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Time Travel Writing Assignment using "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the consequences of time travel through the analysis of the short story "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury. They watch a PowerPoint presentation, conduct Internet research on endangered ecosystems, and create a...
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Money Math Carnival

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore money in a carnival format. In this money lesson plan, 3rd graders create a carnival of mathematics activities. Students determine the value of money in mixed amounts and explore how to create representations of money.
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Playing the Cards of Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Third graders explore place value to the ten-thousands place. In this amazing, 21-page place value activity, learners represent numbers in standard and expanded form, and use technology to represent numbers to 9,999.
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Water Fun

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners examine uses for water. In this water lesson, students discuss how they use water. As a class learners make a PowerPoint by naming one swimming safety rule. Students compare and contrast fishing for fun and fishing for survival.
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Snack Time

For Teachers K
Students explore mathematics by participating in a snack eating activity. In this math problem solving lesson, students utilize different children's snacks as visual aides in a variety of math problems. Students receive snacks as they...
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Is it Olympic Time?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the Winter Olympics by studying the geography of the 2010 Vancouver games.  In this competitive sports instructional activity, students identify the planning and preparation needed to produce an event like the...
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It's the Law: Periodically

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the Periodic Table. In this element lesson, 9th graders observe the chemical reactivity of elements. They graph the properties and discuss the trend in the group and period of elements. The students use math to...
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Hickory Dickory Dock

For Teachers K
Students use the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme to learn about rhyme, telling time, and preposition use. In this nursery rhyme lesson, students read the nursery rhyme daily and complete a Mother Goose quiz. Students sequence the...
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Designing a Study

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore features to consider when designing a scientific study. In this science research activity, students examine different methods of data collection and consider which method would be appropriate for determining how many...
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Teddy Bears Everywhere

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the history of teddy bears. In this comprehension lesson, students bring a bear of their own to compare and contrast with their classmates. Students read book and discuss the events and draw pictures of the scenes.
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Recording Frequency

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze nursery rhymes and gather data about word frequency. In this frequency lesson, 1st graders create graphs and tables. Students interpret the data.
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March of the Dividing Ant

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students inspect divisibility rules. In this divisibility rules lesson, students study the relationship between factorization and the divisibility rules for 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10. Students read One Hundred Hungry Ants and A Remainder of...
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Populations and Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore biology by researching ocean statistics. In this data analysis lesson plan, students conduct a snail examination experiment utilizing live pouch snails. Students collect data about the snails over the course of six weeks...
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Storms and Extreme Weather

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore hurricanes and tornadoes by conducting an experiment. In this weather pattern lesson, students define many extreme weather vocabulary terms and discuss the relationship with static electricity. Students utilize plastic...
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A Reading Graph

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students construct and interpret a "favorite classroom books" graph. In this literacy and math graphing lesson, students choose a reduced size copy of the book cover that corresponds with the book(s) they chose to read during their...
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Fun, Fun, Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in playing online games. In this practice instructional activity, students play online games to practice skills learned throughout the week.
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Different! Diverse! Dynamic! Lesson 1: Late Bloomers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how people grow and mature at different rates. They create a graph and a timeline to organize the data they collect.
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Estimating Solutions to Word Problems

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore number sense by completing word problems in class. In this estimation instructional activity, 4th graders define terms such as sum, difference, estimate and best. Students complete estimating worksheets based on...
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Fish Communities in the Hudson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learning to read data tables is an important skill. Use this resource for your third, fourth, or fifth graders. Learners will will study tables of fish collection data to draw conclusions. The data is based on fish environments in the...
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Let's Make Lemonade Lesson 3: What's the Big Idea?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine and decide on a service-learning project to perform. They design and execute posters that advertise the project using geometric shapes.
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Let's Make Lemonade Lesson 1: What is a Philanthropist?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define the words philanthropists and philanthropy. They make flip books representing the story, The Lion and the Mouse and retell the story to a classmate.
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Designed to Scale

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study ratios, scale and distances according to a three dimensional model.  In this exploratory lesson students create their own constellation and prepare an oral presentation that describes their model. 
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Body Language

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the three main parts of a plant. In this plant parts lesson, 1st graders explore vocabulary for the topic and read a story about plant parts. Students view a PowerPoint and take a quiz for the topic....
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I'll Have an Order of Subtraction Please!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore number values by completing consumer math worksheets. In this math functions lesson plan, students identify the use of a decimal in numbers and the place values that are represented when dealing with money. Young...