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Size It Up
Students practice their math skills in determining the water/land proportions of the Earth. Using globes, they locate the seven continents and oceans and determine which covers more space. They use this information to participate in...
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Unexpected Answers
Students explore and complete a variety of activities demonstration probability. They make observations about the results of the activities. Students complete and discuss conditional probability. Also, students draw conclusions about...
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BASEBALL HOME RUN
Learners determine whether a hit baseball is a home run or not by utilizing parametric equations to describe the path of the ball. They assess the importance of angles and velocity needed to hit a home run. In addition, in their own...
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ESL Class Identity
Students work together to identify and research the country and culture of origin for each member of a group in a new ESL class. They organize the researched information in a poster and present their findings to the class.
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Investigate Factors Affecting Nitrates in Groundwater
Young scholars participate in an experiment in which they investigate the factors affecting the levels of nitrates in groundwater. Using examples, they explain the nitrogen cycle and identify the sources of chemical nitrogen...
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The Great Cover Up!
Students use non-standard measurement tools such as body parts, beans and counters to find the area of shapes drawn on the floor. They continue to determine the area of other objects in the classroom.
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Measuring in Inches
Third graders will sing 2 songs that are written and played by the teacher and relate to the task of measuring.They recognize and pick up a 1-foot standard ruler and be able to identify the marks on the ruler, including inch and parts of...
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The Giant Cell
After actively participating in a unit on cells, the students act out and become the organelles. They will act out and explain the functions of what each of the organelles do for the cell.
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Creating The Virtual Model
Students engage in a lesson that is about the concept of earthquake design. The lesson includes the integration of technology and how it can be used to create buildings and structures for withstanding an earthquake. Students also define...
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Exploring Japan Through Learning Centers
Students explore the Japanese culture and literature through various learning centers. They compare and contrast story details in two stories and complete a Venn diagram. After comparing the stories, they rotate to different centers and...
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Exploring Altitudes in Math
Students draw and calculate altitudes. They draw the altitude of acute, right and obtuse triangles and calculate the altitude of a triangle using the Pythagorean theorem.
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In the Path of the Ancients: Unearthing Formulas for Area
Young scholars apply the formulas for the area of parallelograms and triangles. Through guided practice, students discover the correct way to apply the formulas. Working in pairs, they write their own problems featuring the formulas.
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Angle Attributes and Measures
Seventh graders explore the concept of angles. In this angles lesson, 7th graders use protractors to measure angles. Students sing an angle song. Students discuss attributes of angles using a two-color plate manipulative.
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Issues of Unauthorized Immigration
Eleventh graders explore illegal immigration. For this Current Events lesson, 11th graders read an article on illegal immigration and answer questions that follow.
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Measurement, Perimeter and Area
Students explore the concept of measurement. In this measurement lesson, students collect data about themselves such as height, finger length, neck circumference, foot length, and other body measurements. Students cut squares...
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Estimating Area
Fifth graders, after being given a variety of word problems to solve, find patterns to solving 3 out of 4 times. They break it down into smaller parts 3 out of 4 times and tell the method of solving 3 out of 4 times. Students complete...
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Relationships and Functions
Fifth graders describe patterns as relations and functions. In this patterning instructional activity, 5th graders analyze and continue patterns. Students understand how patterns relate to relations and functions.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Estimation
This lesson plan is designed to help students learn to make estimates. Resources are linked to help support the teacher and offer exploration and practice to students.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ns Placing a Square Root on the Number Line
This task develops students' number sense of squares and square roots. They are to find an approximation of a less obvious square root of a number to see where it would fall on a number line. To do this, they must examine perfect squares...
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