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Wiggle Worms

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate worms, collect and analyze data. In this worm and data lesson, 1st graders listen to Chick and Duckling from the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill reading series. They conduct experiments with worms, collect simple data,...
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Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze the data in a bar graph, pictograph, line graph, and a chart/table and draw conclusions based on the data. They discuss each type of graph, write questions for each graph, and analyze the data as a class.
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Panning for Gold and Magnetite

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students pan for minerals in a stream and discover why magnets attract magenitite but not nonmagnetic grains. They participate in the actual panning process and bag samples to be examined in class. Students recognize minerals by color...
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Social Sstudies: Change in Space and Time

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the dynamics of change and compare and contrast it with other cultures. They cite examples of how people change over time and explain why it is necessary. Students organize a skit, Webpage, or Powerpoint presentation...
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Reaction Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students record reaction time data and calculate minimum, maximum, mean, median, and mode. They participate in a class reaction time activity, observe and conduct an online experiment, and discuss and analyze the activity results.
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Color Graphs and Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore color as they create graphs, write poetry, and examine varied interior designs. They respond to writing prompts describing their favorite color. Students collect data and create a bar graph based on a class survey. They...
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The Mail Race

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners create friendly letters and surveys to other schools. In this letter writing lesson, students format friendly letters to other school and request a reply. Learners chart the replies on a map and share information from the...
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Hunting Invertebrate Fossils in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students acquire a general knowledge of fossils and paleontology, the study of evidence of life in the past and identify the major invertebrate groups (phyla) commonly found in the fossil record.
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Cookie Topography

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students construct a cross section diagram showing elevation changes on a "cookie island." Using a chocolate chip cookie for an island, they locate the highest point in centimeters on the cookie and create a scale in feet. After tracing...
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Electricity--More Power to Ya!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use research tools to access and synthesize information. They gather and manipulate data using technology. Research and study the components of an electrical circuit. Create a brochure that demonstrates knowledge of how to...
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Kentucky: Past, Present and Future

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze how Kentucky's past is different from the present. They research why Kentucky was even explored and settles. What social issues face Kentucky now. Discussion lies on how Kentucky can be improved for the 21st century.
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Bar Graphs

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate bar graphs.  In this third grade mathematics lesson, 3rd graders collect and analyze data and use the internet’s Graph challenge to create their own graphs.  Students write questions for the other students to...
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Preparation and Transition to Two-Column Proofs

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students investigate proofs used to solve geometric problems. In this geometry lesson, students read about the history behind early geometry and learn how to write proofs correctly using two columns. The define terminology valuable to...
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Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources: Mining in B.C.

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore energy by categorizing rocks. In this British Columbia geology lesson, students define many different vocabulary terms associated with mining such as sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Students utilize sample rock...
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Probability Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Your learners will examine probability through experiments and dice games. Using a computer, your class will perform simple experiments to collect and analyze data to determine the probability of different experimental results. Students...
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Bar Graphs and Pie Charts

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore their interest and strengths and display them using a bar graph and pie chart.
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Misleading Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore number relationships by participating in a data collection activity. In this statistics lesson, students participate in a role-play activitiy in which they own a scrap material storefront that must replenish its stock....
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Playing With Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students rotate through work stations where they compute problems of theoretical and experimental probability. In this probability lesson plan, students use simulations of a lottery system.
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Incredible Art

Painting with Dots - Kirkland Style

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Pointillism is the focus of a lesson that asks young artists to compare Vance Kirkland's painting style with aboriginal dot art, and then to produce their own piece of dot art.
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Channel Islands Film

Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Lesson Plan 4

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Imagine being stranded all alone on an island for 18 years. How would you survive? Class members are challenged to makes necessities out of natural materials that would likely be found on an island.
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Hero Highlights

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners create documentaries. In this Vodcast instructional activity, students in high school interview elementary school learners regarding highlights of their lives. High school students create Vodcasts of the interview sessions.
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Public Policy Changes Using Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the problem of wrestling on the playground that has resulted in injuries to classmates. They research the problem using print and Internet resources. They listen to a presentation by the high school wrestling coach. They...
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ESL Reading Comprehension: "Brown Widow" Spider

For Students 7th - 9th
For this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read an article about the discovery of the "brown widow" spider and complete a set of 15 comprehension questions.
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Maps as Models of Earth

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use different types of maps to find locations and surface features.  For this map-reading lesson students use a compass to find direction.