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Curated OER

Dance Challenge: Calculate and Compare Speed by Measuring a Series of Dance Movements

For Students 6th - 8th
Really neat! Kids choreograph a dance phrase and then measure the distance and speed of the phrase using a timer and a meter stick. They collect the data on a table which they use to determine an average. A series of observation and...
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Lesson Plan
Hawaiʻi State Department of Education

Dimension Dances

For Teachers 4th
Use dance to help learners conceptualize line segments, rays, lines, and planes. They choreograph dances that show dimensional space. Dancers start by pondering space, point, and lines as the teacher draws them in the air. Each movement...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring and Using Shapes to Make a Dance

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use their bodies to create various shapes to make a dance when given various music and beats. In this shapes and dance lesson plan, 2nd graders create lines, curves, twists, and angles with their bodies.
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Curated OER

Let's Dance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
One of the best ways to explore other cultures is through experiencing their dances. That's exactly what happens in this sweet lesson on cultural dance. In it, learners dance to The Mexican Hat Dance, Skip to My Lou, and other classic...
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Unit Plan
New York City Department of Education

Dance and Text

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Use texts and dances to teach inequalities and equations. A sixth-grade unit covers using variables in equations and inequalities to solve problems. Learners show what they know at the end of the unit using two performance tasks, one...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Two-School Dance

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Who's ready for the dance? When two middle schools combine for a dance, your learners' job is to calculate the ratio of girls attending. Provided with three different solutions, you can choose from setting up a ratio, linear equation, or...
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Curated OER

Patterns in Dance

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders perform a line dance in the study of math as a pattern. They create and discuss movement solutions derived from movement exploration. They observe that patterns exist in the areas of music and dance and follow the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lines of Symmetry - Mirror Dance

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze how to divide space or shape into mirror sections to create lines of symmetry. In this lines of symmetry lesson, 5th graders discuss symmetry in dance, math, and living. Students participate in a dance warm-up and...
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Curated OER

Dance and Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine human body movements by measuring the choreography of a dance.  In this physical education instructional activity, 2nd graders participate in a creative dance which is based on specific movements of each limb,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dance, Dance, Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Use dance and song to help your charges in adding whole numbers to 10. For this adding to 10 lesson, learners become the manipulatives as you add them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dancing Number Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore how dance can be infused with mathematics. For this art and mathematics lesson, students recognize how the ABA dance form is similar to a math number sentence. Young scholars create a dance choosing dance words to...
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Lesson Plan
Hawaiʻi State Department of Education

Symmetrical Objects

For Teachers 4th
In order to better understand how to locate a plane of symmetry in 3-dimensional objects, learners create a dance. The class reviews dance and math symmetry, then they practice making symmetrical shapes and movements with a partner. They...
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Curated OER

Congruent Polygons: Copying Stretchy Shapes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate congruent polygons through dance. In this congruency lesson, 3rd graders do the "brain dance" as a warm up. They review polygon names by singing "The Polygon Chant," before mirroring congruent shapes with a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Line Dancing the Kindergarten Way!

For Teachers K
Students discuss folk dancing and perform a line dance to reinforce story telling through movement. They discover and practice given dance steps and perform a dance to the theme music, 'You've Got a Friend of Me' from the movie, 'Toy...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometric Shape Dances

For Teachers K - 4th
Students use movement and dance in order to strengthen mathematical understanding of different geometric shapes. The movements are imitating the drawing of shapes and they pick one to make into a dance. Upon beginning the dance music can...
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Curated OER

Spatial Relationships: an Over/Under Dance

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the relationships of space through movement. Two perform movement improvisation based on over/under. The activity improves hand-eye coordination, cooperation, and communication skills. The timing of the dance also...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Jellybeans and the Big Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Enchant your youngsters by reading them The Jellybeans and the Big Dance, by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans. Ask them to name objects that begin with the letter J like jellybeans. Give each of them some jellybeans to sort by color. They...
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Bowland

DanceStar

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Express dance moves mathematically. Scholars dissect dance routines and express them using mathematical notation, such as translations and rotations. They use video clips to investigate seven different dance genres.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a dance with a partner that shows parallel and perpendicular lines. In this lines lesson plan, 4th graders create symmetrical designs and line pairs with their partner.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Arts Impact and Math

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders incorporate math into dancing. In this algebra lesson, 3rd graders identify different shapes and patterns using dance movements. They relate the different creations to polygons as they incorporate the use of stretchy bands...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chance (Probability) Operations in Dance Composition -

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate modern-dance choreographer Merce Cunningham's historically significant contribution to dance-making history. Specifically, 8th graders explore and practice Merce Cunningham's choreographic use of chance...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Dance Decisions

For Students 5th
In this making decisions worksheet, 5th graders look over two charts/tables involving dance decisions and answer six mathematical questions relating to the charts/tables.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Calendar Dance

For Teachers K
Students name the days of the week and months of the year by engaging in an interpretive dance or other movement with their bodies.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Trace the Dancing Circles

For Students K
In this circle tracing worksheet, students will trace and color five dancing circles complete with happy faces, arms and legs.

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