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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Molecules to the Max!—Teacher's Discovery Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Molecules to the Max! refers to a movie released in 2009 about the world of atoms and molecules. A helpful discovery guide provides five posters on science topics typically covered at the middle school level. It also explains the...
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Poetry4kids

Creativity Exercise - Describe the Sky

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Scholars stretch their writing muscles with an exercise that asks them to describe the sky using similes and metaphors. 
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Overcoming Obstacles

Resolving Conflict

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Win-lose, lose-lose, or win-win? The final lesson in the "Resolving Conflict Module" brings together all that participants have learned in the module. They first list and prioritize the steps in conflict resolution, then develop a plan...
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EngageNY

Searching a Region in the Plane

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Programming a robot is a mathematical task! The activity asks learners to examine the process of programming a robot to vacuum a room. They use a coordinate plane to model the room, write equations to represent movement, determine the...
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Curated OER

Symmetry Project

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the concept of symmetry by drawing an the other half of an object. They pick from a stack of magazine pictures and draw it on another piece of paper.
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Curated OER

Reconstructing the Squares

For Teachers K - 8th
Students visit an outdoors area and mark out a square on the ground that they examine, looking for living and non-living things. They make a model or drawing of the findings from the actual square.
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Curated OER

Comparatives and Superlatives Through Pictures

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students review superlatives and comparatives. Groups of students draw pictures and then line up according to the size of the object they drew. They discuss who has the "biggest" and who has the "smallest" times. Students compare...
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Curated OER

Symmetry that is Basic and Beautiful

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore lines of symmetry. In this symmetry lesson, students divide and combine shapes along basic lines of symmetry. Students explore symmetry in real life objects.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Four

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this counting and number recognition worksheet, students write the number 4 and draw 4 sets of objects that each have 4 items.
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Curated OER

Illustrated Words - colored pencils

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use images and lettering style to communicate the meaning of a specific word chosen for the composition. They make rich, smooth, layered areas of color using colored pencils.
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Curated OER

3D Computer Imaging Class: Cross-Section Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use 3-dimensional materials to create a simple 3-D object. They think about different ways the object could be sliced. Students choose one way to slice the object, and draw the sliced shape on paper or computer. Using a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Changes in Motion: Push & Pull

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this changes in motion worksheet, students view the concept of pulling and pushing an object, decide whether 10 statements or examples of push or pull and circle their multiple choice answers. Students draw a picture of themselves...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Symmetry

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing line of symmetry worksheet, students observe a half drawing of a car on graph paper and complete the drawing of the symmetrical shape. Students draw 1 object.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Magnets Attract

For Students 3rd - 6th
Students will be attracted to this magnetic lesson. They must decide which objects are attracted to a large horseshoe magnet, draw their own objects, then color the page. This is a great worksheet to complete to test students' prior...
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Curated OER

Sinking and Floating

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine why some objects float or sink. In this physics instructional activity, students engage in several mini-experiments which challenge them to draw their own conclusions regarding why certain objects sink or float. An...
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Curated OER

Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this electricity worksheet, learners read and reflect on what electromagnets are and how they attract objects. Students put 4 events in order that would make an electromagnet start attracting objects and identify 3 ways to increase...
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Curated OER

Imagery: Symbolic/realistic

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students recognize and use the visual arts as a form of communication. They use the computer as a visual arts tool to gather images for a story they are telling. They discuss related stories that differ in their realistic images. They...
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Curated OER

Ordinal Numbers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this math worksheet, students learn to count with ordinal numbers and place objects in ordinal positions. Students examine 8 rows of boxes, each with specific directions. Example:" Put a yellow ball in the 1st, 3rd and 8th box."...
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Math Mammoth

Similar Figures

For Students 7th - 9th
For this similar figure worksheet, students identify objects that are similar. They draw polygons according to instructions and determine their similarity. This one-page worksheet contains four multi-step problems.
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Curated OER

Push or Pull

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this push or pull worksheet, learners observe pictures and determine whether the objects show a push or a pull motion and then draw a push and a pull picture. Students answer eight questions.
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Curated OER

Compare Length and Height

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this comparing length and height word problem worksheet, students compare drawings of objects visually to determine which is longer, longest, shorter, and shortest and make a chart to solve logical reasoning problems. Students solve...
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Curated OER

Subtraction Pictures

For Students K - 2nd
In this matching numbers and pictures to subtract worksheet, students recognize the top number and the number of objects as the same, draw an X through the amount to subtract, and count the number remaining to find the difference....
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Curated OER

How We See Things

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate how mirrors reflect light. In this reflection lesson, students draw the path of the light reflected from a mirror. Students construct a list of objects that are light sources.
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Curated OER

Mystery Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students examine objects and determine if they are living or nonliving.  In this scientific observation activity, students collect living and nonliving items from outside, record a drawing of each in their journal, and write a short...