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Pre-K Mathematics
Kick-start children's education with this pre-school math unit. Offering 31 different hands-on learning activities that develop young mathematicians' pattern and shape recognition, basic number sense, and much more, this is a...
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Energy Resources and Systems
We've talked a lot about energy, but where does energy come from? Pupils brainstorm different energy sources through a class discussion to kick off the 14th installment of a 25-part Energy Systems and Solutions unit. They then research...
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Clock Randomizer: Telling Time
How fun! You push the letter 's' and the clock randomizer kicks into high gear, you push 's' again and it stops on a random analog clock face. Your kids then jump in and tell you what time is indicated on each clock they see. A fun way...
Seussville
A Classic in 236 Words
Get in the reading spirit on Read Across America Day while celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday with four printable worksheet activities. Included is a word search using story character's names, a quiz to test how many Dr. Seuss titles you've...
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Class Store
First graders explore economics by participating in a group activity. In this commerce lesson, 1st graders conduct a role-playing activity in which they utilize goods and services to re-enact a general store's daily business. Students...
Dick Blick Art Materials
Start with a Circle...
The Golden Ratio. The Divine Proportion. Yup. It's math and art blended into one colorful activity. Young artists combine colored tissue paper circles and parts of circles to create geometric patterns. As a bonus, kids get to figure out...
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Teddies
Here's a really cute lesson that utilizes all of your children's teddy bears. Each pupil brings their favorite teddy bear to school. The lesson has many wonderful suggestions for learning activities that can be done with the bears once...
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20 Tickets
A great hands-on activity involving adding and subtracting, beginner mathematicians determine how many games can be played with 20 tickets. Instead of tickets, youngsters use 20 counters or linking cubes to represent the amount of...
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Hall of Fame Lesson Module — Financial Football
Kick off an engaging review on personal finance with an online football game. Financial Football incorporates both football strategies and economic knowledge in an interactive format, allowing future CFOs to answer a variety of...
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Top Ten Summer Lesson Plans: Make the Kick Off to Summer Fun!
The right summer lesson plans can help both teachers and students spend the final days of school in a fun and productive way.
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Football Math
Develop an understanding of positive and negative numbers using football. Pupils create a football field and game pieces. The teacher gives plays and the pupils move pieces to see who wins the game.
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Integer Football
They could go all, the, way...to a deeper understanding of integers with this fun math game. Using the included printable materials, young mathematicians practice adding integers and calculating absolute values as they compete in a...
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Circle Graphs
In this problem solving worksheet, students analyze the information in a circle graph about recess activities. Students use this graph to solve 2 application problems.
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Numeral Recognition, Matching, and Writing
Students engage in a lesson in which the teacher can evaluate, reinforce and reteach numeral recognition, one to one matching and the writing of numerals from 1-20. 'Anno's Counting Book' is used to kick off this lesson.
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Identify the Pattern
Third graders develop a pattern using bean bags. They could kick the bean bag in the air with their left leg a certain number of times, etc. They work in pairs and trade off completely the patterns with one another.
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Parabolas in Flight
Students utilize a trajectory formula in order to discover the physics of a thrown ball. In this physics lesson, students videotape the trajectory of a thrown ball or basketball shot and analyze the action by breaking the video...
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How Many?
For this counting worksheet, students count the number of items in each problem and write how many there are. Students complete 7 problems.
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Conic Sections
Students explore the different properties of conics. In this algebra instructional activity, students calculate the midpoint of a line, the distances between two points as they get ready to find the focus and directrix in eclipse and...
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Lesson Plans Using Calendars
Students can learn about the history of calendars and the use of time management skills with these lesson plans.
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Rhythmic Multiples
Students practice multiples of the numbers 1-9 and different manipulative skills such as clapping and snapping.
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The Grouchy Ladybug
Students learn about sorting and classifying objects by size while reading Eric Carle's "The Grouchy Ladybug". In this sorting and classifying lesson plan, students first listen to and interact with the story. They then look at cut-outs...
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Math Circuit
Students develop fitness levels and reinforce specific sports skills while integrating basic math.
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Handling Data: Coin Tossing Simulation
Students collect experimental data and record it on a frequency table. After accessing an Internet coin toss simulation site they discover that repetition of an experiment may result in different outcomes. They identify the mutually...
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Big Time Lessons
Teaching students about time can provide a way to talk about sundials, different types of clocks, and even time travel.