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Blast Off with Model Rockets

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students investigate science and math by building a rocket. In this geometry activity, students build a rocket using paper towel tubes while investigating questions about launching a rocket. They discuss balance and unique structure as...
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Curated OER

Rocket Math

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice completing number sentences. They cut out shapes of rockets and place a number on them. They work together to identify the numbers.
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Curated OER

Rocket Rhymes and Songs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use rhymes, chants, songs, and creative movement about rockets to demonstrate words that rhyme. They place sentence strips in order, and identify words that rhyme.
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Hide and Seek Rocket

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils cut out and color their own rocket. They use clues in relation to numbers and words to find hidden rockets. They ask each other questions to determine the exact location.
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Rocket Alphabet

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students identify uppercase letters. They practice putting them in the correct order and writing them. They use rockets to capitalize the letters.
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Countdown Begins

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore the countdown sequence for a rocket launch. They watch a video of a rocket launch, discuss the significance of the countdown sequence, and place ten paper rockets in the proper sequence.
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Launch Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create and launch their own paper rockets. They complete graphs to show distances. They discuss what modifications could be made to make it go further.
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Planetary Place Value

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Third graders explore place value to the ten thousands place. This incredibly thorough, 24-page lesson has learners construct, order, and compare numbers to 9,999. This three-day lesson includes reteaching and extension activities...
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Pattern Puzzles

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
A short video introduces place value in addition and subtraction. As a class, your learners identify all even numbers up to one hundred and explain the pattern. They use addition strategies to fill in the missing numbers on the number grid.
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Olathe Public Schools

Forces, Net Forces & Acceleration

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pass along the knowledge of the great Sir Isaac Newton with this worksheet on the laws of motion. Including three separate problems, each involving multiple parts and calculations, this resource is a great way to...
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Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: Long O Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Oh, your learners will be excited to practice naming words with the long /o/ sound! Youngsters examine pictures of words containing an /o/ sound, and then identify which ones contain the long /o/. They then write the words that...
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David Suits

“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this activity allows beginning readers to practice isolating...
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Running With Momentum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the conservation of momentum in a collision between two bumper cars. They are given the equation for momentum. Students then solve problems using the equation for momentum.