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Industrial Measurement: Using the Industrial Ruler
Students accurately measure several common objects using the industrial ruler. They work individually to analyze whether given objects would meet the correct specifications required for a particular manufactured product.
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Geometry Slideshow
Sixth graders create slideshows of geometric terms. They use images taken with digital cameras or scanned from magazines.
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100s of Ants
First graders count to 100 orally as they use grids to display the 100 raisins they counted.
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Handling Data: Coin Tossing Simulation
Students collect experimental data and record it on a frequency table. After accessing an Internet coin toss simulation site they discover that repetition of an experiment may result in different outcomes. They identify the mutually...
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Purchasing A Used Car
Seventh graders investigate the practice of purchasing a used car with the help of links and resources found in the lesson plan. They conduct research to find the right kind of car using a variety of resources. Students examine data in...
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Growing a Garden
Young scholars research aspects of gardening including nutrition, costs, and soil preparation. They then write a report detailing the planning of the garden and compare costs to buying the items.
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Vampires: Fact or Fiction?
Middle schoolers predict how many vampires are in the world, based on the legend that, once bitten, each victim becomes a vampire. Extrapolating how many vampires would populate the earth in 30+ weeks, students then compare the total...
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Jazz Festival
Sixth graders answer a list of questions giving a price list using their addition, multiplication, division and subtraction skills. They use a worksheet based on the Jazz Fest.
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ng Data: Probability, What's in the bag?
Young scholars use the language associated with probability to discuss events including those with equally likely outcome. They collect data from a simple experiment and record in a frequency table: estimate probabilities based on this...
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Calendar and Opening
Students review the days of the week and tell what the current day is by singing a song. They fill in the sentence telling the day of the week it is and then discuss what day yesterday was and the name of the day tomorrow and then talk...
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TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 9
Here's a workshop for teachers that rocks the academic world! Using earthquakes as a medium for instruction, educators learn about crosscutting engineering with science. Fun, hands-on, collaborative exercises encourage participants to...
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Pumpkin Multiplication and Division Facts Puzzle
Fifth graders practice multiplication and division facts while completing a pumpkin coloring sheet. In this multiplication and division lesson, 5th graders color based on the answers and the color key.