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Reading in the Science Content Area

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Help your students internalize scientific ideas by teaching strategies for reading in the content area.
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Theories, Hypothesis, Laws, Facts & Beliefs

For Students 8th - 10th
In this scientific statements worksheet, students are given 35 statements and they are to identify if each statement is a fact, law, hypothesis, theory or belief.
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Review of Trees

For Students 11th - 12th
In this math activity, students answer 50 multiple choice and true and false questions on trees, functions and algorithms. They interpret binary and mystery trees.
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Our Sky Clock

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore space science by completing a worksheet in class. In this astronomy lesson, students discuss and identify star patterns in the night sky and relate these patterns to the approximate time they appear. Young scholars...
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A Holiday Card in KidPix

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a holiday card using computer software.  In this computer card making lesson, students design an original holiday card using a variety of tools.  Students navigate the software utilizing various tools.
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Applied Science - Science and Math Pre - Lab (Scientific Method)

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine science. For this scientific method lesson, students are introduced to what every experiment contains (hypothesis, critical thinking) and how an experiment is conducted. They watch a demonstration and then work...
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Applied Science - Science and Math Pre Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students find Fibonacci sequences. In this applied Science instructional activity, students solve Fibonacci sequence problems. Students explore the mathematical patterns of objects in nature.
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Math Club Worksheet #22b

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math brain booster learning exercise, students analyze how to answer 1 word problem involving pens. Students find a solution and then draw their answer on the learning exercise.
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Science is a Wonderland

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students use the scientific method to study Animalia and Plantae Kingdoms. In this science inquiry instructional activity, students watch a PowerPoint about science process skills. Students complete the National Geographic bottled...
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Math Club Warm Up #10b

For Students 5th
For this math club warm up #10b worksheet, 5th graders compute the answers for 3 problems involving multiplication and the Fibonacci numbers,  without using a calculator;  there are 4 sheets on a page.
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Changes in Pulse Rate

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice making observations and collecting data after determining a baseline pulse rate then collect data on the changes in that rate with exercise. Students must organize their data and analyze their observations.
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Making Clouds: Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in a Beaker

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe a teacher demo on how clouds form. For this earth science lesson, students discover how cloudiness affects relative humidity. They explain the scattering of light by clouds.
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Math Club Worksheet #2e

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this geometry activity, students practice solving 1 warm up equation involving the missing side of a rectangle. Students find the area of a given rectangle.
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Math Club Worksheet #21b

For Students 4th - 8th
In this math word problem worksheet, students solve a math word problem containing fractions while baking a cake. Students complete 1 problem total.
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Graphing in an Experimental Context

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the importance of being able to represent scientific data in the form of graphs. They comprehend the differences between a bar graph and a line graph. Students identify the type of data with which each graph...
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Math Club Warm Up #17b

For Students 6th
In this area worksheet, 6th graders solve 2 problems about area, one with a square and one with a triangle; there are 4 sheets on a page.
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Math Club Warm Up #29b

For Students 6th
In this logic worksheet, 6th graders solve 1 problem with variables requiring logic and problem solving;  there are 4 sheets on a page.
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Math Club Warm Up #6b

For Students 6th
In this if/then worksheet, 6th graders answer 4 word problems using if/then statements, requiring logic and problem solving skills;  there are 4 sheets on a page.
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Three in a Row Calendar Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore a calendar. In this calendar and math instructional activity, students view a video clip about using a calendar. Students participate in a game in which a game board is used to identify days of the week, dates, and months.
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Aquaculture Science

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students research the different careers in aquaculture.  In this aquaculture instructional activity students complete activities that include a PowerPoint presentation. 
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Math club worksheet #2b

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this picking petals instructional activity, students pick petals in turns with a Daisy of 13 petals and whoever makes the last move wins. Students try to find a winning strategy.
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Measuring in Inches and Centimeters

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders measure different objects using one inch and centimeter cubes as a reference. In this measurement lesson plan, 6th graders construct inch and centimeter rulers then measure objects while also converting units of measurement.
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Proportions in Flight

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders calculate wingspan and the body length of the birds and understand how they relate to how the bird flies. In this wingspan lesson plan, 6th graders also calculate their own "wing span" with their arms.
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Functions in Motion

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students graph polynomials functions and analyze the end behavior. In this algebra lesson, student differentiate between the different polynomials based on the exponents. They use a TI to help with the graphing.