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Block It: Using a Manipulative to Solve Math Problems
Students practice using visuals to solve math problems. In this math manipulative lesson, students utilize pattern blocks to participate in a class game in which geometric shapes touch other player's pieces. Students gain points based on...
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Northwest Native American Art
Eighth graders first study the art of the U.S. Northwestern Coast Native American peoples. They select an image or make their own and make a drawing and then make a 6-inch linoleum block print.
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Investigation Can You Build This?
Students work in small groups to explore spatial relationships while building with color cubes. Students must identify positions of blocks to partner, recreate a model, and color a sketch of their structure appropriately.
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Essential Elements
A color-coded periodic table identifies organic elements, major minerals, and trace elements. Oxidation states are highlighted and types of chemical bonding are annotated. The electron energy level chart is explained. Though not all of...
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Pattern Block Fraction Design
In this pattern block worksheet, students use pattern blocks to create a symmetric design within the shapes. The designs must follow four different rules.
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Color Mixing
Students distinguish and recognize the three primary colors used in color printing. In this color mixing instructional activity, students predict what color will be produced when pigments or color beams are mixed. Students will...
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Color Me Hot
Seventh graders use the scientific method, to observe, record and analyze the data they gathered. They make observations using their five senses. Students compare, contrast and draw conclusions based on the observations and data...
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Numeral Recognition, Matching, and Writing
Students reinforce numeral recognition by matching and writing the numbers from 1-20. In this numeral recognition lesson, students count aloud sequentially from one to twenty, identify numerals 1-20, write numerals 1-20, and match...
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Identifying Fractions
In his identifying fractions worksheet, students color objects to show fractions. In this coloring worksheet, students produce five fractions.
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Toys
The world is a rainbow of colors in a set of lessons for English learners. Kids review colors with matching games and hide-and-seek, before singing songs about colors and reading a class story.
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Sudoku
In this Sudoku worksheet, students solve a puzzle by filling in the numbers 1-9 so that each number appears only once in each row going across and down and in each block of 9 squares. The numbers 1-9 also appear once in each color.
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Extend a Pattern
In this color blocks worksheet, students explore patterns and sequences. Students determine the number of combinations that can be made before they repeat. This one-page worksheet contains 1 multi-step problem.
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Building Color Words
In this color words worksheet, students learn the color words pink, green, orange, and brown by writing the color words from the word bubble into the corresponding blocks. Students then color the pictures of the turtle, pig, squirrel,...
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Gazing At Cosmic Pinballs
Students explore the world of stars. They see that the color of a star tells how hot or cold it is, that stars come in different sizes. and that stars are moving through space. They draw lines connecting start to star.
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Sight
Students discover how the sense of sight helps us recognize each other and explore color, motion and distance.
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UV Beads
Students recognize preventitive measures that can be taken to reduce the risks associated with exposure to solar radiation. They explain why solar radiation can be harmful. They utilize beads that turn color when exposed to UV rays. Good...
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Percentages Introduction
In this percentages activity, students color 25% of 100 small squares blue, 35% red and 30% yellow. Students figure out how many squares they have left and then what percent of the 100 squares are left. Students then work out 5 percentages.
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Rambunctious Means Bad!
In this vocabulary worksheet, 3rd graders examine vocabulary from Barbara Parks, Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-Ha-Ha. They color sections of a chart that pertain to their experience with the words rambunctious, paradise, establishment,...
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Impressionism Camouflage
High schoolers explore various impressionist works and examine their use of color. A scale of color from dark to light is created using tints and shades of all primary and secondary colors. Impressionists techniques are utilized.
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Finding Patterns with Frogs
Learners create patterns. In this math lesson, students complete and create patterns using pattern blocks or disks. Learners analyze the patterns they see.
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Seafloor Block Model
Students construct a 3-D block model of the ocean floor to study fundamental earth processes. This is a preconstructed cut out that allows the students to put it together but then to add their own colors as well. There is an evaluation...
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Linoleum Block Printing
Pupils create linoleum block prints using linoleum squares, knives, ink, and paper in this Art lesson plan for 4th through 12th grades. It is suggested to introduce the concept of printmaking prior to this lesson plan (resource links...
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Keeping Warm with Fractions
Fourth graders study quilts and related activities to illustrate geometry, basic fractions, and patterning skills. They choose a precut piece of pre-cut color/shape construction paper to discuss the pattern, color, shapes, sizes,...
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Let's Learn about Symmetry
Students explore symmetry in architecture. In this cross curriculum art and architecture lesson, students fold paper to illustrate symmetry and identify symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes. Students observe photographs or take a walk...