create a design for a school garden. In this garden design lesson, students analyze what plants grow best in their school's climate and work in teams to design a garden. Students measure the existing space, determine the...
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Fall Clothing Sale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students shop for clothing. For this fall clothing sale lesson, students examine circulars for items to purchase within their budget.  
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Where Do Fish Live in the Hudson?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the environmental factors that influence where fish live and determine the makeup of fish communities in the Hudson. They interpret guided observations and measurements to assess patterns, sequences and relationships.
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Dressing in Early American Times

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, by doing research and seeing actual and simulated artifacts, gain knowledge of and make comparisons about clothing in the Colonial and early Republican eras with attire of present time.
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Plotting with Pennies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use pennies to gather data, organize and order data, graph the data on a stem-and-leaf plot, and evaluate the range, median, and mode of the data.
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Area Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students manipulate a variety of materials and computer applets in order to explore area and the units used to measure it.
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Estimation Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use four different computer estimation applets with several classroom estimation activities.
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Budgeting - The Basics, Part 1

For Teachers K - 8th
Students investigate personal budgets and discuss how to make monetary decisions. They work in small groups to make money decisions for their classrooms or a playground, and present their decisions to the whole class.

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