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The Family Tree
In this patterns practice activity, students read a 3-paragraph excerpt regarding a family tree and respond to 1 graphic organizer question and 1 short answer question.
Noyce Foundation
Double Down
Double the dog ears, double the fun. Five problems provide increasing challenges with non-linear growth. Topics include dog ears, family trees and population data, and geometric patterns.
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Creating A Family Tree
Fourth graders explore their ancestral background while they experience genealogy.
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Health/Wellness
Middle schoolers role-play the role of an employee of the Center for Disease Control. In groups, they identify and discuss the functions of the major body systems and analyze their family tree. They watch a video about plagues and...
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Types of Things
Students explore the differences between man-made and natural objects. In this lesson designed to compare properties of objects, students differentiate between natural and man-made objects and complete an activity designed to show what...
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Bonus Activity: Build a House
Students complete a building activity using their knowledge of geometrical shapes, tools, and how to follow a plan from previous lessons in this unit. In this following directions lesson, students study the basic building process as it...
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Dinner in a Woodland
After reading a short paragraph about what makes up a woodland habitat, fifth graders attempt to identify the primary consumers, secondary consumers, and third order consumers in two separate food chain scenarios. They also name a hawk's...
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Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.