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In Country: An Integrated Look at the Vietnam War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore aspects of the Vietnam War and how it relates to the heritage of America. In an attempt to understand the level of involvement, students analyze statistics from the Vietnam war. High schoolers watch a video, read a...
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Math and Native Americans

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore how math is relevant to Native Americans. Students investigate Indian culture through geometry. They describe and create geometric polygons and patterns. Students problem solve with tangram patterns to make Indian...
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Opening A Cube

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate mathematical concepts related to the construction of a three dimensional cube. They construct the cube from two dimensional patterns and compute the surface area. Students also define the faces, edges, and...
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Finding The Area Of Shapes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concept of computing the area using different shapes. They use prior knowledge in order to devise a formula for a parallelogram. Scaffolding is provided by the teacher to find the formula of area for...
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Scale Factors for Areas and Volumes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine mathematical questions. They examine how to tackle mathematical questions and discover the effect of a change in length on area and volume. They examine the consequences of the physical properties sea animals on heat...
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Making The Geologic Time Scale Real

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students construct a geologic timeline the size of a football field. They work in small groups to calculate the yardage for significant events in the Earth's history and then as a class pace out all of the events.
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Understanding Zoning: Its use on the High Line in West Chelsea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to zoning. Evaluating information and reading a land-use map is enclosed in this instructional activity. List new development projects that they could propose for a given area.
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Circles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the concept of finding the circumference of a circle. They demonstrate why the formula works with a hands on experiment. There is detailed instructions for carrying out the technical portions of the experiment.
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Patchwork Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars recognize and identify shapes in their environment. They investigate why objects can be composed of several different shapes. They follow a pattern to recreate designs using various shapes.
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What Are Maps For?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a story about a problem someone could have which could be solved by the use of a map. They complete a worksheet that guides them through the features of a map of Chicago. Then they calculate story problems using the...
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Families of Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate families of functions.  In this families of functions lesson, students discuss how changing a functions parameters affect its' graph.  Students vary slope and y-intercepts of linear functions.  Students stretch and...
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Math with Character

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write math sentences to fit a given story. They recognize number families and discuss the character traits of a sharing and relate their feeelings and experience with sharing. The Doorbell Rang story is read and the students...
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Playground Zoom

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe and draw small objects on the playground or in the classroom with and without a magnifying glass. They explore how lenses can affect the way that an object is observed from afar or remotely sensed. Afterwards, they share...
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Introduction to the S-I-R Model of Disease

For Students Higher Ed
In this introduction to the S-I-R Model, students explore a scenario concerning the spread of an infectious disease. They use the S-I-R model to determine the number of people infected, how many will recover, etc. Students write an...
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Investigating Right Angles

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this right angles worksheet, students analyze 12 pictures of quadrilaterals and look for right angles. Students sort the quadrilaterals into a table according to whether they have 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 right angles.
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Fly, Fly Away

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use materials from their own environment to design a kite. In this kite design lesson plan, students research the history of kites and obtain a formal mathematical definition of a kite. High schoolers sketch kite designs...
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Taxes: Where Does Your Money Go?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study taxes and the role that they place in our lives. In this economic lesson, students explore the reality of taxes, how they work, why we pay them, where the money goes and how to make the most of the money you pay into taxes...
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Places and Production

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the economy and the market value of goods. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between domestic goods value and international good value. The define and identify the importance of GDP or Gross Domestic...
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Classroom Trash Audit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners investigate solid waste. In this environmental lesson plan, students collect their own garbage for a day and analyze the weight and the percentage of recyclable items in their trash.
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Sorting

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore how books are sorted in a library. In this sorting lesson, students play a game where they have to fill the shelves with books that share a common theme. Students compare this game to a real library. Students discuss how...
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Spring: Giving Thanks to the Herring

For Teachers K - 7th
Students study the Wampanoag tribe to learn about the importance of the herring to their culture. In this Wampanoag lesson, students read information and complete multiple activities to learn about the role of the herring fish in the...
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Nature of Geometry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders capture geometry in nature. In this nature of geometry lesson, 4th graders use digital cameras to find real life examples of geometric terms.  Students create a presentation using the digital pictures and terms with...
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Architecture of the Skeleton

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students experiment with skeletons. In this bone health lesson, students analyze, construct, and perform comparative investigations with bones. They make inferences about the structure and function of various bones. This lesson includes...
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Student-Led Parent Conference

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students prepare for student-led parent conferences. In this communication lesson plan, students collect data to build portfolios for use during parent conferences. Students practice their presentations in preparation for the actual...

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