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Time Management

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students record their daily activities and graph the results using the educational software program called Inspiration. This lesson is intended for the upper-elementary classroom and includes resource links and activity extensions.
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Perimeter All Around

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore perimeter and area of regular and irregular polygons. They experiment with color squares and create different arrangements using the same number squares. Then they compare the area and perimeter measurements of each.
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Bird Interdisciplinary Possibilities

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore birds, their territory, breeding, and seasonal movement. They research and collect information on birds through writing letters to ornithologists, reading in books, comparing web sites, and observing pictures. Students...
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"If you build it..."

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students utilize prior knowledge to erect and assemble a building from a drawing using spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. In this building lesson, students visualize a three dimensional structure from looking at a picture and converting...
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Shake, Rattle, and Roll

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make an earthquake simulator and test their structure to see if it lasts through the earthquake. In this earthquake lesson plan, students make a structure and test and record the results from an earthquake simulator made out of...
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Do They Grow Up or Down?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students keep a garden journal after planting a garden and discuss environmental stresses put upon the garden for growth. In this garden lesson plan, students plant the plants differently from one another and observe the outcomes.
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Track Traces

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore animal characteristics by participating in an animal anatomy activity. In this animal tracks instructional activity, students identify the differences between specific animals and the shape of their footprints. Students...
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Which Fish Where?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a lesson plan outline that prompts elementary young scholars to graph and analyze data regarding fish caught along the Hudson River. They will review vocabulary and complete 2 worksheets which can be accessed by clicking on the...
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Exploring the Hudson in 1609

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
While this lesson focuses on a study of the Hudson River, it could be used as a template for a discussion of map skills, converting measurements, and plotting a route. The lesson includes vocabulary and other resources to make it a...
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Creating Exponents

For Students 5th - 6th
In this exponent instructional activity, students convert given powers of ten into exponents and they convert exponent numbers into powers of ten.
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The Paper Dutch Kite

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students construct a Dutch Kite using simple materials. In this math lesson, students measure kite dimensions according to specified instructions. They also describe and define the different parts of a kite.
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Up, Up and Away with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners construct hot air balloons. In this science activity, students assemble their own balloon using tissue paper and glue. They time the duration of the flight, record data and calculate team averages.
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Loon Chase

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math and science in literature worksheet, learners read the story 'Loon Chase' and answer the 10 math or science questions for the text.
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What's the Difference? An Endangered Animal Story

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math or science in literature worksheet, students read the story 'What's the Difference? An Endangered Animal Story' and answer the 10 science or math questions.
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Making It All Add Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils use technology resources for problem solving. They complete math problems or integrated science problems dealing with math concepts using an online calculator.
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Icebergs: Relationship of Ice to Water

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience why ice floats and the differences in weight of frozen water to liquid water. Students explore why ice floats. They use math skills such as: graphing, applying procedures, weighing and measuring. Students also use...
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Fun with Balloons

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design their own hot air balloon. In this science lesson, 5th graders investigate how factors like weight and sizes affect a balloon's lifting power. They also write math problems based on facts written in the...
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Shapes at Work

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use their classroom to look for various types of shapes. In their science journals, they record the shapes they find and identify those that can be used to solve problems or build structures. They share and post their sketches...
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Addendum to the Written Curriculum: Measuring Solids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use standard rulers to measure the length of common classroom items - such as pencils, books, desk tops - in inches and centimeters, and measure weight in pounds. They also answer math questions, such as "How long is the front...
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Blowing in the Wind

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare hurricanes and tornadoes. They write a paragraph explaining how to prepare for a storm. Students give an oral report. They use weather facts to practice math skills. Students record observations of a storm.
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Snappy Thirteen

For Teachers 5th - 6th
in this math worksheet, students work on the problems with the basic skills of arithmetic. The context is using the number 13.
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Lung Limit

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine their lung capacity by completing a science experiment with a bottle of water. In this lung science lesson, students discuss the lungs' purpose. Students complete an experiment to determine their lung capacity using a...
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Shadow Trackers: From Photography to Writing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the rotation of the earth. In this science lesson, students view photos of various places around the world. Students conduct an experiment in which they can see how the earth's rotation creates shadows on the earth.
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Life Cycle: Diversity in a Balance 4th Grade Workbook

For Students 5th
In this life cycle workbook, 5th graders examine plant and animal cells, classification of organisms, human biology, photosynthesis, and natural environments. 21 different activities make up the Life Cycle Workbook.

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