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Electricity: Will It Conduct?
Students build conductivity testers and investigate which solids and solutions conduct electricity. Working in groups, they predict which items will conduct electricity and record their answers on worksheets.
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The Perfect City
Students analyze group influences on people, events and culture. They design their own perfect society and report it to the class.
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Problem Solving Skill: Reasonable Answers
For this problem solving worksheet, students read a story problem on the cost of fabric and then answer 4 fill in the blank problems regarding the price of fabric and whether or not it is reasonable.
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Bubble Festival
Students practice scientific inquiry while learning about bubbles. For this lesson about bubbles, students explore characteristics of bubbles. Students move through nine different "bubble" stations following directions and completing an...
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Around the Town
Young scholars explore reading maps. In this map reading lesson, students compare distances fom place to place. Young scholars work in groups and predict the distance then find the actual distance using string or rulers.
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Applied Science - Built Environment Lab
Students evaluate trash. In this Science lesson, students collect and weigh trash from their classrooms. Students categorize the trash and the corresponding weights, recording the information on a data sheet.
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Pollution in the Air and the Water Pollution Solution
Students explore air pollution. In this ecology and air pollution lesson, students perform an experiment in which a Vaseline coated lid is placed inside and outside the classroom. Students make predictions and then record what they see...
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Clubhouse Design
Fifth graders design a blueprint and floor plan for a one-story clubhouse. In this architectural design lesson, 5th graders view several floor plans and blueprints on the Internet then design a one-story clubhouse that includes...
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Teaching with Collections
Students examine collections. In these real-world collections lessons, students examine and describe buttons and shells. Students will then sort, classify, and graph items according to various indicated descriptors.
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Equal Groups
Students explore statistics by completing a graphing activity. In this data analysis activity, students define a list of mathematical vocabulary terms before unpacking a box of raisins. Students utilize the raisins to plot data on a line...
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Using the Balance
Students determine the mass of various objects. In this integrated math and science lesson plan, students use an arm balance to compare a known object to a combination of washers with a fixed weight. Students record data, construct a bar...
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The Great Pollinators
Students discover the reproductive parts of a plant. In this biology lesson, students identify and categorize several different plants they dissect in class. Students record their information using a data chart.
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Latitude and Longitude
In this latitude and longitude learning exercise, students complete 4 activities to demonstrate understanding. Students use a protractor to measure angles on a map of the earth. Students fill out a latitude and longitude chart after...
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Investigating Latitude and Longitude
Students examine the lines of latitude and longitude on a map, and explain why these lines might be useful. In this lesson plan students also explore websites that provide information to improve their understanding of how and why...
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Mr. Lincoln's Hat
Bring out the inner artist with this Abraham Lincoln lesson plan. Elementary students work on a home project creating a hat similar to Abraham Lincoln's hat. They will use geometry and measurement to create the scale of the hat, then...
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Global Warming and Climate Change
Students explore the environment by writing a persuasive letter. In this global warming lesson, students identify the key problems with our energy consumption in the United States. Students complete worksheets and write a letter...
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Shadow Games
Young scholars create different shapes by putting light on different objects. They change the distance from the object, the light source and angles to make the shadows different. They are to describe the relationship between the light,...
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Mirror Symmetry/Mirror Images
Students explore lines of symmetry in geometric shapes. In this geometry lesson, students construct angles using mirrors and rubberbands, then predict the number of images that will appear in the reflection. Students reproduce lines of...
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Probability
Students explore probability. In this probability lesson, students define theoretical probability and experimental probability. Students predict outcomes of hands on activities using coins and colored tiles, complete a chart...
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So Fast! So Slow!
Fifth graders give examples of objects that move slow and fast. In this physics instructional activity, 5th graders rank animals according to how quickly they move. They create a bar graph of organisms versus rates of speed.
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Freshwater/Saltwater "Eggs-Periment"
Learners explore water properties by conducting a class experiment. In this buoyancy instructional activity, students utilize freshwater, saltwater, plastic cups, hard boiled eggs and food coloring to experiment with the floating...
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Density
Learners find the mass, volume, and density of various objects. In this density measurement lesson, students observe how same-sized objects can have different masses, then use water displacement to find the density of each object and...
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Introducing Powers and Models
Students construct two dimensional models to illustrate squared numbers. In this geometry lesson, students use graph paper and an x/y axis to build squares exponentially. Students identify powers and relationships between various figures...
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Size-Wise:Healthy Eating Habits
Students become familiar with portion control. In this healthy habits lesson, students create a meal using pizza and toppings. Students continue adding toppings and cutting away portions until there is none left. ...