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How To Create A Mural
Students brainstorm ideas and come up with a concept to portray into a mural. In this painting lesson plan, students base their mural off of the work of Keith Haring.
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Cultural Contact
Students explore the diversity of the Hispanic Culture, utilizing technology enhanced research and creative graphics (by hand) to retell the researched story.
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Investigating Nets and Polyhedra
Fifth graders create a net for a given polyhedron. They determine the corresponding polyhedron for a given net. Students investigate several polyhedra (cube, tetrahedron, and one of their choosing) and their corresponding nets. They...
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123/ABC Hopscotch
Pupils practice alphabet recognition, alphabet sounds, and number readiness while playing a hopscotch type game.
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Addition / Subtraction Connection
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students write addition and subtraction number sentences that relate to each other and solve word problems. Students complete 6 sets of problems.
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Checkerboard
Students explore the game of checkers and the folk art that has been used to create checkerboards. They create their own checkerboards that reflect current culture.
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Hands On: Area of Triangles
In this area of triangles practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Big Fleas Have Little Fleas!
Students study seamounts and learn the importance of structures to species. In this ocean explorer lesson, students participate in an activity that teaches them how to modify a seamount so that they are more suitable for species.
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Plant Systems
Students examine plant systems. In this life science lesson, students explore leaf and root systems on paper in a terrarium that they design and construct.
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Shape and Space: Transformations
Students explore transformations. In this mathematical transformations instructional activity, students define quadrilaterals, convert centimeters to meters, and complete a transformations worksheet.
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Causation-Exploration and World Trade
Learners investigate spice trade. In this world history lesson, students identify various spices in jars and their places of origin. Learners listen to a lecture on how spices came to countries in Europe. Students complete a source...
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In Between
In this in between 26 and 61 worksheet, young scholars color all of the numbers that come between 26 and 61 yellow and all other numbers pink. Students have 12 numbers to color.
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Translations
Students perform translations on different polygons. In this geometry lesson, students create figures that will be used as an assessment to represent transformation. They perform hands on creation and relate it to the real world.
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Leaf Patterns
First graders explore the existence of patterns in everyday items. In this science and math integrated lesson, 1st graders match leaves with a name word card and organize them into four patterns. This lesson includes a reading of And the...
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Be a Paleontologist
Students search for fossils in a simulated archeology site and explore how paleontologists mark out a dig site.
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Shape Walk
Students take a field trip to a local park or beach to collect objects. They practice counting the objects and put them into categories according to type of shape like a cone, cylinder, etc... As an extension to the lesson plan students...
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Interior Designer for a Day
Seventh graders organize a 20 x 17 room with a given set of furniture pieces. Arrangement is to be based on maximum comfort and practicality. This lesson is a good way to teach and reinforce the mathematical concept of area.
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Math: Solving Area and Perimeter Problems
Students visit www.explorelearning.com/ Website to solve problems in area and perimeter. Next, they locate the vertex of a quadratic equation. In groups, students construct application problems and exchange them with other groups to...
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From Home to School, GPS Style
Students are introduced and increase proficiency in the use of the hand held GPS system. They explore the meaning of longitude and latitude lines, then identify the parts of the map.
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Fourths of Sets
Students create a set of cards that represent factors of four and use these cards to play a game in which they practice separating numbers into fourths. They first practice separating numbers into fourths with a projected computer...
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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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Cell Community
Seventh graders use technology to review cell structure and function. In this cells less, 7th graders review the parts and functions of a cell, and use photography/video and PowerPoint to enhance their explorations.
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Decimals: Collaborative Lesson
Students explore mathematics by participating in a group activity. In this number value lesson, students identify the uses for decimals and how to best estimate whole numbers based on decimals and fractions. Students collaborate with...
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Conversations
Eighth graders explore the art of conversation. In this giving instructions lesson, 8th graders discuss and respond to rules, play a game, and practice giving instructions to one another. Students are preparing for communicating in English.