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Get the Turtle to the Pond
Students solve problems. In this math lesson plan, students write solutions using LOGO commands in order to help get the turtle to the pond.
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Telling Time to 5 Minutes
Students take part in various activities ranging from creating a human clock, to small group problem solving to reinforce the concept of telling time accurately to five minutes on an analog clock.
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Paper Planes
For this unit, 3rd graders investigate one variable to see if they can make a paper plane fly farther. They use scatter plots to establish a possible relationship between variables then use what they have found to make a paper plane to...
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Water Monitoring Vocabulary
As the title implies, this is a list of vocabulary terms relating to water monitoring. If your ecology class is learning about how to test water quality, this will be an appropriate reference sheet for them. As a bonus, if you live in...
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When Are We Wasting Water
Students study water conservation. In this water conservation lesson, students participate in a water conservation experiment. Students discover how to conserve water while washing their hands.
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Commas--Let's Separate Things
In this grammar instructional activity, 2nd graders insert commas into each of the 13 sentences. This instructional activity is on a second grade reading level....
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Our Class Record Book
Second graders, in groups, prepare a list of proposed record ideas for the class book.
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Tread Lightly: Low Carbon Lunch
Students create a flowchart of the carbon footprint of food from production to disposal. In this biology lesson, students brainstorm ways to reduce greenhouse gases by smart food choices. They create a blog promoting ways to eat low...
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Volume of a Stair-Step
Sixth graders calculate the volume of a stair-step. In this volume lesson, 6th graders apply their knowledge of the formula for finding volume. They practice their use of math language since this lesson is presented in a Japanese...
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Air: It's a Gas!
Young scholars investigate the properties of air through hands-on activities in conjunction with the demonstrations in a 3-2-1 Contact Video.
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A Coastal Arctic Food Web
Students create a food web of the arctic ecosystem. In this biology lesson, students explain how global warming affects this ecosystem. They explain how losing a species affects the entire community.
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Water Wise
Students calculate their family's water consumption. In this water usage activity, students discuss the water they use in their homes. Students complete the 'water wise' worksheets to tally their family's use of water. Students answer...
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Factors
In this factors instructional activity, students solve word problems having to do with factors of numbers that are up to 4 digits. Students complete 10 problems.
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Learning Lesson: Its a Gas, Man
Pupils participate in a demonstration in which they examine the effect on temperature by carbon dioxide. They discuss the effects of carbon dioxide on the environment. They also examine summer safety rules to end the lesson.
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Time Flies When Math Is Fun
Third graders pracdtice telling time with a demonstration clock.
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Energy Panel Hearings: "Your Town", Saskatchewan
Tenth graders access information to participate in a debate about whether a power plant should be placed in their town. They research an assigned point of view.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Weight and Capacity Customary System
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of weight and capacity in the Customary System. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Mass and Capacity Metric System
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of mass and capacity in the Metric System. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...
BBC
Bbc: Revise Wise: Measures
This teaching site has interactive exercises using different types of measurement. You will measure length, capacity, area, perimeter, time, weight, temperature, and speed.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Riksjas, Toek Toek: Time and Capacity
Students will find capacity of objects and practice telling time to the half-hour while playing learning games.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Measuring Capacity
A comprehensive guide for learning all about capacity with definitions, units of measurements, conversion, solved examples, and practice questions.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Put Some Energy Into It! Use a Calorimeter to Measure
In this science fair project, use a calorimeter with an attached heating element to measure how water responds to added thermal energy.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Measuring How Much Activity Plan
Measuring fun is here! In this week's adventure, children will explore volume, capacity, and weight and learn new math vocabulary words as they practice measurement with real and virtual measuring tools. Each section of this weeklong...