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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 6th Grade Math – Target J

For Teachers 6th Standards
What is the best measure of central tendency? Scholars explore mean, median, mode, range, and interquartile range to understand the similarities and differences. They display data in dot plots, histograms, box plots, and more as part of...
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Baylor College

It Begins with the Heart

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Aspiring anatomists label a photograph of a human heart by comparing it to a colored diagram on the same page. The video that is mentioned in the procedure does not seem to be available, but the overview provides plentiful background...
PPT
Curated OER

Acadiana Map (Map of Acadians in Louisiana) PowerPoint Slide

For Teachers 5th
Is your class studying the state of Louisiana? This slide provides a good visual of Acadiana Louisiana, or as it is otherwise known; the Historic Cajun Country. The 22 parishes that make up this French-influenced region are numbered on...
PPT
Curated OER

Moving and Growing: Joints

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Introduce the three types of joints found in the human body. Hinge, ball and socket, and sliding joints are discussed, examined, and defined in this short, yet informative presentation. There are a few pair-share opportunities suggested...
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K20 LEARN

Move, Flip, and Slide! Building Relationships and Community In the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here's a fresh take on those first days of school introductions. Learners use Flipgrid to create a video that introduces themselves to their classmates. The richly detailed and carefully scaffolded lesson provides specific directions for...
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Curated OER

-- Family Word Slide (Circular)

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students analyze the "--ake" rhyming pattern by making a word slide. Students cut slits in the laminated word ending piece and slide the beginning consonants strip to make 12 new words.
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Curated OER

Sliding and Stuttering

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor. The spring scale allows them to measure the frictional force that exists between the moving cup and the surface it slides on....
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting, Say and Slide Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Develop phonological awareness using this partner activity, where scholars segment words into phonemes. Using Elkonin Box picture cards, pairs practice orally segmenting sounds and physically representing the phonemes using counters....
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Curated OER

Creating Slide Shows and Related Teaching Materials

For Students 3rd - 12th
Everything you need to know on creating a PowerPoint is provided here From how to build the presentation, to adding "bells and whistles," and printing handouts from a PowerPoint, is the focus of the instructional activity. 
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Curated OER

SLIDE INTO A RHYME

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Have your young readers practice phonetic analysis skills with onsets and rhymes. Groups of learners create animations in PowerPoint to demonstrate combining beginning letters with rhyme patterns.
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Simple Machines

For Students 4th - 8th
Here is a tri-faceted resource that has a slide show, a quiz, and a vocabulary list that you can use to teach simple machines. Six machines are introduced: wheels and axles, planes, levers, pulleys, wedges, and screws. Slides contain...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Types of Lines

For Students 4th - 9th Standards
Get jamming with lines and sing along to this karaoke that reviews the main types of lines. Your learners can't forget the main properties of lines when they sing the chorus on the karaoke song after the included slide show. The slides...
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Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement (COSEE)

One Ocean: It Matters!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is the first of four poignant lessons on how humans and oceans interact, even if people live far from the coast. This particular lesson also examines studies that are taking place in Antarctica of how climate change is affecting the...
PPT
Curated OER

Earth's Water Sources

For Teachers 5th - 7th
General facts about Earth's water sources, human use, and the water cycle are outlined by this presentation. Slide three has a grammatical error and slide nine refers to the local watershed of the author, so you will need to make a few...
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Curated OER

Parts of Speech Slide Show

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Review the parts of speech. English Langugae Learners use KidPix to create a paint picture for nouns, verbs, and adjectives. They use the KidPix slideshow tool to construct a slideshow of their work.
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Muscular System

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
A professionally created set of slides strengthens viewers' knowledge of the muscular system. Some slides display microscope enlargements of muscle fibers and neurons, while others are beautifully detailed graphic images. The difference...
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Current Electricity & Electric Circuits

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Set to upbeat instrumental background music, eight slides present pictures of electrical wires, batteries, and appliances, Each slide is accompanied by a few sentences that introduce viewers to concepts related to current electricity....
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Fossils

For Students 4th - 8th
By viewing and reading these slides, your precious paleontologists learn what makes a fossil and what scientists can learn by studying them. Consider giving the website to pupils as homework. They can read the slides, take an assessment...
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Science Matters

Slip Sliding Along

For Teachers 6th Standards
The San Andreas Fault is the largest earthquake-producing fault in California. In the seventh instructional activity in the 20 part series, pupils create maps of California, focusing on the San Andreas Fault system. The comparison...
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Animal Life Cycles

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Only five slides, but worth the while for introducing upper-elementary zoologists to different animal life cycles. Two types of metamorphoses are explained: complete and incomplete. Stunning photography flows before the eyes of the...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! The Human Body

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
A brief set of anatomy slides introduces viewers to the five levels of organization (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms). The slides focus on the muscular, circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems. 
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Scholastic

Study Jams! The Respiratory System

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Inhale, exhale, and rest easy when looking for a supportive tool for your activity on the respiratory system. Seven slides introduce the class to the function of the organs: lungs trachea, diaphragm, bronchial tubes, bronchioles, and...
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Soil

For Students 4th - 8th
Seven superb slides sharpen science students' scoop on soil. In viewing them and reading the accompanying captions, your class will uncover the importance, different types, horizons, and protection of soil. They can then assess their new...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! The Ocean Floor

For Students 4th - 9th
Under the sea, the geography is as varied as it is on land! Young oceanographers find out about continental shelves, abyssal plains, seamounts, trenches, and mid-ocean ridges by viewing and reading the eight high-quality slides. Then...

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