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Thinking About Technology: What Is It? How Can It Help Us?

For Students 5th - 6th
What is technology and how can it help us? Using a worksheet, 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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Classroom Management Systems: Part 1

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Keeping track of "transitions" is one of my classroom management systems.
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Coordinates

For Students 4th - 6th
In this coordinates instructional activity, students analyze two maps and identify the coordinates of ten specific locations. Students plot sixteen points on a graph and check their answers online at the end of each exercise.
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Earth Changes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the make-up of the earth and the changes it undergoes in an earthquake. In this earth science lesson, students have two activities as part of a unit. First, to use a Styrofoam ball to model the earth's structure, and...
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No More Money Trouble

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Young consumers explore money identification and counting. In this cross-curricular money instructional activity, they participate in comprehension and writing activities prior to and after reading the book Money Trouble by Bill Cosby....
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Immune System: The Master of Self-Defense

For Teachers 6th
Students examine the role of the immune system in the human body. They conduct a hand-washing experiment, answer questions while viewing videos, discuss key vocabulary, draw and label illustrations, and observe demonstrations and record...
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A Tasty Solution

For Students 7th - 9th
In this solutions worksheet, students complete a three step procedure and record the dissolving time of candy. Using their data they create a graph and answer 4 analysis questions.
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Insect Anatomy

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this science worksheet, students learn the 3 parts of an insect's body by examining a labeled diagram. Students also read other facts about insect anatomy. Students practice printing the names of the 3 parts of an insect's body on the...
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Algebra/Geometry Institute Summer 2009 - Triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders find the perimeter and area of triangles.  In this finding the perimeter and area of triangles lesson, 7th graders find the perimeter and area of triangles given two sides.  Students find the missing side by...
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Jack and the Beanstalk Math

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to Jack and the Beanstalk and determine what they think are the most common words.  In this Jack and the Beanstalk lesson, students reread the story, count the words they chosen and graph those words. Students graph...
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Linear Functions

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students identify and label functions as linear or not. They find the domain and range of each function. There are 15 multiple choice questions.
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Graphing Using Excel

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a series of graphs by gathering information and using Excel to graph the information.  In this graphing lesson plan, 5th graders graph favorite desserts of the class. Student put their results into the...
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Social Studies:

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify various types of breads fromother countries and locate them on maps. In small groups, they make story maps of books that mention bread and make books resembling sandwiches. Students have a bread tasting party and...
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Polygons in Real Life

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and label different types of polygons in real life situations. Using a digital camera, they take pictures of polygons on the school grounds, tally the number of shapes found, and answer discussion questions.
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Transforming Triangles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders graph translations (slides) and reflections (flips) on a coordinate plane. They visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. Finally, 6th graders write a paragraph telling...
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Circles

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore and define the radius and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders calculate the circumference and area of a circle using real world objects and shapes. They discuss chords and lines tangent...
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The Geometry of Solids

For Students 8th - 10th
In this solids worksheet, students compute the volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, spheres and cones.  This seven-page worksheet contains approximately 68 problems. 
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Parts of an Insect

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet students will label the parts of an insect. Students will synthesize a list of insect names for each letter of the alphabet.
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Angry Feelings

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to manage angry feelings. In this behavior lesson plan, students discuss techniques to handle angry feelings, such as counting to ten and talking out the problem.
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Making Globes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders construct and design paper mache globes. They paint and draw the continents and oceans, and label each continent and ocean.
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Systems of Linear Inequalities

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve systems of linear inequalities by graphing the inequalities on a coordinate plane and determining the location of all ordered pairs that solve the system.  The three page...
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Finding the Rainforests

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
From Brazil to Indonesia, young scientists investigate the geography and climate of the world's tropical rain forests with this collection of worksheets.
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A Fibonacci Primer

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Upper graders explore the Fibonacci sequence. They examine the characteristics of the Fibonacci sequence, list the properties of the sequence and determine how it connects to Pythagorean Triples. Related thinking questions are included.
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Exploring Harmonic Conjugates

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High schoolers investigate harmonic conjugates using Cabri Software or the Ti Calculator to analyze harmonics. They explore different angles measurements as they move their circles around and solve problems.