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Place Value: Metric System
In this metric system learning exercise, students read about metric and place value relationships, examine some  sample problems, and then complete 5 conversion charts.
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Distance over Time
Students analyze velocity and how it is determined. They experiment with velocity in order to measure and calculate the magnitude of speed. They use examples in their novel "Skateboard Renegade" to relate velocity to real life situations.
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Pirate Plays
Students performing a scene about pirates and spend time making a measuring meters incorporating the main character, Captain Blood to add interest. They use meter sticks measuring items from the play and record their answers in meters.
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Exercise Those Statistics!
Students participate in various activities, measuring their pulse rates and recording the data. They analyze the statistical concepts of mean, median, mode, and histograms using the data from the cardiovascular activities.
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Scale Matters
Third graders study the meaning of the digits an any whole numbers with up to 3 decimal places. They order decimals with up to 3 decimal places and perform measuring tasks, using a range of units and scales.
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Our Favorites
Students participate in and conduct a survey to determine various class favorites. They collect, organize and display their data, interpret the results, and complete a packet of worksheets to display the information.
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Cool Times with Heat
Learners work with thermometers to complete problems about temperature. They investigate cooling patterns, how location affects temperature, and what happens when water having different temperature is mixed. They measure temperature in...
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Too Many Tamales
Students investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The activity uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
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The Gingerbread Man
In this unit students use the traditional tale of the gingerbread man as a context for ordering and comparing lengths.  They compare the length of two objects directly, order three or more objects by length and select objects that are...
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The Three States of Matter
Third graders identify properties of solids, liquids, and gasses.  In this states of matter lesson, the teacher demonstrates the properties of each state of matter, then students go on a scavenger hunt for items to represent each state...
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Density Challenge
Students calculate the densities of several liquids that appear similar.  In this physical science lesson, students go beyond understanding the way liquids of different densities behave to researching how this knowledge applies in...
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Testing Density of Various Soap Products
Learners have the opportunity to observe, measure and analyze the density of aerosol shaving creams and foams generated from shampoo and dishwashing liquids or detergents.
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Shadows
Pupils measure shadows at different times of the day to determine when a shadow casts its longest and shortest shadows.
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Shadows
Students conduct an experiment. In this shadows instructional activity, students record the height of a meter stick. Students then cast shadows and record their length. Students compare the length of the shadow with the actual height of...
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Dream Bedroom Floor Plan
Students construct using Cabri software. In this geometry lesson, students convert between units and apply the correct measurements to build objects. They create the room virtually and manipulate the shapes to the desired measurements.
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Dream Bedroom Floor Plan
Students build and apply concepts of geometry. In this geometry lesson, students create a building using proportions and scale drawings. They use Cabri technology to create a virtual drawing first.
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PLANETS IN PROPORTION
Students discover scales for both the solar bodies' relative sizes and their distances from the sun. They find equatorial circumference and volumes of their solar bodies. Students apply estimation strategies and proportioanl reasoning to...
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Pendulum Activity
Fourth graders conduct a lab activity that measures the factors that change the swing rate of a pendulum. They create a hypothesis and test it during the experiment. They record their observations using the recording sheets and journal...
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Gravity (Newton's Laws of Motion): A Weighty Subject
Students identify Newton's Laws of Motion. They students explore Newton's Laws of Motion and apply the second law with a classroom activity. The videos will provide visual examples of the effects of gravity while riding on a roller coaster.
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Vocab Science Chapter 1
In this word search worksheet, students locate 20 words related to science.  The word list includes volume, mixture, and solute.
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Commutative Property
First graders investigate the Commutative Property of Addition. It is introduced using models such as students, counters, balances  and dominoes. They discover the order of the numbers in an addition sentence does not change the result...
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Sink or Float?
Students analyze the relationship between density, buoyancy, and salinity. For this chemical properties lesson, students read a background activity for the lesson and experiments to the topics. Students discuss the questions and complete...
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Design a Better Classroom Workplace
Learners design a new classroom workplace. In this architecture lesson, students use area formulas to identify the problem with the existing desks in their classroom. Learners design their own solution volume formulas to solve the...
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Average
In this averages worksheet, students complete word problems about the averages about grocery bills, hospital stays, graphs, and more. Students complete 10 problems.