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Geometry Everywhere; Fractal, Math & Form
Students explore fractal geometry. They do online explorations of fractals to discover applications of fractal geometry for a report.
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Living or Nonliving
Third graders brainstorm a list of the characteristics of living and nonliving organisms. Individually, they find four nonliving and living items and the characteristics that make them fit into one of the categories. To end the lesson...
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The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment
Learners develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish. For this scientific experiment lesson students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment.
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Frog Metamorphosis
Students play 20 Questions with animal characteristics and then view an animation of how a tadpole changes into a frog. They consider the importance of camouflage to frogs and write out the story of a frog from tadpole to adult.
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What Is Hunger and Who are the Hungry?
Students investigate the purpose of food and how the body needs it for survival. The social problem of hunger is introduced and then researched looking for its causes and some solutions. There is background information in the lesson for...
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I Think I Forgot Something!
Students examine human health by reading a children's book in class. In this breakfast lesson, students identify the importance of starting the day with a good, nutritious meal. Students read the book I Think I Forgot Something and...
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Looking For Triangles
Students solve problems with triangles. In this geometry instructional activity, students analyze shapes to find different triangles. They name the shapes created by putting triangles together.
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Here's An Instant Activity for April 7, 2003
Fifth graders practice their spelling skills with soft syllable endings. In this spelling lesson, 5th graders complete soft syllable interaction activity with their teacher. Students then write 16 le-ending and ly-ending word pairs to...
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What are Hunger and Malnutrition and Who Are the Hungry?: Ethics, Food, Global Cultures
Students explain the consequences of hunger and malnutrition, to know that we need many different foods and to know who is hungry and malnourished in the world.
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What are Hunger and Malnutrition and Who Are the Hungry?
Learners discuss the main functions of food and how eating the right foods is important for a healthy lifestyle. Using the internet, they research those who are at the highest risk for hunger and how those countries are trying to solve...
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Geography Made Fun with Technology
Young scholars incorporate knowledge box into their classroom activities. In this technology integration activity, students fill out a graphic organizer using Glossopedia to analyze a new subject.