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You're the Cashier!
Third graders use manipulatives and computers to count back change from amounts up to $5.00.
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Lu-Lu
First graders play a Hawaiian counting game. They use a worksheet to play a game of Lu-Lu at school and then take home a sheet to play with their families.
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The Laundress
Pupils explore the concept of work, and work typically assigned to women, through artwork depicting laundresses.
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GET READY FOR FCAT WITH MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH!
Students integrate writing skills with music. They select three to four topics to write about and print out on decorative paper.
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Happy Birthday Whitehouse
First graders explore the White House and its history through celebrating its birthday. Basic facts are examined and personal experiences related to the exploration of this structure.
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Spanish Colonization: The Anza Expedition
Students research the Spanish explorations and North American geography. They create web pages based on their study.
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Heavy Breathing
Middle schoolers investigate asthma and air quality, and then map or graph the incidence of asthma by county and air quality information by county in the state of Maryland. They attempt to see any correlations and note any limitations of...
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Why Do People Go to School?
Students investigate data on how one's level of education effects earning potential. They define the associated vocabulary.
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Savvy in Sacramento
Young scholars take a field trip to the state capital, Sacramento. Using the Internet, they explain the physical and human geographic features of the area and discuss interactions between the people of California between the time of...
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Quarter Coin Cookies
Students study the historical figures and symbols of U.S.
patriotism depicted on the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter coins. They explore the processes involved in making coins, and how metals canchange in consistency from the...
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Pattern Block Activities
Students practice various math skills by using manipulative activities. For this math manipulative lesson, students sort shapes, build hexagons, and build shapes using manipulatives. These activities would be great for parent ed or...
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Variables That Can Affect Making Schedule
Students study the variables that affect transportation of shipments and the factors that affect deterioration of a perishable product. In this transportation lesson students discuss the pros and cons of team driving.
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Strawberry Thanksgiving
Students identify what a harvest celebration is and its purpose. They demonstrate their understanding of a legend. They identify a relationship in which they need to apologize or forgive another person.
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Ethics in the Science Classroom: Recycling
Middle schoolers work in a group to create a skit of a scenario involving recycling. Student skits should encourage and convince the audience members to participate in recycling activities. Students provide written responses after the...
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Ceramics: A Vessel into History
Students create a personal clay vessel that has a specific use or meaning in their contemporary culture, which could be discerned through study by future archeologists and art historians.
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Letter from the Chateau
Students write a friendly letter based on their observations of a painting by Poussin.