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Area Explorations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the concept of area. In this area instructional activity, students find the area of irregular shapes with right angles. Students break down each irregular shape into multiple regular shapes in order to find the area. ...
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Investigating Friction

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Young learners explore friction. They view a video or DVD (bibliography provided) and define terms related to friction, and work in groups to experiment with the effects of friction on speed and motion using ramps and toy cars.
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Parachutes: What Affects a Parachute

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a simple paper parachute. In this parachute design lesson, students examine the effects of the wind and make napkin parachutes.  
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Colorimetric Determination of the Concentration of Blue Food Coloring in Sport Drinks

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders determine the amount of blue food coloring in sports drinks and plot the concentration and absorbance data. They summarize the data and determine why companies need to know the amount of chemicals in their products.
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Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students connect different mathematical concepts. They create a circle graph. Students then create a question in which they collect data in order to convert fractions to decimals and decimals to percents.
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Puberty

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students track body changes during puberty by close observation and accurate record keeping. They keeping a growth diary for self-observation and reflection. Artifacts include a personal essay and a notebook.
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Triangles with Collinear Circumcenters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the circumcenter of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, students construct a perpendicular bisector using a straight edge and a compass. They differentiate between triangles and collinear points.
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Composition of Reflections

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students perform reflections and translations of polygons. In this geometry lesson, students perform reflection in two parallel lines. They use Cabri to observe the transformation and rotations of each shape.
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Exploring Geometric Mean

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems using geometric means. In this geometry lesson, students create altitudes in right triangles. They use Cabri software to move the triangle around and observe different sides and angles.
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Exploring Geometric Mean

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Student identify the solution using geometric mean. In this geometry lesson, students create right triangles where the altitude of the triangle is the side containing the right angle. They modify shapes using Cabri software and observe...
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Discovering Density

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the physical properties of density. In this hands-on lesson, students calculate density and distinguish between intensive and extensive properties.
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Gardening for Beauty, Food, and Enjoyment

For Teachers 1st
First graders create their own garden. In this plant lesson, 1st graders discover the essential elements for a plant to grow. They planted their own garden and read the amount of space needed and the sunlight preferred for each plant. 
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Personal Goals

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars analyze personal goals and set goals for themselves. In this goal setting lesson, students discuss short and long term goals. Young scholars visit a website about goals and use the FCCLA planning process to set their own...
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Exploring the Hinge Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the application of Hinge Theorem. In this geometry lesson plan, students write inequalities, given two sides of a triangle. They solve problems with triangular inequalities using the proper theorem.
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Finding Area

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore how to find the area of a rectangular object. As a class, they discuss definition of area and strategies for finding area. The teacher models finding the area of an object by counting squares. Students observe...
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Magnets

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore the different types of magnets and their common uses.  In this magnets lesson students create their own magnets. 
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Why can't We Use SSA to Prove Triangles Congruent?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils investigate triangles and congruences. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between inductive and deductive reasoning. They differentiate between similar and congruent triangles.
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Inscribed Quadrilaterals and Parallelograms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students differentiate between inscribed quadrilaterals and parallelograms. In this geometry lesson, students identify the shaped of the polygons when it is inscribed inside of a circle. They calculate the missing angles of the inscribed...
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Root, Root, Root for the Nutrients

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils observe the growth of a seed, predict what will happen when seeds are planted without soil, and conduct an experiment using a hydroponics system.
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Catalog Display for the Novel : The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Carlson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explain the novel through creative descriptions, learn importance of word choice in descriptive writing, and implement technology skills of searching the Internet, typing, cutting and pasting, graphic designs, and...
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Calories, Energy for Exercise and Life

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students calculate the number of calories they need daily and examine the impact of exercise on their caloric needs. They then determine if their daily caloric intake meets or exceeds their daily need.
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Line & Scatter (What Would You Use: Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss line graphs and scatter plots and the best situations in which to use them. Using the graphs, they determine the type of correlation between variables on a scatterplot. They create a scatterplot and line graph...
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2-D Geometry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe and compare attributes of two-dimensional shapes. They explain geometric terms, angles and shapes. Students demonstrate each vocabulary word with their body and they mirror the body positions associated with each...
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See That Sound?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study sonar and will explain the concept of it and its major components.  In this design lesson students build a low-cost sonar system.