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Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers (G)
Fifth graders multiply the fractions by whole numbers and then reduce the products. They solve 12 problems.
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You're Wearing Your Plants!
Students examine the many uses of plants and trees by looking at their clothing. They make lists of products that come from plants and trees and their uses.
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Fraction Clue Box
Students distinguish between proper and improper fractions. They create a "Character Clue Box" that represents a fraction. Fractions are picked from a hat and then groups go outside and search for items that represent their fraction....
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When Getting There is More Than Half the Battle
Students investigate the 'Design for the Other 90%' exhibition about low-cost solutions to give the "other 90% of the world's population" access to services and amenities many of us take for granted. In this technology design lesson,...
California Academy of Science
Using Empirical Data in the Classroom: Raptor Migrations!
Raptor flight patterns align with seasonal changes in net primary productivity. Here is a thought-provoking lesson that uses empirical data from a video to help scholars understand raptor migrations, producers/consumers, and ecosystems....
Agriculture in the Classroom
Making Half MyPlate Fruits and Vegetables
Establish healthy eating habits with a lesson focused around MyPlate's food recommendations and the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. Through class discussion and worksheet completion, scholars discuss the best choices of foods...
MENSA Education & Research Foundation
Pi Day Fun!
In this multi-faceted introduction to pi, participants perform a bevy of pi-related activities. Ranging from measuring household items to singing pi songs and reading pi stories, this fun and non-intimidating resource serves to bring up...
Kentucky Department of Education
Multi-Digit Multiplication Strategies
There is more than one way to solve a multiplication problem, and many learners find that the lattice multiplication method can be a helpful one. Fourth graders take an initial formative assessment before working in groups of two or...
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Unit 5- Oxidation Reduction
In this oxidation reduction worksheet, students read the notes provided about the different types of chemical reactions. Students identify the reactants and products and answer fill in the blank and short answer questions.
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Balancing Chemical Reactions 2
In this balancing chemical reactions worksheet, students balance equations, identify electrons gained or lost in atoms and identify the number of atoms of each element for the reactants and products in equations. They also answer 3...
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Fractions
For this fractions worksheet, students solve and complete 19 different problems that include various types of fractions. First, they find the sum or the difference in each of the given fractions, reducing to lowest terms when possible....
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Tick Around the Clock
Pupils examine and discuss the differences between clocks they are shown. Using the internet, they research how people used to tell time before clocks. They review what the long and short hand on the clock represent and practice telling...
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Make Half Your Grains Whole
Students discuss the benefits of eating whole grains. In this adult health lesson, students compare samples of whole grain food products. They recommend ways on how to incorporate whole grains in their family diet.
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Finding Percent When Given A Fraction
Seventh graders calculate percentages when given a fraction. They convert a percentage to a fraction. All of this be done by each student's ability to read the graphs made available by the spreadsheet information.
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Fraction High-Low Card Game
In this fraction high-low card game, 5th graders make 45 fraction index cards. They play a game in groups of three where they add the fractions on two cards and guess high or low for the next person's sum. Then they answer...
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Missing Fractions
In this fractions learning exercise, students write the missing fraction in each equation where one fraction and the answer is given. Students complete 20 fraction multiplication and division problems.
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Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
In this improper fraction and mixed number activity, students learn how to convert from an improper fraction to a mixed number and from a mixed number to an improper fraction. They practice converting from one to the other.
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Redox Reactions
Students observe an oxidation-reduction reaction and write the overall equation and half reactions. For this oxidation-reduction lesson plan, students observe sodium metal, phenolpthalein and detergent placed in a petri dish. They write...
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Thinking About Technology: What Is It? How Can It Help Us?
What is technology and how can it help us? Using a activity, students read a list and choose practical applications of scientific knowledge, brainstorm examples of home, school and hospital technology, graph answers in a pie chart, and...
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Industrial Light and Magic
Students investigate early mass production in various industries, and then create presentation posters outlining how a typical 19th-century factory, mill or refinery worked.
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Beyond the Beef
Learners investigate the various products derived from beef by-products. They read a handout, identify the items from the handout they use in their everyday lives, and list the products they have at home that come from beef cattle.
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Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers (I)
In this fraction multiplication activity, fifth graders multiply the fractions by whole numbers and then reduce the products. They solve 12 problems.
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Fraction and Decimal Review Podcast
Students create podcasts of information for reviewing fractions and decimals in this math-based creative project. The lesson uses GarageBand, iTunes, iTalk, and Keynote to accomplish tasks.
Fraction Bars
Multiplying Fractions Times Whole Numbers and Fractions
Fifth graders make the connections using models between multiplying a fraction times a whole number and multiplying a fraction times a fraction. After completing three teacher-led activities, pupils access a website on their own to play...