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Learning About Volume

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners explore the concept of volume. They develop formulas for volume of prisms. Then use their formulas to find missing dimensions of various prisms such as height, length, width, radius, and diameter.
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Rice Math Problems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice solving math equations using rice as their subject. They translate situations involving rice into math equations in order to solve them properly. They also discover and practice using math vocabulary terms...
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What Can You Do With Money?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students watch a Biz Kidz video about money, learn what they can do with money, and fill out worksheets on what they learn. Students learn about spending, saving, donating, and investing.
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Inherited Traits

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students work with a partner to complete an inventory of their traits and compare and discuss their unique qualities. In this biology lesson, students determine percentages for the frequency of observed traits of classmates, compile the...
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Parentheses and Brackets

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Practice using parentheses and brackets with your class using this handout and short exercise. This could also be used as a reference sheet, since it lists several different proper ways to use parentheses and brackets, with examples of...
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M&Ms; Line Plots and Graphing

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students, using small individual bags of M&Ms, engage in activities including; estimating, sorting, graphing, mean, median, mode, fractions, percentage, and averaging.
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Math with M&M's

For Teachers 1st
First graders create number sentences.  In this math lesson, 1st graders use M&M's to make number sentences.  Students create charts using the color of the M&M's as data.
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Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 2

For Students 5th - 9th
In this writing exercise, students are given five pairs of sentences and are asked to combine each set to make one concise sentence.
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Areology-The Study of Mars

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine core samples from Mars and discover what they can use it to tell the history of Mars.  In this core sample lesson students create and analyze their own core samples then eat them at the end.
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Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students differentiate objects based on contrast in physical characteristics such as color, texture, size and shape. They also recognize and sort objects by color families.
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Great Weight

For Students 6th - 8th
For this weight worksheet, middle schoolers answer multiple choice questions about the different weights of different items involving fraction problems. Students complete 7 problems.
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Taste

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners collect data to be used in selecting the class favorite taste. They predict which among the common flavors such as salty, sweet, sour, or bitter is preferred.
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Bilinguilism and Spanglish: A Way of Speaking, a Way of Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners compare the differences between bilingualism and registers of discourse. They investigate how economic, historical and interpersonal relationships affect language and relationships.
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Natural Resources Trick-or-Treat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore that some resources are finite. They are able to deelop an understanding of commodities-some resources are worth more than others so companies choose to spend more money to find them. Students realize that some...
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Problem Solving: Story Problems

For Students 3rd
In this problem solving worksheet, 3rd graders will read and solve 6 story problems about time, money, and numbers of objects. Students must use logic, addition and subtraction skills.
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Delicious Diagrams

For Students K - 1st
In this math activity, students cut out pictures of twelve different cakes. Students use the pictures to complete four venn diagrams- half of them that compare two characteristics and the other that compare three.
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Eating Up Energy

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the amount of energy that is consumed in different countries and see the global effects. In this energy instructional activity students calculate the amount of CO2 released as a by product and map the impact of its...
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Transportation

For Teachers K
Students identify and name at least six different kinds of transportion, sort and classify different kinds of transport according to similar and/or different characteristics and identify the purpose of different types of transportion.
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Carbohydrates-Simple and Complex

For Teachers All
Grain products are staple foods and sources of simple and complex carbohydrates that provide energy for the body. Define simple and complex carbohydrates Identify function and sources of simple and complex carbohydrates Describe how...
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Christmas Around the World

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars demonstrate an understanding of how different cultures celebrate Christmas by participating in artistic, musical, culinary and role play activities.
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Data, Data, Everywhere... and What Am I To Think?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students demonstrate good random sampling techniques for data collection, select and develop graphic presentations of data and analyze the data to solve a problem presented.
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Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the importance of using adjectives in writing. They separate into five groups, each group is given a bag with an object inside to describe using just one sense. They write a description of a Hershey's Kiss using adjectives.
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"Going Camping"

For Teachers K
Students review the difference between "wants" and "needs." Students apply acquired knowledge by preparing for a pretend camping trip. Students plan out their trip together and then revise their list twice.
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Maps and Globes

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a unit on map skills and the globe. They label maps, create a styrofoam ball globe, create a map of their community, sing a continent song, and complete a map and globe assessment worksheet.