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Explore the Mathematics of the Explorers

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Columbus and other explorers relied upon mathematical calculations using the Earth, stars, and ships speeds.
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Constellation Mapping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plot constellations on a grid map. They discuss the various ways early explorers planned their travels. Students identify and recognize major constellations. They color their maps and take them home to try to find various...
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Telling Time for Grade 3

For Students 3rd
Ten questions are provided to review elapsed time. Your third graders will like that some questions provide visual representations to guide learners. Use Internet Explorer if you want this worksheet to print in its proper format. 
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The Role of Fire in Healthy Prairie, Brush and Forest Lands

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read and discuss background information and brainstorm reasons for wildfires. They use a Venn Diagram to list the similarities and differences between wildfires and prescribed fires and then track the weather forecast for...
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Show Me the Way To Go Home

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers place a pencil perpendicular to the ground and trace its shadow between 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM. They measure the length of the shadow, periodically over several hours, in either English or Metric units. Using the data,...
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Georgia

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Georgia reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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Working Watermelon

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
You're going to wish you had a watermelon for this lesson! Class members read about watermelons and make a salad in class to sample. They also perform estimates, measurements and calculations on a watermelon. They predict what percentage...
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My Test Book: Telling Time

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math skills instructional activity, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to read clocks and calculate lapsed time. Students may view the correct answers.
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Atlatl Lessons for Grade 4

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the weapons of the Aboriginal people.  In this fourth grade math instructional activity, 4th graders create charts, tables, or diagrams to represent patterns and relations.  Students investigate which...
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Arizona!! How the Heck Did I End Up Here???

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research the historical background of the potato. In this potato research lesson plan, students cut out the important dates in potato history. Students make a timeline for the events.
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Now You See Me, Now You Don't

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders develop an awareness of the power of their minds to work with visual images. All the activities in this unit help strengthen visualization that is an important tool or process in Geometry.
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Atlatl Lessons

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study math patterns and relationships as well as learn about the heritage of Aboriginal peoples of Saskatchewan. In this patterns and heritage lesson, 5th graders research the daily lives of First Nations People in...

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