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Researching the Oceans of the Earth

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a research project involving the oceans of the earth. They research with the help of the library and the Internet. They put their collected research into a folder, brochure, PowerPoint presentation and a...
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Wheat Kernels Bar Graph

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a bar graph to record how many kernels were in a wheat stalk. They write in math journals two questions from interpreting the graph. They solve math problems from other students.
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Animal Life Span Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars study and compare the life span of farm animals with their own. They research a farm animal, complete a table and answer comparative questions. They work in jigsaw format groups.
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Endothermic or Exothermic Reactions

For Students Higher Ed
In this chemical reaction activity, students determine if given reactions are endothermic or exothermic reactions. Students determine the energy released or consumed when chemical reactions occur. This activity has 5 problems to solve.
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English as an Additional Language: Topic Book 10: Common Objects

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL common objects activity, students respond to 6 matching questions, 46 short answer questions, and 8 drawing questions pertaining to colors, directions, and counting, and identifying common objects.
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Clay Exploration

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create clay sculptures. In this sculpting lesson, students work in various stations to familiarize themselves with clay and use tools to make their own art piece.
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Snot: NC Summer Tour Lesson 2007

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study various aspects of mucous. In this mucous lesson, students investigate the purpose of mucous. Students create fake mucous.
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Limits

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars practice the concept of limits graphically, numerically and algebraically. They participate in an exploration lab, BINGO game and complete a puzzle.
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Getting Familiar with Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Internet to answer lab questions about fractals, and then construct fractals using the initial stage and iteration rule. They complete tables and generate rules for the "nth" term and create their own fractals.
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Gift Wrapping

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use the example of a gift wrapping service found in the mall in order to create a problem situation that can be solved mathematically. They convert the word problem into algebraic expressions to be solved.
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Timed Multiplication Fact Practice- 10x10 Array

For Students 3rd
In this timed multiplication practice worksheet, 3rd graders fill in a 10x10 array. They fill in the array with the math facts that they know as they are timed. They record the facts that they know in a table at the bottom of the page.
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Youth and Class, Gender and Ethnicity

For Students Higher Ed
In this Youth and Class worksheet, students complete a chart by explaining some of the key functions of youth subcultures, write about the meaning of age categories, and describe how subculture is a form of resistance.
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Is It Magnetic? Recording Sheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science worksheet, students test objects to see if they are magnetic. They record the results in a table by naming the object, telling what it is made of, predicting if it will be magnetic, and recording if it is magnetic.
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Prism Investigation

For Students 4th - 5th
For this prism worksheet, students solve a word problem about prisms. Students are given a "guided review" and suggestions for proceeding. Students then complete a function machine.
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Math Game Night

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students plan a family game night. In this problem solving lesson, students brainstorm games to play, watch a video to help with room arrangement and determine which room arrangement would work best. When all the preparations are done...
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The Rabbit Problem

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars notice a number pattern in the book The Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett. In this number pattern lesson, students represent and describe numbers appropriate to their grade level.
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Ohio Census 1990 and 2000

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the Ohio census numbers in 1990 and 2000. In this social studies lesson, students use the census data to answer questions.
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Exploring Function Graphs

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate three different sets of data that relate temperature to another variable in the physical world. These illustrate linear, inverse and exponential relationships.
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The Sun's habitable Zone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the average surface temperature of planets. They use the Planet Temperature Calculator to find the average temperature. Students explore how the distance from the sun affects the Earth's average surface temperature. They...
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Cave Paintings

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine various types of prehistoric art. In groups, they research the purpose of the drawings and use the internet to research the various ancient human groups. To end the lesson, they draw animals compared to the prehistoric...
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Multiply and Divide by 10 and 100

For Students 4th - 6th
In this multiplication and division worksheet, students use a calculator to fill in 2 tables by multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100. They also answer 4 questions about what happens when a number is multiplied or divided by 10 or 100....
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Probability: dice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this probability worksheet, students complete an activity in which they then throw the die 50 times and record the number of even and odd outcomes. Prior to throwing their die, they make an estimation of how many even and odds they...
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Using CM and MM

For Students 4th - 5th
In this measuring lines activity, students measure 6 lines and write the answers in centimeters and millimeters. Students measure 10 other listed objects and give their answers in large and small units.
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Probability- Likely or Unlikely

For Students 5th
In this probability worksheet, 5th graders complete a chart by writing down 7 events that could happen to them. They label each event as being likely or unlikely to happen to them. They examine 5 events in a second chart, and write down...