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Mystery of the Eleven Unknown Substances
Fourth graders identify eleven white substances that are commonly found in the household. They, in pairs, perform experiments on a variety of substances, and must identify them based on the reactions they observe.
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My exercise plan
In this exercise plan worksheet, students complete a chart where they calculate how many exercises they would do over a period of time. Students complete 4 calculations for 4 different exercises and answer 3 questions.
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Stem and Leaf Plots
In this stem and leaf plots worksheet, students solve and complete 10 different problems that include designing stem and leaf plots. First, they use the table on the left to determine the least score and the range of the total scores...
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Ice-Fishing
Students go ice-fishing. In this magnet lesson plan students use magnetic fishing poles at the sensory table. the sensory table is full of cotton balls. They find magnetic numbers that have been hidden.
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A Road Map for the Roman Empire, Ca. 250 CE
Students consider how empires are created and sustained, examine Peutinger Table as a whole and in detail as tool of empire for Rome, c. 250 CE, create ancient time-distance travel chart that synthesizes series of strip maps, and...
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Cube Toss
In this probability and graphing worksheet, students solve 8 problems in which data from a cube toss is displayed on a table and graph. Students answer the questions about their results.
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Comparing Sets
Students count back with cubes to model subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students compare sets of problems and record their results in a table.
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Reading: I Have a Dream: Speech by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963
In this future time reading comprehension worksheet, students read an excerpt from "I Have a Dream" and then respond to 3 multiple choice questions.
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Over the Borderline?
Students study President Bush's proposal for immigration policy in the US and examine various perspectives on immigration that are currently being debated. They read and discuss an online New York Times article.
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Seized Before Flights: Graph
In this bar graph worksheet, learners analyze a graph that show the number of prohibited items intercepted at U.S. airport screening checkpoints. Students answer 3 problem solving questions about the data on the graph.
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Hate-Crimes and Punishment
Students research and write about the effectiveness of hate-crime legislation in the United States
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Straight Line Motion in Two Parts
Young scholars describe and quantify the motion of toy cars. In this motion instructional activity, students observe a battery powered toy car on a flat surface and a standard toy car on a sloped surface. They write their observations,...
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Emperical Probability
In this statistics and probability learning exercise, students determine the experimental probability of an event occurring. The two page learning exercise contains a combination of nine multiple choice and free response...
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May the Force Be With You
Students work in groups, they investigate how different forces act upon objects and how this information can be used in their day-to-day lives. They wrap the rubber band around the book. Students place the bo.ok and ruler on top of a...
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One Size Fits All?
Learners describe the differences between an estimate and a guess. They create reasonable estimates based on comparison and activities. Students explain how estimation is helpful in showing the relative size on a scale. They also...
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Comparing Numbers
In this comparing worksheet, students compare decimals and percents. They identify the largest and smallest number in a dequence. This one-page worksheet contains 10 multiple-choice problems. Answers are provided.
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Mohandas Gandhi: Changing the World One Step at a Time
Students illustrate pages of a book. In this famous historical icon instructional activity, students are read a story about Mohandas Gandhi, illustrate the pages in small groups, assemble a class book to read to younger students,...
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What on Earth is That and How Can I Get One?
Students examine how we use submersibles. In this technology based lesson, students examine various technologies used by submersibles in ocean exploration.
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Activity Two: The Classic Fossil Lab-Simple Format
In this fossil worksheet, students are given a bag of fossils to identify. They use a key and a worksheet with pictures of the various types of fossils. They answer questions about fossils and use a web site to find out if their state...
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Math and Your Local Restaurant
Connect ratios, fractions, scale factor, percents, and elapsed time to restaurants.
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Lesson 3 Activity 1: On the Trail of Knowledge
Students plot the earthquake epicenter data on the base map of the North Atlantic ocean floor using different symbols or colors to characterize different values.
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Investigation-How Many Toothpicks?
Seventh graders use toothpicks to investigate a series of designs and identify patterns. Data is organized and analyzed using tables and graphs, and students make generalizations using algebraic expressions.
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Estimating Concrete Volume
Students identify rectangular volume calculations, and calculate using formula, concrete table, and calculator.
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Scatter Plot Basketball
Learners take turns shooting baskets and creating scatterplots based on the data. They create two graphs and look for possible correlation in the data for each graph.