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CHAOS AND COMPUTERS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the Chaos Theory and how it came into existence.They observe order and compare it to the randomness of chaos. The lesson features the playing of a game to reinforce concepts.
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R-Project

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze the outcome of a scientific experiment using free downloadable software. They collect experimental data to use statistical software to determine if the observations are likely due to the treatment or random chance.
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Alphabet Recognition Page

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet in non sequential order. Students analyze a page of random alphabet letters in both upper and lower case and say the name of each letter.
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February Friendship Bugs

For Teachers 1st
First graders select five behaviors from a class web that promote kindness and strengthen friendships. In this random acts of kindness lesson, 1st graders create friendship bugs with corresponding Kindness Tasks....
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Name that Number

For Teachers 1st
First graders state numbers from 1 to 100. For this name that number lesson, 1st graders must identify and state 10 random numbers given on a worksheet.
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Reintroduce /wr/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize that the /wr/ sound has the same sound a /rrr/.  For this /wr/ sound lesson, students locate the wr in a random chart of letter clusters.  Students pronounce the words with wr.
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Perimeter

For Teachers All
Students calculate the perimeter of a random shape on a grid.
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Valentine Volley

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students choose one half of a heart and a balloon at random. Theybegin traveling on the teachers signal or when music begins to find someone who has the other half.
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Fighting Political Apathy Among Youth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and describe youth participation in political elections. They survey random adults about their voting behavior and chart the results in a graph. They compile their results to predict future voter participation.
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Judges In The Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore legal requirements of searches conducted with and without a warrant and explore legal standard for conducting random searches of passenger vehicles preparing to board state ferries from a Judge who visits the classroom.
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A Statistical Study on the Letters of the Alphabet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students see that there are mathematical rules that can affect our use of the English language. Calculate the probability of picking any letter at random from a piece of English literature.
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Which Boundary Am I?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders find 12 statements which describe the characteristics of the three boundary types, arranged in random order. Their task is to read each statement, and then CUT and PASTE it to the the appropriate boundary icon.
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Area graphics for 7th graders

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars randomly select dimensions for three geometric shapes (square, right triangle and circle). From the graphs they compare and contrast the graphical results of each shape.
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Image Reform

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students cut random pictures from magazines. In groups, students share their images with each other and explain what they liked about the picture. After creating a collage of the pictures, students tell a story about something personal...
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Warm Glass Renaissance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore an ancient artistic technique know as glass fusing or slumping. Using random arrangements of items, students decorate glass sheets. Next, pupils follow instructions for fusing the glass and placing it in a kiln.
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Heroes and Heroines in Science: Dispelling the Stereotype

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students describe and illustrate a stereotypical scientist. They work in cooperative groups to research and produce a portfolio of work honoring a randomly chosen nontraditional scientist. Students create a presentation about their...
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Travelogue of a Planet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students randomly select a planet, including Earth. They research key features of the planet including mass, volume, density, gravity, temperature, weather, geology, atmosphere, surface features, location from sun, Earth and other...
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Hardy-Weinberg Problems Tutorial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are tested on their ability to solve mathematical problems dealing with the Hardy-Weinberg principle. There are 7 basic types of Hardy-Weinberg Problems which are randomly chosen by the program. Students sit at the computer...
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Partner Match Up

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are randomly paired up. Then using cards they start to find their match as a partner for the day. They then return their cards as soon as they've found their match. Examples of matches can be: states-capitals, upper-lower case,...
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Hypothesis Testing: Claim on Mean; Population Standard Deviation Unknown

For Teachers 11th - 12th
For this statistics worksheet, students test given claims using traditional methods of hypothesis testing. Students assume that sampling is randomly generated.
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Connect the Shamrocks

For Teachers Pre-K
Students complete a St. Patrick's Day activity. In this St. Patrick's day lesson, students complete a dot to dot using Shamrock stickers. The stickers either make a picture or are just randomly placed. 
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Making A Face

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students are introduced to the cellular machinery assorts the pairs of chromosomes randomly and independently during meiosis. They are introduced to the rich genetic variation occurs as a result of the random and independent assortment...
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Tracking the Weather

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe weather patterns. In this weather lesson, students track weather trends and predict what the weather might be like in the upcoming forecast.  Students learn to apply concepts of barometric pressure and how weather...
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PowerPoint Probability

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate film making by creating a video about probability.  In this math visualization lesson plan, 6th graders create a presentation for their class demonstrating the probability of random events taking place in...