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Jelly Beans Add Up

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore counting, sorting, and graphing skills. In this data analysis lesson, students sort jelly beans by color, count the jelly beans, and create a bar graph of the jelly beans according to color.
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Diversity Math- Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use jelly beans to gain an understanding of fractions. In this fraction instructional activity, students receive jelly beans and count the number of beans they have in each color. Students then name the fraction for each...
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Diversity of Colors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate color diversity by experimenting with jelly beans.  In this color spectrum lesson, students observe colored jelly beans through different filters and light sources to change the existing look of the bean....
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Diversity Music

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore different types of music. In this music diversity lesson, students are divided into groups to listen to an assigned type of music. Young scholars list characterisitcs of each type of music then assign a...
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Diversity Expectations

For Teachers K - 5th
Students categorize different items into categories of characteristics to demonstrate diversity. In this diversity lesson plan, students then relate the items to people and their diversity.
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Cultural Diversity

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore cultural diversity.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students use jelly beans to explore diversity.  Students collect and analyze data into a matrix as they determine probabilities.
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Displaying Populations: Jellybeans, Paper and People

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate the factors affecting population growth. For this biology lesson, students collect data from the lab and graph them. They estimate population size using a mathematical formula.
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How Much Water?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate amount of water available in different countries around the world, compare it to their daily water use, and explore how unequal distribution of water can cause challenges to survival. Students then discuss need to...