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Area of solids

Finding area of rectangular solids and cylinders by cutting them into flat pieces and adding the areas.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Mathematics)

By Dorothy Carawan.

Investigating surface area

This is a hands on lesson best used to introduce geometry students to 3-dimensional figures. Students will have the opportunity to draw 3-dimensionally and create collapsible figures which can be used to develop the standard surface area formulas.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Jennifer Bronzini.

Making “Oobleck”

The students will discuss what they think will happen when mixing specific ingredients to create an unknown substance labeled “Oobleck.” Next, the students will work together in small groups of four or five to create this substance. Finally, the students will individually illustrate and write one to three sentences describing the results.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Science)

By Paige Hoffman.

Grocery store matter

The lesson stimulates students' thought processes and makes students aware of the things around them by teaching them about the three kinds of matter and their properties.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)

By Indiana Jennette.

Solid graphing

The students will review solid figures using a baggie of assorted snack mix (cones, cubes, cylinders, and spheres) and will begin a vertical bar graph showing the number of each solid figure in a bag of assorted snack mix.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

By Lisa Fletcher.

Making connections between concepts

In The First Year, page 2.3

To help students connect what they're learning, make your expectations clear and ask them what they understand and what isn't working.

By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Dear Tootsie Roll company

The students will measure the surface area and wrapper area of five pieces of candy. Using appropriate formulas and measuring techniques, they will complete information needed for a spreadsheet and database. Students wrap up the lesson by writing a letter to the company with the most wasted paper to explain how the waste affects them as consumers and a suggestion for correcting the problem.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Tonya Thompson.

Math problems for grade 8 geometry

In Problem centered math, page 6

Problem sets in PDF format that address objectives of the Measurement and Geometry strands of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Mathematics, Grade 8.

By Grayson Wheatley.

Types of chemical reactions

This lesson is intended for use in a first year Chemistry class and has modifications aligned with the North Carolina Novice High English Language Development objectives. It provides an overview of various types of chemical reactions by allowing students to visually observe examples of synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, and double displacement reactions and to identify certain products by the use of litmus and splint tests.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development and Science)

By Harriett Tillett.

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Study the shapes

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an online, interactive activity to analyze characteristics and properties of three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Getting to know the shapes

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an online, interactive activity to analyze characteristics and properties of three-dimensional geometric shapes. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making a shape jacket

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an online, interactive activity to analyze characteristics and properties of three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Construct a solid

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an online, interactive activity to analyze characteristics and properties of three-dimensional geometric shapes. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Looking for patterns

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an online, interactive activity to analyze characteristics and properties of three-dimensional geometric shapes. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

A matter of state

The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand that particle movement changes as a substance changes from one phase to another phase. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Putting the ice in hockey

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will explore a website to learn that what happens at the surface of ice to give it its slippery nature can be explained by molecular motion. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Temperature changes everything

The primary purpose of these activities is to introduce the students to the concept that temperature causes molecules and atoms to move faster and farther apart, which in turn causes the change from solid to liquid, and liquid to gas. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Sink it

This Science NetLinks lesson is designed to develop students' understanding of sinking and floating. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Properties of air

The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate that air takes up space, and puts pressure, or pushes, on everything around it (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Melting and Freezing

Students explore what happens to the amount of different substances as they change from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to solid: water, chocolate, and margarine. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science