PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Sort It Out! Lesson Plan
A activity where students will talk about how to sort different objects based on their characteristics. After viewing a clip from Curious George, students sort and label objects into categories.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Sorting the Gulf Ecosystem
In this activity, students sort images of organisms into categories such as birds, reptiles, plants, invertebrates, etc. Next they examine the provided poster of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and categorize organisms they identify. A...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: So Many Squares! Red & Blue Sort It Out
SWBAT sort squares by color into 2 sets or groups.
University of Hawai'i
University of Hawaii: Bubble Sort
This page explains how a bubble sort works along with examples and source code.
University of Auckland School of Computer Science
Morris: Quick Sort
A description and demonstration of the quick sort algorithm.
Utah Education Network
Uen: All Sorts of Rocks
Second graders will sort rocks according to hardness, texture, layering, and particle size.
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Great Rock Sort
Describe and sort rocks by their physical properties.
Other
Pre K Pages: Sorting Activities for Preschool
This article contains activities and ideas for teaching sorting skills in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classrooms. Teach children to sort using various attributes.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Count the Ways to Have Fun! Sorting on the I Pad
A part of the sorting and classifying standard that can be overlooked relates to assigning a number count to a group of similar objects. This lesson helps students find similar groups and practice counting and relating numbers to their...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sorting by Size
Sorting is an important foundational skills for kindergarten students to learn. Using attribute blocks to sort by size helps students practice comparing objects and prepares them to sort by other measurable attributes.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures: Radix Sort
A DADS description of the Radix sort algorithm.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Persuade, Inform, Entertain Sort
A lesson plan in which students read short texts and sort them according to the author's purpose: to persuade, to inform, or to entertain. Materials are included. [PDF]
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Histogram Sorting Using Cooperative Learning
Students work with 24 histograms representing distributions with differing shapes and characteristics. By sorting the histograms into piles that seem to go together, and by describing those piles, students develop awareness of the...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Sorting Out Sedimentation
Sedimentary rock forms in layers that are deposited one after the other over long periods of time. Oftentimes, sedimentary rock contains fossils and other debris that are deposited within the layers. Use this experiment to investigate...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: The First Day of Kindergarten Scary and Strange? More or Less!
Students will be able to sort pictures that are alike.
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: The Battle of Yorktown Sort It Sets
For this lesson, students examine why the Battle of Yorktown was a turning point in the Revolutionary War using primary sources.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Observable Properties of Matter
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will sort objects according to their observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold), weight (heavy or light) and texture. Included are printable resources, a...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Ice Cream Shop: Roman Numerals
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario at an ice cream shop. Those skills include identifying and converting Roman Numerals, identifying place value in a number, and sorting numbers...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Jelly Beans Add Up
The instructional activity will explore counting, sorting, and graphing skills. The instructional activity provides students an exciting and fun way of exploring and internalizing graphing, sorting, and counting skills. Realistically,...
Other
Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
NASA
Nasa: The Space Place: Sorting Out Trees in the Forest
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides fun information on the subject. "people can do their jobs even better if they have very accurate images of the ground. Oddly enough, the best way to see lots of...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Science Careers: Mechanical Engineering Technician
The mechanical engineering technician supports the mechanical engineer in designing all sorts of things we use in our everyday lives. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a mechanical engineering...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Transferring Heat by Convection in a Tank
In this engineering science fair project, students will determine the most effective method for quickly raising the temperature of a liquid in a tank. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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