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Fast Facts

For Teachers K - 5th
Ever use the inner circle/outer circle method of learning? Placing learners in a stationary inner circle and a rotating outer circle, they roll a die and attempt to be the first to call out an addition or multiplication equation with the...
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Math in English Skills I Exercise Book: Addition and Subtraction

For Students 1st - 6th
Whether your pupils need extra help or they simply need to practice their basic computation skills, this packet will do the trick. It includes a written rationale, answer key, and over 10 pages of double-digit addition and subtraction...
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"A Closet Full of Shoes" and Picture Puzzle Piece" by Shel Silverstein

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the concept of simple probability.
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Cooperative Hoops

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students participate in a game similar to musical chairs, but use hoops to walk around while music is playing. When the music stops, students jump inside the nearest hoop.
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Heads & Tails Data Collection

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this data collection worksheet, students use a penny and a dime to play a math game. Students flip the money in the cup and then record the number of heads and tails showing marking the coins in the box.
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Bat Ecology

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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You Bet!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the mathematical probabilities involved in gambling and how these factors affect people's behavior. They work in pairs and conduct and experiment pertaining to blackjack. The class creates a graph showing the trends found.
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Memory Uses

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss importance of memory, identify products that have memory, explain difference between three stages of memory, including immediate, short-term, and long-term, watch video, and use short-term memory to play memory game.
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Next Year's Seeds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Reading, a math game, and a simulation activity provide the engagement on a lesson about seeds and crops. Learners in grades two through four read an informational passage about crops, seeds, and farming. They highlight important...
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Pancakes, Anyone?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore data collecting and graphing. In this data collecting and graping instructional activity, 1st graders watch a video about monster who sells pancakes. Students make a graph to record the most popular pancake....
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Working With Hypotheses

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students examine the topic in order to solidify knowledge covered in the curriculum using puzzles and creative games.
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What is Money?

For Teachers K
Students identify the names of coins and grasp their relative values in terms of purchasing power. They engage in activities and games that help them acquire this knowledge.
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The Historiography on Robert Boyle: Was Boyle the Progenitor of Modern Science?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a warm-up activity by attending a football match writing an account of who won the game. They discuss how their account could differ from someone else's account of the game. They discuss how different...
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Monty's Dilemma

For Students 9th - 10th
In this algebra instructional activity, students are asked to choose a door and decide whether they should keep it or not after they are shown what is behind one of the doors. This instructional activity is based on probability. There...
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Waterdrops

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students investigate the subject of ground water. Students read a story and articles and complete 8 pages of games and activities such as making their own sinkhole, matching, fill in the blank story and a...
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Measuring

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science instructional activity, students concentrate on attaining new knowledge of the science standard using the creative medium of games and puzzles.
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Fun Trivia Quiz: Romeo and Juliet

For Students 9th - 12th
Because of the mechanical errors in this online interactive quiz, you probably won't want to assign it to your class. However, it could be useful to get ideas for your own reading comprehension quiz on Romeo and Juliet.
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Fahrenheit 451 Symbol & Test Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the second page of this two-page sheet probably won't benefit you much (considering you won't have the materials referenced), you could still use the first page to assess your class's understanding of the symbols used in...
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The Olympic Medal: It's All Greek to Us!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students view a graphic of the Athens of 2004 Olympic medal. They discuss the symbols on the medal. Students view the "Greek Alphabet animation" and name the letters in the two Greek words on the medal, They transcribe Greek text by...
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And the Winner Is...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read the sports section of the daily newspaper to find daily totals of what countries have won medals and find articles to keep in their journal (notebook) on the different events and athletes. They then create a spreadsheet to...
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Unit 8 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 4)

For Students 4th
Enhance fourth graders' math vocabulary with 17 word cards and their definitions. Learners focus on terms that deal with graphing, such as y-axis, coordinates, plot, and ordered pair in the last set of math vocabulary cards. 
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American Museum of Natural History

Being a Zoologist: Sandra Olsen

For Students 6th - 12th
Are your students wild about horses? Then introduce them Sandra Olsen, a  zooarchaeologist, who has been studying horses and the people who herd them. Ms Olsen responds to 15 interview questions and details how she goes about her...
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Penn Museum

Maya Ball

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Sure the ancient Mayan civilization had an advanced calendar and mathematical system, but did you know that they also played a great team sport like basketball? Invite your learners to discover the great ballcourt at Chichen Itza and...
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McGraw Hill

Arthropods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are spiders related to crabs? Study the order of arthropods with a reading selection about animal diversity. It provides details about each class within the order, as well as vivid pictures and explanatory charts. 

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