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Keeps on Pumping

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students measure and calculate heart rates per minute and for other units of time. They determine the amount of blood pumped by their heart during various intervals of time.
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Calculate Perimeter Using Grid Method

For Students 4th - 6th
In this perimeter worksheet, students find the perimeter of shaded areas shown a grids, 2 total. Students write total area in square units. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Paint By The Numbers

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students, in groups, explore how astronomical spacecraft and computers create images of objects in space.
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Using the Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve real-world problems. They draw diagrams based on written descriptions to calculate the examples.
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Solve Word Problems with Geometry

For Students 7th - 12th
In this geometry instructional activity, students solve word problems having to do with lines, angles, shapes, area, perimeter, and more. Students complete 57 problems total.
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Creating Parallelogram

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learning how to define vocabulary words related to solving parallelograms will assist your learners in identifying different parallelograms. They use the navigator to view different shapes created by moving the parallelogram around.
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Geometry Practice: Loci and Transformations

For Students 9th - 12th
This resource guides young geometers to create new polygons from others of equal area, compare an image to its reflection and find errors, conduct repeated reflections, map translations, and determine center of rotation. No solutions are...
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Geography Quiz 23

For Students 7th - 12th
In this geography worksheet, students answer short answer questions about the geography in Europe. Students complete 17 questions.
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Fractions and Decimals in Measuring Units

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fractions and decimals learning exercise, students express the given measurements as either decimals or fractions. Students learn to convert measurements.
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Fractions and Decimals in Measuring Units

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fractions and decimals worksheet, students learn to express measurements using decimals and fractions for the pounds and ounce measurements.
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Woodland Math Facts

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Woodland math facts worksheet, students study and examine woodland weights of trees and shrubs, explore invertebrates and draw a bar chart to chart their findings.
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Measurement: Lesson 2

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete math problems given in this instructional activity, where they find the perimeter and area of specific figures. They estimate the perimeter and area of shapes and figures and then complete the mathematical...
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Searching the Attic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate an attic or basement to "discover" family artifacts. They develop a grid map using string, create a naming system for the grid, and analyze items of interest.
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Grouping Buttons

For Teachers K
Looking for a good instructional activity on counting and sorting? This instructional activity is worth a look! In this classification instructional activity, learners sort buttons by color, shape, shiny verses not shiny, or number of...
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Count the Squares and Compare

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct squares and rectanges in order to help them find areas and perimeters. They gain an understanding of area and perimeter through teacher modeling and then they construct squares and rectangles.
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Multiplying Mixed Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
in this math instructional activity, students combine the factors of mixed numbers in order to get the correct products. The answers are also accessible.
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Harnessing the Wind for Electricity

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explain how wind can produce electricity. In this geometry lesson, 9th graders construct their own pin wheel turbine and calculate its power. They discuss the pros and cons of using wind generator.
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Analyzing the 2000 Election

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and analyze the year 2000 presidential election results. They identify the reasons this particular election was so unusual and predict how voting outcomes might affect their communities, the country and the world.
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Science: The Changing Life of Air Pressure

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe demonstrations how heated air rises and becomes a low pressure area. After watching several teacher-conducted experiments, 4th graders, in groups, discuss and answer questions in their journals. Finally, they...
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Calculating the Shortest Distance Between Two Points

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders calculate the distance between two points.
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Make Sense of Nature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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PLANETS IN PROPORTION

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discover scales for both the solar bodies' relative sizes and their distances from the sun. They find equatorial circumference and volumes of their solar bodies. Students apply estimation strategies and proportioanl reasoning to...
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Drop Zone Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
In this physics worksheet, students construct a parachute using the materials listed on the sheet that will have the longest and closest target when dropped from a specific height. Then they record their results after three trials.
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Circles - Word Problems

For Students 6th - 7th
In this geometry problem solving instructional activity, students answer 8 words problems based on their knowledge of circles, circumference, radius, diameter, and perimeters. They show their work on the sheet between problems.