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- M&M math
- M&M Math provides students with hands-on activities. Students will be sorting objects, comparing whole numbers, writing fractions, performing addition, subtraction, and division problems with the use of manipulatives.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Angela Gillie.
- Polar bears: Keeping warm at the Arctic
- Students will learn about the polar bear's body coverings and how they help it to survive in the Arctic climate. The activities include a trip to the North Carolina Zoological park and a hands-on experiment to facilitate this goal, followed by reflection on and communication of what they have learned using a variety of media including art and literature.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
- By Sandy Hardin.
- Math in the White House
- This plan uses an online tour of the White House to reinforce the concept of tallying.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
- By Bunnie R. Brewer, Missy Colborn, Kathy Hale, Kim Roberson, and Emily White.
- Be the meteorologist
- Students use internet data to plot the path of a hurricane over several days. At designated points, students will decide which areas of the coast to put under a hurricane warning and will justify their decisions. This lesson uses real weather data and allows students to "be the meteorologist."
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- Taking a stride in graphing
- "Taking it in Stride" provides hands-on activities for students to use real-life experiences and apply them to graphing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Sandy Brooks.
- The problem with parallax
- Students will increase their understanding of astronomical measurements by using parallax to measure distances on their school campus. They will also gain an appreciation of the difficulties with such measurements by statistically analyzing the class' results.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.
- Reading is for the boys (and girls)!
- This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."
- Format: article
- By Kimberly Bowen.
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- Competing coasters
- In this lesson, from Illuminations, students look at attributes that vary from roller coaster to roller coaster, attributes that make each scream machine uniquely thrilling. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
