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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fifth graders participate in a variety of math and language arts activities based on chocolate.
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Tessellations in Excel
Students complete an Excel project on tessellations. In this technology and math lesson, students discuss tessellations and their occurrences in nature. Students use the Excel computer program to create tessellations.
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How Would You Spend a Million Dollars?
Pupils plan and organize a theme to spend one million dollars. They select a theme, research prices of items on the Internet, organize the information into a spreadsheet, write an introductory paragraph, and create a final project.
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The Tools to Build Your Financial Dream
When it comes to all the ways money management and financial responsibility weave into our daily lives as adults, make sure students are prepared to locate resources for managing their finances, such as a financial advisor.
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My Music
Scholars investigate how the tempo of music affects heartbeats. Groups develop hypotheses about music and its connection to heartbeats before carrying out an experiment. They analyze and present data from their investigations.
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Design a House
Students explore the basics of house design and compare examples of architecture from different times and places. The influence of site, materials, function, form and style are probed as their own floor plans are created.
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Using An ATM
Students engage in a lesson plan on how to use an ATM, or Automated Teller Machine. They see how to bank with an ATM and practice banking using several different types of transactions. This lesson plan includes a teaching worksheet to...
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Factoring Trinomials
Students factor trinomials and quadratics. In this algebra lesson, students solve quadratics when the leading coefficient is one. They use a special factoring pattern to solve the trinomial.
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Making a Class Museum
Learners study museum exhibits. In this museum exhibit lesson, students sort and group objectsto make a classroom museum. Learners organize the toys and exhibits into a timeline and admit students into their classroom museum.
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Guess My Rule
Students drill on math patterns, functions and Algebra. They construct and use tables to solve problems associated with mathematical relationships and identify a rule/equation. Students comprehend input/output to determine the...
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Algebra: Olympic Races
Students use Olympic athlete statistics to make algebraic calculations. In this algebraic equation lesson, students use algebra to calculate athlete speed and calories burned.
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Algebra: What's My Rule?
Students apply higher level thinking skills to determine rules for sorting and classification. For this pre-algebra lesson, students nominate classmates who they think satisfy the unspoken "rule" established by the leader. As students...
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Fractional Parts of a Group
Young scholars practice writing fractions. They have a package of sweet tarts and when the teacher calls out a color they must write the fraction based on the colors in their package. They eat the candy when the lesson is completed.
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Communicate with a Truck Driver
Eighth graders explore the truck driving profession and ways they use to communicate. In this truck driving lesson, 8th graders visit websites and use Twitter and podcasts to track a trucker's progress travelling through the United...
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Junk Mail Overload!
Students discuss the "junk mail nuisance" with the teacher and share their opinions on the problem. Students collect a week's worth of junk mail, bring to class and complete a chart about the amount and weight. Students then complete an...
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Pumpkin Carving for K-2 Students
Students engage in a variety of pumpkin activities. This lesson plan is especially rich for ESL students, who probably have little experience with this holiday and custom.
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Where Does Your Paycheck Go?
Upper elementary learners explore the concept of taxes taken out of an employee's paycheck. As they work through this activity, young mathematicians discover the difference between gross pay and net pay. They also see what types of taxes...
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Latin America and the Caribbean in the Classroom: The Economy and Trade
Learners use the internet to gather information on daily exchange rates. They calculate the exchange rates between two countries by role playing they are going on vacation to these destinations.
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Here and There: Discovering Communities Through the Olympic Torch Relay
Students compare their hometowns to the towns on the Olympic Torch Relay and complete multi-curricular activities for the lesson. In this Olympics lesson, students complete math, geography, science, and history activities to learn about...
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Estimation Station
Students use this hands-on math center to explore estimation and counting by tens with Goldfish.
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Treasure Hunt for Shapes
Students identify shapes in objects of everyday items. They are looking for circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They draw each shape on a piece of paper and write the name of the shape underneath it to keep for future reference.
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Girl Scout Cookies Graph
Students graph which girl scout cookies they like the best. They create a Venn Diagram about which one is their favorite. They place cookie shaped cutouts on the correct spot on the graph.
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Seeing Shapes
Students study a variety of geometric shapes by taking pictures of items representing the shapes with a digital camera. They identify the shapes by using software to paint on the image.
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Sampling Distribution of Sample Means
Students collect data and crate a distribution sample. In this statistics lesson, students compare and contrast their collected data. This assignment requires the students to be comfortable with navigating the internet.