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Creating Musical Notation

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
For this creative music activity from Scientific American, learners learn about musical notation and then design their own notations. Great web resource links are alsp provided
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Snack Attack

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students design charts, tables, graphs, and pictographs to analyse the types of snacks in a bag.
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"I Have a Dream"

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in America's history and what life was like in the 1960's. They watch and discuss an online video about the childhood of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the holiday enacted in his...
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Polygon People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify polygons.  In this polygon people lesson, students draw required shapes and construct a polygon person.  They identify each shape and its characteristics.  The lesson may be extended by allowing students...
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Our Favourite Halloween Treat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students conduct a survey about Halloween candy and create a bar graph illustrating the data. In this data analysis lesson, stud nets are introduced to the topic with a discussion and survey, then the class creates a large graph and...
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Measurement Crafts- Cereal Hands and Feet

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify nonstandard units of measurement and investigate area of objects. In this geometry activity, students trace their hands and glue cereal pieces to the print to find the area.
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Shifty Shapes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Shape shifters examine and experiment with pattern shapes.  In this geometry lesson, they work in groups to name and describe pattern block shapes, and they discover the combinations of shapes that can be placed inside a hexagon.
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Shapetown

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students identify basic geometric shapes. In this geometry lesson, students read the book Shapetown and identify the various shapes from the story. Students are given a sheet and draw part of a town using only shapes.
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Fractions

For Teachers 1st
First graders use Hershey chocolate bars to practice fractions.  In this fraction lesson, 1st graders review different fractions and figure out different ways to represent fractions with the pieces of the Chocolate bar. This lesson...
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Imagery and Sound Devices: In Preparation for Reading Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders analyze Ray Bradbury's use of techniques and elements of fiction as well as nonfiction in the novel Dandelion Wine. In this novel analysis lesson, 12th graders analyze the sensory techniques in Dandelion Wine. Students...
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Math Mouth!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars examine and discuss math vocabulary. They participate in various games involving the math vocabulary. Use this as a supplement.
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Shape Detectives

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students become "shape detectives" as they identify, name, create and describe common shapes within pictures and objects found within the learning environment. Suggestions include incorporating shapes into all learning areas and daily...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

What Is An Inch?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Students identify the length of an inch. In this measurement lesson, students read Inch by Inch and predict how many inches long various objects are. Students practice measuring the objects by using an inch ruler.
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Graphing Data

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the concept of graphing. In this data lesson, 1st graders gather information from a class survey and display their findings on a picture graph. Students also practice solving problems that their instructor models.
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Frog and Toad

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast buttons after listening to the story, A Lost Button.
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Shape City

For Teachers K
Students add to a class Shape City by designing and constructing new buildings.
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Shape Search

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders draw a model using correctly formed geometric shapes. In this geometric shapes instructional activity, 2nd graders notice geometric shapes in the world around them and accurately draw these shapes.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Seeds: How They Grow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students observe the growing stages of plants. In this plant growth lesson, students collect, germinate, and plant seeds to chart the growth process of plants.
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What a Shape!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders culminate their study of shapes by describing the shapes using the proper mathematical descriptors.
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The Strongest Shape

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners work collaboratively to design and construct a roof out of Legos for a house that was built in a previous lesson. The roof must be structurally sound and pass certain criteria determined by the teacher.
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Identifying Creatures

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use a classification key from a provided worksheet to identify creatures. This task assesses student's abilities to interpret data, make decisions, identify, and classify.
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RCX Car Line Graph

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students develop a line graph based on distances that an RCX car drives in specified amounts of time. They then are given a specific amount of time for the car to drive and be asked to extrapolate the car's distance from the graph.
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Bias Sampling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate how the results of a poll or other scientific study can be biased by selecting special types of people to respond or by asking only certain questions.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Three in a Row Calendar Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore a calendar. In this calendar and math instructional activity, students view a video clip about using a calendar. Students participate in a game in which a game board is used to identify days of the week, dates, and months.

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