Quizlet
Quizlet
Bring your class's study skills into the 21st century with this digital teaching tool. Offering an easy way to create and share customized sets of flash cards with students, parents, and other educators, this resource is a...
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Student Exploration: Fraction, Decimal, Percent
Young scholars explore the concept of fractions, decimals, and percents. In this number sense activity, students use a worksheet to guide them through the exploration of the relationship between fractions, decimals, and...
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Round Robin Post-It Review
Learners of all ages participate in a unique review activity. They work in a small group setting on individual review questions designed by the teacher. Each individual answers a key review question on a notecard or sticky note and...
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Fairy Tales Unit Ideas
Students listen to children's fairy tales and watch them on a video. Afterward, they list the heroes from each story. Students write a short paragraph about a typical day for the hero. Students dress up like their character and give a...
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Are Your Numbers Round?
Elementary schoolers investigate how to round numbers to the nearest tenth. In this number sense lesson, learners view a video clip on the Internet to practice rounding numbers. They use place value charts to help aid in the rounding...
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Baseball Stats
Students explore data sheets and statistics in baseball. They use baseball data available on the Internet to develop an understanding of the different ways in which data can be analyzed.
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Maggie's Earth Adventures Unit
Students practice math, science, Spanish, and grammar skills using computer based activities in this unit of lessons. They experience lessons at different levels while tracking their progress using the attached progress chart.
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Does the falling tree make a sound if no one if there to hear it? (or communication via encryption)
Students explore encryption. They discuss the importance of cryptography in our daily lives. Students use games and cryptography to discover transformational geometry and modulo systems. They design their own encryption puzzles and...
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Represent Rational Numbers
Young scholars identify expanded notation and scientific notation. In this rational numbers lesson plan, students use a calculator to discover the powers of 10. Young scholars practice writing numbers in expanded notation using powers of...
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Falcon KWL Chart
Students create KWL charts about falcons. They write what they know about falcons and what they want to know about them. They read for information on falcons and complete the last column of their chart with the information they...
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Making a Map of the Classroom
Students create a map of the classroom using the computer programs AppleWorks and iChat in this math-based technology lesson. Lesson extension ideas include a scavenger hunt and maps of other school buildings.
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Classes of Sailing Vessels
Learners examine the construction and operation of various sailing vessels. In groups, they use the internet to make flash cards of the different types of classes of sailing ships. They participate in a game in which they use the cards...
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Name Scramble: African Ungulates
In this language arts and science worksheet, young scholars analyze 10 pictures of African ungulates (hoofed animals) with scrambled names. Students decipher the names and write them correctly under each picture.
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Maple Syrup Production
Young scholars make their own maple sugar and learn about how it is made on a grander scale. In this maple sugar lesson plan, students make their own maple sugar and learn about evaporation and what labor is put into making it.
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Solving Positive and Negative Numbers
In this positive and negative numbers worksheet, students solve 60 problems in which integers are added or subtracted. There are no hints or examples.
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Leveled Problem Solving Finding Outcomes
In this finding outcomes practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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A Potful of Probability
In this probability instructional activity, learners complete word problems dealing with marbles, sports, gambling, and more. Students complete 6 problems total.
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Ratios
Sixth graders investigate the concept of ratios and how they can be used to represent the comparison of quantities. The instructional activity is taught using a table or graph to compare two categories of data.
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Shapes (Orienteering)
Students explore the tools of navigation. In this shapes lesson, students navigate using direction cues to create a shape. Students follow specific steps to create their shapes. Students use compasses to see the directions...
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Collisions and Momentum: Bouncing Balls
Students explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy by bouncing assorted balls on different surfaces and calculating the momentum for each ball. They give examples of collisions and momentum in sports and understand that...
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Apples and Apple Activities
Learners investigate apples. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a book about apples then compare and contrast, make graphs, distinguish between fact and fiction and work in groups. Learners...
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Involving Community Members, Parents, and Community Agencies in Student Learning
Students predict and estimate the number of moose shot by people between the years of 1986-1990. They analyze data and statistics, construct bar graphs, and conduct research on the Alaskan moose.
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Olympic Games Snowboard Design: Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Arts, Global Cultures
Students gather information about a country and work as a team. They use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represents the country they pick. They explore locations, languages, flags, and emblems for various countries.
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An Academic, Economic, Cultural, and Political Lesson Plan
Students reflect on how many board games they've played have African Americans, their culture or history incorporated within. They identify four street games and three card games that appeal to African Americans. They play the...