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Pilgrims and Puritans
With graphic organizers galore, learners will follow the changes of church and state in early colonial America. They look at the differences between the pilgrims and the puritans in terms of beliefs and life ways. Myths and...
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Mathematical Treasure Hunt
The hunt is on! Young mathematicians follow clues and complete a series of ten math puzzles as they try to crack Dr. Integer's code and find the location of his hidden treasure.
Colorado Unit Writing Project
Fun with Phonemic Awareness
The phonemic awareness activities in this packet are designed to help kids develop skills in rhyming, syllabication, blending onsets and rimes, and beginning and ending sounds. Well worth a place in your curriculum library.
Whitman College
Calculus
Everything you wanted to know about calculus—and more! The resource is a complete Calculus textbook with explanations, examples, and practice problems.
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Where to See an Aurora
Where can you see an aurora in North America? After completing an astronomy activity, scholars can locate the exact coordinates. Pupils plot points of the inner and outer ring of the auroral oval and answer questions based on...
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CME Plotting
Young scientists build on their previous knowledge and apply it to coronal mass ejections. By plotting the path of two different coronal mass ejections, they develop an understanding of why most don't collide with Earth.
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Soda Bottle Magnetometer
Introduce learners to set of complete instructions that describe how to build a magnetometer that works just like the ones professional photographers use to predict auroras. The diagrams are wonderfully descriptive, and the written...
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Coordinate Proofs
Young scholars explore the concept of coordinate proofs. In this coordinate proofs lesson, students write coordinate proofs using properties of distance, slope, and midpoint. Young scholars discuss why it is sometimes beneficial to...
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Angles and Arcs
Students discuss the sum of central angles and use string to create them on circles. They find the measure and length of both minor and major arcs.
Students give examples of concentric, similar, and congruent circles and congruent arcs.
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Measuring Angles
Third graders describe an amount of turn from a particular position to another using the 'circular' benchmarks of 0, ++, ++, ++, and full turn. Estimation language such as 'just about', 'between', 'not quite', 'just over', and similar...
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Perimeter and Area of Similar Figures
Students explore the relationships between similar figures. In this relationships between similar figures lesson, students discuss relationships between perimeter, circumference, area, surface area, and volume of similar figures through...
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Symmetry
In t his symmetry worksheet, learners determine whether shapes are symmetrical. A website reference for additional activities is given.
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Shape Walk
Students go on a shape walk around the school. They record the shapes they see while the teacher take pictures for review back in the classroom.
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Truncated Tetrahedron
In this math worksheet, students read about the truncated tetrahedron and then create a paper model. It should look like a solid comprised of 4 regular hexagonal faces, 4 regular triangular. faces, 12 vertices and 18 edges.
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Snub Cube
In this math instructional activity, middle schoolers create a paper model of a snub cube. It is an Archimedean solid comprised of 6 square faces, 32 equilateral triangle faces, 24 vertices and 60 edges.
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Congruent Triangles
In this congruent triangles instructional activity, 10th graders solve and complete 13 different problems. First, they use the illustrated congruent triangles to show other congruency in each problem. Then, students determine and prove...
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Geometric Proofs
In this geometric proof worksheet, students use geometric theorems and rules to prove given statements. They prove that given lines and angles are similar. This five-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Triangles
In this triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 2 different problems. First, they find the perimeter of each triangle as described. Then, students find the slope of each side and altitude to each side of the triangles. In...
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Circles
In this circles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 8 different types of problems. First, they find the measures of each segment given the center of a circle. Then, students find the length of a side of a triangle shown within a...
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Volume of Prisms-Homework #1
In this volume of prisms worksheet, students compute the volume of nine shapes. Answers are given on the page, students are directed to show formulas and computations. The worksheet contains two each of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and...
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Radius, Diameter and Circumference
In this circle worksheet, students use a drawing of a circle. The diameter is given. Students find the radius, circumference and area of the circle. On the second problem, students are shown a circle with a hole inside it. They compute...
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Triangle Angle-Sum Theorem
In this polygons worksheet, students fill out a graphic organizer about the name of the polygon, the number of sides, the angle sums, and more. Students complete this for 5 polygons.
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Lesson 5.3 Vocabulary Quiz: Concurrent Lines, Medians, & Altitudes
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners match a given vocabulary word to the correct definition. Words include such terms as altitude, centroid, circumcenter, circumscribed circle, inscribed circle, median and...
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Ratio of Perimeter and Area
In this similar figures instructional activity, learners complete a chart calculating the perimeter and area of four rectangles and then compare the ratios. There are 4 questions.
