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Lesson Plan
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Geometry Shapes Playground Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a new playground design to present to elementary students during Playground safety week. They review basic geometry to use in observing and recording the equipment on a local playground. They research playground safety...
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Lesson Plan
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How 9/11 Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the U.S. foreign policy and the components they consider important. They read and discuss President George W. Bush's speech of November 10, 2001. Students locate and mark countries President Bush identified in his speech...
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Lesson Plan
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Space and Shape in Geometry:

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are asked to visualize three-dimensional figures and apply this visualization to problem solving.
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Worksheet
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My Short Uu Shape Book

For Students K - 1st
In this vowels worksheet, learners examine 2 small identical pictures of Uncle Sam and the upper case letter U. There are no directions.
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Lesson Plan
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Create and Analyze Rectangular Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of geometric patterns. In this geometric pattern lesson, students use Microsoft Excel to explore geometric patterns. Middle schoolers analyze growth rates of pattern growth. Students create their...
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Interactive
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Customized Handwriting: the Square

For Students 1st
In this customized handwriting:  the square instructional activity, 1st graders change style, font and text then print the instructional activity to practice printing and color the picture.
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Organizer
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A Country’s Shape Is More Than Its Borders

For Students 7th - 12th
For this geography skills worksheet, students read an article and examine graphs about population prior to answering 13 short answer questions and 10 multiple choice questions. Students then respond to the writing prompt about population.
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App
One Billion

Math, Age 3-5

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Jump start children's math education with this fun basic skills resource. Offering dozens of different touch-and-swipe activities with colorful graphics, this program is perfect for all young learners.
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PPT
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Calculating and Measuring Perimeters of Polygons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
If you're teaching 3rd or 4th grade math, this presentation is a must have. It defines perimeter and polygons, then describes the process by which perimeter is determined through pair share discussion and critical thinking questions....
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Lesson Plan
August House

Go to Sleep, Gecko!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A cute folktale from Bali tells the story of Gecko, Elephant, and Buffalo, and Gecko's struggle to sleep. After reading Go to Sleep, Gecko, learners focus on comprehension questions, singing and learning about geckos, building...
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Lesson Plan
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Reintroduce /f/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Draw a large letter f on the board to begin this letter recognition and sounds activity, asking kids to identify it if they can. Demonstrate the /fff/ sound and explain how you are making it as learners try it out. What words can...
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Activity
Denton Independent School District

Build a Geome-Tree

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Geometers construct a mobile or ornament using nets of three-dimensional polyhedrons. Not only do they need to compute the volume and surface area of each figure, they also earn points for creativity, neatness, and more!
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Lesson Plan
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Sports Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have your class participate in a variety of sports and craft activities using this resource. With sports as the theme, learners work on art projects. Students create soccer ball prints, a three dimensional football, and a sports collage.
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Worksheet
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It's Between!

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Pre-readers follow directions to better understand relative position and the preposition between. They draw a ball between four sets of objects, then a shape between two sets of shapes. Tip: Have little ones line up, then move them...
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Lesson Plan
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Understanding Topographic Maps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Underclassmen create a cone-shaped landform and then draw a contour map for it. Then they examine a quadrangle (which was easily located with an online search), and relate it to what they experienced. The accompanying worksheet is...
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Unit Plan
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Zome System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Get hundreds of interactive activity plans using the Zome Modeling System. Among dozens of lessons, a first exposure to similar triangles can be very visual for the learner. Here, young geometers explore the number of different shapes...
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Printables
Science Days

My Fingerprints

For Teachers K - 2nd
Here is a very simple learning exercise that offers learners the opportunity to put their fingerprints on two blackline shapes of hands. A great tool to use when teaching little ones about their unique and individual prints. Tip: Have...
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Worksheet
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Decimals: Thousandths

For Students 5th
Fifth graders first write the numbers in standard form. In the second set, they write the place value position for the underlined digits. Pupils then complete several mixed application decimal word problems. Everyone finishes by shading...
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Lesson Plan
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Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learn about the events that helped shape the United States of America. Elementary schoolers explore the Civil War with six different activities. Each activity has a different focus: literature connections, primary sources, vocabulary,...
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Worksheet
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Rotations

For Students 9th - 12th
Use this math worksheet to have your learners practice constructing a reflection of a shape drawn on a grid by using rotation. This simple worksheet has six problems for the pupils to solve, and includes and answer sheet.
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Lesson Plan
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Halves And Fourths

For Teachers 1st
Young learners start out by going to the board to draw lines through shapes to identify halves. Then they are given a square of paper and are directed to fold the paper into halves and then into fourths. They color the halves...
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PPT
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Diverse Societies in Africa

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Early African society was shaped by environment and geography. Define the life ways of early African societies with this informative presentation. Topics are basic and only touch lightly on the complex nature of the subject matter.
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Printables
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Goals Books, Sports

For Teachers K - 2nd
Do your kids love football? Discuss goals for your class or for the future with a book template shaped like a football. Kids write down their goals and use the pattern to create a book.
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Worksheet
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Comparing Fractions and Equivalence

For Students 4th - 5th
Which fraction is greater than? Less than? There are 10 problems here that give scholars a visual approach to comparing fractions. They start by writing the fractions represented in a shaded shape. Then, they begin comparing visual...