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Symmetry in Children's Art Experiences

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Read between the lines of symmetry to make important connections between math, art, culture, and nature.
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Engaging Students with the History of Time

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Researching the history of calendars and time-keeping devices can help students make sense of time measurement.
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Reinforcement: Point/Sticker Cards

For Students K - 7th
I love these! Print, cut, and laminate any of these sticker cards to help you manage classroom behavior in a positive way. Tape the blank chart on your learner's desk,or reward him by giving a point or sticker in each of the squares....
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DK Publishing

Fewer Candies

For Students K - 1st Standards
Focus on the key word fewer with young counters as they draw familiar sets of objects. For each, they examine an original set (i.e. candies in a jar) and draw a set with fewer. There are nice, clear graphics and kids will enjoy the...
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Most and Least Likely

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Explore probability with beginners using these multiple-choice visuals. They determine what they are most likely to choose from a bag by examining the contents. Each bag has three types of similar objects with one more prevalent than the...
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Getting Parents On Your Side

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Strong ties between parents and teachers produce a learning environment that benefits everyone.
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Starry Night Education

The Year and Seasons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Turn your classroom into a live demonstration of how the earth and sun interact to create the four seasons. Using a globe, a light source, and a series of constellation cards, super scientists discover how the...
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Playing a Math Game Can Enhance the Learning Experience

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This fun and educational game will help your students develop their mathematics skills.
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How to Tame a Field Trip to the Zoo

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Keep your pupils focused on field trip learning objectives with before, during, and after activities.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Shape Hunt Part 2

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Shapes are everywhere in the world around us, from rectangular doors to the circular wheels of a car. The second lesson in this series opens the eyes of young mathematicians to this wonderful world of shapes as they search the classroom,...
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American Chemical Society

Great Electron Ripoff

For Students K - 5th
Create a charge in the classroom. Using pieces of cellophane tape, a plastic grocery bag, and a balloon, learners investigate the effects of static electricity. Pupils create different charges in the materials and observe whether they...
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BW Walch

Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar and Usage

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
If grammar practice is anywhere in your curriculum, you must check out an extensive collection of warm-up activities for language arts! Each page focuses on a different concept, from parts of speech to verbals, and provides review...
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Smarter Balanced

View Through a Telescope

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Preparing for an assessment? Here's an activity that will ensure that all class members have the background knowledge they need to demonstrate their skills on a performance task related to the solar system and the tools astronomers use...
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Spanish Superlatives

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Write sentences containing superlatives in Spanish about objects in the classroom. Read aloud the sentence, then post it on the object for everyone in the classroom to see.
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Black, Striped, White, & Plaid: Changing Patterns

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a new design for an everyday object using color and patterns after observing objects that surround them in the classroom; focusing on five examples that are either solid colored or patterned.
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Rocks

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, while in the computer lab, investigate and study the composition and level of organization of objects and organisms and utilize technology to collect and store information collected. They explore, research and examine a...
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Sequencing From Close To Far

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how objects stay the same size and only "look" like they change when closer are farther from the object. They sequence aerial photos and satellite images from closest to farthest.
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Volume Review

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils investigate the concepts of volume for rectangular prisms and spheres. They measure the volume of one balloon and then consider how many breaths it would take to fill the room with balloons. The rectangular prism being measured is...
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Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss the act of selection as a central component in contemporary art making in this visual art lesson plan ideal for the high school or junior high classroom. Emphasis is placed on the artwork of Duchamp and contemporary...
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Texture Sculpture

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore a variety of everyday objects and group them according to their textures. They create a clay portrait, learning how to manipulate the material and tools to create different textures.
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4.5: Exploring Uses of Rocks & Minerals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students, in pairs, use observation skills to identify objects from the past and present in our environment made of rocks and minerals of Illinois.
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Volume of a Rectangular Prism

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Children use the length, width, and height of an object to calculate the volume of a rectangular prism. They observe how to multiply three numbers at a time, and define volume. Pupils observe as the teacher demonstrates how to determine...
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Image as Metaphor

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A Dorothea Lange photograph launches this study of metaphors. Using the questions provided, the class examines the image and the title to consider how Lange uses her photo as a metaphor. Class members then select an object they can use...
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Measure Up!

For Teachers K - 4th
Discover ways to measure items without standard tools. In this measurements lesson, learners estimate how long certain objects are by measuring with a non-standard measuring tool. Students check their estimates with a ruler and share...

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