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Estimating Area

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, after being given a variety of word problems to solve, find patterns to solving 3 out of 4 times. They break it down into smaller parts 3 out of 4 times and tell the method of solving 3 out of 4 times. Students complete...
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My Water's Place in Space

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover their absolute and relative place in space relative to water and create a book sequencing that space from most specific to most general.
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The Tiled Courtyard

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use the guess and check technique to solve a problem involving transformations. They work with a grid and criteria provided by the teacher to solve a sequence with black and white rows.
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Identifying trophic levels and the skeletal system through Owl Pellets

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify a food chain sequence. They compare, identify, and record the rodent skeletal parts to a rodent skeletal diagram. Students construct a rodent skeleton from the skeletal parts found in the pellet. They are given the...
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Deer Tracks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars use satellite images to track to movement patterns of deer and examine deer behavior. They write stories about a day in the life of a field scientist.
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Walls, Floors, Windows, and Doors

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students develop an understanding of how outer walls, doors and windows are added to construction. They examine the jobs of specific construction workers and how they bring the job to completion. They design a brick laying pattern.
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Japan: perception, images, myths

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students compare and contrast American and Japanese social and cultural values, attitudes, characteristics, and patterns of behavior. They identify problems that North Americans have in doing business in Japan. They appreciate the...
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Job Interview

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write a multi paragraphed, expository composition that explanins how one would conduct themself before, during, and after a job interview. In order to be prepared for the interview, 8th graders complete a thesis, have an...
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Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Studetns view a terrarium with water droplets on the wals. They discuss the ways the water could have got onto the wall of the terrarium. Learners design an experiment to duplicate the process. They describe the patterns form their data...
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Tessellating Tiles

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders Make, name and describe, using their own language and the language of geometry, everyday shapes and objects. They create and talk about geometric patterns which repeat (show translation), or which have rotational or...
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Take Three Or Less

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a game clarifying when a game is "fair". They play in pairs stressing that the idea that they work out a winning strategy for the first player. They look for patterns to suggest that they start with a smaller number...
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Swiss Ball Square Dance

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners use "Swiss Balls" to help them combine their movements into repeatable patterns.
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Copycats

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe the features of 2 and 3 dimensional objects and use the language of geometry. They design and make a pattern which involves translation, reflection or rotation.
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Triangle Sums

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine a way to place numbers in the nine circles that are arranged in a triangular pattern so that each side has an equal sum. They use each number once and practice adding single digit numbers.
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No-Three-In-A-Line Again

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners interpret information and results in context while using words and symbols to generalize patterns. They use symmetry and angle properties of polygons to solve practical problems and identifying invariant properties under...
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What is s and t?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners formulate and solve various types of equations. They become familiar with different types of patterns and apply the knowledge to solving mathematical problems from analyzing them.
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A unicorn in the Snow

For Teachers 1st
First graders compose own poetic sentences, using repetitive patterns, and carefully select sentenes with imagery. They make connections and see relationships and envision what might be. The poem is to be about an unexpected snowfall...
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Handshakin'

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of solving problems when given it in words and employing a wide variety of methods. They practice applying a logical sequence to find the solution to a problem while estimating possible answers to help in...
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here is a geology instructional activity which invites learners to explore a variety of rocks. They find rocks in the schoolyard and classify them according to size, color, and weight, then read the book Everybody Needs a Rock. Good...
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Bubble Art – Learning About Paint and Color

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
To gain an understanding of color mixing theory and the color wheel, young artists draw a picture, mix up a batch of secondary colors to which they add dish soap, and using straws, bubble up the paint....
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Reggae Music

For Students 6th - 8th
In this music worksheet, middle schoolers read an excerpt about Reggae music from Jamaica. They identify when and where it began and how the lyrics are sung. Students also respond to six questions related to reggae music.
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13 Ways to Tell Time Backwards

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore different ways geological time can be measured: comparing the time dimensions for each method, the mechanisms of each method, and the materials used.
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Input- Output Tables

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this multi-use input-output table worksheet, students fill in 20 tables to determine the rule for a math sequence or pattern. There are no directions given with this worksheet.
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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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