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Telling Time to 5 Minutes
Students take part in various activities ranging from creating a human clock, to small group problem solving to reinforce the concept of telling time accurately to five minutes on an analog clock.
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Water Monitoring Vocabulary
As the title implies, this is a list of vocabulary terms relating to water monitoring. If your ecology class is learning about how to test water quality, this will be an appropriate reference sheet for them. As a bonus, if you live in...
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When Are We Wasting Water
Students study water conservation. In this water conservation lesson, students participate in a water conservation experiment. Students discover how to conserve water while washing their hands.
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Commas--Let's Separate Things
In this grammar instructional activity, 2nd graders insert commas into each of the 13 sentences. This instructional activity is on a second grade reading level....
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Vocabulary Challenge
In this math vocabulary instructional activity, students choose which multiple choice answer best defines twenty-five mathematical terms. Students place their answers on the lines provided.
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Volume of a Stair-Step
Sixth graders calculate the volume of a stair-step. In this volume lesson, 6th graders apply their knowledge of the formula for finding volume. They practice their use of math language since this lesson is presented in a Japanese...
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Air: It's a Gas!
Young scholars investigate the properties of air through hands-on activities in conjunction with the demonstrations in a 3-2-1 Contact Video.
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A Coastal Arctic Food Web
Students create a food web of the arctic ecosystem. In this biology lesson, students explain how global warming affects this ecosystem. They explain how losing a species affects the entire community.
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Water Wise
Students calculate their family's water consumption. In this water usage activity, students discuss the water they use in their homes. Students complete the 'water wise' worksheets to tally their family's use of water. Students answer...
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Factors
In this factors instructional activity, students solve word problems having to do with factors of numbers that are up to 4 digits. Students complete 10 problems.
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Paper Planes
For this unit, 3rd graders investigate one variable to see if they can make a paper plane fly farther. They use scatter plots to establish a possible relationship between variables then use what they have found to make a paper plane to...
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Our Class Record Book
Second graders, in groups, prepare a list of proposed record ideas for the class book.
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Tread Lightly: Low Carbon Lunch
Students create a flowchart of the carbon footprint of food from production to disposal. In this biology lesson, students brainstorm ways to reduce greenhouse gases by smart food choices. They create a blog promoting ways to eat low...
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Learning Lesson: Its a Gas, Man
Pupils participate in a demonstration in which they examine the effect on temperature by carbon dioxide. They discuss the effects of carbon dioxide on the environment. They also examine summer safety rules to end the lesson.
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Time Flies When Math Is Fun
Third graders pracdtice telling time with a demonstration clock.
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Energy Panel Hearings: "Your Town", Saskatchewan
Tenth graders access information to participate in a debate about whether a power plant should be placed in their town. They research an assigned point of view.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Customarily Speaking and Measuring
Young scholars will be using a hands-on approach to learning about length, capacity, and weight. This instructional activity contains a detailed plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a video tutorial.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Water Properties and Measurements
Learn about the various attributes of water and how they affect life on Earth.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Comparison of Length, Weight, Capacity, and Numbers to 10
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in comparison of length, weight, capacity, and numbers to 10.
PBS
Pbs: Understanding Concepts of Volume and Measurement: Bianca's Babysitting Blues
In this video from Cyberchase, Bianca is babysitting infant twins. As she tries to give each twin the same amount of liquid baby formula, she discovers that all the baby bottles are different shapes. Learn how she finds two that hold the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Visually Comparing Capacity and Volume
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice visually comparing capacity using metric units.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Measuring How Much Activity Plan
Measuring fun is here! In this week's adventure, children will explore volume, capacity, and weight and learn new math vocabulary words as they practice measurement with real and virtual measuring tools. Each section of this weeklong...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: Measuring the Quantity of Heat
Through interactive exercises and illustrated example problems, students learn about specific heat capacity and measuring the quantity of heat.