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Frog Garden Party! Toads and Triangles in the Math Garden Lesson PlanFrog Garden Party! Toads and Triangles in the Math Garden Lesson Plan
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Frog Garden Party! Toads and Triangles in the Math Garden

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It's frog party time! With frog banners, frog juice, and a triangle hunt, your garden party is sure to be both entertaining and educational. The lesson connects geometry, earth science, and delicious snacks to teach kids about ecosystems and math.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

frogs, toads, lines of symmetry, triangles

Additional Tags

frogs, toads, Geometry, lines of symmetry, triangles, science

Instructional Ideas

  • You can have the party without an actual class garden; create a garden out of construction paper and decorate a bulletin board
  • Have kids find and measure triangles throughout the school after they finish in the garden

Pros

  • Comes with worksheets and a rubric for assessment

Cons

  • None

Common Core

4.G.A.1 4.G.A.2 4.G.A.3

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