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- Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!
- Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Luwonna Oakes.
- Does one cup of everything weigh the same?
- The student will predict whether one cup of everything weighs the same. Next, the student will estimate the mass of several cups of materials. Then, using a primer balance the student will find the actual mass of each cup of materials in grams. The students will order the cups from lightest to heaviest by mass.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Christy Bunch.
- Exploring properties of matter with submersibles
- This inquiry-based learning activity allows students to explore the relationships between mass, volume, density, and buoyancy as they manipulate various materials to construct a submersible “vehicle” for deep-sea research.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science)
- By Miriam Sutton.
- Mass of maize
- Students will weigh different products made from corn to determine if a cup of each product has the same mass. Students will use measurement and estimation skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Julie Franklin.
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- Balancing act
- In this Illuminations lesson plan, students use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships. They are presented with pictures of pan balances with one or more objects in each pan. From these pictures, students discover relationships... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Illuminations
- Maintaining the balance
- In this lesson for grades 3 and 4, one of a four-part unit from Illuminations titled “Exploration of a Balance,” students participate in activities in which they focus on patterns and relations that can be developed from the exploration of balance,... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Illuminations
- The weight of things
- This lesson introduces and provides practice with the measurable attributes of weight. It also gives an opportunity to assess student knowledge of and skill in using measurement of mass. This learning experience focuses students’ attention on the attributes... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Illuminations
