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Classifying Figures on the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use estimation to solve word problems. In this fractions lesson, 5th graders decide whether or not an answer to a work problem is reasonable by applying their knowledge of fractions, decimals and estimation. This lesson...
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From Canterbury to Little Rock: The Struggle for Educational Equality for African Americans

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explain the magnitude of the struggle involved in securing equal educational opportunities for African Americans. They examine how Prudence Crandall challenged the prevailing attitude toward educating African Americans
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Fitness Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop skills and a comfort level in interpreting economic concepts through graphic analysis.
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Exploring Linear Equations

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use graphing calculators to graph equations. They make visual models of algebraic expressions and they can readily see that an equation represents something.
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Orbital Motion

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a formula to measure the eccentricity of an ellipse, then state Kepler's Law of Elliptical Orbits. They predict the solar energy received at different positions in a planet's orbit.
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Inside Out

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, using a straight edge, determine whether a point is inside or outside of a given figure. With worksheets, 4th graders practice analyzing geometric relationships such as parallel to, perpendicular to, etc.
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Rocketsmania And Slope

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use a professional basketball team's data and graph it on a coordinate plane. They draw a line of regression and finding its equation. They access a website containing statistics for the Houston Rockets basketball team to solve...
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What's Your Favorite Color?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the psychology behind color choices using two sites on the Internet. They complete a worksheet and construct an Inspiration file with the data from the charts. Then they form a hypothesis and test it using the...
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Time To Measure

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure time and length. Through the use of video and technology, they explore key elements of measurement, such as units and conversion between units. They explore alternate units of measurement and apply measurement to...
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST LIFESTYLES AND TIME PERIODS

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders demonstrate the steps needed for a compare and contrast essay by writing a paper comparing and contrasting two selected pictures.
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Lines: Invisible Journeys

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create visual roadmaps and follow them with gesture to create lines. They draw lines with a white crayon on paper and then paint to create a crayon resist.
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Pattern and Shading

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students dentify patterns in their everyday environment. They create several types of pattern, including hatching, crosshatching, and stippling and discover that hatching lines may be drawn horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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Texture: Wild Things

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students experiment with different kinds of marking techniques. They read "Where the Wild Things Are" and observe animals for pattern and line. They compare illustrations with Haring's images. They create a symbolic drawing of animal.
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Are We Sure They Are Parallel?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the definition and properties of parallel lines. This high level lesson has students calculate the slope of the two parallel lines, and draw the lines on a Caretsian coordinate system.
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Choosing a Summer Job

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
What did you do over your summer vacation. Young wage earners must compare summer job options, and determine when each job earn the same amount and what that amount be. This be done by creating, graphing, and solving systems of...
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Color Theory Unit: Op Art Complementary Color Designs

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students learn skills in mixing and applying paint while enhancing understanding of complementary colors.
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Snow Science

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate how efficient different substances are at melting snow. Students collect and analysis data.
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Venn Diagram and Shape Sorting Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use Venn diagrams to represent classifications of shapes and to use counting arguments to find the number of objects in a given set.
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Bicycle Safety Rodeo

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in nine different stations in a series of bike handling drills and the simulation of traffic situations.
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Finding the Area of Triangles

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders apply the formula for finding the area of a triangle to various problems. They work real life problems for finding the area of a bathroom and the cost of tiling it. They play a game, Triangle Bingo, where they match...
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students interview each other to find similarities and differences with their partner. They create a Venn diagram that displays their findings and then using hula hoops as a large scale model present their Venn diagram to the class as a...
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Gridding a Site

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students establish a grid system over an archaelogical site. They label each grid unit. They determine the location of artifacts within each grid unit. They construct a scientific inquiry concerning the location of artifacts on the site.
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ESL

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students in an ESL classroom practice naming the objects in the classroom. They discover nouns and pronouns. They write in a journal in their native language what they believe to be the most important objects in the room. They practice...
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System of Two Quadratic Inequalities

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students graph a quadratic inequality and describe its solution set. They solve a system of quadratic equalities graphically and symbolically and as related to a real-world context.

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