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Look At Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners observe, measure, and sort tree leaves. They examine leaves individually, in groups, and in relationship to the entire tree. They become familiar with the seasonal changing of leaves. They realize that these and other changes...
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Study Buddies: Explore - Area

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to find the total area of a tree-house. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.
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Weather History

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students study how weather is measured. In this climate lesson plan, students research how samples of the ocean floor reveal facts about the climate thousands of years ago. Students use clay samples to create layers that simulate real...
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Topo Triangulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how to read a topographical map and triangulate with just a map. They convert a compass measurement to a protractor measurement, reverse a bearing direction, and using a worksheet take a bearing of certain landmarks...
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Warming by Freezing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discover the reasoning behind spraying water on fruit and seedlings in preparation for hard freezes. For this conceptual physics lesson, 9th graders conduct an experiment to measure the heat released when water goes from a...
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Fall Leaves Fall

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fall leaves. In this leaf lesson, students collect leaves to investigate. Students also measure, compare and contrast, draw and look at leaves through a magnifying glass. Students sing songs and use movement in this...
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How Big is a Breath?

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students demonstrate how to use math skills to measure their lung capacity. In this human biology lesson, students use a clear plastic container, measuring cup and rubber balloons to demonstrate how the lungs work. Students estimate the...
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Circumferences, Diameters, and Radii

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore circumferences, diameters, and radii. In this math lesson plan, students measure circumferences in inches and compute radii and diameters, given different circumferences.
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Lesson 3-5: Proportions and Similar Figures

For Students 9th - 12th
In this similar figures worksheet, students use proportions to solve 6 short answer and multiple choice questions.  Students use proportions to answer questions about map scales and height of trees given shadow lengths.
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Introduction To Plants

For Students 6th - 8th
For this science worksheet, middle schoolers complete a series of puzzles related to the subject of plants. They complete a reading and apply the information to measure reading comprehension.
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A Tough Nut to Crack

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Children, based on a set of criteria, evaluate the quality of pecans. They research recorded history of pecan trees as well as how their seeds moved across western Missouri into southeastern Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Mexico. In...
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GPS Ecosystem (Ecotone) Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe the characteristics of an ecotone. In this ecotone instructional activity, students pick out their area and describe the visual appearance, conditions, ecosystem, biodiversity, predators, prey, and trees in their...
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Frog and Toad are Friends

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students view a 30-minute video lesson plan to discover information about the characteristics of frogs and toads. They then transform themselves into frogs and participate in a Jumping Frog Jubilee. They work in groups of three to...
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Similar Figures

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet students explore similar polygons and determine measure of missing sides and angles. Students use indirect measurement with similar triangles and determine the area and volume of similar figures. The seven...
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Right Triangle Trigonometry

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders use right triangle trigonometry to find the missing angle measure.  The two page worksheet contains fourteen problems.  Answers are provided. 
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Freshwater Habitats

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers take samples from local freshwater sources and examine them for macroinvertebrate life. They take samples from both shallow and deep freshwater environments, measure temperatures, and classify organisms found in their...
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Schoolyard Geology

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Discover that maps show information about an area and that they have common features like scales and legends. View an aerial map of your school and find features on the map such as the playground, roads, and trees. Trace the outline of...
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Which Way Is North?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of finding locations with the use of a compass and a map. They practice the skill of bearing and set up courses of travel to different destinations around the school grounds. Students also practice taking...
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Plants and the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the role of plants in recycling water by collecting water vapor that is emitted, or transpired, by green plant leaves. They collect and measure the water that transpires through the tiny pores of plant leaves. Afterwards,...
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Probability

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this probability worksheet, students explore theoretical probability, empirical probability, tree diagrams, and conditional probability. This twenty-four page worksheet contains approximately 80 problems. Answers, explanations, and...
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Amazon Rainforest Conservation, Brazil

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore rain forests.  In this rain forest lesson, students participate in a "BioBlitz" of their schoolyard, observing and recording every living thing in a designated area.  Students visit websites about rain forests...
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Creeping and Crawling Observing Mealworms and Earthworms

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars observe the inherited traits in earthworms and mealworms. In this organisms lesson, students view a live mealworm and earthworm on a tray and identify the body parts. Young scholars measure the worms and observe the...
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Grade 3 New York State Math Test

For Students 3rd
In this New York state math test worksheet, 3rd graders complete problems such as money, rounding, measurement, and more. Students complete 25 multiple choice questions.
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Look at Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe and sort tree leaves. For this plant biology lesson, students observe various types of leaves and identify the characteristics of each leaf. Students measure and sort leaves according to size and color.