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Collecting Data and Graphing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice collecting and graphing data using interlocking cubes. For this graphing lesson, partners count cubes and graph them. They also use a meter stick to measure arm span and height then compare the results with the class as...
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Hot Stuff

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate if heat can change the form of matter. In this physics lesson, students use heat sources to observe the changes in an ice cube. Students graph which heat source changed the matter the fastest.
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Measure Mania

For Teachers K
Pupils measure their own silhouette using Unifix cubes. They measure a drawing using non-standard measurement. They swap drawings and compare their measurements.
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Bears Odd Bears Even

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to a read aloud of Harriet Ziefert's Bears Odd Bears Even. They count cubes and counters to classify and show numbers as odd or even.
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use prime factorization to identify prime and composite numbers. They use cubes to find factors. In groups, 5th graders draw rectangular arrays to discover prime numbers under 100.
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To Be (Half) Or Not To Be (Half)

For Teachers 1st
First graders demonstrate various ways to represent and verify a whole or set separated in two, three, or four equal parts. Using interlocking cubes, Students model a part of a whole or a part of a set. They use appropriate tools and...
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Groups of Ten Ones

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
For this "groups of ten" worksheet, students circle groups of ten cubes, then write how many rows of tens they have. Worksheet includes a brief introduction to counting groups of ten.
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Area and Volume

For Students 4th - 5th
In this area and volume worksheet, students calculate the area, volume, and length of sides of different cubes. Students complete this for 3 cubes and answer 3 questions.
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Part Part Whole

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve number sentences. In this problem solving lesson, 1st graders construct addition sentences using a part part whole mat. Students demonstrate problem solving strategies using cubes.
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Food Chain Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how a food chain functions. They define what a food chain is, and act out a food chain with the students acting as different animals. Students then sing the song "I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," and...
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Length and Area

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure one centimeter cubed blocks to determine their size. They measure lines using a worksheet that is not included in the lesson plan. Next, they measure the area of figures on the sheet using the cubes in place of a...
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Pressure Melting of Ice: While-U-Wait

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars demonstrates one of the few cases in which geologic solids visibly deform at room conditions. They suspend a weight on a thin wire over an ice cube to observe its effects over time.
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Carrying to Tens

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students learn to carry to the tens place in addition. Students solve 8 problems, each with pictures of tens rods and cubes which illustrate the concept.
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Power Word Problems

For Students 10th
For this powers worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different word problems that include various expressions with powers. First, they write an expression for volume of a cube that has a certain width, length, and height. Then, students...
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Fair Play- Probability Worksheet

For Students 4th
In this fair play probability worksheet, 4th graders use the given spinner to determine how many times a student will land on a vowel if they spin 18 times. They toss number cubes 20 times and complete a tally chart that shows the number...
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Making Shapes and Patterns With Increasing Accuracy

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this shapes and patterns worksheet, students determine which of the 5 multiple choice nets can make an open cube like the blue one pictured on the worksheet. Students determine which of 3 nets will not make a square based pyramid.
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Measure Length: Reteach

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this measuring length worksheet, students use cubes to measure the length, count the cubes and record the length. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Changing the Freezing Point of Water with Salt

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore freezing points. In this science lesson plan, 1st graders determine the temperature at which water freezes, understand why salt water freezes at a lower temperature than plain water, and understand why the string...
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Water Cycle Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students simulate the water cycle by placing an ice cube in a Ziploc bag and observing the changes which occur over time. Learners record the mass of the Ziploc bag and record...
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Solid Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this solid shapes worksheet, students count and name shapes, write the names of missing shapes, write about the difference between a rectangular prism and cube and build designs.
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Cody's Science Education Zone

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe a scientific experiment and pose a hypothesis. For this scientific inquiry lesson, students make predictions about the combination of alcohol in water and how it will affect a floating ice cube.
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Happy Birthday Mathematicians and Me

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers choose a mathematician or scientist born on the same day as the student and research them. They create a cube or tetrahedron and place required information on the sides (such as birth year, death yr., greatest...
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Light Plants and Dark Plants, Wet Plants and Dry Ones

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students plant sunflower seeds in plastic cups, and once germinated, these are exposed to different conditions of light levels and/or soil moisture contents. Students measure growth of the seedlings every few days using non-standard...
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Surface Area

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore surface area. They study the difference between two and three-dimensional objects. The teacher leads a discussion about finding the surface area of different size cubes. In pairs, 7th graders use graph paper to...

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