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Pilots, Drivers, and Captains

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.
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Connect Walking with Mathematics

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Examining walking strides, rates, and calories burned are just some of the ways to connect physical education with math.
Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Photographs

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Picture your pupils using this assessment task. Class members must first determine the measurements of smaller copies of photographs placed next to the original. They then determine the dimensions of the entire sheet of photographs.
Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Memory Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers must determine probabilities for a memory game in which winning requires matching two of the same cards. They then must determine what happens when more cards are added to the pile.
Worksheet
Garden of Praise

George Washington Carver Test

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
This is a standard multiple-choice assessment on the life and ideas of George Washington Carver. It includes 20 questions on topics covering information about his birth and education, major career moves, teaching principles, ethics, etc.
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Investigating Torque

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Torque--a teachable moment? Here's a lesson plan on torque (or moment) and variables that include size, reinforcement, structural bracing, and material that affect torque.
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Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations.  For this economics lesson, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll.  Students compete for their...
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Make a Graph

For Students 4th
In this graphs worksheet, 4th graders, after studying and analyzing a table on bicycles sold within several years, answer 2 short answer questions relating to the table.
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Wheeling Around

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the characteristics of a circle and the formulas to find circumference. They use a bicycle wheel to determine the circumference around a wheel. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which has a variety of...
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Traffic Sign Matching

For Students 5th - 7th
In this matching instructional activity, students match pictures of traffic signs to the written description. There are twenty-nine different signs and descriptions for students to match.
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Recycling

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine different "cycles" that are found in nature, such as the water cycle and recycling. They create their own artwork about cycles to be displayed on a bulletin board
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Senior Classroom Census

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students recall the data collection cycle and engage in the data collection process. They record data, represent it in graphical form and anlyze and question the data. In addition, they decide how census data can be used for planning.
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Tango's Story

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen to "Grandfather Tang's Story" and use tangram pieces to create animals described by the main character.
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Same as Me

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts activity, students answer 20 questions about personal preferences, choosing between 4 possible answers. Students then circulate around the room and find classmates with the same answers.
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GPS Receiver Basics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice using a GPS receiver. They walk in different directions and monitor their progress on maps. They enter specific locations and use information given to them to get them back to their original locations.
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TE Activity: Build Your Own Mobile

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars inquire into how the center of mass is the key factor in designing cars. They construct an oddly shaped object and determine its center of mass. They find that engineers are able to predict how objects will behave while...
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Money Matters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of money. In this money lesson, students role play an economy. Students are divided into three categories- the money factory, construction workers, and the grocery store. Students work cooperatively to make...
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Surveying During a Basketball Game

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders conduct a survey at a high school basketball game. They compile and present the data as histograms or bar graphs.
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Aerodynamics of Cycling

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study aerodynamic forces - lift and drag - and see how those forces affect cycling performance. They see how those forces are calculated and how
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Legs in the Barn

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to the problem being read. They then brainstorm possible approaches and are encouraged to plan ways of recording their work so that others examine what they have done and share their findings.
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"Working in a Hat Factory"

For Teachers K
Students analyze the understanding of what a producer is. Students distinguish between producers and consumers. Students produce a hat of his/her own. Students will share creations with each other.
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Diagon Alley in Toronto

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Harry Potter worksheet, students draw a diagram of Toronto's wizarding quarter. Students make the map as colorful and accurate as possible.
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Slope of a Line

For Students 8th - 10th
For this slope of a line worksheet, students read about line graphs and plotting the slope of a line. They read about the rate of change which is represented by the slope. Students practice finding the slope of lines.
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Do You Have the Strength?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the strength and resilience of the human heart. They squeeze a tennis ball to demonstrate the strength of the human heart, record and analyze the results on a worksheet, and create a poster of a design of a device to...