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Creating an Embossed Bird Design
Students research the role silver plays in the artwork of Mexico. They describe symbols used in Mexican artwork and create their own designs of birds in an embossed style.
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Plant Identification Pictionary
Students participate in a plant identification game. Using worksheets, they collect plant samples and identify the basic parts of the plant. They note the similarities and differences between the various diagrams. They use heavy books...
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Transformation
Third graders investigate symmetry by reflecting objects in different angles. In this geometrical transformation lesson, 3rd graders define the terms translation, rotation and reflection in order to physically turn geometric...
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play
Students discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading instructional activity, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to...
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Shapes (Geometric)
Second graders explore various geometric shapes. In this math lesson plan, 2nd graders identify geometric shapes using colors and math problems.
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Garden Variety Geometry
Students prepare to take the GED by reviewing basic math concepts. In this geometry instructional activity, students review vocabularies such as formula, perimeter, circumference and other important geometric terms. They convert between...
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Recycling!
Students explore environmental awareness by participating in a recycling activity. In this sustainability instructional activity, students identify methods in which things can be reused, such as paper. Students utilize aluminum foil, a...
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Make Your own Treasure Hunt!
Students participate in a variety of treasure hunts to promote critical thinking skills. In these problem solving lessons, students go on a photo hunt, scavenger hunt, clue hunt, and map hunt, looking for specific treasures.
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The Lady With The Alligator Purse
In this "The Lady With the Alligator Purse" worksheet, students complete multiple worksheets to trace the words in the short story, use alligator purse squares to add one-digit problems and doctor rectangles to subtract, draw hands on...
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Which One Does Not Belong?
For this mathematics worksheet, students circle the shape in each group that is different. there are six different groups to identify on the sheet.
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Area Explorations
Students explore the area of rectangles. They practice finding area by playing an onliine computer activity where they calculate the area of a rectangle to solve a problem.
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Finding Areas of Plane Figures
Students compute areas of squares, rectangles, and so on and summarize the formulas for computing areas and explain how the formulas are derived and understand the reasoning behind them.
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Toothpick Art
Students review primary colors and practice making straight lines. In this visual arts lesson, students paint simple shapes as large as a toothpick, using specific primary colors. During the construction of the shapes students are...
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Let's Learn About Fire Safety
Young scholars listen to a reading of "Clifford the Firehouse Dog," and develop a list of fire safety rules. Using different colored construction paper, they create facsimile "Clifford shape books," and illustrate safety rules in them.
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Investigation: A Train of Shapes
Students explore geometry by utilizing stackable blocks in class. In this shape identification lesson, students discuss the different characteristics of squares, rectangles and circles while creating them with building blocks in class....
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Equivalent Fractions: Halves
In this equivalent fractions activity, students read about and see examples of shading to arrive at equivalent fractions, then complete a set of 5 activities finding equivalent fractions.