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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Stacking Chips

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students examine the outcome of adding one to a group of items. In this number sense lesson, students create stacks of chips and count them. Then, students add one more chip to the stack and count the chips again. Students discuss their...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Associative Properties

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students investigate the associative property of addition. In this associative property of addition lesson, students work in pairs and build addition problems with six blocks. They sit on either side of a desk so that they can "read" the...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Guess the Container

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students become familiar with appropriate containers for various shapes.  In this container lesson, students find containers that best fit their object. 
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Months of the Year

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students develop a pictograph using the months of the year. In this months lesson, students place their name with their birth month on a large pictograph. They discuss the information they can see on the graph using the proper names for...
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Estimation Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use a balance scale with beans or seeds to estimate how many of them would weigh as much as a teddy bear counter. In this estimation lesson plan, students hold items to estimate.
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Making Graphs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore statistics by conducting class demographic surveys. In this graph making lesson, students identify the family members of each classmate, pets they own, and favorite activities. Students organize their statistics and...
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Indoor and Outdoor Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore geometry by participating in a visual illustration activity. In this pattern identification lesson, students explore inside their classroom and discuss patterns they find while tracing them on paper. Students attend an...
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Curated OER

Monarch Egg

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate the stages of the Monarch butterfly and its life cycle.  In this butterfly life cycle lesson plan, students discuss when, where, and how the Monarch butterflies lay their eggs.  After discussion, students...
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Nurturing Green Thumbs at School

For Teachers K - 6th
Incorporating a school garden into the curriculum cultivates many benefits.
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Pondering the Perfect Pet

For Teachers K - 6th
Cute, playful, mischievous pets will capture the attention of even your most reluctant learners.
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Songwords & Activity Sheets for Under the Sea

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Take young learners on an undersea adventure with this fun collection of primary grade activities. Intended to accompany the Kids Under the Sea CD, this resource includes lyrics as well as counting and tracing activities...
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MAGNETISM

For Teachers K
Pupils infer that there are forces we cannot see that act upon objects, experiment with magnets to show a push and/or pull force, and participate in a magnet game.
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The Nesting Habits of Folders

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create an organized web of nested grade level folers. Within each grade level folder, they create a Language Arts/Social Studies folder and a Math/Science folder. All folders be color coded.
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Curated OER

How Much Does a Bear Weigh?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students estimate how many children in their class it would take to equal the mass of one adult bear. They then weigh and record their measurement on a chart to check their estimate.
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What Comes From Corn

For Teachers K - 1st
Students name and examine various items that are made from corn. Students compare ears of corn to Indian corn, and cook several items made from corn. Students create a popcorn picture and illustrate a book.
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Sorting Lids

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Young scholars practice sorting lids in different ways so that each group determines a sorting pattern. They examine how to work in groups while sharing ideas. They establish group work relationships that become apparent to the teacher...
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Curated OER

Germination

For Teachers K - 4th
Students observe the growth of a seed, and describe the seed's germination.
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Curated OER

Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Sahara, Vanishing Cultures

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils read Sahara, Vanishing Cultures by Jan Reynolds. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study nomadic cultures. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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This is for the Birds!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners complete activities to investigate wild birds. For this bird study lesson, students make a wild bird feeder to examine the proper ways to care for wild birds. Learners explore organizations in their community that help wild...
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Give It Back From a Snack Lesson 2: Invest With the Best

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students survey schoolmate as to what type of snacks they would prefer to purchase. They graph the results and apply them to planning a classroom snack sale while examining what wants, needs, and consumers are.
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Curated OER

Masses and Weights

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the concept of weight and mass and the importance of units. Using a balance, they determine the weight of various objects in the unit of "pebbles" and in grams.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Match One to One

For Students K - 1st
In this matching pictures worksheet, students must recognize the animals and then draw lines to match the like animals one to one.
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Curated OER

Match One to One

For Students K - 1st
In this animal recognition worksheet, students draw lines to match the like animals that are the same to each other. Students match squirrels, bears, deer, skunks, and birds.
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Rainforest

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create a rainforest poster and move to music learning about the rainforest. For this rainforest lesson plan, students express themselves in a variety of ways using their knowledge of the rainforest. Activities include creating a...

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