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Air is All Around You

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils investigate the mysteries of air. In this science lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that require them to use the scientific inquiry model to study air.
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Are You One of Us?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate how scientists sort and classify organisms. In this sorting and classifying lesson, students examine what systematics are as tools that scientists use. They examine images of invertebrates and sort them while stating...
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Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Learning Unit

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore counting and classification. They sort leaves, create graphs, write sentences for the data in the graphs, develop graphs for shapes, favorite animals, birthdays, and participate in a die prediction game.
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Classifying "Pastanimals"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore biology by creating a poster presentation. In this animal classification lesson, students utilize a SMART board and practice organizing a group of animal shapes by placing them with similar animal families. Students...
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Classified Information - Part 1: Shapes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate how and why scientists use classification. They discuss classification strategies using animals, and as a class fill in a flowchart with their responses. Next, in small groups they cut out a variety of shapes...
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Where Do I Belong?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study the diversity of life in the world. They classify and sketch organisms into the 6 kingdoms.
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Shoeless Math

For Teachers 1st
First graders sort and classify, and complete a T-chart using Students' shoes.
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Classify UT Plants and Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using 2 different plant classification keys to identify species. They make choices between the similarities and differences between their object and the classification scheme.
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Classifying and Constructing Corners

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, after seeing Honeycomb examples, complete a Classifying Angles worksheet, Clock worksheet, and Defining Angles worksheet.
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Shell Sort; Serving up Seafood

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete various small group activities to classify items and determine the types of combinations that can be made with these items. In the second lesson, students create menus for a restaurant to help them gain money sense and...
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Classification of Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a cloud slide show presentation and identify types of clouds. They estimate height based on cloud's appearance. They discuss the vague nature of cloud nomenclature and compare it to the English standard measurement...
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Starches and Fats

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students observe the presence of starches and fats in different foods. In this science lesson plan, students distinguish between a food that contains starch and a food that contains fats, define the terms starches and fats, and classify...
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Algebra: What's My Rule?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils apply higher level thinking skills to determine rules for sorting and classification. In this pre-algebra lesson, students nominate classmates who they think satisfy the unspoken "rule" established by the leader. As pupils are...
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Roping Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners explore with quadrilaterals.  In this roping quadrilaterals lesson, students work in cooperative groups to play the game, "Question, please!" in order to identify, describe, compare and classify quadrilaterals....
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Circles, Rectangles, Squares, Triangles

For Teachers K
Students identify, compare and classify the various shapes. In this shapes lesson, students listen to descriptions of shapes with words such as sides, angles, congruent, and parallel. Students then give the teacher examples of shapes...
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Groups We Belong To

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore society by completing a class identification activity. In this student identification instructional activity, students participate in a classification activity in which learners with a certain hair, eye or clothing color...
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Ten Important Hardwoods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss ten important Pennsylvania hardwood trees, examine characteristics of each tree species, evaluate economic and ecological importance of hardwood trees, and recognize at least two characteristics of each species.
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Backyard Wildlife Conservation

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students survey local wildlife. They distinguish between permanent and migrating or seasonal species. Students identify species and describe the ecological niche. Students research the food chain and food web for the backyard...
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The Biosphere

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biosphere worksheet, students identify the different levels of organization that ecologists study. Students complete charts, sentences, and answer short answer questions.
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Animal Species Richness in Tioga County, PA

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students compile an extensive list of animal species seen throughout Tioga County. In this data collecting lesson, students report daily any animal species seen during the course of their travels and adventures outdoors in Tioga County...
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Making An Anemometer

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discover how to capture the speed of wind. In this science activity lesson, students gather materials and follow procedures to create an anemometer to measure wind speed.
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Classification of Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore animal characteristics by participating in a SMART board activity. In this animal classification lesson, students utilize a sorting chart to divide different animal names by their observable characteristics....
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Hazard Mitigation: Bioterrorism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss different ways to spread infectious diseases. In this bioterrorism lesson, students model the rate of smoke emission using CalRoad software. They analyze the effects of airborne release of...
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Gravitational Factors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify the forces that affect the weight of an object. In groups, they determine the proper math model which can demonstrate the attraction between two objects based on gravity. They discuss the relationship between the...

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