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Triangle Classificaition with Geometer's Sketchpad.

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use Geometer's Sketchpad to draw triangles and explore the classificaiton of each using the mearsures of interior angles and the lengths of the sides.
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Trigometric Ratios

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This lesson requires a worksheet that is not connected. It is integral to the lesson.
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Life Science: Heavy Weight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate adolescent obesity and its health impact. In this health and obesity lesson plan, students research the problem, develop a survey regarding eating habits, then analyze the nutritional information on commonly eaten...
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The Domino Effect

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students model the transmission of neural impulses with dominoes. In this nervous system lesson, students construct a device with dominoes. They use the device to model the way a nerve impulse is propagated from dendrite to axon.
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"Space" Exploration

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the attribute of volume of an object. Units of measurement are reviewed and utilized in this lesson.
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Similarity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students find the factor of proportionality in similar polygons. For this similarity of polygons lesson plan, students measure the sides and angles of polygons and derive a factor of proportionality between corresponding pairs of sides...
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Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles and Related

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students classify angles. In this angles lesson, students explore the characteristics of angles, triangles, quadrilaterals and circles. They identify polygons and sing a classifying angles song. Students participate in a manipulative...
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Building A Bug Bungalow

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners chart how milkweed bugs grow and change.  In this growth and life stages lesson, students read two stories and discuss how and why things grow.  Learners brainstorm what can be measured about humans, review and discuss life...
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Cooking Cranberry Pudding

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore colonial cooking.  In this cross curriculum George Washington and colonial America history activity, students follow a recipe for cranberry pudding, a possible favorite of George and Martha Washington. Students measure...
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Mmm Mmm Good

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders follow a recipe.  In this cooking lesson, 2nd graders are given a recipe and ingredients to prepare food. Students will reflect on their experience in their journals.
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A Tall Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the growth rate of a man named Bob Wadlow.  In this growth rate of a man lesson, students determine if the growth rate of this particular man was normal or abnormal.  Students bring in data of their height over time...
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Roll Away Trees

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a simulation involving newspaper, food coloring, water, and more to observe the debarking process of producing wood. In this wood lesson plan, 1st graders also measure, and learn about reducing, reusing, and...
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Introduction to the Scientific Method

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in an experiment and learn to record it using the scientific method.  In this biodegradable plastics lesson plan, students follow the scientific method to complete an inquiry. Students complete an experiment with a...
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Slingshot Characterization Experiment

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students set up and conduct a scientific experiment to demonstrate data collection. For this scientific process lesson, students complete an activity with the specific objective of using a slingshot to fire a t-shirt into the crowd at a...
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Water Treatment Plant Tour

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students define vocabulary related to geometry and calculate the volume. In this geometry lesson, students calculate flow rates, and volume as it relates to a water plant facility. They calculate the volume of three dimensional shapes...
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How do You Stack Up? Revisited

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students estimate the thickness of coins. In this stack up lesson, students stack pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. They calculate and record the thickness of each coin. Students stack coins and estimate the height of the stack.
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The Skeletal System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research the skeletal system. In this anatomy lesson, students measure their bodies to find the approximate length of their bones. They draw and cut out each of the bones and then attach them using brads or glue. 
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Classroom Meteorologists: An Experiential Approach to Learning about Seasons and Weather

For Teachers K
Students examine several concepts about weather in the seven lessons of this unit. This year long activity helps students to gather data seasonally about wind, clouds, precipitation, and temperature. Earth's three climate zones are...
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Coming Clean About Showering Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners measure objects using the Cabri Jr. application in this technology instructional activity. Your class will explore the TI-83 and 84 incorporated with Cabri Jr. to solve business related problems. This is a technology based...
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Betweenness and the Sum of Parts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers differentiate lines and angles using betweenness in this geometry lesson. They differentiate angles and lines using Cabri Jr. and analyze the data and make conjecture.
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The Relationship Between Salinity and the Density of Water

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate density and salinity of water. In this density and salinity lesson plan, students find the density of objects and liquids and show the relationship between the salinity and density of water. Students add salt to...
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If the Shape Fits

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Geometers juggle the idea of polygons. Using a game and manipulatives, they make trapezoids and irregular polygons. They review the algorithms for finding the areas of squares and rectangles. On day one, they find the area of trapezoids,...
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Hop To It!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore grasshoppers. In this grasshoppers lesson, students measure the jumping distance of live grasshoppers. Students then record the jumping distance of people in their group. Students record the distances and students share...
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Application of Delta-Epsilon Definition of the Limit

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students create a Hexaflexagon using a formula. In this calculus lesson, students apply the definition of delta epsilon as it relates to limit to create a shape using creases. They relate the same rule to triangles and investigate angles.