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Arts & Humanities

Make a Souvenir Suitcase

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Shoe boxes are fantastic for art projects! Kids create travel boxes, where they can store their travel memorabilia. Tip: Instead of using this idea to make travel cases, create social studies boxes instead. Kids will make these travel...
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When Average Is the Way to Go

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students engage in experiences involving the mathematical concept of averages. After watching a video, students explore averaging through a variety of different methods.
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Making Sense of Our Senses

For Teachers K
Students participate in activities about the five senses. They explore objects, listen to stories and discuss the senses with classmates.
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Stick-Slip Movement

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders operate a model to observe the type of motion that occurs at a fault during an earthquake. They explore the effects of several variables. Students measure movement, calculate averages and plot and graph information.
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Ms. Amber Nakamura's Mathematics Website

Algebra Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What would your dream house look like? A cottage? A medieval castle? High schoolers enrolled in Algebra design the perfect house while using slopes to write equations for various aspects of the project.
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Drawing Lessons

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders complete a visual acts project that focuses on eye level, center of vision, station point, cone of vision, vanishing points, true height, and drawing a box in two point perspective. They work on a number of still life...
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Orienteering - The Fundamentals

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the concept of a compass and it has been used in the past and in modern times. They practice using it in the wilderness in order to test its importance in various exploring activities. Each activity is accompanied by...
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CEENBoT Pictionary

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Define and review math vocabulary. Use the CEENBoT to draw pictures that represent each vocabulary word. Pupils work in groups to play math pictionary.
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Lines, Lines, Everywhere

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore linear equation suing real life scenarios. In this algebra lesson, students find the slope and intercept of a line. They create table of values to plot their graph and draw conclusions.
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Exploratorium

Bone Stress

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Lighten up a bit with this activity! Use an old-fashioned overhead projector to shine light through a pair of polarizing filters. Place a stressed plastic object in between and display the colors of light waves revealed! Rotate the...
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Light and Optics

For Students 6th - 10th
In this light and optics worksheet, students match the light and optics vocabulary with their definitions. Students match 21 words to their definitions.
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Vocabulary 21 Practice Quiz

For Students 9th - 11th
Use the context clues provided for each of the 20 sentences to define the words provided. All word choices are listed at the top of the page. Answers are found at the bottom. 
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The Wright Stuff

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this instructional activity, students design an exhibition on the history of aviation for a science museum. For homework, they write short stories envisioning the future of flight in the year 2014.
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Creating a Shared Culture

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students simulate working on an assembly line in a shared culture. In this consumerism instructional activity, students participate in a lecture and note-taking session before working on a simulated assembly line. They work in a timed...
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Graphing Candy-Coated Chocolates

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students place pieces of candy on their coordinate graphs as the teacher calls out the colors and coordinates embedded in the plan. The teacher circulates around the class to check each student's answers for accuracy.
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Toting the Log and Lifting the Babe

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use simple machines that demonstrate force, friction, work and power. They investigate and explain simple machines.
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Theoretical Quantum Physics... For Kids!

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students explore quantum physics by participating in several class activities. In this space-time lesson, students discuss the concepts of time traveling and the anatomy of an atom. Students draw geometric figures and utilize string to...
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Angle Exploration and Classification

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students compare and contrast angles and identify them as acute, obtuse, right, or straight angles. They create rays and angles using uncooked spaghetti, read and discuss key vocabulary terms, and complete a variety of geometry worksheets.
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Slope

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners calculate the slope of a line. In this slope lesson, students use a graph, an equation or two points to help them calculate the slope of a line. They differentiate between a slope of zero and an undefined slope.
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Slope Exploration

For Students 9th
In this slope exploration worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 18 different problems that include graphing and investigating the slope of various equations. First, they graph each pair of points and draw a line that contains both...
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Length and Perimeter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore tessellations and the spatial concepts used in creating them.  In this tessellations lesson, 3rd graders rotate, reflect and transform shapes to create tessellations.  Students become familiar with the...
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Quadratic Equations and Parabolas

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners graph and solve quadratic equations. In this functions instructional activity, students analyze a quadratic equation using three points on a curve to define the graph of a quadratic function. They find the vertex and intercepts...
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Roll with the Punches: Depression Era Machinery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct models of simple and complicated machines with Legos. Then they design an experiment using the scientific method. ESE modifications included.
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Constructing Perpendicular Bisectors

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate parallel lines and the angles formed when cut by a transversal. In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders construct perpendicular lines and discuss midpoint, segments and perpendicular bisectors....

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