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Social Movements in American Politics
In this term paper assignment activity, students follow the provided steps and outline that requires them to research and write a paper about social movements in American politics.
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Sin, Cos and Tangent
Students find the identity o sine, cosine and tangent. In this precalculus lesson, students solve and identify the different parts of a right triangle. They use the ratios of the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing side or angle.
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Great Depression and New Deal
In this Great Depression worksheet, students view a PowerPoint presentation on the time period and then respond to 106 short answer questions about the content of the presentation.
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Adding and Subtracting Integers
Seventh graders review the concept of integers and how to combine them. They use the number line in different situations for the visual needed to see how adding can be done. Then students practice with numerical expressions.
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Why NP Min?
Students calculate the normal distribution. In this statistics lesson plan, students use the normal distribution to estimate binomial distributions. They define when to use NP and n(1-p) to make approximations.
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Tattercoats
Students read the English folktale, "Tattercoats," identify basic literary terms, and respond to writing prompts. They compare and contrast with another Cinderella story version and create a graphic response to the story.
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Bar Graphs
In this bar graphs worksheet, young scholars, working with a partner, explore how to read and analyze the five answers to one mathematical bar graph.
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Friendship
Learners investigate the concept of friendship with the help of two different quotations. The quotations are used to compare and contrast two facets of friendship and what is needed to encourage fruitful relationships. They read "The...
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Gummy Bear Picture Graph
First graders investigate picture graphs. In this graphing lesson, 1st graders create a picture graph with the x-axis being number and the y-axis being color. Students sort their gummy bears by color and use pictures of colored bears...
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Venn Diagram: Maine And the U.s.
Students compare and contrast major events in U.S. histroy using a Venn diagram. They focus on how the events affected their state and the country as a whole. Events expolred include World War I, the Great Depression, Prohibition, the...
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Creating Gardens
Students are shown that numeracy is all around them. They use volume, and calculate the quantity of soil required to make a garden to given instructions. Students are asked how to calculate the amount of soil required for the garden.
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The Language Garden
Students explore threats to minority languages. In this global studies instructional activity, students read an article about minority languages in the world. Students then complete tasks to show their comprehension of the article. The...
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Measurement
First graders listen to a read aloud of Linda Williams, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" before discussing Halloween. They measure pumpkins using chains of paper clips to find their length and width. Once they open the...
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Measurement Activity
Students line themselves up from smallest to tallest at the chalkboard with the teacher marking their heights. After recording their names on the board next to their mark, they work with a partner to measure their height using several...
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Checking Subtraction with Addition and Writing Number Sentences
In this math worksheet, learners complete 12 subtraction problems which they check with addition. They solve 6 short mixed word problems and write a number sentence for each while solving it.
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How Many Thousandths Are in Your Box?
Students identify the different place values. In this algebra lesson, students represent decimal place values with manipulatives. They identify the correct place value using commas and mathematical reasoning.
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Roman Numerals
In this Roman numerals learning exercise, students write 10 numbers shown in expanded notation using Roman numerals. Students write prices of 6 items (in pence) by converting Roman numerals to Arabic. Students also compare sets of Roman...
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Place Value Cards
For this place value cards worksheet, students demonstrate what happens when multiplying by ten by pushing all the digits one place to the left and inserting a zero in the units column.
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Making Rectangles
Learners study rectangles. In this math instructional activity, students use numbers, measurements and geometry to draw rectangles of varying sizes.
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Decimals: Thousandths
Nine fractions and mixed numbers are provided for your class to write as decimals. All have denominators of 1000. Then, nine decimal numbers, all thousandths, are provided for learners to write as fractions or mixed numbers. If you use...
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Odd Is In
Pupils play a game with coins and then use reasoning skills to develop a strategy for winning the game.
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Modeling Forest Fires Using Probability
Pupils explore forestry. They discuss creating fire breaks to control forest fires. Students create models to determine the best way to manage forest fires. They discuss current techniques of forest management.
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Charting Attendance Rate of Busch Gardens
Sixth graders, in groups, are given different parts of the whole project. They use information from Busch Gardens to explore line graphs, averages, and other math vocabulary.
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A Statistical Study on the Letters of the Alphabet
Students use a book or magazine to research the use of letters. They complete a worksheet and compare their results.