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Developing and Assessing the Intelligence of a Kindergartner: A Practical Approach

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students name objects that are the same size, shape, and weight as the human brain. They touch the model brain, feeling the folds, etc. They make connections to the chart displaying the brain-like objects. They touch the 'potato flake'...
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Mighty Earth Movers

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Note that although the publisher lists almost all of the Common Core standards for both math and language arts, you will most likely want to take the general topic and choose which area to focus on. Regarding math, pupils measure worms...
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Math: Giant Alaskan Cabbages

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars analyze data from the Alaska State Fair's "Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off." Once they have sorted the weights, they calculate the range, mean, mode, and median of the cabbages. Finally, students create posters displaying their...
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Can you Find the Expression

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students collect data from measurements and weights for this experiment. In this algebra lesson plan, students analyze graphs they create form their data to find the expression representing the data. They label which graph provided the...
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Forces and Movement

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils investigate the forces of pushing and pulling by participating in a whole group activity involving a toy car. Students then participate in a small group experiment involving a toy car, small weights and various materials. Pupils...
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Science: Objects That Rotate with Gravity

For Teachers K - 12th
Students conduct experiments in gravity by rolling objects down an incline and determining which ones roll slower than others. As part of the experiment, they design objects which will roll the slowest. Using digital movie cameras or...
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Managing Nutrients in Livestock Manure

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Livestock managers reinforce math and science skills while learning about the nutrients found in manure. They predict which animal produces the largest amount and which animal's manure contains the most nitrogen. Finally, they compare...
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The Properties of Matter

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students read passages and derive the meaning from them to answer three key questions related to mass and weight.
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Reading Graphs and Interpreting Data

For Teachers 4th
In this math worksheet, 4th graders interpret a graph and answer five questions to determine the weights of three different types of rain forest monkeys.
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Pumpkin Predictions

For Teachers 1st - 4th
In this mathematical worksheet, students estimate and predict the height, stem length, diameter, circumference and weight of five pumpkins against their actual measurements.
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Writing Descriptions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing worksheet, students use vivid language to write a description of the person in a photograph (a laughing young woman). Students include details about hair and eye color, age, weight and mood.
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Ordering Metric Measurements

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students examine a row of measurements in the metric system. Students put the measurements in order from the smallest to the largest. Included are weight, length and capacity; there is no U.S. standard measurement...
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Paper Helicopters

For Teachers 1st - 6th
In this helicopter activity worksheet, learners construct a paper helicopter and learn how weight, size and shape affect the way the helicopter spins. The activity outline includes background information, trigger questions, helicopter...
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Mole/Gram Conversions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this compounds learning exercise, students calculate the number of grams or the number of moles in the given compounds. Students calculate the percentage weight by mass of an element in a compound. This learning exercise has 3...
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Animal Parade

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this problem solving worksheet, students compare the weights of 6 animals. Students solve 4 story problems pertaining to the information provided.
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Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, XV

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 9 story problems that include geometry, measurement, input and output, pictographs, time, addition and weights.
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Types of Things

For Teachers K
Students explore the differences between man-made and natural objects. In this lesson designed to compare properties of objects, students differentiate between natural and man-made objects and complete an activity designed to show what...
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Variables

For Students 4th - 7th
In this variables practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems. Students solve 6 problems.
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The Solar System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students describe the different bodies that make up our solar system, explain the place of our solar system within the Milky Way Galaxy and the universe, explain day and night and the Earth's movement, and describe the relationship...
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Common Knowledge 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this basic skills worksheet, students write their name, date of birth, height, and weight. Students write numbers into number words. Students define a year by days and a week by days. Students then write the names of the coins and...
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Classroom Trash Audit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate solid waste. For this environmental lesson, students collect their own garbage for a day and analyze the weight and the percentage of recyclable items in their trash.
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine rocks. In this geology lesson, students collect rocks from the schoolyard and classify them by color, weight, and size. Students use a rock guide to identify each of the rocks.
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Functioning as a Team

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work as a team to build a freestanding bridge from newspapers and masking tape and analyze the effectiveness of their group. In this teamwork instructional activity, students view and summarize a video on Service Learning...
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File Card Bridges

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make different variations of file card bridges and predict how much weight it will hold. In this file card bridges lesson plan, students put file cards between books in different ways and predict how many pennies it will hold.

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