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Recycling
Young scholars investigate how to reduce, recycle, and reuse items in order to conserve natural resources. They complete a trash graphing activity after discussing different types of trash. Finally, the examine ways to buy recycled...
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What's Your Angle?
Students devise procedures for using a protractor to measure the number of degrees in an angle. They use inductive reasoning skills to construct their own method for effectively using the protractor to measure angles, as well as, make...
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The Joy of Giving
Children identify wants and needs, bake and sell cookies to raise money, and then go to the mall to purchase gifts for Christmas stockings that are donated to the Salvation Army. They then perform Graphing activities to help children...
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Give and Take
Second graders are introduced to the differences between goods and services. In groups, they discover whether a given occupation offers a good, service or both. To end the instructional activity, they pick one occupation that interest...
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Business: Making a Budget
Students plan a one-month budget, allowing for unexpected expenses. Using checkbook skills, they pay mock bills. Working in small groups, students watch a teacher-prepared Powerpoint presentation, visit financial Websites, and utilize...
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Birthday Candles
In this number recognition and counting instructional activity, students cut apart number cards from 1 to 30, as well as birthday candles. Students draw a card, read the number, and put that many candles on the cake.
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Count the Starfish
In this counting starfish worksheet, students look at a picture and count all the starfish they can find and then put their answer in the box provided. Students color the picture with appropriate colors.
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Help George Washington Pick Up the Cherries
In this counting to 20 worksheet, students cut out a set of cherry pictures. Students look at the picture of George Washington and a cherry tree, and read the number on each of 9 cherry baskets. Students paste the correct number of...
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Make a Pattern
In this patterns instructional activity, students color and determine which pattern goes next in each of five lines of patterns. Students draw their answers in the boxes provided.
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Shape Bingo
In this geometric shapes worksheet, students play a Bingo game in which basic geometric shapes are recognized and marked. There are 6 different shape Bingo cards here.
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My Apple Seed Counting Book
In this apple seed counting activity, learners learn to count to 20 by making a teeny tiny book. Students cut out, color and assemble the 20 pages. Each page shows an apple with a number and the appropriate number of seeds.
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Musical Teddy Bears Number Cards 1-12
In this musical teddy bears number cards worksheet, students cut out and color 12 cards. Each card has a number on the hat of a teddy bear. Coming out of the bear's trumpet are the correct number of music notes to match the number....
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How Do You Rate?
Fifth graders make a graph. In this pulse rate lesson, 5th graders estimate their pulse and record it. Students measure their pulse while at rest and after physical activity and record it. Students use the internet to graph their results...
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CSI: Chemistry Student Investigators
Students study chemistry. In this laboratory lesson students watch the CSI episodes and investigate their laboratory techniques and discuss what they saw.
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The Good Life
Students explore the world of credit. In this finance lesson, students examine the use of credit and discuss financial fitness. Students create a brochure or poster to educate others on the types of credit and how to stay financially fit.
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Class of 2000 - Student Loans
Young scholars determine how they will finance their postsecondary education. In this student loan lesson, students create spreadsheets that help them budget their first year of college. Young scholars identify methods to fund the...
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Ratio
Young scholars calculate the ratio and apply it to construction. In this geometry lesson, students convert between different units and use decimals and fractions interchangeable. They find the fraction of a given amount using the...
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Graphing Dairy Production Statistics
Students collect data about dairy production. In this geometry lesson, students formulate and model problem solving. They collect data and plot it on a graph.
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Chors, Secants, Tangents
Young scholars identify the relationship between chords, secants and circles. For this geometry lesson, students calculate the length of the chords. They sketch the secant lines on a circle.
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Get Ready, Get Set, Squeeze!
Students explore coin value and count coin combinations. In this money counting and social studies lesson, students read The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams and practice counting money and making change for a lemonade...
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Running a Student Cooperative
Students form a classroom cooperative. In this service learning lesson, students explore how to form and run a cooperative and decide as a class how to implement their cooperative plan. Students use funds raised from the cooperative's...
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Slow Times Mean Pay Cuts For Many
Students explore the concept of a slowing economy. In this slowing economy lesson plan, students discuss the trickle-down effects of a slowing economy. Students create an estimated budget for living expenses after high school. Students...
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Area of irregular Polygons: Historical Motivator - Lewis and Clark Adventure
Seventh graders find the area of irregular polygons. In this instructional activity on calculating area, 7th graders use the adventures of Lewis and Clark as motivation to learn how to calculate the area of irregular polygons.
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Innovation in a Bag
Young scholars create a business plan to start up their own business. In this algebra lesson, students think of a product they can produce and sell. They create on paper what they should do and then put into practice creating a mock...