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Quarters
Set up youngsters for fraction success years down the road with this focus on quarters. They begin with examining five shapes that have been equally segmented into four parts. Using one example as reference, learners shade a quarter of...
Chymist
Make a Low Energy Radio Transmitter
How do you demonstrate radio transmissions? Pupils build a low-energy radio transmitter by constructing two coils from magnet wire and connecting them to audio/phone plugs. The resource provides the details on how to build the...
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Inch, Foot, Yard, Mile - Practice 12.2
The first 12 problems on this practice page require prealgebra participants to convert units of length. In the next eight problems, they compare lengths using inequality symbols. There are two functions tables to complete and then two...
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Hip-Hop History and the Beastie Boys
So what about those Beastie Boys? Kids read a New York Times article relating the history of hip-hop and rap icons the Beastie Boys. They then answer eleven who, what, when, where, and why questions about the text they read.
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Worksheet-Gustar and Similar Verbs
This quick practice is perfect for your beginning Spanish speakers. There's a short section dedicated to object pronouns and another one for simple -ar and -ir verb conjugations.
K12 Reader
The Important Apostrophe: It's and Its
Help class members distinguish the difference between its and it's. As individuals read sentences and determine if the use of the two words are correct or incorrectm they fill in the blanks of sentences with the appropriate it's or its.
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Towers of the Lost City
Middle school marine scientists compare the pH change in distilled and saltwater as acetic acid is added one drop at a time. Then they compare the pH change in both when sodium hydroxide is added. This experiment demonstrates the...
August House
The Hidden Feast
What is a proverb? This is the leading question of this resource. First, explore proverbs and their meanings. Then, read aloud The Hidden Feast: A Folktale from the American South by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss and partake...
Alabama Learning Exchange
"The Inside Search" from Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Hurston
Who is Zora Neale Hurston? Read the autobiography the best known female writer from the Harlem Renaissance. After reading the novel Dust Tracks on a Road, have your class complete this packet. There are 12 multiple-choice questions...
DiscoverE
Launch It
Launch pupil interest in rockets. Scholars build rockets out of straws and balloons to learn about Newton's Third Law of Motion. Their task is to hit a target five feet away. It's not as easy as it seems!
Baylor College
What's Is Soil Made Of?
It's time to roll up those sleeves and get a little dirty in the second lesson of this series on the science of food. Investigate where plants and animals get the minerals they need to live in this two-part exploration of soil. First,...
Shodor Education Foundation
Playing with Probability
Review basic probability concepts with your class using different-colored marbles in a bag. Then pair up learners and have them play a cool online interactive game in which they race miniature cars using the roll of a die or...
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Texas Challenge
In this state facts worksheet, students explore the state of Texas. Students complete ten multiple choice questions involving facts about Texas.
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Comprehension: Inference (Level 1)
Looking for a solid instructional activity to help you reinforce the concept of inferences? Here's a good one! Learners read sentences, select the most logical inferences, and tell why those inferences make sense. Eight inferences are...
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Complement of an Event
In this probability worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that complement a particular event. First, they determine the probability of landing on a sector that is not black after spinning the spinner. Then, students...
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How to Play This Board Game
In this addition learning exercise, learners roll the dice and solve the addition problem in each space of the board game. Students solve 20 problems.
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Board Game
In this time worksheet, students roll the dice and solve the time problems on each space. Students complete 20 problems total on this worksheet.
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Board Game
For this percents worksheet, students roll the dice and say a problem that fits the percentage in the space. Students complete 20 spaces total.
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Counting Principle
In this counting principle worksheet, students solve 10 problems by applying the counting principle to each one. First, they determine the number of possible outcomes in a coin toss. Then, students the number of different cards with the...
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A Watched Pot Never Boils
Students determine how long it takes to bring a specific amount of water to a rolling boil. Students conduct this experiment at home with their parent or guardian. Students write down observations as the water begins to boil. Students...
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Identifying and Classifying Solid Figures
Students identify and classify solid geometric figures. In this geometry lesson, students bring in objects that look like solid shapes and identify their attributes. Students identify the number of surfaces and faces on each figure.
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Problem Solving: guess and check
In this guess and check learning exercise, students use the strategy guess and check to solve math word problems containing one and two digit numbers. Students complete 6 problems.
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Probability: 3
In this probability worksheet, students complete probability word problems involving one digit numbers. Students complete 6 problems total.
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Probability of One Event
For this probability worksheet, 11th graders calculate the probability of an even occurring. There are 22 problems on variety of events.